God wants us praying in the spirit, ''tongues''

God Wants You Praying in The Spirit Brendan Mc Crossan One

John 4 1 New International Version

Jesus Talks with a Samaritan Woman

1Now, Jesus learned that the Pharisees had heard that he was gaining and baptizing more disciples than John 2 although in fact it was not Jesus who baptized, but his disciples. 3 So he left Judeaand went back once more to Galilee.4 Now he had to go through Samaria. 5 So he came to a town in Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of groundJacobhadgiventohissonJoseph. 6 Jacob’swellwasthere,andJesus,tiredashe wasfromthejourney,satdownbythewell.Itwasaboutnoon.

7 When aSamaritan woman came todraw water, Jesus said to her,“Will you give me a drink?” 8 (His disciples had gone into the townto buy food.) 9 The Samaritan woman said to him, “You are a Jew, and I am a Samaritanwoman. How can you ask me for a drink?” (For Jews do not associate with Samaritans.[a]) 10 Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God and who it is that asks you for a drink, you would have asked him and he would have given you living water.”

11 “Sir,” the woman said, “you have nothing to draw with and the well is deep. Where can you get this living water? 12 Are you greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the welland drank from it himself, as did also his sons and his livestock?” 13 Jesus answered, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, 14 but whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life.” 15 The woman said to him,“Sir,givemethiswatersothatIwon’tgetthirstyandhavetokeepcominghereto drawwater.”

16He told her,“Go, call your husband and come back.” 17 “I have no husband,” she replied.

Jesus said to her, “You are right when you say you have no husband. 18 The fact is, you have had five husbands, and the man you now have is not your husband. What you have just said is quite true.”

19 “Sir,” the woman said, “I can see that you are a prophet. 20 Our ancestors worshiped on this mountain, but you Jews claim that the place where we must worship is in Jerusalem.”

21 “Woman,” Jesus replied, “believe me, a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem. 22 You Samaritans worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews. 23 Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in the

Spirit and in truth,

for they are the kind of

worshipers

must

worship

in the

worshipers the Father seeks.

Spirit

and in ‘’truth.” 25 The woman said, “I know that Messiah” (called Christ) “is coming. When he comes, he will explain everything to us.” 26 Then Jesus declared, “I, the one speaking to you I am he.”

The Disciples re join Jesus 27 Justthenhisdisciplesreturnedandweresurprisedtofindhimtalkingwithawoman But no one asked, “What do you want?” or “Why are you talking with her?” 28 Then, leaving her water jar, the woman went back to the town and said to the people, 29 “Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did.Could this be the Messiah?” 30 Theycameoutofthetownandmadetheirwaytowardhim

31 Meanwhilehisdisciplesurgedhim,“Rabbi,eatsomething.” 32 But he said to them, “I have food to eat that you know nothing about.” 33 Then his disciples said to each other,“Couldsomeonehavebroughthimfood?”

34 “My food,” said Jesus, “is to do the will of him who sent me and to finish his work. 35 Don’t you have a saying, ‘It’s still four months until harvest’? I tell you, open your eyes and look at the fields! They are ripe for harvest. 36 Even now the one who reaps draws a wage and harvests a crop for eternal life, so that the Sower and the reaper may be glad together. 37 Thus the saying ‘One sows, and another reaps’ is

true. 38 I sent you to reap what you have not worked for. Others have done the hard work,and you have reaped the benefits of their labour

Many Samaritans Believe

’Repeat

“Sir,givemethiswatersothatIwon’tgetthirstyandhavetokeepcomingheretodraw water.”16Hetoldher,“Go,callyourhusbandandcomeback.” 17“Ihavenohusband,”she replied.Jesussaidtoher,“Youarerightwhenyousayyouhavenohusband. 18Thefact is, you have had five husbands, and the man you now have is not your husband. What youhavejustsaidisquitetrue.”

DidJesustellthiswomantoleavethemanshewaslivingwith;asmostchurchypeople wouldhaveinjectedintotheconversation?But Jesus never told her to leave this man and live right, strangeto us thisif thought about, but hisonly concern for the woman wastotellherhowtoworshipthesameGodheworshipped.

Look first, at the love Jesus showed to the Jews enemies, the Samaritans, to this Samaritan woman Tryputtingyourselfintoherposition;seeJesussittingthereandit isobvioustothewomanthathelookstiredandthirsty,forhehadnobucketfromwhich todrawwaterfromthisverydeepwell.

Have you noticed something about Jesus, and it is not the fact that he was thirsty? He talked openly and clear to this woman who had five husbands, and the man she was livingwithwasnotherhusband,shewaslivinglikesomanyintoday’sworld.Theonly thingistoday’swomenandmendon’tpray,orhavearelationshipwithJesus,andthatis thepresentconditionofthispresentworld.

Would Jesus have shown a different reaction to a woman living with a man in today’s world? I don’t believe so, forIaminahealingministry,andIhaveseenJesus’ touchandhealwomenandmenwhoarelivinginthisway

Like this woman that he offers eternal life to; the people that I and my prayer partner Davy King, a true believer; see, and are amazed by the way the lord touches and heals them, even though as the churchy people would say, they are not living right, and that is true, but that isnot the reaction of Jesus to peopleliving likethis, for he offers healing to them, and when they have been touched by Jesus, most ask him into their heart,forthisisthefirsttimeformosttohaveanexperienceofGod,andfindoutheis real

19 “Sir,” the woman said, “I can see that you are a prophet. 20 Our ancestors worshiped on this mountain, but you Jews claim that the place where we must worship is in Jerusalem.”

Jesus explained to the woman that it is not the place you worship in; it is the place of your heart wherever you are. Worship is aplacein yourheart whenyouand God arealone,andyousharingwhatisonyourheart,expressionlovetoGodAlmighty,our God.

Then Jesus explains that worship takes place, not in a church or religious place, it is a conditionoftheheart;andbyheart,Imeanaconditionofthe ‘’spirit within you.’’

“Woman;” Jesus replied,“believe me, a time is comingwhen you will worship the Father ‘’neither on this mountain,’’ ‘’nor in Jerusalem.’’ You Samaritans worship what you do not know;we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews. Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in the Spirit and in truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in the Spirit and in truth.”

Yetatimeiscoming,andpraiseGod, we are in this time frame; whenthosewhohave received the Holy Spirit will pray in the way God desires to hear them pray to him, {tongues are spirit worship}; for this is true worship, and sadly, most born again believers don’t realise what Jesus is saying in his word right now. So little is taught in todayschurchesabouttheHolySpirit,andwhyitisimportanttoworshipinhisspirit!

Pentecost

John 3 16- the way, the living Bible-

ForGodsolovedtheworldthathegavehisoneandonlySon,that whoever ‘’believes in him’’ shall ‘’not perish’’ but ‘’have eternal life.’’ 17 ForGoddidnotsendhisSonintothe worldtocondemntheworld,buttosavetheworldthroughhim. 18 Whoever ‘’believes’’ ‘’in him’’ is ‘’not condemned,’’ but whoever does ‘not believe’ ‘’stands ‘condemned’ already’’ because they have not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son.

Believing has a most profound effect on a human being, and I used this scripture to highlight the importance of ‘’believing, ’’ so when it comes to the word of God about tongues, belief is sincerely needed. ThewordofGodisfromGodhimselfhandeddown throughtheyearsbythosehecommissionedtowritedownhiswords.

Acts 2 2 New International Version

2 When the day of Pentecost came, they were all togetherin one place. 2 Suddenly a sound liketheblowing ofaviolent wind came from heavenand filled thewholehouse where they were sitting. 3 They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them. 4 All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them.

This is the first instance of the holy Spirit in mankind, and what does he do the instanceheisintroducedbyJesustellingthemhewouldcomeuponthem,and ‘’future believers’’ alike,toallwhowouldreceivehim.Theywouldallspeakintonguesthrough thepoweroftheHolySpirit,anddidJesusnotsaytothem,theywouldreceive‘’power,’’ when the Holy Spirit would come upon them, and what was the first sign of the Holy Spirits power?‘’Tongues,’’ thiswasthefirstsignthatJesustalkedabout. Manyyearsago,thelordspoketomeverballyandsaid ‘’you do not know the awesome power in tongues:’’ OverthelastfiftyyearsIhaveexperiencedtheawesomepowerof theHolySpiritgiftoftongues.

Acts 1-1-New International Version

Jesus Taken Up into Heaven

1 In my former book,Theophilus, I wrote about all that Jesus began to do and to teach 2 until the day he was taken up to heaven,after giving instructions through the ‘’Holy Spirit’’ to the ‘apostles he had chosen. ’’ 3 After his suffering, he presented himself to them and gave many convincing proofs that he was alive. He appeared to themover a period of forty days and spoke about the kingdom of God. 4 On one occasion, while he was eating with them, he gave them this command:“Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait for the gift my father promised, which you have heard me speak about. 5 For John baptized with water, but in a few days, you will be ‘’baptized with the Holy Spirit.” 6 Thentheygatheredaroundhimandaskedhim,“Lord,areyouat thistimegoingtorestorethekingdomtoIsrael?” 7 Hesaidtothem:“Itisnotforyouto

knowthetimesordatestheFatherhassetbyhisownauthority. 8 But you will receive ‘’power’’ when the ‘’Holy Spirit’ ‘comes on you; ’’and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem,andinallJudeaandSamaria, and to the ‘’ends of the earth.”

Jesus gave instructions through the power of the Holy Spirit; tellingthem they would ‘’receive power’’ when the Holy Spirit came upon them, to be his witnesses to the ends of the earth. Think about this statement from the mouth of Jesus himself; that through the ‘’power’’ of the ‘’Holy Spirit, ’’ his messages would go to the ends of the earth. Did he mean the apostles would travel around the world, telling every city, and villagethroughouttheentireworld,ordidhemeanhismessagewouldspreadthrough hisHolySpiritthroughfuturebelievers?

Intoday’sworldwehavethemeanstotalkwith,andseepeople,indifferentpartsofthe world through the internet, through what’s app, and messenger, and other means of communication. The Apostles could not do this, as all they had to use as travel means was,donkeysorcamels,andtheyhadnosmartphones,ortheinternet,sothiswasajob forthe future believers, andImean believer’s, not doubters.

The Holy Spirit was given to us, those Jesus said he was praying for, the ‘’future believer.’’

John 17:20- Living Bible (TLB)

“Iamnotprayingforthesealone but also for the ‘’future believers’’ whowillcometo mebecauseofthetestimonyofthese.

What’s the use in praying in tongues many ask?

Well,here’stheveryanswertheHolyBiblegivesus,butfirst!

Acts 2 1 Living Bible

Sevenweekshadgoneby,sinceJesus’deathandresurrection,andthe Day of Pentecost had nowarrived.Asthe believers met together that day, 2 suddenly;therewasasound like the roaring of a mighty windstorm in the skies above them and it filled the house wheretheyweremeeting. 3 Then, what looked like flames or tongues of fire appeared and settled on their heads. 4 And everyone present was ‘’filled with the ‘’Holy Spirit’’ and began ‘’speaking in languages’’ they didn’t know, for the Holy Spirit gave them this ability.

Who gave this gift to men and women alike; he made no differences? It was Jesus givinghisgiftjustashepromised.Heneverlies.

“Therefore I clearly state to everyone in Israel that God has made this Jesus you crucifiedtobetheLord,theMessiah!”

These words of Peter’s moved them deeply, and they said to him and to the other apostles,“Brothers,whatshouldwedo?”

And Peter replied, “Each one of you must turn from sin, return to God, and be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; then you also shall receive this gift, the

Holy Spirit

For Christ promised him to each one of you who has been called by the Lord our God, and to your children and even to those in distant lands!”

WasGodamanorwomanwhenhecreatedyouandme,andallcreation?Washeaflesh andbloodGod,orwasheaspiritGod? Hecreated us in ‘’his own image.’’ ‘’God created us, you, and me, and alltheworld in his own image, a spiritual being first,’’ then he breathed on them and created life in them, through the breath of God, then he took the earth and created them flesh and blood beings, made in his own image. ’’inthe ‘’image and likeness of God He createdthem;’’‘’maleandfemaleHecreatedthem’’.

Genesis 1 1 Living Bible

When God began creatingthe heavens

of God

the earth,

the earth wasa shapeless, chaoticmass,

the dark vapours.

ThenGodsaid,

us make a ma

like ourselves

tobethemasterof alllifeupontheearthand in the skies

intheseas.”

God made man

did

he make them.

his Maker.

Like

God

did

God make man;

Man, and maid

First God created man a spirit being like himself, then later he thought that as the earthwasnowcreatedliveable,hedecidedtomakehimasafleshandbloodcreatureto have fellowship with him, and later he created Eve the same, only he took a rib from

Adams body, and created Eve from that rib. Wow! God is amazing creating a woman fromaribofAdam.

Genesis 2 7 Living Bible

The time came when the Lord God formed a man’s body from the dust of the ground and breathed into it the

breath of life.

And

man became a

living

person.

What was a man then? He was just like God in every way, ‘’a spirit being.’’ Then God formed a man’s body from the clay of the ground and man became a living person as God breathed the breath of life into him. He was still a spirit being first, then he becamealivingbodilyhumanbeingalso.Andthishasnotchangedoverthousandsand thousandsofyears,wearestillspiritbeings,withafleshandbloodbodywithasoul{a mind}.

If God is spirit, then isn’t it right that we should worship him in spirit? If God was, say, flesh and blood, and say German, then wouldn’t he wish to be worshipped in German?

Acts 10-Living Bible

42 And he sent us to preach the Good News everywhere and to testify that Jesus is ordained of God to be the Judge of all—living and dead. 43 Andalltheprophetshave written about him, saying that everyone who believes in him will have their sins forgiven through his name.”

44 Even as Peter was saying these things, the Holy Spirit fell upon all those listening! 45 The Jews who came with Peter were amazed that the gift of the Holy Spirit would be given to Gentiles too! 46 47 Buttherecouldbenodoubtaboutit,[c] for theyheardthem speaking in tongues and praising God.

The gift of the Holy Spirit wasgiventotheGentilesalsoaswellastheJews,andweare those, Gentiles. Cornelius and his family and servants were the first of the Gentiles to receivetheHolySpiritand what was the first thing the Holy Spirit gave them? The gift of tongues, that sacred gift of supernatural power to pray in the spirit instead of your local language.

One of the greatest gifts that God could giveus human beings is the gift of the Holy Spirit. No other gift can match this gift, not tongues, not miracles, not healing, or salvation can ever match the gift that God hasgiven us in the power of the gift giver, the awesome Holy Spirit, this is an awesome encounter with a supernatural Awesome

God. The Holy Spirit is a living part of God himself in the trinity, and think of this carefully,hegaveusapartofhimself,apartofthelivingGodhimself,andstillinunion withJesusandFatherGod.

Receiving a portion of God himself. Nothingcanevenmatchthisgloriousgift,andthat portion of God in the Holy Trinity is given to us who don’t even deserve him, for we were sinners needing asaviour, and Jesus gave those who asked him salvation, and hegavethemaportionofhimselfandlater,the Holy Spirit. TheHolySpiritistheonein Genesiswhowasbroodingoverthevapoursthatbecametheearth, {Genesis 1 1} onwhich he would place our ancestors in this liveable planet, and they survived and produced children,andthiscontinuedrightdowntotoday.ThelovethatGodfeelsforushisown children is awesome, amazing beyond belief, for not only did he give us the gift of his own Holy Spirit; he also gave us the

gifts

of the Holy Spirit, those nine supernatural gifts, like tongues, thatmostdesiredgiftthatGodgaveustoworshipthe Holy Father, who desires to be worshiped in tongues, {spirit}, he desires to be worshiped in that Holy language, for he is spirit, and theHoly Spirit is in us; letting us prayinthatdesiredgift,giventoworshipthefatherinspiritandintruth

When Jesuswasdying onthat crosson Calvary, allhecould thinkof was us, and what wewouldbecomebecauseofhissufferingandeventualdeath.

Justimagine,ifthatwereyouhangingonacross;andjustafterbeingwhippedtowithin aninchofyourlifelikeJesus,wouldyoubethinkingofanyoneelseexceptyou?Idoubt that, but our saviour Jesus knew what he was doing and where it would lead to, the salvation of the world, from first of creation until the very last human being, if that wasn’tlovewithoutcondition,Idon’tknow? Nowknowingwhathedidwiththefather beinginsidehimand theHolySpiritalsoknowingnowwhatsin waslike, andthen the end resultwould betoend upin helllikeJesusdid;tasting damnation before he over powered it, and then brought Satan into the kingdom of heaven as a prisoner and paraded him and every angel or spiritual being that tried to overthrow God, before all the heavenly angels and spiritual beings that remained faithful to them, and all in heaven worshipped the father in spirit and in truth, andthatiswhatGodwantsfrom us,trueworship, tongues being the only gift to give you true worship, anddoyousee inthefollowingportion ofscripturethatIhaveputuptheworshippers ‘’must, ’’ thatis acommandword.

Must means=should, you have to, be required to, be obliged to, to want to.

Required means=obligatory, mandatory, necessary, requisite, essential

Obligatory, = requisite, necessary, compulsory, enforced, required,

Andthesearejustthreeofthewordswemustimplement.Godhimselfsayswe ‘’must’’ worship in spirit {tongues} and truth,fortherearenoliesintruth.Somepeopledon’t want to pray in tongues, they get bored themselves, or think it puts people off church, yesprayingintonguesmightputpeopleoff,butwhoaremoreimportant,peopleorGod theFatherGod? Ortonguescould have theopposite effectwhenit isGodwhoisbeing worshipped.

I remember going to a retreat one time and there were nuns there and when people wereencouragedtoprayintonguesbyaFatherJoeMahon,everyonewhocouldprayin the spirit just let go because of his encouragement, and prayer let into singing in tongues, for that is part of the Holy Spirit’s gifts It was awesome hearing those nuns singingandonenun,stoodoutamilefromeveryoneelse,shesoundedlikeanangel,just holyandmajestic,shewasawe inspiringtolistento,itjustfeltlikeyouwereinheaven listeningtotheangels.Itwasincredible, nowadaysyouneverhear tonguesin church orretreats,ithasbeenplayeddownbythosechurchleaderssayingGodwantsusbeing quiet,tohearhimspeak

That, after tongues worship would have been spot on, but they brought in quietness, andsincethenI’veseeninchurchpeopleplayingwiththeir‘’I’’phones’’anddoingother things with their phones, and not paying any attention to God, or even church during these quiet times. It was terrible for me to sit and watch these pillars of the church playingwiththeir

phones

theservice.AndaninsulttoGodhimself.

One time, Iwasprayingwithagroupoffriends,whenGodspoketous,andhaduspray abouttheFalklandIslandwar,andoneoftheladshadavisionofasubmarine,andIhad animageofashiponfire,andtheothertwoladsgotasimilar messageasTommyand me. Then we decided to give God some quiet time. No sooner had we decided to sit quietlywhenGodspokealoudtome.

Hesaid, ‘’would you pray in tongues all day today,’’ thencontinuedbysaying, ‘’you do not know the awesome power there is in tongues.’’

ThatdayallfourofuskeptourpromisetoGodandprayedintonguesevenatwork,and wherever we were. Later that night, at Eight o clock, breaking news came on the TV, thenewscameonsaying the ‘’Falkland Island war had just ended,’’ andtheygavethe time the Commander surrendered, and it was the same time we gave our promise to God.

Ihadcheckedmywatchtomakesurethetwoladswhowereworkingwerestillontime forwork,anditwasthesametimethatthiscommandersurrendered.‘’I’mnotclaiming thatweasindividualsstoppedthiswaronourown,forotherswereprayingfortheend to this war!’’ but I am saying, ‘’you do not know the awesome power there is in tongues.’’ AndobediencetoGod.

IfGodhimselfspeaksloudlytomesaying, ‘’you do not know the awesome power there is in tongues.’’ TherebylettingusknowthatasIsaidearlierthereis power in tongues, foritisuslettingtheHolySpiritdisplayhispowerthroughusfour.WhenItoldMartin what happened, we were standing waiting for the door to the prayer meeting to open,

andwhenIsaidwhatGodhaddonethroughusfour,heimmediatelyranintothetoilet that we had been standing outside of, and had the diarrhoea run outof him, the shock heexperiencedranthroughhim{Loose,waterystools}.Hecameoutjustastheyopened the door to where the prayer meeting was to take place, telling us what happened to him, explaining about his diarrhoea running out of him, because the lord worked his firstmiracleforusinthisprayermeeting. ‘’Glory to God alone.’’

Over the last fifty four years I have experienced more miracles happening to me throughprayingintongues

In fact,IhaveexperiencedthesametypeofmiraclethatGodhaddoneformefivetimes. The first time it happened was after Rose and I prayed to God ‘’saying we needed money ’’andbecauseGodsays‘’tobespecific,’’wetoldhim‘’twentypounds’’waswhat weneeded.Withinfiveminutesmybrotherinlawphonedsayingaband hadrunghim askinghimdidheknowanyonewithavan,andBillytoldhimI hadoneandherangme sayingaboutthebandneedingavananddriver,askingmecouldIdothisgig,therewas twentypoundforthevanandfivepoundforthepetrol,soGodwasansweringuswithin minutesafteraskinghimandgaveustherightamount.

BillytoldmethattheyweredowninShantallow,outsidealocalBar,hetoldmeitwasa wedding they were playing at. Getting there took ten minutes, and the band members climbedintothevanandtheleaderaskedcouldIdrivetoanotherpartofDerrytoabar where their gear was left over as they were playing in it from the night before! When thebandwentinsidethebar,theyweretoldthatthegearwaslockedinthatroomthey playedin,andthemanagerwasawayplayinggolf,fortymilesormoreaway.

When theband camebackoutIseentheywerein trouble, and theband leader turned aroundandhandedmefivepoundforthepetrol,sayingwhathappened,andcancelling the gig, I asked him to ring the hotel and check what was happening, so off he went backintothebartousetheirphone,gettingthroughtothehotelhewastoldthepeople werejustsittingdowntothemealsotheyhadplentyoftimetogetthereandsetup.He hadphonedthewronghotel!

Iwasallthetimeprayingquietlyintonguesundermybreath,whenathoughtcameto me, ‘’goaskmybrother in lawBillyCampbellifthebandcouldgetaloanoftheirband ‘’The Bin Men’s.’’ gear. ’’ Billy, being of good nature, said, ‘’of course if they were back before 9 o clock, as they were playing in a bar called the ‘’Rocking chair.’’ The band agreedtobebackbefore9.

We set off back down to Shantallow to collect their guitar player, arriving outside the bar,Isawtheirguitarplayerstandingthere,butIdidn’tseehisguitarcasewithhim

Heaskedthebandmembersiftheygothisguitarfromthebartheywerein lastnight? And they told him their story, and he told them his problem, and so the band leader came over to me offering me the five pounds saying they couldn’t do the gig. I had a thoughtcometome,andIasked him,‘’doyouhaveanyfriendswhohaveaguitar.’’ He

saidhedid,andwentrunningofftohisfriend’shouse,andcamebacklaterwithaguitar andguitarlead.Nowwehaveeverythingwesetoff.

Thebandleadersatinthefrontofthevanwithme,andhetoldmetheywereplayingin a hotel down in a place called Ballyliffin. We come to a village called Buncranna, and therewasatrafficJamin themiddleofthevillage, withneitherdrivergivingway.Still prayingintongues,Ihadamassiveshockwhenthevanliftedoffthemiddleofthetraffic and came down on top of a hill on a dirt road in a split second, and the force of the impact the drums and other band stull fell on the guys in the back as the were sitting playingcards.

Theydidn’tknowwhathadjusthappened,justtheleaderofthebandsittinginthefront with me, and he exclaimed, ‘’what happened to us, where are we?’’ knowing one second, we were in Buncranna stuck in the middle of a traffic jam, to now, on top of a dirtroad Notknowingwherewewere.Itoldhim I didn’t know,thenheaskedme,‘’ifI were praying in tongues,’’ and I answered him ‘’I was,’’ he then told me he went to a prayermeetingonetimeandtheywereprayingintongues, ‘’all mad,’’

But now here we were sitting on top of a dirt road on a mountain top, with no explanationastohowwegotthere.Lookingoutthewindowwesawaman???Standing in a field with a scythe in his hands, and it did not seem like a man to either of us, I shouted, ‘’could you tell us the road to Ballyliffin?’’ He turned around and pointed down the dirt road, so following his hand sign we drove down this dirt road, and out between a large hedge growth, onto the Ballyliffin road, which I immediately recognised.

Idrovestraightacrosstheroadandstopped;turningaround,Ilooked,andallIsawwas a very large hedge, with no openings. Shocked to discover there was no dirt road leading to just across the street from where I drove out! Nothing but this very large thick long hedge, with no entrance leading from where we were sitting, now parked. I wasinaweofGodforIknewhedidallthisand even more in this story formepraying intongues,trustinghimtoprovidemyneed,butIneverexpectedforhimtodothisfor me!

Every time I went down to Ballyliffin I looked to see if there might be an opening, but not seeing an opening, I was back in awe of God, and what he did for me needing twentypoundsone.

Justshortlyafterstoppingacrossthestreet,Idroveontothehotelthatthebandleader phoned, wearrived and IsawDonCarlin andhisbandsettingup,thebandleadersaid weretoolatethat’sDonCarlin settinguphisgear. Itold himtogoinandsee whatthe storywas, and whilehewasinsidetalkingtothemanager,Isawpeoplewalkingdown the main street with flowers in their lapels. When the band leader came out again, he onceagainhandedmethefivepoundforthepetrol,sayingwewerejusttoolate,thenI asked him If we were at the right hotel and said about the people walking by with buttonholeson,soIdroveuptotheBallyliffinhotelandsomepeoplepassingby,turned and came running after us, and some people seen us from the foyer of the hotel, the bandleaderscreamedatmeto ‘’get us out of there, they’ll kill us.’’ ButwhenIstopped,

somepeopleopened thebackdoorsand started grabbingtheband gear and not them. Otherswhocamerunningoutofthefoyeralsograbbedthebandgear;andonesaidthey heardtherewasagunbattlein Creggan around thestreet wherethebridegroomlived anddidn’texpecttoseeus,sousarrivingshockedthemintomotion.

A few minutes later,therewasnogearinthevanjustthesweatingbandmembers,and Isaidtothemtohurryupandget set upand startplaying,andtheyjumped outofthe van and ran into the hotel and started playing in record time as some of the wedding guestweremusiciansandknewhowtosetupthebandequipment,soalltheyliterally had todowasset thesound and startplayingtoaveryhappyweddingparty. Iwasso happyforthebrideandgroom;theirweddingdaywasn’tdestroyed.

After the gig was over,peopleonceagainhelpedthebandgettheequipmentbackinto thevan, wavinggoodbye, weset forhomeand arrived at thebarwherethe‘’Bin Men’’ were playing at nine that night, they set everything up for them, and the band leader came over to me and thanked me, saying ‘’this was an incredibleday,’’ and handed me the twenty five pounds. His nickname by the way was ‘’Hitler, ’’ he was known among histerroristpalsbythatnameastheysaidhehadsuchhatredinhimagainsttheBritish Armywhohadtakenoverhiscountryandhejoinedaterroristgroup,butGodshowed him a better way than terrorism, a way of incredible miracles, only him and me seen what God had done, just to get meand Rosetwenty pound for our needs. I have never seenthemanagainandwebothliveinthesamecity,anditaboutthirtyyearsormore now!

Prayinginthespiritcausesmiraclestohappen.

Just as Hitler, and I saw the miracle that God had done for us, my twenty pounds I neededandhimhisgigandmoney, Goddonethisformefourtimesafter.IwasprayinginaplacecalledKillmacrenninina houseandafterfinishingpraying,Iheadedhome,anditwasaboutfiveinthemorning, and I tried to assure Rose that I would be back early, but because there were so many people for me to pray with, it wasn’t until Five when I got finished, and all the people werehealedbythenameofJesusandthepoweroftheHolySpirit.

Leaving,Iprayedthatthelordwouldhelpmegethomequickaspossible,andthiswasa two hour drive home again, driving down theroad suddenly my car disappeared from whereIwasand dropped downinSkeque Bridgend roundabout, tenminutesfrommy home, I had prayed in tongues going there, and entering the car again until this happenedtomeagain ToGodbegivenallthegloryforIcannottransportmyselfnever mindacaralsoinablinkofaneye.

I would only be telling the same story repeatedly four times if I had to rewrite it. This time I promised Rose I would be back around two, and it was around two as I set off homefromMildred’sinKillmacrennin,thelordonceagaintransportedmehome afew minutes to two. I had left Mildred’s at almost two o clock, and I was transported from her house driveway to Skeque Bridgend roundabout, where I had been transported

before. Tongues are an awesome amazing gift from God’s Holy Spirit, and they have awesome power as Jesus himself said to me. I love praying in tongues, they are an incrediblegiftofprayer.

WhenyoulookatsomeofthethingsGodtellsusinhisworditisastounding,andwhen he says there is ‘’an awesome power in tongues’’ he meant it, for it takes power to transport a van full of band equipment and men, from one place to other place miles away, it takes Godly power to do these things. I have read of people having the same experiencewhentheywerelateforaspiritualappointment,soI’mnotjusttheonlyone Goddisplayshispowerto.

Romans 8-5-Living Bible

5 Those who let themselves be controlled by their lower natures live only to please themselves,butthosewhofollowtheHolySpiritfindthemselvesdoingthosethingsthat pleaseGod. 6 FollowingaftertheHolySpiritleadstolifeandpeacebutfollowingtheold nature leads to death 7 because the old sinful nature within us is against God. It never didobeyGod’slawsanditneverwill. 8 That’swhythosewhoarestillunderthecontrol of their old sinful selves, bent on following their old evil desires, can never please God.9 But you are not like that. You are controlled by your new nature if you have the SpiritofGodlivinginyou. (And remember that if anyone doesn’t have the Spirit of Christ living in him, he is not a Christian at all.) 10 Yet, even though Christ lives within you, your body will die because of sin; but your spirit will live, for Christ has pardoned it.[a] 11 And if the Spirit of God, who raised up Jesus from the dead, lives in you, he will make your dying bodies live again after you die, by means of this same Holy Spirit living within you.

12 So, dear brothers, you have no obligations whatever to your old sinful nature to do whatitbegsyoutodo. 13 Forifyoukeeponfollowingityouarelostandwillperish,but if through the power of the Holy Spirit, you crush it and its evil deeds, you shall live. 14 ForallwhoareledbytheSpiritofGodaresonsofGod.

15 Andsoweshouldnotbelikecringing,fearfulslaves,butweshould behave like God’s very own children, adopted into the bosom of his family, and calling to him, “Father, Father.” 16 For his Holy Spirit speaks to us deep in our hearts and tells us that we really are God’s children. 17 And since we are his children, we will share his treasures for all God gives to his Son Jesus is ‘’now ours too.’’ Butifwearetoshare hisglory, we must also share his suffering.

26 And in the same way by our faith the Holy Spirit helps us with our daily problems and in our praying. For we don’t even know what we should pray for nor how to pray as we should, but the Holy Spirit prays for us with such feeling that it cannot be expressed in words. 27 And the Father who knows all hearts knows, of course, what the Spirit is saying as he pleads for us in harmony with God’s own

You do not know how to pray or to pray as you should!

will. 28 And we know that all that happens to us is working for our good if we love God and are fitting into his plans.

I’m going to start here at verse 26; for it says, we do not even know what we should prayfor,norhowtoprayasweshould!So,whoisrighthere,youorGod?Godsaysyou donotknowhowtoprayforthings, but the Holy Spirit prays for us with such feeling that it cannot be expressed in words. 27 And the Father who knows all hearts knows, of course, what the Spirit is saying as he pleads for us in harmony with God’s own will

When you pray in the Spirit, you are praying through the ‘’Most Holy Spirit,’’ and he knows exactly what you need and not what you think you need, and so he prays through you for what is in your spirit, not your flesh thinking. He knows deep down what you are praying for, and he gives you those words in tongues to pray for your need, and as scripture says the father knows exactly what the Holy Spirit is saying in tongues,fortonguesareanencompassingworldprayernomatterwhatthenationality be.Tonguesareaprayerentirelyofthespiritwithinyou, andinsomeoneontheother side of the world, I’m not saying they are the same words the Holy Spirit uses for the Holy Spirit is not limited in his vocabulary. For each person’s prayer is different, it’s fromtheirspiritandspokenthroughusbytheHolySpirit.

Nowthink,ifGodsaysinhisword,youdon’tknowhowtopray,aquestionhereforyou is who is right? You or God?

Ending this section about praying in tongues which is what God the father desires Tongues are spirit, and the father desires that we worship him in spirit, {John4 21} therefore,tonguesaretherightwaytoworship.

Sadly you do not hear of tongues in the regular worldly churches, and now they are fadingawayeveninthebornagainchurches,becauseleadersfeartheywillturnpeople off and people will leave or not come, but these leaders are truly in rebellion against God,forGodwantstobeworshippedintongues,fortonguesarespiritandthisiswhat God desires us to worship him this way, for tongues being spirit are the perfect language to worship him in. Lack of teaching about tongues is what is missing in this world’ sborn againchurches.

Ihavebeentochurcheswherethecongregationsangforhalfanhourandthenfinished and sat down waiting on the pastor to give his sermon or do whatever is done then accordingtotheirprogramme, believingthat thisisallthat Godshouldget, thereisno singingin tongues{spirit} and noprayingin tongueseither, yet therearesomepeople in church who can pray in the spirit,{tongues} but don’t be encouraged to do so, and I see great teaching is done in these churches; but no teaching on what tongues are or thatGoddesirestobeworshippedintongues{spirit}.

God desires to be worshipped in spirit

21 “Woman,”Jesus replied,“believe me, a time is comingwhen you will worship the Fatherneitheronthismountain norinJerusalem. 22 YouSamaritansworship whatyou donotknow;weworshipwhatwedoknow,forsalvationisfromtheJews. 23 Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in the Spirit and in truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks. 24 God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in the Spirit and in truth.

John 4-33-New International Version

33 Who dares accuse us whom God has chosen for his own? Will God? No! He is the onewhohasforgivenusandgivenusrightstandingwithhimself.

34 Who then will condemn us? Will Christ? No! For he is the one who died for us and came back to life again for us and is sitting at the place of highest honour next to God, pleadingforusthereinheaven.

35 Who then can ever keep Christ’s love from us? When we have trouble or calamity, whenwearehunteddownordestroyed,isitbecausehedoesn’tloveusanymore?And ifwearehungry orpenniless orin dangeror threatened withdeath,hasGoddeserted us?

36 No, for the Scriptures tell us that for his sake we must be ready to face death at every moment of the day wearelikesheepawaitingslaughter; 37 but despite all this, overwhelming victory is ours through Christ who loved us enough to die for us. 38 For I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from his love. Death can’t, and life can’t. The angels won’t, and all the powers of hell itself cannot keep God’s love away. Our fears for today, our worries about tomorrow, 39 or where we are high above the sky, or in the deepest ocean nothing will ever be able to separate us from the love of God demonstrated by our Lord Jesus Christ when he died for us.

Romans 8-New Living Translation

That’swhythosewhoarestillunderthecontroloftheirsinfulnaturecanneverplease God.

9 But you are not controlled by your sinful nature You are controlled by the Spirit if you have the Spirit of God living in you. (And remember that those who do not have

theSpiritofChristlivinginthemdonotbelongtohimatall.) 10 And Christ lives within you, soeventhoughyourbodywilldiebecauseofsin,theSpiritgives yourlifebecause you have been made right with God. 11 The Spirit of God, who raised Jesus from the dead,livesinyou.AndjustasGodraisedChristJesusfromthedead,hewillgivelifeto yourmortalbodiesbythissameSpiritlivingwithinyou.

12 Therefore, dear brothers and sisters,you have no obligation to do what your sinful nature urges you to do. 13 For if you live by itsdictates, you will die. But if through the poweroftheSpirityouputtodeaththedeedsofyoursinfulnature, you will live. 14 For allwhoareledbytheSpiritofGodarechildrenofGod.

15 Soyouhavenotreceivedaspiritthatmakesyoufearfulslaves.Instead,youreceived God’s Spirit when he adopted you as his own children.Now we call him, “Abba, Father.” 16 For his Spirit joins with our spirit to affirm that we are God’s children 17 Andsincewearehischildren,wearehisheirs.Infact,togetherwithChrist we are heirs of God’s glory. But if we are to share his glory, we must also share his suffering.

Praying in the spirit

26 And the Holy Spirit helps us in our weakness For example, we don’t know what God wants us to pray for. But the Holy Spirit prays for us with ‘’groanings’’ ‘that ‘cannot’ be ‘’expressed in words. ‘’27 And the Father who knows all hearts ‘’knows what the Spirit is saying’’, for the Spirit pleads for us believers in ‘’harmony with God’s own will. ’’ 28 And we know that God causes everything to work togetherfor the goodofthosewholoveGodandarecalledaccordingtohispurposeforthem. 29 ForGod knewhispeopleinadvance,and he chose them to become like his Son,sothathisSon would be the firstbornamong many brothers and sisters. 30 And having chosen them, he called them to come to him. And having called them,he gave them right standing with himself. And having given them right standing, he gave them his glory.

9 But you are

not controlled

by your sinful nature. You are controlled by the Spirit if you have the Spirit of God living in you.

Having received the spirit of God, we have the divine help to try and avoid sinful situations, for the spirit of God does not want you sinning now in the flesh; for your ‘’original sin’’ which was against God is simply washed away, forever!, stop thinking about sin instead think of the mercy God has for you and think of what he says about you,andthosethingswillpreventsinagaingettingagriponyourfleshlife.

Originalsin isthesin thatpreventsanyone gettinginto heaven, butJesustookthat sin uponhisbodyanddestroyeditonthecross!WhensomeoneasksJesusintotheirheart, andtheyprobablyaskedhisforgivenessforalltheirsins,andthenwhentheyaskJesus intotheirhearts,thatsinisdestroyedforever,thrownintotheseaofforgetfulness,and

remembered no more by God, its gone forever, and even God himself cannot remember thatsinwasyours; God wants you talking about what he did for you not the things were you failed, Goddoesnotcondemnyou,neitherdoesJesus,northeHoly Spirit,forheisalwayswashingyouinthepreciousbloodofJesus!”

John 4 33 New International Version 33 Who dares accuse us whom God has chosen for his own? Will God? No! He is the one who has forgiven us and given us right standing with himself.34 Who then will condemn us? Will Christ? No! For he is the one who died for us and camebacktolifeagain for us andissittingattheplaceofhighesthonournexttoGod,pleading forusthereinheaven. 35 WhothencaneverkeepChrist’slovefromus?

Theonlypersoncondemningyouisyourselfaccompaniedbyanevilspirit.

Romans 8 1 living Bible. New Living Translation

Life in the Spirit-8-1- So now there is no condemnation for those who belong to Christ Jesus

If the word of God says God want’s, you praying in the spirit then what should you be doing?Prayinginthespiritasoftenasyoucan,andthatiseasy,justsetyourselfatime toprayandmakethattimenowforjustprayingintongues,notrosariesornovenasnor any other kind ofritual prayer but do what God says todo! Pray in the spirit, whether you feel like it at the start or not, just obey what you have read in this booklet, the scripturesImean,lol Youarethekindofworshippersthefatherwants,that’syouheis talkingabout.

Amen