I didn’t grow up in this. No school or church I’ve ever gone to even touches on this, save the one I’m currently attending. I’ve been called mentally ill, I’ve been told I worship a false god, demons even. All these loving titles, again given to me by faithful Christians who would rather the Bible not talk about this. I wonder why. Even the great Paul the apostle said he did this more than any of the disciples in the Corinthian church. I am not interested in some biblical debate, I am interested in the power given to us by the Holy Spirit. This post is for those who want more power in their lives, more control over their thoughts, more peace during times when they are alone, more focus in their prayers.

Glossolalia- the gift of speaking in tongues

How do you get this gift? Pray for it. What do you do then? For me, I just did it. Do I know if I have the “real” ancient biblical gift Paul spoke of? No. But what I do know is I used to have thoughts that came to my mind unbidden. Destructive thoughts, thoughts that brought no blessing with them. Thoughts that in no way brought me closer to Jesus. I’ve prayed them away but they’d always come back. Once I began to use the gift of tongues, it was like a jamming signal to my brain. All thoughts were gone, even the darkest ones had no place. My focus returned and my mind was cleansed, every time. So you see, even if I’m doing it wrong somehow, it still kicks the stuffing out of every thought I don’t want to have, seriously every time.

I began to pray over my street everyday I’d drive on it. I prayed for peace and safety, but then I wanted more. It developed to praying for freedom for every household, every family. Drugs, regret, sickness, it didn’t matter, I prayed over all of it. Then I began to visualize people coming out of their houses giving praise to God for His great love. I wanted more, more for my neighbors than just their houses not getting robbed. I began to pray for revival. Then in the midst of praying for more of an outbreak of heaven, I began to use this so powerful tool to utter mysteries over each of us. What did I say? I don’t know, but what I do know is it stepped things up within me.

In all my posts, I try to enlarge the experience of the Kingdom. I try to be vulnerable in hopes to meet someone there as they are reading, as they are looking. For those who want more power, I would invite you to be open to the Spirit’s leading in the use of this tool of power. For those who already have enough, peace be with you.

I’ve got a feeling there’s a reason this is such a complicated subject for so many. If I was Satan, I wouldn’t want people getting a hold of this. I would want them to believe it is evil. But I’ll tell you, I have never had an evil destructive thought when I use this gift. They all leave, every time. May it be so for you.

If you think I’m crazy, that’s ok. I’ve been called worse.

-Brian Carter