Written on February 3rd, 2005 - 3:18AM Last Updated: February 4th, 2005 - 1:39PM
Because prayer in the Spirit (done in private) does not need to be interpreted (1 Corinthians 14:4)(Jude 1:20), and because it is done through our spirit without our mind interfering (1 Corinthians 14:14-15)(Romans 8:26), we can and should pray this way as often as we are physically able.
Whenever we are not talking, we can and should pray quietly in the Spirit!
with all prayer and requests, praying at all times in the Spirit, and being watchful to this end in all perseverance and requests for all the saints: (Ephesians 6:18)
I thank my God, I speak with other languages more than you all. However in the assembly I would rather speak five words with my understanding, that I might instruct others also, than ten thousand words in another language. (1 Corinthians 14:18, 19)
I did a calculation in my head while lying down one night, to try to figure out how long it would take to speak "ten thousand words in a [spiritual] language." Consider, if speaking fluently in your prayer language, that you can speak about two words per second. 10000 divided by 2 words/sec is 5000 seconds of speaking in another tongue. Divide that by 60 seconds/minute...
The amount of time I ended up with was over one hour and ten minutes—if you do not pray this quickly, consider that this number more than doubles (one word per second), and it ends up being over two hours and forty-five minutes of prayer in the Spirit.
If Paul referred to speaking ten thousand words "in a language" while outside of the Assembly, why are we doing any less?
The same apostle recommended this mindset when writing to the Assembly in Ephesus.
with all prayer and requests, praying at all times in the Spirit, and being watchful to this end in all perseverance and requests for all the saints: (Ephesians 6:18)
Through our spiritual warfare, we are to pray in the Spirit in every season. Most versions translate the rest of the verse something like, "being watchful unto this end;" in fact, "this end" comes from two neuter words in Greek, αυτο τουτο, which grammatically agrees with "Spirit." A more faithful translation would be watching unto "this same One," namely the Spirit in Whom we are praying.
Thus, it is the Spirit we should be watching, as we pray in Him in other languages—persevering in our requests for all the saints.
This is the prayer we need in order to continually intercede effectively for the people of God. It is the prayer of the HolySpirit, the One Who knows the thoughts of God. It is His prayer through us in another language as we cooperate with Him.
As you read this site, you will hopefully come to know Yahweh more fully.
But all of this continuing knowledge is useless unless and until you come into union with Him. I use the word union because it is truly a marriage. It is that deep connection we all seek, for which we most often look in other people. However, the truth is that our hearts will only be fulfilled when we enter that union in fullness with the One Who made us.
This is the grace of God, that He has not stayed distant for us only to worship as Creator. But He has come unto us, even become one of us—in His Son, ChristJesus—in order to share an intimate union with us. He desires such closeness that it truly will envelope our entire life, transforming us into something new and wonderful.
You may have already entered this union with Him and only seek to know Him better through reading here. But if you have not, as you do read, let this Gospel sink into your heart as you read it now.
God loves you, and has cast your sins into the sea. He has sent His only Son as the Savior of the world—that includes you.
That Son, JesusChrist, was born as a man through a virgin who had given her life to Yahweh; He lived without sin, reflected the glory of His Father, God, in all His words and deeds, and was persecuted even unto death because of it.
His death upon a cross was the powerful explosion that separated you from your life of death. It remains for you, now, to enter into that death with Him. As you die to the one you are now, a person separated from God from your many sins, you will be born anew, with a nature predisposed to live rightly. This gift is free to you, with nothing you can do to earn it. It is the mercy of God to offer it to you, as He loves you so much! All you must do is receive it by trusting Him to have delivered you. Simply place your life in His hands and embrace the freedom that came through that death on the cross.
The Gospel is that Jesus did not remain dead, but rose again on the third day after His crucifixion! Death could not hold Him, as He was without sin. And so death will not be able to hold you, as you identify with Him fully through your trust in Him. Let go of yourself and confess Him as Lord of your life. The power of His death and resurrection will work in you all that your Creator has destined for you. You will truly enter a new life and experience that intimate union you have been seeking all of your life.
So ponder these words as you read here of this great God—Yahweh—and all that He has revealed to His creation. Let His Spirit testify to your heart that these words are true, that God is Love, and that He sent His Son so that you might receive the life that is unbound by time and space. As you feel that witness in your heart, simply believe and receive what He is offering to you, even now, and begin your new life as a child of God.
Please write to me and let me know when you take this step, as I will be your brother in Christ—we will be one in Him!
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