The Power of Tongues by Chris Oyakhilome

Author:Chris Oyakhilome
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: LoveWorld Publishing Ministry
Published: 2010-10-17T22:00:00+00:00

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Which is Greater: Praying In Your Understanding Or Praying In Tongues?

"For if I pray in an unknown tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my understanding is unfruitful”

( 1 Corinthians 14:14).

During one of the "Night of Bliss" meetings we held in 2002, I asked, "How many people here don't believe in speaking in tongues?" It was a large crowd of thousands of people and just a few hands went up. I spotted a young man and a young lady among them and told them to come forward.

I asked them why they didn't believe in speaking in tongues and they both gave the same answer: "Because I don't understand it and I can't speak a language I don't understand."

"But the fact that you don't understand it is proof-positive it's from God;that's what the Word of God says!" I answered back.

Then I read this Scripture in 1 Corinthians 14:14 to them and they were convinced. I asked them to receive the Holy Spirit and the ability to speak with other tongues, and as the crowd looked on, they were gloriously filled with the Spirit and began to speak in other tongues.

When you speak or pray in an unknown tongue, you don't have to understand what you're saying because the words come from your spirit and at that time your understanding (that is, your mind) is has no part in it (1 Corinthians 14:14 TEV).

The Living Bible translation says, "For if I pray in a language I don't understand, my spirit is praying, but I don't know what I am saying."

The words don't go through your mind; they come straight from your spirit and out of your mouth, and you can't understand them except the Holy Ghost opens your understanding, and He will if you ask Him (1 Corinthians 14:13).

It has been my observation that many Christians prefer to pray in the language they understand rather than in other tongues, but that is the lesser of the two.

The apostle Paul said,

"... I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding also: ...”

(l Corinthians 14:15).

From this Scripture, we see that praying with the understanding is the "also," but most Christians have it the other way round. They pray with their understanding and pray with their spirit also. That's the reason a lot of them face challenges that seem to overwhelm them.

Paul said, "I will pray with the spirit and I will pray with the understanding also. He also said, “I thank my God, I speak with tongues more than ye all:" (1 Corinthians 14:18).

Praying with the understanding is the "also," it's the lesser of the two. The greater one is praying with the spirit, which is praying in other tongues.

So before you pray in English or any other language you've learnt, pray first in the Holy Ghost. It is better to pray in other tongues than to pray in English or any other known language, for then you're speaking forth mysteries in the realm of the spirit.

Those mysteries are the answers to your questions and the wisdom you require to deal with the situations you face.

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