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SOME MONTHS OR YEARS--I FORGET WHICH . . . after the Holy Spirit goose bumps; tingles had worn well off, I was being hassled by the enemy that it was all made up in my head.

Mercifully, The Lord broke in to the dialogue with the enemy and quietly asked me if I was saved by faith or feelings.

He then asked me if praying in tongues was Biblical. He then encouraged me to pray accordingly in faith and trust Holy Spirit and The Father to respond fittingly. Been doing that ever since. Sometimes I have heavy anointing feelings and sometimes I don't. Sometimes I pray in a "language" not my usual "tongue" but usually I don't. Often a different "language" occurs with heavy anointing--and usually in some situation where someone else is really needing a touch or heavy intervention by God.

I've taken to suggesting to people who are genuinely saved etc. to just start stepping out of the boat in faith and praying in a combination of sounds NOT part of a language they know--that is--a pattern of a combination of sounds--the pattern of which is not part of a language they know. AND, TO TRUST HOLY SPIRIT TO BE TAKING YOUR ACTIVE FAITH IN SUCH A MANNER AND TRANSMITTING THE DEEP INNER MOST NEEDS OF YOUR SPIRIT; OF YOUR DESIRE FOR INTERCESSION--WHATEVER--THAT HOLY SPIRIT WILL THEN TRANSMIT THE MOST FITTING ***MEANING*** TO THE FATHER.

Have been glad to have taken that perspective as it has blessed many, many people--deepened their prayer life and walk with Father enormously . . . . as well, of course, their relationship with Jesus, The Christ.

Besides, I've OFTEN been in desperate situations where I've said all I knew to say in English and the burden was still heavy. If I hadn't known how to pray in tongues, I'd have felt enormously spiritually constipated and helpless. Literally groaning as with a stomach ache only goes so far toward relieving that, for me.

And it's wonderful to see/feel after a season of prayer in tongues that the burden lifts.

I read a man once who claimed that praying in tongues 2 hours every day for 6 months would change one's life forever. I suspect praying at all for 2 hours a day would change one's life forever but I think his point is very apt.

TRANSMITTING THE DEEP INNER MOST NEEDS OF YOUR SPIRIT; OF YOUR DESIRE FOR INTERCESSION--WHATEVER--THAT HOLY SPIRIT WILL THEN TRANSMIT THE MOST FITTING ***MEANING*** TO THE FATHER

Do you think that the Holy Spirit can transmit the needs of a believer to the Father without the believer engaging in the act of speaking in incomprehensible sounds?

Paul gives some very strong warnings about speaking in the "tongues" you describe, what is your interpretation of those warnings?