{{{spirit filled}}}

I’ve been spirit filled for some time, but I can remember back when I was young(er) and still learning about Christianity. I remember being in the sanctuary with all the grown ups, and when in the atmosphere of worship, they were mumbling things that sounded like Spanish but surely wasn’t Spanish! I’ll admit I was freaked out a little, but at the time, I figured that’s what strong mature Christians did. So of course, my curiosity came out of me, and I just HAD to ask what they were doing, and it was the first time I ever heard of the term, Speaking in Tongues. I’m not even going to get into how weird that sounded to me. But as I continued to watch my elders and continued to mature, I later learned that Tongues was a secret language between you and God, and this secret language is a very powerful weapon which I began to use against satan (Do you believe my word processor actually has the audacity to make me capitalize that!?!).

Did you know that the devil can hear your prayers? I was heated when I found this out, and could easily look back over everything I’d prayed for, and could see how the devil fought for it not to come to pass. I picked up speaking in tongues real quick then!

So, I’m assuming you’ve read Part One of this devotional, and if not, YOU’RE SLACKIN, but for those who have, and know what it’s like to be spirit filled (Ooh, makes you wanna read it now, don’t it?) to speak in tongues, you pray with a combination of being lead by the spirit. By that I mean (here’s what I do):

- Close your eyes [eliminate distractions]
- Pray with your mind [pray quietly! (because your body is about to be busy)]
- Allow your spirit to encode your prayer out loud

I lost you there didn’t I? (If not, that was the Holy Spirit havin your back.) But you have to understand, when you pray in the spirit (also called interceding) you’re speaking a holy language. Kinda like Spanish or something. Don’t you ‘very much dislike’ when you don’t know another language too well, and people around you are talking and you can’t tell what they’re saying! Well the devil HATES when you intercede to God and can’t tell what you’re saying. This is what you do when you pray in tongues. It’s basically you and God talking, and the devil trying to eavesdrop, when the Holy Spirit walks up chanting “LALALALALALA!” really loudly while the devil is trying to listen.

And that’s basically my take on Interceding. My greatest experience with it, was about a year ago from today, when I embarked on my first trip out of the US on my first missions trip (“Lemme go! Lemme go!”). I’ve never before prayed that much in 9 days, let alone in tongues. And it was an experience of being very close to God that I’ll take with me until Jesus returns (to what grave?!).

I can easily link all the feelings I’ve manage to express through both these devotionals to illustrate to you now how great a relationship you can have with the Holy Spirit. Through the missionary experience I’ve just explained to you, I wanted to show you how the Holy Spirit and I became best friends. From this full devotional, the experience I’ve gained is reuniting with a long lost friend. I hope you can take something with you from this experience friends. I’m glad to have been able to experience it with you and I’m thankful for it!

Be blessed, stay blessed, and be a blessing!

C.j.