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Four Ways to Speak with Tongues Successfully
Four Ways to Speak with Tongues Successfully

Tongues in my Home!
Four Ways to Speak with Tongues Successfully
Four Ways to Speak with Tongues Successfully

A little
member
causing
Big Fire!
Four Ways to Speak with Tongues Successfully

“Even so the tongue is a

little member and boasts
great things. See how great
a forest a little fire kindles!
James 3:5
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Avoid Gossip!

“Where there is no talebearer,

strife ceases”
Proverbs 26:20

Don’t talk about the person; Talk

to the person.
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Beware of Anger

“He who is slow to anger is

better than the mighty, and he
who rules his spirit than he
who takes a city”

Proverbs 16:32
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Watch Your Answers!

“A soft answer turns away
wrath, but a harsh word
stirs up anger.”
Proverbs 15:1
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Four Ways to Speak with Tongues Successfully
Four Ways to Speak with Tongues Successfully

Confession
of sin should
be made to
God.
1John 1:9
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We need no earthly priest, for Christ is our

High Priest in the Heavenly Sanctuary.
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But if someone has been hurt,

confession of wrong should be
done to that person.
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“Confess your trespasses to

one another, and pray for
one another, that you may
be healed.”
James 5:16
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Say
“I am sorry”
To:
My Spouse
My Child
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“Therefore if you bring your gift to

the altar, and there remember that
your brother has something against
you, leave your gift there before the
altar, and go your way. First be
reconciled to your brother, and then
come and offer your gift.”
Matthew 5:23,24
Four Ways to Speak with Tongues Successfully
Four Ways to Speak with Tongues Successfully

Every Person has, Both

+ -
Strengths Weaknesses

List the Strengths & Talk about them

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“Pleasant words are like a

honeycomb, sweetness to
the soul and health to the
bones.”
Proverbs 16:24
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Affirm your spouse

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Four Ways to Speak with Tongues Successfully
Four Ways to Speak with Tongues Successfully

“The greatest of
these is love.”
1 Corinthians 13:13
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“I Love You”

 Husbands
should say it!

 Wives should
also say it!

Every day!
Four Ways to Speak with Tongues Successfully

“I Love You”
 Parents
should say it!

 Children

should say it!

Every day!
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Every “Born
Again” Christian
must speak the
“Love Tongue”!
John 13:35
Four Ways to Speak with Tongues Successfully

“By this all will know

that you are My
disciples, if you have
love for one another.”
John 13:35
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Tongues in My Church!
Four Ways to Speak with Tongues Successfully

In the books of
Acts &
1Corinthians
There are
Four Ways
To speak
In Tongues!
Four Ways to Speak with Tongues Successfully
Four Ways to Speak with Tongues Successfully

Christ’s command
Gospel to the world!
Christ’s Promise
Power of the Holy Spirit!
Four Ways to Speak with Tongues Successfully

Then came
the great
Day of
Pentecost!

Acts 2:1,4
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Day of Pentecost
“And they were all filled with
the Holy Spirit and began to
speak with other tongues, as
the Spirit gave them
utterance.”
Acts 2:4
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MIRACLE!
All heard the
Gospel in their
“own
language” in
which they
“were born”!
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“And when this sound occurred,

the multitude came together, and
were confused, because
everyone heard them speak in
his own language.”
Acts 2:6
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“‘How is it that we hear, each in

our own language in which we
were born?
We hear them speaking in our
own tongues the wonderful
works of God.’”
Acts 2:8,11
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Four Ways to Speak with Tongues Successfully

QUESTION:
So, is the
Pentecostal
Tongue a
“Must Be” or
a “May Be”?

ANSWER:
a “May Be”
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Four Ways to Speak with Tongues Successfully
Four Ways to Speak with Tongues Successfully

The
phenomenon in
Christian
churches today
is not really
Pentecostal!
It’s Corinthian!
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“How can one who finds himself

among those who do not understand
say ‘Amen’ to your thanksgiving,
since he does not know what you
are saying?”
“Will they not say that you are out
of your mind?”
1Corinthians 14:16,23,NIV
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Confusion
in the
Church!
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PAUL STATED THREE FACTS

1. God gives different gifts to different
people.
1Cor.12:10,11

2. Tongues is at the bottom of God’s

list!
1Cor.12:28
3. Not everyone should speak with an
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The Apostle
Paul gave
Four Rules.
They are found
in
1Corinthians
14:27,28
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1. Only two or three

speakers.
2. Speak one at a
time.
3. Someone should
interpret.

4.If there is no
interpreter,
Be Silent!
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QUESTION:
So, is the
Corinthian
Tongue a
“Must Be” or
a “May Be”?

ANSWER:
A “May Be”
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Four Ways to Speak with Tongues Successfully

1 Corinthians 13 is
the Christian’s
Love Song!

What’s the
connection?
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The Love Connection!

1Corinthians 12;31& 13:1
“But eagerly desire the greater gifts.
And now I will show you the most
excellent way. If I speak with the
tongues of men and of angels, but have
not love, I am only … a clanging
cymbal”
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TONGUES!
1. Pentecostal Tongue
An Option: “May Be”
2. Corinthian Tongue
An Option: “May Be”
3. Love Tongue
A Compulsion: “Must Be!”
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The Personification
of Love!
“God so Loved.”
“God commended His
Love to us.”
“Behold what manner of
love!”
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See Acts 10:30,34

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Peter told them the Gospel Story:

“God anointed Jesus of Nazareth…
whom they killed by hanging on a tree.
Him God raised up on the third day…
whoever believes in Him will receive
remission of sins.”
Acts 10:38-40,43
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Then it Happened Again!

“While Peter was still speaking
these words, the Holy Spirit fell
upon all those who heard the
word….they heard them speak
with tongues and magnify God.”
Acts 10:44,46
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What Happened Next? “Then

Peter answered, ‘Can anyone forbid
water that these should not be
baptized? …
And he commanded them to be
baptized in the name of the Lord.”
Acts 10:45-47
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Four Ways to Speak with Tongues Successfully

Cornelius’
household
was baptized
Right Away!
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The
Philippian
Prison
Officer
was baptized
Right
Away!
Four Ways to Speak with Tongues Successfully

The Treasurer
of Ethiopia
was baptized
Right Away!
Four Ways to Speak with Tongues Successfully

Apostle Paul
was baptized
Right
Away!
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People of Pentecost were baptized Right

Away!
 You should
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Follow
Jesus in
Baptism
Today!
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Four Ways to Speak with Tongues Successfully

Re-baptism
Acts 19:1-5

 Half Truth
 Full Truth
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Four Ways to Speak with Tongues Successfully

WHY IS IT IMPORTANT?
Until then, Jewish Christians did not mix
with gentiles.
So, God gave Peter the vision of the
unclean animals.
“The Spirit” told Peter to go the gentile
centurion!
Peter declared, “God has shown me that I
should not call any man common or
unclean.” v. 28
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MIRACLE!
Baptism Tongues had
created
Love Tongues!
For the first time,
Jews and gentiles
were praising God
together!
With all their
Love Tongues!
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Q: Why do we say “Baptism Tongue”?

A: Because when we are baptized, our tongues
are baptized!

“Present your bodies a

living sacrifice”
Romans 12:1
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All to Jesus
I surrender;
All to Him
I freely give.

I surrender
All.
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Every organ of
my body
is baptized!

I surrender
All.
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Every Born Again person must

speak in tongues!
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In God’s Happy Family

There are four ways
to speak with Tongues.
All of them are “Must Be”!
1. Control my Tongue Must Be!
2. Confess with my Tongue Must Be!
3. Affirm with my Tongue… Must Be!
4. Express Love - my Tongue… Must Be!
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In God’s Church
there are also four ways
to speak with Tongues!

2 are “May Be” & 2 are “Must Be”

1. Pentecostal Tongue May Be
2. Corinthian Tongue May Be
3. Love Tongue Must Be!
4. Baptism Tongue Must Be!
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All to Jesus I
surrender
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Dear Lord, Please give me

Your Love Tongue.
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Dear Lord,
Please give
me Your
Baptism
Tongue.
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“Pass Me Not
O gentle Savior”
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Four Big Secrets of a Happy Family

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