Posted by Erin on November 04, 19103 at 18:11:08:
In Reply to: Re: The Baptizm in Pentecostal churches posted by Billie Jo Talbott on January 21, 19102 at 08:55:44:
: I have went to a Penecostal church since I was a baby. I left church as a r and came back and rededicated my life when I was 21. I went up for an altar call to receive the baptism of the holy spirit. When the preacher came up to me he said to say I accept it. He did not pray in tounges when he touched me. I fell out in the spirit and layed on the ground for I guess about 15 min. I could not move a muscle in my body. I did not speak in tounges so I thought that I just didn't get it. So a few years later I was getting ready for church and I kept having thoughts about speaking in tounges. Well when I got to church sure enough he was preaching about the baptism of the holy spirit and I knew that it was for me so I went up again. Almost the same thing happened I fell out in the spirit but this time I cried out uncontrollably but could not get up. I tried everything to move and could not. I did not speak in tounges. Well a few months later I was at church and we were in praise and worhip. I was worshiping God and singing with everything in me. All of the sudden i was speaking in tounges. I was not thinking about it nor was I trying to it just came out of my belly like flowing rivers. I later realized that I had always had the spirit in me. Speaking in tounges is the evedince of it. It is not required to get in heaven but it is a wonderful prayer that the spirit will intersest for you. The Holy Spirit will pray for you about things that you don't know need prayer. You do not know the language but God does and things happen when you pray in the spirit. Paul said in Acts " I thank God I pray in tounges more than all of you". So for me I know that it is real and I'm sure glad that I have someone who is a direct link to God praying on my behalf everyday.