Are you using all the weapons in your
spiritual arsenal? Many are adept at wielding the sword of the
Spirit and pleading the blood of Jesus against principalities and
powers. Others do spiritual warfare through walking in obedience and
love. Still others dispatch ministering angels, worship or prophesy
against the enemy, declaring his ultimate doom.
But Scripture teaches of another weapon that Spirit-filled believers
can include in our artillery as we press in to do damage to enemy
forces in the hostile clash between the kingdom of darkness and the
Kingdom of Light: praying in tongues.
Seeing prayer as a part of God’s war arsenal can be difficult for
some believers to grasp. Tradition teaches us that our prayers only
touch God and that in order to be holy we should be quiet and still.
However, the Bible declares that effective fervent prayer releases
God’s power (James 5:16). When we pray, we are permitted by
Scripture to be fervent (passionate, bold, expressive, free,
demonstrative, intense, and the like). When we pray along these
lines, God’s power is then made available to work in three spiritual
levels.
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First of all, that prayer power works in the highest heaven where
God is; it engages all He is and all He has promised. Secondly, that
power is released against the demonic strongholds of the
principalities and powers in the “second heaven” (the atmosphere
from terra firma to the starting place of God’s domain in the third
heaven). Finally, the power of God is released in the physical realm
to work in and through human beings. The enemy can and indeed does
influence individuals. That’s why deliverance ministry and a prayer
life set people free and keep them free. We must deal with the enemy
and all his tactics.
Perhaps one of the least used forms of prayer in our clash of the
kingdoms is praying in the Holy Ghost. While praying in tongues
edifies us, it also allows the Holy Spirit to express Himself when
we don’t know how to pray as we ought. When it comes to spiritual
warfare, despite spiritual discernment, we still see through a glass
darkly. We still don’t see everything that is coming against us in
the realm of the spirit. Therefore, speaking in tongues is a
valuable weapon in our spiritual arsenal.
Notice that the Scripture says the Holy Spirit gave them “clear and
loud expression” (Acts 2:4 AMP). In the world of tongues, there are
clear expressions, different expressions, and loud expressions. God
is a God of personality and variety. He expresses His personality
through the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit will give you clear and
loud expressions when you speak in tongues; specific expressions and
utterances that are supernatural, that are divine in their origin
and purpose, and that have different purposes before God in the
spiritual world.
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Notice that the Bible says we speak in tongues. Speaking in tongues
can be compared to speaking a natural language with all the various
tones and sounds of that language. It is not just a form of monotone
prayer, but a spiritual language and vocabulary that we use to pray
with.
When we begin to speak a language in the natural, many different
things open to us: experiences and avenues of expression that were
formerly closed take on a whole new meaning. This is so with the
supernatural as well. When we begin to speak in tongues, many new
things and ideas open to us.
In the language of tongues there will be expression, purpose and
communication in what you are speaking in the spirit world. For
example, you will find when you get into the spirit realm that you
can be before the Lord, but not necessarily speak directly to Him,
although that’s a part of it, too.
There is another side, where you can be before Him in the spirit,
and speak in tongues by the Holy Spirit as a form of spiritual
warfare. You are not speaking to God, and you are not praying
against God; you are in the spirit world, before the throne of God.
Away from that place, when you use the language of tongues, you can
correctly handle prayer requests and needs in a spiritual way with
the help of the Holy Spirit working in and through your prayer
language.
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To be clear, you are not speaking directly to the devil in tongues.
People sometimes ask, “Does the devil understand tongues?” I don’t
think the devil understands tongues. The thing he does understand
when we speak in tongues is the Holy Spirit and His power behind the
tongues. The source of the tongues is the Holy Spirit, whether we’re
speaking directly to God or we’re speaking out into the spirit
realm, dealing with an enemy.
Whenever you deal with a supernatural enemy, God has supernatural
weapons to overpower that enemy. Tongues is one of those weapons.
The force behind the tongues is the Spirit of God, and He is a
weapon! Jesus Himself said that He cast out devils by the Spirit of
God (Matthew 12:28). You have the same Holy Spirit within you.
As we engage in a spiritual face-to-face conflict we allow God to
dominate as He empowers our spiritual weapons and uses them to
counter the enemy’s activities. Satan may be legally defeated, but
he is still the lord of this world and he is busy at work. God is
calling apostolic and prophetic believers to use each and every
weapon at our disposal to enforce Kingdom rule on earth. Pray in
tongues, stir up the gift and weapons of God within you, and let
your most powerful prayer partner help you overcome the opposition.
Mary Alice Isleib is an Apostle of Prayer to cities and nations.
She is the author of the best-selling book “Effective Fervent
Prayer” and she can be reached at www. maryaliceministries.com.
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The Holy Spirit has given us a
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