Eyes Wide Open Pt 2: Ep 3: Unleashing the Power of Your Holy Language

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Hello, and welcome to the Diary of a Black Woman podcast devotional series.

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I'm excited about today's new episode.

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It's about receiving and growing in your prayer language.

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Today is going to be a special day for some, and maybe for many.

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Today will be the day that you will receive your prayer language.

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So let's just get started.

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I want to open up with the title, and then we're going to open up in prayer,

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and then we're going to get going. I'm excited for you guys today.

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Okay, so this is Episode 3, Receiving and Growing in Your Prayer Language.

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I'm your host, Connie Morris.

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This is a part, Episode 3 of our Eyes Wide Open series, Part 2.

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And it's that day. I'm just too excited. I can't even get going.

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So let me pray, and then let's get going into the teaching.

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And get you ready to receive your holy language. I think you're ready for it.

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Father, I just want to come before you today from our story of Jabez.

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I come to you not timid, but with holy confidence. We ask you to bless us indeed,

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to enlarge our territory, to let your hands be upon us, to keep us from evil.

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Let us not be those that cause pain, but be vessels of healing and wholeness

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wherever you send us. In Jesus' name, amen.

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So let's get going. Today is a day that many will receive their holy prayer language.

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How many are excited out there? Hallelujah.

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So let's set the foundation. It's the last episode of this series.

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I can make these series go on and on, but I think I wanted to end this one with

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you receiving your holy language.

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I set you up for success.

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I didn't want to give you your holy language in the beginning,

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but you already have it and you've been practicing that. It's perfect.

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If you were like, what is that? I'm ready for it. I'm ready.

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You have to be in that expectancy to go ahead and receive it.

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And I think many of you are ready.

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So let's get going here. So let's talk about it. We already talked about it.

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So let's receive our language.

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Let's learn a little bit more before I walk you through that process, okay?

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Okay, so receiving and growing in your prayer language. Your prayer language

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is not about performance.

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It's about power, intimacy, and alignment with heaven. I want you to focus on

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that because this is so powerful.

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It's about power, intimacy, and alignment with heaven. Many of you will receive

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your prayer language and you may not like the way it's sound because you're

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comparing it with others.

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It's not about that right now. It's about you having a strategic plan.

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Voice, a heavenly language that can not be heard from hell, that can talk directly

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to heaven, no matter what it sounds like.

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Okay. I want you to get that right first, that you have a strategic device.

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You got a weapon of mass destruction that you're going to be using to defeat the enemy.

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So I want you to know that right off the bat, that you might say,

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oh, my language sounds so, I don't

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even like it, but it's not about performance, not about how it sounds.

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It's about power, intimacy, and alignment with heaven.

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And I want to share with you right now, it just came back to me.

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I remember being in Bible school, and honestly, I didn't really care about my

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holy language either, which is interesting that God made me talk about that today.

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And I wanted to sound, I don't know what I wanted to sound like,

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because I'm new to the whole school. You know, when you're new to the program,

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you always want the best.

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But when you're new and you're the last one, you get what's left. I'm just joking.

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But some people might come out praying powerful and can speak in unknown tongues and interpret it.

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And some of us sound like we're still talking baby language, right?

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But God says it's not about that. It's about power, intimacy,

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and alignment with heaven. And if those things are all what you focus on,

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you're going to find out that no matter what your prayer language sound like,

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you're going to have some power.

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So I remember praying in my holy language in Bible school.

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We had to pray. We prayed a lot in our holy language in Bible school.

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And if you're in a church, the Holy Ghost filled church, you too will begin

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to pray a lot in your holy language in public and in prayer sessions.

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It's just something that happens in those type of environments.

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And so one particular person stood next to me, and this person didn't like the

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way my prayer language sound.

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But that person didn't realize that I've been praying in my holy language for

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about 20 years, you know?

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And so it really didn't really matter if they had agreed or disagreed with that

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person because sometimes people will make statements, which is from the enemy,

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to make you feel insecure or intimidated.

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But if it's about you sounding like somebody else, yeah, you might feel that way.

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You might be intimidated or fearful or comparing it to others.

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And then you're going to miss out.

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And so I remember when that person said something to me, I was like,

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well, you better talk to God about it.

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And I just kind of walked away. And everybody said, ooh.

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And it wasn't even about that because I had, my prayer language was intimacy with God.

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And that person didn't know me. he just

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that person wanted to just be negative and wanted

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to say something just to be seen by others

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and be and make me feel like I wasn't worthy to

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be there you know because maybe that person was threatened I don't know

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what that person issue was but what I was like I don't care what how I sound

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or how it sound to you it sounded good to the heavenly realm because it got

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me here in the same space that you were right and so what's your what's the

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deal and so a lot of times people who are insecure would make it sound like

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your language is not as good as theirs,

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but they don't realize that you're in the same spaces that they are in.

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So don't allow your language when you first hear it to become something of comparison of others.

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Let it be your language. It's what God has given you and it will change over time. Amen.

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And if it doesn't change, it's still your language, heavenly language to God.

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And it's about power, intimacy, and alignment.

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If you keep that in your forefront, if you write that down, then you won't end

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up silencing your language because you're afraid of what it sounds like to others. Amen?

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So let's get going. So let's get into the Word of God and what it sounds like.

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What is praying in the Spirit supposed to be like?

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Let's go deeper in the Word and break it down line by line.

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1 Corinthians 14.2, We heard that before. It should be a familiar scripture with you.

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It's for anyone who speaks in a tongue does not speak to people, but to God.

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Indeed, no one understands them. They utter mysteries by the spirit.

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Come on now. So someone says they don't like your language. They can't you interpret

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it though? Because I need you to interpret it because I haven't quite got that far.

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If they can't interpret it, then they need to shut up.

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Hello. They need to just get out your face and stop messing with you because

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God can interpret and he's been interpreted to me.

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So you're just kind of being like, you're working on the wrong team. Hold on a second.

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I want to get a little water. So this isn't about impressing others.

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When you pray in tongues, you're speaking mysteries directly to God, not to man.

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So I don't like the way you sound. I'm not talking to you.

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This is not about you. I'm talking to God. So when I said, go talk to God about

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it, he didn't know what to, I said a person, that person didn't know what to do.

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Directly is speaking directly to God, spirit to spirit.

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Your flesh may not understand your spirit is releasing what is hidden and divine.

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You're not praying out of logic. You're praying in alignment with heaven's wisdom. Come on now.

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You're speaking mysteries directly to God, spirit to spirit.

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You're praying in alignment with heaven's wisdom. So no matter what it sounds

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like to the person next to you, we're not talking to you. We're talking to God.

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How bold can that be? Amen.

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When you're speaking in tongues, you stop explaining yourself.

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When you speak in tongues, you stop explaining yourself to people. Did I just say that?

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You start communing with God at a deeper level.

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So you're no longer worrying about what people say, what they do,

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whatever going on around you.

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You are now communing with your heavenly Father.

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How good is that?

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And so when you're praying in the Spirit, you don't got to pray out in the whisper

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because you're afraid of what you sound like.

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You pray bold because you're not talking to the person next to you. You're talking to God.

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You're praying spirit to spirit. You're praying in alignment with heaven.

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You're speaking and community with God at a deeper level.

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Let's keep going. Acts 2.4, all of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and

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began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them.

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The early church didn't go to school to learn tongues.

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They received the infilling and tongues were the overflow.

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It was not planned. It was Spirit-enabled.

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So remember in the upper room when the disciples were filled.

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They were all disciples or filled with the holy language.

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They weren't at school that day.

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They were told to meet in the upper room And that's where they met.

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And it was spirit-enabled. So the Spirit filled them with the Spirit.

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Tongues are not weird. They are evidence. They are evidence that the Spirit

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has filled the house and the heart.

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So that's the evidence. It's the Bible evidence that you are filled with the Holy Spirit.

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And notice it says all of them were filled. That means it's for you too.

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It didn't have any prerequisite. It does have one prerequisite.

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You have to believe in Jesus.

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That's the prerequisite. And then you will be filled. I love that.

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It said the early church didn't go to school to learn tongue.

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They received the infilling of tongues where the overflow. It was not planned. It was spirit enabled.

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Tongues were not weird. They are evidence, evidence that the Spirit has filled the house. What house?

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Your house, your natural physical house.

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And notice that they all was filled with the Holy Ghost.

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Let's go to Luke 11, 13. It says, if you then, though you are evil,

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know how to give good gifts, how much more will your Father in heaven give the

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Holy Spirit to those who ask?

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So if you ask for this feeling of the Holy Spirit, He will give it to you. It's your day.

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God is not stingy. He's not hiding the gifts of tongues from you.

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He's not waiting for your yes.

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Just like a good parent wants to bless his children, your Heavenly Father wants

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to fill you freely, fully, and faithfully.

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You don't have to earn this. You don't have to qualify for this.

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You have to ask. And a believer and believe he wants to answer.

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Isn't that powerful? You don't have to go earn it. You don't have to tarry for it.

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You don't have to qualify for it. You just have to ask and believe that he wants to answer.

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And that's all it is. That's why I love the Jabez prayer.

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Jabez is kind of out of the blue, ask God for something. And God just out of

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the blue, just answered his prayer.

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And so when you pray and you believe that God hears and answers your prayer,

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you are in for a divine surprise.

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Real talk here. Let me tell you the truth.

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I didn't receive my prayer language instantly. So, you know,

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I received my prayer language. It was a class we took at the church.

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It was your membership class. After you took membership, they asked you to stay

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after you want to be filled with the Holy Spirit.

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And I wanted to be filled with the Holy Spirit. But, you know, you get all in your head.

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You do. You're like, how am I going to be filled with the Holy Spirit?

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So I was nervous and everything.

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And so I took the prayer.

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The pastor, he laid his hands on me, and he started asking me to pray.

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And, you know, my mind was like, how am I going to be filled with the Holy Spirit?

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So I remember leaving, like, dang, it didn't happen.

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And then I get in my car and didn't have no music on. And as I was going,

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as I was driving away from the church and on my way home, I was filled.

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I was probably always filled at the church, but I began to speak in my holy language.

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It happened instantly at the church, but something about that fear and you trying

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to figure it out with your head, it didn't work for me, right?

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I was nervous, you know, I was afraid and thought I might've messed up.

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You can't mess up the Holy Ghost. Come on now. You can't mess it up.

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And then I began to pray in my holy language. And I prayed in my holy language all the way home.

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And then I got to church the next day because it was a Saturday.

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And he said, Connie, did you get filled?

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And I was like, yep, it happened on my way home. He said, I knew you were filled. You were just nervous.

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So when you get filled today, remember, don't let your mind play tricks on you.

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Once you say the prayer and when you ask and you believe, it's immediately done.

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So let's get going. Let's give you a little bit more.

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Ask yourself, have I asked to be filled? Ask the Holy Spirit to fill me.

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If you haven't, it's going to be your day today.

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And am I open to receive something that I never fully understood?

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Hopefully with the last four or five teachings, that you now understand the

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power of the Holy Spirit.

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And today will be your day to receive it. Write this in your journal.

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Holy Spirit, I want all that you have for me.

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Remove fear and let my tongues flow in freedom.

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So just ask them to remove that fear. There's nothing to be afraid of.

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It's just as you speak in your language, you can speak in the Holy Spirit.

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All right, let's just go through a couple more scriptures and then I'm going

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to walk you right into being filled with the Holy Spirit.

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Number one, the Holy Spirit is for believers right now.

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Acts 2, 38-39 says, If you receive, you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

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The promise is for you.

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So if you believe in Jesus Christ, you are qualified to receive the Holy Spirit.

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You don't need a title. You don't need a stage. You just need faith.

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So you have to believe in Jesus Christ.

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And that's John 3, 16, right? So John 3, 16, believe that he died for you.

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And yet he is alive right now. He forgave all your sins.

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That's all it takes. You don't have to wait. You can be filled immediately.

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Acts 10, 44, while Peter was still speaking, the Holy Spirit came on all who heard the message.

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They didn't tarry for weeks. They heard the word, believed it,

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and the Spirit came. That means you can be filled right now.

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You must speak, you must use your voice, speak in your heavy language.

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A lot of times people think that you're going to be filled and then the voice

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is going to speak through you.

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No, the voice is your voice. It's your voice that's going to pray.

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It's your voice that you're going to hear.

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It's your tongues that's going to be used.

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Nobody else's. And so this is not a time to be quiet.

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When the Holy Ghost fills you, you yield your tongue and you speak.

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Not in English, not in rehearsed church phrases, but in your heavenly language.

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And yes, it may sound like babble at first. It may feel like baby talk, but don't stop.

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This is your spirit speaking directly to God.

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Just like the child learns to talk by making sounds first, you're stepping into

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divine language by faith.

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It's not fake, it's faith. and over time, it will grow deep, grow, deepen, and flow.

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So remember, it might sound like baby babble, but as you begin to put more voice

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to that sound, you'll begin to get your language.

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So like I said, it might, it's like a baby starts to say da-da, da-da, da-da, da-da.

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It might sound da-da, da-da, da-da, da-da. And then pretty soon,

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it'll start to formulate words.

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Da-da, da-da, da-da. Then you start finding that you have a language.

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Then you begin to pray in your holy language.

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Just like the child learns to talk by making sounds. So you're going to say sounds.

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Don't let anything come out but just your holy language.

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Don't think about it just, yeah, I told you my first experience. Yeah.

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I just got into my head. And then once I stopped, I got out.

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I said, no, no, no, no, no. I want to be filled with the Holy Ghost.

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I want to be filled with the Holy Ghost. Lord, speak to me. Lord, speak to me.

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And I began to speak in my holy language.

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And I started crying and weeping because that's what I want.

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I want everything that God has for me.

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Romans 8.26 says, The Spirit Himself intercedes for us through wordless groans.

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This isn't about sounding polished. It's about surrender, surrendering your

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voice for God's voice. Isn't that powerful?

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You're not performing. You're releasing the sound of heaven.

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So when you're praying in your holy language, you are releasing the sound of heaven.

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Speaking in tongues is evidence, not experience, right? And so remember,

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that's evidence that you are filled.

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Mark 16, verse 17 says, they will speak in new tongues.

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Tongues is the evidence, but the experience is deeper, is peace, is power, is boldness.

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But you start by speaking by faith. Everything in the Bible is done by faith.

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Everything is done by faith.

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And so when you start to try to figure it out in your head, it gets nothing.

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And that really helped me understand faith.

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When you're trying to figure it out in your head, it's nothing.

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But when you allow the faith, your faith to say, I want to be filled with the

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Holy Spirit, then you will be filled with the Holy Spirit. So are you ready?

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This is your day. This is your day.

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So if you believe in Jesus Christ, you are ready.

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And so let's make sure that you have that. Okay.

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Say, Father, I believe in Jesus Christ. I believe He died for me.

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I believe that He forgave all my sins. I believe He's alive right now.

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I believe He saved me. He delivered me.

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And I also believe that He will fill me with His Holy Spirit.

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Ready? Repeat after me. Holy Spirit, I receive you.

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I welcome you. Fill me now. I yield my tongue.

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I release my heavenly language. I'm not afraid.

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I don't doubt. I speak by faith. I am filled.

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I am sealed. I am empowered. In Jesus' name, amen.

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Don't say a word. Now when you open your mouth, begin to pray in your holy language.

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Continue to pray in your holy language Yes,

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whatever sound arises, release it It may sound like babble, like baby talk But

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it's holy talk You're not faking it, you're activating it Allow the river of that language to flow,

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Amen Amen. Amen.

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You have received the gift of your holy language.

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Let's declare and decree it. It says, I receive the gift of tongues.

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I will not fear what heaven has freely given me.

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I open my mouth with boldness. My prayer life is expanding.

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My spirit is rising.

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My language is changing.

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Let's close out with prayer here. Father, you, thank you for the gift of tongues.

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Today I ask you to fill me in again.

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Fill my mouth, fill my spirit, and let the language of heaven rise in me.

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I silence fear. I release control.

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I yield. I open my mouth by faith.

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I expect to flow.

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I thank you for this divine gift. I receive it by grace in Jesus' name.

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How powerful is this day that you have received the infilling of the Holy Spirit.

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This is the perfect moment to go into your prayer closet and to continue to

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pray in your holy language.

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Amen. As we close out, I want to close out with the promise of Jeremiah 29, 11.

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And Father God, you declare, I know the plans I have for you,

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plans to promise you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.

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So today we received that truth, the truth of the Holy Spirit to pray through

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us, your perfect will and your perfect plan.

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So you say that when we call on you, you will listen. So we pray.

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We even pray in our holy language. You say that when we seek you with all our

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hearts, that you will be found. So we pursue you, O Lord.

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You say that you will restore us from our captivity. So we declare freedom over

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every place where we have felt stuck, silenced, or small.

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Thank you always for drawing near when we show up in faith in Jesus' name.

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And today's episode moved you. Stay connected. If you were filled with the Holy

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Spirit, I would love to hear from you.

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Reach out on Diary of a Black Woman podcast at gmail.com. I'd love to hear your

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thoughts and your prayer requests.

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