This document discusses the baptism of the Holy Spirit and praying in tongues. It describes how Jesus told his disciples to wait for the Holy Spirit after his ascension. On the day of Pentecost, the 120 believers were filled with the Holy Spirit and began speaking in other tongues. Praying in tongues allows one to pray directly to God, strengthens and builds up one's spiritual life, helps worship God, and can open the doorway to other spiritual gifts. The conclusion states that praying in tongues is a powerful means of communicating with God through the Holy Spirit and can increase one's love for Christ, God's word, God's work, and the lost.

3. INTRODUCTION
In his book, Prayer:
Finding the Heart’s True Home,
Richard Foster describes
three stages in the practice
of prayer:
prayer of the lips,
prayer of the mind and
prayer of the heart.

4. INTRODUCTION
● In the prayer of the
heart, we do not know
what to pray for as we
ought, but the Spirit
Himself intercedes for us
with groanings too deep
for words.

6. INTRODUCTION
● We pray to the
Father, as prompted
by the Spirit, through
the person of the
Son.

7. BAPTISM
HOLY SPIRIT
OF THE

8. ●Prior to His ascension, Jesus told His disciples to
wait for the gift His Father promised and when the …
Holy Spirit
comes upon
them, they
will be
empowered
to be His
witnesses.

11. ● On the day of Pentecost, all the 120 believers
were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak
in other tongues. (Acts 2:4).

13. Paul’s writings
imply that the
Spirit-inspired
languages
may be
human, heavenly
or angelic.

16. ● Two distinguishing features of the baptism in
the Holy Spirit:

17. * This experience is distinct from and
subsequent to the experience of the new birth.

18. * It is accompanied by the
initial physical sign of
speaking with
other tongues

20. ● Praying in tongues ought to be a continual,
repeated experience after being baptised in the
Spirit.

21. ● Paul’s reasons for his desire for believers to
speak in tongues (1 Corinthians 14:5): -

23. Devotional Use
Anyone who speaks
in a tongue does not
speak to people but
to God.

24. “Prayer language”
is different from the gift
of “tongues”
which needs
interpretation
so intended audience
understand
God’s message.
The devotional aspect of tongues or

25. Spiritual edification
He who speaks in a
tongue edifies himself.
Praying in tongues is
one of God’s methods
of strengthening and
building up our spiritual
house.

26. Worshipping God
Speaking in tongues is
a supernatural way to
magnify God.
Paul says we can sing
with our spirit and with
our understanding as
we do with prayer.

27. Doorway to the supernatural -
Praying in tongues can act
as a doorway for other
spiritual gifts.
Becoming more yielded to
the Holy Spirit helps us to
be more aware of the
spiritual realm God desires
us to operate in.

28.  Paul exhorts us to “follow the way of love and
eagerly desire the gifts of the Spirit”

29. CONCLUSION

30. Praying in tongues is a powerful and intimate
means of communication with God as it is the
Holy Spirit who is the initiator and sustainer
of this prayer of the heart.

31. When our spirits are touched by God’s Spirit,
how can there not be a more active
love for Christ,
for His Word,
for His work
and
for the lost?