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B V O V : 2 9 it because he realizes that when we pray in other tongues, we pray beyond what we know. As a result, we can advance the plan of God in the earth in a much more powerful way. We can break through our natural limitations and pray supernaturally, not only on our own behalf but on behalf of others. We can give God the opportunity to use our mouths and our authority to help bring to pass mysteries that, in our natural minds, we simply can't understand. Take, for example, the mystery about what's going to happen to the Church before we're caught up in the Rapture. The Bible says we're going to grow up in the fullness of the stature of Christ. We're going to rise up as a glorious Church without spot or wrinkle. How exactly is that going to happen? How are we going to walk it out on a day-by-day basis? We don't know. It's a mystery! Yet by praying in other tongues, we can pray all about it. We can get over into the realm of the spirit and pray out not only God's great big plan for the Church, but also our part of that plan. We can build ourselves up spiritually and enter into the rest of God so that by His power we can do everything we're called to do. Can simply praying in other tongues really make that much di erence? you might wonder. Absolutely! The Bible confi rms it time and again in scriptures like these: "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). "But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory.... as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him. But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit…. that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God. Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth" (1 Corinthians 2:7, 9-10, 12-13). "But you, beloved, build yourselves up [founded] on your most holy faith [make progress, rise like an edifi ce higher and higher], praying in the Holy Spirit" (Jude 20, AMPC). "For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little: For with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to this people. To whom he said, This is the rest wherewith ye may cause the weary to rest; and this is the refreshing" (Isaiah 28:10-12). Notice that according to that last verse, praying in other tongues will bring you into a place of spiritual rest and refreshing. That's exactly what you need when you're tempted to feel discouraged and overwhelmed by the challenges of life. You need to stop stressing out about them and start tapping in to the "rivers of living water" in your innermost being, praying in the Holy Ghost (John 7:38). You'll Never Be Without an Answer The more you pray and let those rivers fl ow, the more the Holy Spirit will be able to teach you and lead you, and Praying in other tongues will bring you into a place of spiritual rest and refreshing."

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