Benefits Of Speaking in Tongues

Benefits Of Speaking in Tongues

Speaking in Tongues Builds You Up:
When you're born again and filled with the Holy Ghost, the power of God comes to reside in you. This power is triggered off or set in motion when you speak in other tongues."He that speaketh in an unknown tongue edifieth himself; ..." (1 Corinthians 14:4). The Greek word translated "edifieth" is "oikodomeo," which means to construct or build up, to embolden or charge up like you would charge a battery. This Scripture is therefore telling us that the one who speaks in an unknown tongue builds himself up like an edifice; he emboldens himself and charges himself like a battery.

He that speaks in an unknown tongue builds up himself. When you spend time to speak in other tongues, you're actually building up your spirit man. "But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost" (Jude 1:20). When you speak in tongues, you're charging yourself in the spirit and stirring up the power of God resident within you. Then strength comes and the glory of God is revealed in your life. If you were weak in your Christian life, as you speak in other tongues, the power of God that has laid dormant within you would be stirred up and you'll be strengthened to do the things of God again.

It Emboldens You: "He that speaketh in an unknown tongue edifieth himself; ..." (1 Corinthians 14:4). Remember that one of the meanings of "edifieth" is "embolden," so "he that speaketh in an unknown tongue emboldens himself." Speaking in tongues is the solution to fear and timidity. If you ever become timid about anything, speak in tongues.

As a Christian, know that God has not given you the spirit of fear, but of power, love and a sound mind (2 Timothy 1:7). Activate the power within you by spending time speaking in other tongues; it works! Speaking in tongues stops all fear; it emboldens you and builds up your inner man so strong that you'll have the dominion over all your adversaries.

It Empowers You To Preach: I heard a nine year old boy say, "I began speaking in tongues when I couldn't preach the Word of God to my classmates at school." He said, "When I started speaking in tongues, I became bold. Then when I went to school, I preached to all my mates." Age has nothing to do with it; this was a nine year old boy speaking in tongues.

There is no limitation as to what the Spirit of God can do in your life today if you would spend some quality time to speak in other tongues. He's not a respecter of persons; what He's done for one, He'll do for another under the same circumstances.

It Charges You Up: : When you speak in other tongues, you charge your spirit. This is a "quick charge," because your spirit responds very quickly. It'll only take a few minutes and suddenly the anointing is stirred within you and you're turned into another man.
Back in the Old Testament, every time the Spirit of God (Holy Ghost) came upon Samson, he was changed from an ordinary man into a man of superhuman strength. All it took was a moment for that change to occur.

The Bible records in one instance that he "took the doors of the gate of the city, and the two posts, and went away with them, bar and all, and put them upon his shoulders, and carried them up to the top of an hill that is before Hebron" (Judges 16:3). Samson was so charged that he was able to do what was otherwise humanly impossible.

If this happened in the Old Testament when the Holy Spirit could only come upon a person for a period of time to enable him accomplish a God-given purpose, how much more now that He has come to abide with us forever!