EXCITING BENEFITS OF PRAYER

EXCITING BENEFITS OF PRAYER

Pray without ceasing

 (1 Thessalonians 5:17). 

w e d n e s d a y 20

When  you  understand  the  importance  and 

higher purposes of prayer, you’ll always be 

willing and excited to pray, especially in other tongues. 

One of the beautiful things the Holy Spirit has done in 

our lives as God’s children is to give us the ability to 

speak in other tongues.

When  we  speak  in  tongues,  the  utterance,  the 

words we speak, aren’t man-made but from the Lord. 

Moreover, we aren’t speaking to men but to God: “For 

he that speaketh in an unknown tongue speaketh not 

unto men, but unto God: for no man understandeth 

him; howbeit in the spirit he speaketh mysteries”  (1 

Corinthians 14:2). When you pray in tongues, you’re in 

fellowship with the Father; you’re communicating with 

Him through the Spirit in a heavenly language. What a 

blessing that is! 

Also, praying in tongues helps to stir up the power 

of God resident in your spirit. Though that power came 

into your life when you received the Holy Spirit (Acts 

1:8),  you’ve  got  to  keep  it  active  and  in  use  for  His 

glory. 

Praying  in  tongues  will  keep  you  more  “fit” 

spiritually,  and  responsive  to  the  guidance  and 

promptings of the Spirit. The more time you spend in 

fellowship with the Lord, praying in the Holy Ghost, the 

more His character and personality are revealed in, and 

manifested through you. 

Some are only compelled to pray when they face 

crises  in  life,  and  that’s  not  right.  We’re  called  into 

fellowship with our heavenly Father; that’s what prayer, 

and praying, is primarily for: fellowship! 

Take your personal and corporate times of prayer 

very seriously. Create the opportunities in the course 

of your day to fellowship with the Lord through prayer, 

and your life will flourish from glory to glory.

PRAYER

How great thou art O Lord! Your glory, greatness, 

and majesty are beyond description. Thank you for 

your presence in my life, and your Word that builds 

and  transforms  me  in  ever-increasing  glory.  Thank 

you  for  the  privilege  of  speaking  in  other  tongues 

and to fellowship with you in such deep intimacy, 

in Jesus’ Name. Amen.

FURTHER STUDY:

Acts 4:31; James 5:16 AMPC