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The 7 Blessings of Speaking in Tongues

Praying in tongues is an effective way to edify and strengthen oneself spiritually. When praying in tongues, one is "building up" their spiritual person through the power of the Holy Spirit working within. Paul used tongues for his own edification, showing its importance. Christians can develop themselves in faith through praying in tongues, allowing the Holy Spirit to minister to their weaknesses and trade their weakness for God's power.

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The 7 Blessings of Speaking in Tongues

Praying in tongues is an effective way to edify and strengthen oneself spiritually. When praying in tongues, one is "building up" their spiritual person through the power of the Holy Spirit working within. Paul used tongues for his own edification, showing its importance. Christians can develop themselves in faith through praying in tongues, allowing the Holy Spirit to minister to their weaknesses and trade their weakness for God's power.

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THE 7 BLESSINGS OF TONGUES

EDIFY

No.3

Praying in Tongues is probably one of the best ways of edification available to Christians.
"He that speaks in an unknown tongue edifies himself." (1 Corinthians 14:4) The Living Bible says, A person who speaks in tongues is strengthened personally, Gods Word says, he helps himself grow. Beck says, when you talk a strange language, you encourage yourself." "He who speaks in a tongue improves himself." (Berkeley) "He that speaks in a tongue ...may strengthen his own faith." (Knox)

The words translated edifies in this verse comes from the Greek meaning to build up or strengthen, to encourage one in the spiritual life. It was used in the use of building a brick wall, brick by brick. When praying in the Spirit, you are building up your spiritual man. Paul says; I give praise to God that I am able to make use of tongues more than you all (1 Corinthians
14:18)

Paul used tongues to edify himself. If a man like Paul's depended on this type of prayer, can we ever hope to give less emphasis and be spiritually successful in fulfilling the will of God? Let us the God within to minister to use by praying in tongues. Allow Him to "help" our infirmities by praying in tongues. (Romans 8: 26-28) Through prayer we can trade our weakness for the power of God.
Jude 20-21 But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost, 21Keep yourselves in the love of God.

We see here how we can developing ourselves in the faith. The bible teaches that faith COMES by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. (Romans 10:17) However we are built up in our faith by means of prayer in the Spirit. The word translated "building up in the above verse are the same Greek root word rendered "edifies" (charge, strengthen) in 1 Corinthians 14:4.
"But you, beloved, build yourselves up (founded) on your most holy faith, make progress - rise like an edifice higher and higher, praying in the Holy Spirit, (Jude 20, amplified) But you my beloved build up yourselves anew in the holy faith through the Holy Spirit, by means of prayer." (Lamsa) "But you, dear friends, building yourselves up in your most holy faith, through praying by the Holy Spirit," (Adams) "But you, beloved, grow strong in your holy faith through prayer in the Holy Spirit." (New American)

For centuries Christians have sought for a really successful aid to strength and power in the spiritual life. We have been filled with the Holy Spirit, yet no one has told us how to yield to the power within us. Perhaps we just assumed things would work out automatically.
Ephesians 2:20 Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us,

Rotherham's " the power which does energise itself within us." There can be no doubt that God's power is WITHIN US, but it will not happen "automatically". We must intelligently yield to the motions of the Holy Spirit in prayer and we shall find that we are greatly edified by it.
http://hot-tongues.blogspot.com/
These notes are based on Rev. Dr. Joseph Kostelnik book Prayer in the Spirit.

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