 We are going to expose eight myths, eight lies that many Christians still believe about the gift of speaking in tongues. Now, this is going to equip two different types of people. Number one, it's going to equip that individual who believes these lies about the gift of speaking in tongues and therefore has trouble allowing that gift to flow through them. The second person this is going to help is the one who believes in the gift of speaking in tongues, the one who uses the gift of speaking in tongues and also wants to help others remove these mental blockages to allowing that gift to flow. Now, listen to what the scripture says in Psalm 139 verses 23 and 24. Search me, O God, and know my heart, try me and know my thoughts, and see if there be any wicked way in me and lead me in the way everlasting. So here in the book of Psalms we see that this prayer is being offered to God. This prayer is saying, search me and lead me. Remove those things from me that are not of you. We need to learn to humble ourselves before the word. We need to learn to correct our thinking according to what the scripture says and to align ourselves in the light of truth. So if you want the Holy Spirit to show you what the Bible truly says about this beautiful spiritual gift, I want you to type these three simple words in the comment section. Lead me, Lord. That is your prayer. I want you to say it boldly. I don't want you to be ashamed of making that prayer. Lead me, Lord. All of us are being led by the Holy Spirit. All of us are seeking truth. All of us are trying to get a better grasp on what the scripture says, and we must be led by the Lord. So write those three simple words. Lead me, Lord, even if you're watching on the replay. This is that commitment that you're making now. Put it on record to say, Lord, I want you to search for those things in me that are against your truth. I want you to search for those things in me that are anti your will, your nature, and I want you to lead me in the way everlasting. And so with that said, let's lay some foundational truths. Now, I am going to get into the eight myths. I know that often when we click on videos like this, we want the information to just come at us instantly. And usually, I get right into the topic and I only lay foundations when I see it as absolutely necessary. And in this case, this particular foundation is absolutely necessary before we can cover these eight myths because it's going to help you understand the gift of speaking in tongues in a greater depth. And with that greater understanding concerning the gift of speaking in tongues, you are now equipped to see the myths and the lies for what they actually are. So I want to begin by sharing with you real briefly here the three expressions of the gift of speaking in tongues. Number one, there is the personal expression. Number two, there is the proof tongue. Number three, there is the prophetic tongue. So the personal tongue, the proof tongue, the prophetic tongue. Now, you won't find these terms in the Scripture, but you will see these realities in the Scripture. There are many different things in the Scripture like, for instance, the rapture or the trinity. Those words aren't in the Scripture, but you will see the principles very clearly laid out and because those principles are there, we use the term that is biblically consistent to describe them so that we understand what we mean when we communicate with each other concerning these realities. So number one is the personal tongue. Number two is the proof tongue. Number three is the prophetic tongue. Let me show you these three different expressions and how they look in the Scripture. Go to 1 Corinthians chapter 14. I'm going to read verses one through four. Let love be your highest goal, but you should also desire the special abilities the Spirit gives, especially the ability to prophesy. For if you have the ability to prophesy or the ability to speak in tongues, you will be talking only to God since people won't be able to understand you. You will be speaking by the power of the Spirit, so that's the reality. You are speaking by the power of the Spirit, but it will all be mysterious. But one who prophesies strengthens others, encourages them, and comforts them. A person who speaks in tongues is strengthened personally. But one who speaks a word of prophecy strengthens the entire church. Now here, Paul the Apostle is not speaking negatively of the gift of speaking in tongues, as we'll cover in one of the myths in just a moment. But here I just want to highlight this simple reality that when you pray in tongues, there is an expression of the gift of tongues that is self-edifying. We see that very clearly here in 1 Corinthians chapter 14, verses 1-4, where Paul the Apostle very clearly writes that when you're praying in tongues, you're speaking by the power of the Spirit and you are strengthened personally. So that's number one, the personal tongue. That is one expression of the gift of tongues and that is unto the edification or the strengthening or the spiritual growth of self. Number two, we see the proof tongue. In Acts chapter 2, verses 4-6, the Bible says, and everyone present was filled with the Holy Spirit and began speaking in other languages as the Holy Spirit gave them this ability. At that time, there were devout Jews from every nation living in Jerusalem. When they heard the loud noise, everyone came running and they were bewildered to hear their own languages being spoken by the believers. So here we see the proof tongue. This is heard as an earthly language. So this is when someone's supernaturally, now this is an amazing reality, and I've heard many stories from missionaries regarding this particular expression of the gift of speaking in tongues to where when they begin to pray in tongues by the Spirit, this is incredible, an actual earthly language is heard by the listener and so then the listener will sometimes get a prophetic word or hear the gospel message in their own native tongue spoken by someone who doesn't even know the language and in many cases has never heard that language before. So that is a supernatural expression of this gift and we call this the proof tongue. Number three, the prophetic tongue. Now this is the expression of the gift of tongues that's used in a church setting or a public assembly of believers where believers are gathered together from all over the region. They come together to worship, sing spiritual songs and hymns and psalms and they come to hear the word and share encouragement to one another. They exercise their gifts. This is the gathering of the saints. Here this particular expression is used and it's found in 1 Corinthians chapter 14. I'm going to read verses 26 to 28. The Bible says, Well, my brothers and sisters, let's summarize. When you meet together, one will sing, another will teach, another will tell us some special revelation God has given. One will speak in tongues and another will interpret what is said but everything that is done must strengthen all of you. No more than two or three should speak in tongues. They must speak one at a time and someone must interpret what they say but if no one is present who can interpret, they must be silent in your church meeting and speak in tongues to God privately. Here we see that in the church setting what's to happen when this particular expression of the gift of tongues is used is an individual is to stand and gather the collective attention of those assembled in that body of believers and that person is to speak aloud in tongues and when they speak in tongues supernaturally someone else is to listen to that message that's being spoken aloud and then share that message with the rest of the believers. I've actually seen this happen and it's actually a very powerful and moving thing to witness because I remember several times in my church when I was growing up I would sit in the church service and there would come what I describe as a holy hush over the room where suddenly the worship's done and the pastor's done speaking and there's just this moment of pause and you can't really manufacture something like that it's just something that by the Holy Spirit people are moved to do and this very beautiful weighty presence becomes manifested there's a great reverence that comes on the room the air becomes really thick with the manifested presence of the Holy Spirit and then someone will stand up in their seat and begin to speak in tongues I remember when this would happen I would sit in my seat this great reverence this great fear of the Lord would come over people and this great weight would come upon the room and then this person would begin to speak in tongues and as they began to speak in tongues it was like that weight was intensified I remember just feeling chills all over my body when that person would stand and begin to speak in tongues aloud and it wasn't disruptive it wasn't chaotic it wasn't self-centered it was beautiful it was Christ-centered it was God-glorifying it was orderly it was elegant there was a majesty about it there was a real classy way that this was carried out it was because it was all orchestrated by the Holy Spirit and so this individual would stand pray aloud in tongues and then they would sit down there would be another great moment of pause another individual would stand and then give the interpretation and as they gave that interpretation they would speak prophetically with such a weight behind their words that you can sense the words piercing your heart that is the beautiful expression that is the prophetic tongue and that's how it's to look in a church service now let me embolden the distinctions here and then we're going to get into myth number one the first myth by the way being one of the more common myths and again this is for those of you who are struggling to receive the gift or if you are helping others to receive this gift or you just want to know how to better explain the gift of speaking in tongues to those who would ask of you so let's embolden the distinctions between the three expressions as we see in the scripture here so first of all let's look at the category of how these three expressions benefit the individuals or the people who are receiving the benefit from this gift now as I go through these you're going to see very clearly that there are in fact three expressions in regards to the gift of speaking in tongues I just showed you real briefly the three expressions of the gift of speaking in tongues are at least examples of how they work and now we get into how they're more distinct from one another so watch this number one in the benefit the personal tongue benefits the individual that's 1 Corinthians chapter 14 verse 4 the prophetic tongue the one I just described that benefits the entire church and we see an example of this mentioned in 1 Corinthians chapter 12 verse 7 and 1 Corinthians chapter 14 verse 26 and then we see the proof tongue and the proof tongue benefits the unbeliever that's 1 Corinthians chapter 14 verse 22 now this is very different than the private personal tongue because in 1 Corinthians 14-22 we see that the gift of tongues can benefit the unbeliever and then in 1 Corinthians 14-2 and 4 we see that the gift of tongues in one expression can benefit the individual and then again in 1 Corinthians 14-26 we see that the gift of tongues can also benefit the church but again we see the three expressions very clearly here when you look at how they benefit the individual or individuals receiving the benefit from each expression next we see interpretation requirements there are different requirements of interpretation for each of the expressions of the gift of speaking in tongues I'll show it to you first of all we see that the personal tongue that is the self edifying one requires no interpreter or interpretation to be beneficial to the individual notice that in 1 Corinthians 14-2 and 4 that Paul the apostle writes that no one understands them yet they're still strengthened personally so there we see that an interpretation requirement is different for the personal tongue than say the prophetic tongue and the prophetic tongue requires an interpreter in order to benefit the church so 1 Corinthians 14-26 and there we see that someone must interpret what is being said in order for there to be benefited at all and that right there shows a very clear distinction between the prophetic tongue and the personal tongue number three we see the proof tongue and the proof tongue requires watch this now the proof tongue requires no interpreter for the interpretation to be understood by the unbeliever an example of this is found in Acts 2-8 no one stood up and interpreted no one stood up and said hey wait a minute one at a time we shouldn't all be doing this at the present they're listening at least some most I should say we'll get into that in just a moment they received benefit from having heard a message in their own languages and that really is a supernatural interpretation which did not require by the way someone to exercise the gift of interpretation so when we look at the interpretation requirements we very clearly see here again some distinctions how many of you as you're listening to this right now let me know in the comments aha I think I'm starting to see this very clearly let me know if you also know of other distinctions in these expressions number three we look at how it's understood now watch this the personal tongue is understood by no one but God now this is slightly different than interpretation requirements but it's very similar but still I think it shows us these distinctions so I'm going to share these with you so the personal tongue is understood by no one but God 1 Corinthians 14 2 says only God understands you so that is understood by only the Heavenly Father that particular expression number two the prophetic tongue is understood by the church with the aid of an interpreter that's 1 Corinthians 14 27 and finally the proof tongue is supernaturally understood by the unbeliever that's Acts chapter 2 verse 8 so there are very obviously different expressions of one particular gift and so now that these distinctions are in place let's begin to look at some of the myths that many Christians believe about the gift of speaking in tongues I'm going to equip you now now I don't want you to use these and go around bullying people and showing off how much knowledge you have in the spirit but rather I just want you to be grounded I want you to be prepared to gently give an answer to those who ask about the gift of speaking in tongues and I want to equip you to be able to help others receive this beautiful expression of the gift and sometimes these mental barriers prevent people from stepping into what God has for them simply because they can't get past what they think about or what they've been taught about it or the myths that they've come to believe now myth number one myth number one Paul discouraged believers from praying in tongues now often when you talk to someone who doesn't want you to use the beautiful expression that is the gift of speaking in tongues they're going to use 1st Corinthians chapter 14 verses one through four and they're going to use this as a way of trying to discourage you from using this gift let's take a look at this particular portion of scripture to see if in fact Paul the apostle was discouraging believers from praying in tongues let love be your highest goal but you should also desire the special abilities the spirit gives especially the ability to prophesy for if you have the ability to speak in tongues you will be talking only to God since people won't be able to understand you you will be speaking by the power of the spirit but it will all be mysterious but one who prophesies strengthens others encourages them and comforts them a person who speaks in tongues is strengthened personally but one who speaks a word of prophecy strengthens the entire church now this is an often misunderstood portion of scripture particularly because people use this as a way of saying well see the apostle wasn't a fan of the gift of speaking in tongues or he didn't want people speaking in tongues and he talked negatively of the gift of speaking in tongues but if you look very carefully at 1 Corinthians chapter 14 verses 1 through 4 you see that Paul the apostle is not condemning the gift of speaking in tongues he's comparing the gift of speaking in tongues with the gift of prophecy he is not by any means saying that the gift of speaking in tongues is bad he's simply saying that the gift of prophecy is better so when compared to one another yes you should choose to prophesy why because that benefits everyone because everyone can understand what is being spoken prophetically but when you speak in tongues or at least use that uninterpreted version of the gift of speaking in tongues then of course not everyone can receive from that but still in this particular portion of scripture we do see in fact that Paul admits that speaking in tongues is speaking by the power of the spirit and that speaking in tongues benefits the individual by strengthening their personal spirit man so he's not saying that there's no benefit whatsoever he's saying that the gift of prophecy has more benefit and by the way has more benefit in the context of a church setting if you read 1 Corinthians 12 13 14 you very clearly begin to see that Paul the apostle is talking about our interactions with one another I mean 1 Corinthians 12 we see the gifts of the spirit mentioned that's our interaction with one another 1 Corinthians 13 the love chapter that's our interaction with one another 1 Corinthians 14 he begins to call things into order regarding the spiritual gifts that's our interaction with one another so Paul the apostle is speaking strictly about the expression of the gift of tongues that's used in public assembly and of course you're not going to go to a public assembly of believers and begin to speak in tongues without interpretation in a way that collects attention you want to use things that will benefit those who are gathered so Paul was not a gift against the gift of tongues but he definitely favored the gift of prophecy at least for the purpose of at least for the purpose of the assembled believers he was comparing not condemning he was not saying the gift of tongues has no purpose he was saying that prophecy has a greater purpose still if that's not enough we see in 1 Corinthians chapter 14 verse 5 and 1 Corinthians chapter 14 verse 39 that Paul actually encourages the use of this gift 1 Corinthians 14 5 says I wish you could all speak in tongues but even more I wish you could all prophesy there again we see I wish you could all speak in tongues but even more I wish you could prophesy so again comparing not condemning for prophecy is greater than speaking in tongues unless someone interprets what you are saying so that the whole church there again we see the context of public assembly will be strengthened 1 Corinthians chapter 14 verse 39 says so my dear brothers and sisters be eager to prophesy and don't forbid speaking in tongues so very clearly we see myth number 1 busted that Paul discouraged believers from praying in tongues is just not biblical it's a misreading of 1 Corinthians 14 1-4 and of course people are putting their own bias their own spin on that particular text because they're anti-speaking in tongues they try to say that Paul the apostle was too when in fact he was in favor of it as we just read myth number 2 praying in tongues should not be practiced in public or group settings now going back to what I was talking about regarding public church assembly I want you to imagine this scenario imagine that you go into a church someone's preaching a powerful word it's speaking to you it's piercing your heart it's convicting you it's being spoken in a way that has your attention and the Holy Spirit is just ministering to you through the preaching of the word and man it's just hitting deep you ever have those sermons or those teachings that just cut right to the heart and it's you can almost fill your spirit being strengthened like you're being fed properly well imagine now that in the middle of that service someone begins to stand up and start speaking in tongues disrupts the sermon and begins to speak in tongues for 20 minutes with verification whatsoever no interpretation they sit down and the pastor says okay well let's close in prayer and ask the Lord to bless us as we leave and then the service ends where you would be upset at that person and you would say I was enjoying that sermon I was receiving what was being said and you interrupted with no interpretation your gift of tongues completely destroyed my ability to receive from the message that was being preached this is what Paul the apostle was trying to prevent he was trying to prevent this disorderly use of the gift of tongues in public assembly now he did bring order let's look at 1 Corinthians 14 6 and 19 Dear brothers and sisters if I should come to you speaking in an unknown language how would that help you but if I bring you a revelation or some special knowledge or prophecy or teaching that will be helpful but here's the context setter but in a church meeting very specifically he's saying here in a church meeting I would rather speak five understandable words to help others than 10,000 words in an unknown language 1 Corinthians 14 26 while my brothers and sisters let's summarize when you meet together one will sing another will teach another will tell some special revelation God has given one will speak in tongues and another will interpret what is said but everything that is done must strengthen all of you now this does not mean that we can't pray in tongues collectively we just can't pray in tongues disruptively imagine you're in an assembly of believers and the pastor says for the next five minutes I want everyone here to begin to pray in tongues well of course people who've misread the writings of Paul will say no no no no you're not supposed to do that you're not supposed to pray in tongues in public because it's disorderly no it's only disorderly if you're the only one doing it you're disrupting the church service you're grabbing the collective attention of those assembled and no one is receiving an interpretation but get this if everyone gathered is praying in tongues then everyone is being strengthened because 1 Corinthians 14 2 and 4 says that when you pray in tongues you are strengthened personally so this is more about order and again it's not about publicly praying in tongues it's about disruptively praying in tongues I'll give you some biblical examples of people together praying in tongues collectively Acts chapter 2 verse 4 and everyone present was filled with the Holy Spirit and began speaking in tongues as the Holy Spirit gave them this ability now wait a minute that's Acts 2 4 nobody stood up and said wait wait wait wait this is a wonderful gift of God but let's make sure we take this all back to the privacy of our own homes make sure nobody does this and don't even tell them you're praying in tongues you've got to keep between you and God no no one disrupted this you might say well that was Acts chapter 2 and so that was the very beginning they didn't know what they were doing with that particular gift well let's look in Acts chapter 19 verse 6 where the Bible says then Paul laid his hands on them the Holy Spirit came on them and they spoke in other tongues and prophesied so here's another group of believers collectively praying in tongues and this right here is something that they did publicly and collectively scolded the group of believers the Holy Spirit didn't pull back and demand that they wait until a later moment to pray in tongues why would the Holy Spirit ask yourself this question why would the Holy Spirit pour out a gift publicly that was meant to be used privately he wouldn't do that in fact the Bible says in 1 Corinthians 14 22 so you see that speaking in tongues is a sign not for believers but for unbelievers prophecy however is for the benefit of believers not unbelievers now wait a minute in 1 Corinthians 14 22 the Bible very clearly tells us that the gift of tongues is a benefit for the unbelievers now how is it supposed to benefit the unbelievers if all I ever do is pray in tongues privately this is not something that is really taught in scripture again this is just an idea that someone who doesn't like the gift of tongues uses and they use it based upon misreadings of the writings of Paul and so someone who's embarrassed of the power of the Holy Spirit someone who wants to placate to culture someone who doesn't want to offend those who are watching us someone who wants to look like the cool church and doesn't want their church to be associated with anything that the world might deem as weird they may look at these portions of scripture and say well let's not do it publicly because you know we're growing a mega church here and we don't want the Holy Spirit disrupting what we're doing here but as long as it's done orderly and not disruptively it can be done publicly so praying in tongues should not be practice in public or in group settings that's a myth that's just been busted using the scripture. Number three this is number three and this is an important one and by the way the reason I told you about the three expressions before I get into number three the reason I told you about the three expressions of the gift of speaking in tongues is because you can see here in myth number two that Paul the apostle was regulating the church use of the gift of speaking in tongues the public assembly the prophetic tongue and this doesn't necessarily apply to the other two the proof tongue and the personal tongue and it couldn't possibly apply because we see the gift of tongues used and expressed in public settings and for personal use many times over all throughout the New Testament. Number three tongues is only an earthly language not a heavenly one. Now this is a very popular view that's not supported at all by scripture now you can show me the Greek and show me that the word tongues means language yes of course it means language but we're talking about a spiritual heavenly language and that's the difference so language does mean language but we're talking about a heavenly one as moved by the Holy Spirit just like you can look at wisdom and knowledge in 1 Corinthians 12 or wisdom and knowledge in 1 Corinthians 12 anyone can have wisdom anyone can have knowledge but the gift of wisdom the gift of knowledge those are spirit empowered uses of wisdom and knowledge so in the same way language can be a natural term but when used in the context of the spiritual gifts is a spiritual language empowered by the Holy Spirit so context matters not just the individual words in fact that's the very nature of interpretation so 1 Corinthians 14 to watch this now for if you have the ability to speak in tongues you will be talking only to God since people won't be able to understand you you will be speaking by the power of the spirit but it will all be mysterious does that sound like an earthly language to you something that only God understands very clearly we see here that that popular view that the gift of speaking in tongues was only an earthly language is directly contradicted by the scripture that we see very clearly in 1 Corinthians 14 to it says what it says check this out 1 Corinthians 14 for a person who speaks in tongues is strengthened personally but one who speaks a word of prophecy strengthens the entire church here we clearly see that there is benefit to speaking in tongues that no one understands 1 Corinthians 14 14 also kind of the nail in the coffin here that shows us that it's not just an earthly language for if I pray in tongues my spirit is praying but I don't understand what I am saying so very clearly there we see that it's the prayers of the spirit the spirit man coming through the expression of the gift of tongues so it does not originate in an earthly realm the gift of tongues originates in a spiritual realm and it is a heavenly language so yes that word tongues does mean language but in the context of the gifts in the context of the Holy Spirit in the context of 1 Corinthians 12 1 Corinthians 14 very clearly we see that it is a heavenly spiritual language and 1 Corinthians 14 2 makes it clear that no one understands this language but God that we speak aloud now what about Acts chapter 2 because Acts chapter 2 is often quoted and used to try to limit people into only speaking earthly languages by supernatural means well again remember I showed you that Acts chapter 2 in context is showing us the proof expression of the gift of speaking in tongues it is the proof tongue but let's take a look at this more closely because you might be surprised to see that not even Acts chapter 2 is necessarily an airtight argument for the idea that the gift of tongues is an earthly language watch this now when this was noise to broad the multitude came together and were confounded because that every man so every individual in the crowd heard them collectively the group speak in his own language so watch this now each individual heard the crowd collectively praying in his own language so how can this have been if the interpretation was not on the listeners end what do I mean by that well if I get just let's just say there's 12 of us there's 12 people who represent 12 different languages we're all listening to a crowd that crowd begins to pray at the same time and each one of us individually hears that crowd collectively speaking our individual language that's proved that the supernatural interpretation was not on the speakers end but more likely on the listeners end in fact we see more evidence of this in the fact that not everybody even heard languages this is why they assumed they were drunk acts 213 but others in the crowd ridiculed them saying they are just drunk that's all so to say that the gift of tongues is only spoken as an earthly language is a big assumption it's not even something that's very clearly said in scripture again you can go to the Greek and go to the original a language to look at what that word means tongues does mean language but again the context shows that it's a spiritual language and acts chapter 2 is more of a demonstration that it was on the listeners end the supernatural interpretation then it was on the end of the person who was speaking in that language for each individual heard them collectively in their own language add to that the fact that some people likely didn't even hear them speaking anything coherent which is why they called them drunk why would they call them drunk if they were speaking coherently very profound spiritual use in languages that they did not know well this is what you call explanatory scope I want to teach you a term here explanatory scope is basically a term that's used to describe the power of an idea so if I say that it was an earthly language the scope of that explanation only touches on a few points it only touches on the fact that each individual heard his own language what it fails to account for is the fact that each individual heard the entire crowd collectively speaking in his own language and B it fails to take into account the fact that some people listening to this crowd thought that the people were drunk and therefore were not speaking coherently in the first place so the best way we can look at this the greatest explanatory scope that we can find for this is the idea that they were speaking by the spirit heavenly languages and that each individual heard the interpretation supernaturally on their own and this would also explain why they thought some were drunk this is helping you in clearing some things up let me know in the comment section chat how many times have you heard people use these explanations to try to discourage Christians from exercising this very spiritual very beautiful expression of the Holy Spirit's power now number four the gift of tongues is not for every believer this is probably one of the greatest myths around this topic that the gift of tongues is not for every believer and some will even say something like this and this is probably what I've heard people who don't enjoy the teachings in regards to activating the gift of speaking in tongues people will say something like well the gift of tongues is not something that you can teach the gift of tongues is not something that everyone has the gift of tongues is not something that you can activate in fact you can probably even look at the comment section of this video just a couple days from now and I can almost guarantee you that there will be a comment from somebody who says you can't teach the gift of tongues or you can't give the gift of tongues to everyone because it's not for everyone and you can't activate the gift of tongues look out for those comments and make sure to send on the time code to this exact moment because they probably didn't watch the whole video now having said that let me make it clear no one is saying that they can teach you how to get the gift of tongues so when I talk about activating the gift I'm using language that's similar to the language that Paul the Apostle used when he was talking to Timothy when he said stir up the gift when I talk about activating the gift of tongues I'm talking about using something that God has already given to you so this begs the question has God given the gift of tongues to every single believer and that's the first question we should be asking and then after that we can explore whether or not these gifts can be activated so when I say how to speak in tongues or how to activate the gift of tongues or how to remove blockages to the gift of tongues or how to unlock the gift of speaking in tongues I'm not saying that I'm going to teach you how to receive a gift that God did not give you rather I'm going to teach you how to surrender to the Holy Spirit in such a way that the gift that he already has given to you can be expressed through your life so gifts can't be taught because there are spiritual sense but this idea that the gift of tongues is not for every believer I just needed to get that explanation out of the way because that's where people usually find their mental roadblocks this myth that we're addressing the gift of tongues is not for every believer this is where the problem usually arises it's a misreading of 1 Corinthians chapter 12 verses 29 through 31 where the Bible asks some rhetorical questions are we all apostles are we all prophets are we all teachers do we all have the power to do miracles do we all have the gift of healing do we all have the ability to speak in tongues do we all have the ability to interpret tongues of course not wait a minute brother David shouldn't that be it now wait a minute I'm going to show you why this is not what many people think it is and why the scripture actually very clearly teaches that the gift of tongues is for every believer let me show you this so you should earnestly desire the most helpful gifts but now let me show you a way that is best of all now when looking at 1 Corinthians 12 remember Paul the Apostle is talking about the spiritual gifts and in what context Paul the Apostle is talking about the use of the spiritual gifts in the context of remember the assembly of believers so in 1 Corinthians 12 when Paul the Apostle talks about the gift of tongues not being for every believer he's talking about the very specific expression of the gift of tongues that is the prophetic expression of the gift of tongues in fact we see that where context is viewed into this reality by the very fact that the next rhetorical question is do we all have the ability to interpret tongues so here Paul the Apostle is not saying that not every believer has the ability to pray in tongues he's saying that not every believer has this public ministry this public use to the gift of tongues and tongues interpretation in fact if you use the same logic on the gift of tongues or on the other gifts that you do on the gift of tongues I should say you use the same logic on the other spiritual gifts listed here that you do on the gift of speaking in tongues you end up with a lot of problems say for example the word of wisdom and the word of knowledge well very clearly we see that by the writings of Paul in 1 Corinthians 12 he's clearly telling us that some of these gifts are given to some of the believers so should we then say that not every believer is called to use wisdom of course we don't say that but do we also acknowledge that there's a special expression of wisdom found in the gift of wisdom yes of course what about the word of knowledge are we saying well you know knowledge that's not for every believer wait a minute doesn't the Bible say that you should be ready prepared to give a reason for the hope that is within you so shouldn't we all have knowledge yes but we also acknowledge at the same time that there is a special expression of knowledge in the gift of the word of knowledge think about the gift of faith well the gift of faith is a stirring of someone else's faith we know that because 1 Corinthians 12-7 makes it very clear that every spiritual gift is for the benefit of other believers so then this gift of faith right here is very clearly something that's given as a special expression does that mean well you know not every believer should have faith not every believer has faith God hasn't deposited faith in every believer that's not true we know that because it takes faith to be saved so that particular gift of faith what about healing and miracles does this mean that no believer can ask for healing does this mean that no other believer can experience a miracle in their life that's just nonsensical to believe something like that yet if we applied to these other gifts the same logic that we applied to the gift of speaking in tongues we would end up with these contradictions so no one else can believe for healing but the person with the gift of healing no one else can believe for miracles but the person with the gift of miracles no that's not what we're saying there's a very special emphasis an area of grace for a public expression of ministry with these particular gifts think about prophecy discernment can we not all hear from God does God not speak to all of us does God not give all of us discernment okay so if we wouldn't apply the same logic to all of the other gifts why on earth do we apply that logic to tongues think about the gift of the apostle no we're not all apostles does that mean not every believer can lead to some degree either in their home either with a friend either with fellow believers are we all prophets no does that mean we can't all hear from God not at all it just means there's a special area of grace for prophets are we all teachers okay well that's it not every believer can explain the word only a few believers are allowed to talk about the scripture wait a minute that's not what the bible is saying at all yet again if we apply the same logic to these gifts that we do to the gift of speaking in tongues these are the contradictions we'd end up with do all have the power to do miracles do all have the gift of healing no does this mean no other believer can believe for a miracle or believe for healing no that's not what we're saying so why on earth do we use that same logic or that particular logic for the gift of tongues when we shouldn't this is talking about a very specific use of the gift of tongues namely the prophetic expression to be used in public assembly now watch this each one of the spiritual gifts is intended to help the body of Christ 1 Corinthians 12 7 in other words the one who uses the gift isn't the one who benefits from the gift we are given spiritual gifts to benefit others not self let me establish that make that clear so then the gift of faith couldn't be having faith it would have to be the ability to stir faith in others the gift of healing isn't being healed it's the grace to heal others the same would apply to every gift about which Paul wrote in 1 Corinthians 12 all of the spiritual gifts in 1 Corinthians 12 are others centered never self focus so the expression of the gift of tongues here could not possibly be talking about the personal prayer language take for example all the scriptures where the believers are filled with the Holy Spirit they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began speaking in tongues everyone who was assembled so if you want to say that Paul was talking about or if you want to say that Paul was limiting the gift of tongues or was saying that not every believer has the gift of tongues be very specific like Paul was being and at least be consistent with scripture to say that this is talking about the public expression to be used in the assembly of believers in tandem with the gift of interpretation watch this even further we see Paul the Apostle actually encouraging something here 1 Corinthians 14-4-5 a person who speaks in tongues is strengthened personally but one who speaks a word of prophecy strengthens the entire church watch this now I wish you could all speak in tongues but even more I wish that you could all prophesy wait a minute why would Paul the Apostle wish for something that was contrary to the will of God and why would the Holy Spirit allow for that desire to be recorded in a holy epistle if it were indeed contrary to God's word and his will not all have the gift of tongues and tongue interpretation but every believer can pray in a personal prayer language to God I'll show it to you Acts 2-4 all of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them collectively Acts 2-39 watch this this is powerful and this promise this is Peter speaking now is to you to your children and to those who are far away all who have been called by the Lord our God now wait a minute what's he talking about here this promise that's for you for your children for everyone far off this is far reaching now generations and generations of believers are to receive what Peter is talking about and it's for all who have been called by the Lord our God it doesn't say some it doesn't say a select few what was he talking about well look at Acts 2-33 very clearly tells us and the Father as he had promised gave him the Holy Spirit to pour out upon us watch this now just as you see and hear today what did they see they saw the power of the Holy Ghost what did they hear they heard them speaking in tongues and that which they heard and saw was the promise to them to their children and to all who believe so while the gift of tongues and tongue interpretations is not for every believer the one that's used in the context of public church assembly to demand the collective attention of everyone gathered that particular one that Paul the Apostle is talking about to a certain few but not the personal prayer language so no the myth that the gift of tongues is not for every believer is simply not true hey if this is helping you out do me a quick favor hit the like button on this video I'm about to show you other myths and we're gonna touch a little bit on cessationism too here in a moment but if this is blessing you if this is encouraging you this is helping to break some mindsets in you and you think it could be beneficial to others or maybe you already knew this and you're saying wow this is just really a good solid teaching that should help other believers too then go ahead and leave a like on the video right now this actually does help to spread the teachings further and if you're new here or you've been watching our videos but you haven't subscribed yet I encourage you go ahead and subscribe subscribe to EncounterTV right now for Bible based Jesus centered spirit filled content we 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else I'm not considering what others are putting out I don't speak against anyone I preach for truth and so as I go through this we have to be careful not to demonize those who are considered cessationist cessationists are those who believe that the spiritual gifts as we understand them in first Corinthians chapter 12 that those particular spiritual gifts the apostolic gifts and so forth are no longer for today that they've just ceased to be they're no longer in operation and there are varying degrees of this belief but I'm not this is not a lesson on cessationism I'm just directly specifically addressing this myth that the spiritual gifts are no longer in operation or that the gift of tongues is not for today so a cessationist is someone who believes that those gifts have ceased cessationism is the belief that the gifts have ceased so here's what you're going to find when it comes to cessationism or people who say that the spiritual gifts are not for today you're going to find three primary foundations for their arguments or for their their communications whatever they think is truth you're going to find three foundations upon which they place their beliefs they build their beliefs on three foundations and each one of those foundations is a very weak foundation it's not the word of God that cessationism is built on it's to me I think it's a form of atheism and I know that sounds out there but I do believe that it is a form of doubt and cynicism and atheism that possibly some people are battling and so I think that atheistic thinking I don't have time to get into the details of why that is it's it's a little on the psychological side but I do believe that some of the mindsets of atheism are what ultimately lead to cessationism but we can talk about that another time not in every case but in many cases so I'm not I don't mean to generalize there but again that's a whole different message for a whole different time okay you're going to find that the three foundations are thus number one speculation number two arguments from history and number three poor biblical interpretation you will often find that the people who protest what they think is on biblical doctrine the people who talk the loudest about being properly aligned with Scripture often themselves refuse to be properly aligned in Scripture if it contradicts with their intellect they think feels good so some of these doctrines feed the ego again there's a psychological aspect to this I don't have time to elaborate on but number one you'll find most cessation is built on one of these three foundations speculation I'll give you an example of this here's an example of speculation example one only the early epistles mention the spiritual gifts but the later ones make no mention of them so the gifts must have ceased example number two Paul the apostle had poor eyesight because God didn't heal him that demonstrates that the gift of healing and the other gifts along with it had ceased now this is not in any way a biblical approach to things this is just again speculative thinking based upon some assumptions they're making about certain figures in the Bible here's the issue with that sort of reasoning in order to demonstrate biblically that the spiritual gifts have ceased you have to be able to point to the Bible verse that tells us so you can't just say we think it stopped we think they no longer taught it simply because some people were sick otherwise you're left with just speculation the biblical evidence is overwhelmingly supportive of the spiritual gifts still being active today it's not even close if we're being honest about it so if you want to believe that the spiritual gifts had ceased you need to bring some heavy biblical evidence that very clearly says what would contradict what the Bible actually says and so you're not going to find that with cessationists they're going to speculate or they'll say well you know Paul told Timothy to take a little wine for his stomach's sake why didn't he just heal his stomach you know this idea that the gift of healing is something that you wield outside of the will of God no one's ever believed that the apostles didn't even believe that they healed outside of the will of God the gift of healing works the same way it has always worked under the sovereignty of God in partnership with the faith of man so no speculation is not a good foundation and it's one of the primary foundations that you'll see when it comes to cessationism you just got to ask more questions dig a little deeper on their beliefs and you'll find that it's not Bible based it's speculative they're looking at scenarios in the Bible and they'll say well Paul had a problem with his eyes we think Timothy had a problem with his stomach we think there was possibly no mention of the spiritual gifts in later epistles and after this certain date we started to see them talk about it less in the epistles so therefore it must be so that the gifts had ceased with that speculation and if someone wants to convince you to believe with the Bible very the opposite of what the Bible very clearly teaches and they're going to have to do better than speculation number two you'll notice they use arguments from history I'll give an example here some of the early church fathers believed that the gifts had ceased and therefore we should believe the same well look we honor the early church fathers but we're not going to idolize them we honor the early church but they didn't necessarily not after the scripture was canonized they didn't write the inerrant word of God so we we must not raise some of these early church historical church fathers we must not raise them above the authority of scripture so the question is never what did the early church fathers believe it's always what does the Bible teach now here's something that very few people take into account even if you could prove that some of the early church fathers believed that the spiritual gifts had ceased even if you can prove that all that demonstrates is that there were cessationist that existed back then too so it doesn't prove anything it just shows you that there were people who thought in similar ways back then so the debate is old but that doesn't necessarily mean that it's conclusive proof that the spiritual gifts had ceased watch again here example number two an argument from history they'll say things like well church history records a decline in the use of the spiritual gifts well in order to prove that we'd need a complete record of every believer's life there are thousands of actions that you and I choose each week that there will never be a historical record for so the question isn't what does a historical record reflect the question is what does the Bible teach here's what I wrote from my book praying the Holy Spirit the cessationist is being presumptuous when he claims that generations of believers didn't pray in tongues how on earth could the cessationist know what didn't happen in the early church to know that one would have to have a complete record of every life of every believer a record detailing even daily activity we don't have that in fact to make the claim that a certain Christian figure or group of people certainly didn't pray in tongues we would need a record of them telling us just that so anyone who tells you that the early church didn't pray in tongues is making a big assumption in fact it's presumptive to make that claim about any believer in history's timeline so arguments from speculation arguments from history those are two of the three foundations that cessationism is built upon number three we see the final one here poor biblical interpretation the burden of proof is left unfulfilled by the cessations you got to remember where the burden of proof lies and this is often part of the debate where they want to shift the burden of proof if the bible very clearly teaches that the apostles the early church moved in spiritual gifts and the epistles of paul talk about the spiritual gifts then the burden of proof is on the cessationist to show us scriptures that very clearly indicate that the spiritual gifts have ceased and so far we haven't seen anything like that I'm going to show you one portion of scripture that they use all the time but that really fails when you take even just a little observation on that portion of scripture same thing for example I just released a spiritual warfare teaching I did a whole seven part series on why Christians can't be demon possessed I laid out scripture after scripture and why that isn't so and some will say well I don't need to show scriptures of Christians being demon possessed you got to show me scriptures of people of where the bible says Christians can't be demon possessed like you mean other than the whole entire idea of salvation you want to be shown that so the burden of proof clearly is on the one who's making a claim that contradicts what the scripture says so I'm just using that as an example to give you an idea of what the burden of proof means so just as in the case of someone who wants to believe that Christians can be demon possessed they have to have the burden of proof placed on them because the bible very clearly teaches the opposite so in the case of the cessationist the burden of proof falls on them they have to show you very clear scripture that shows that the gift of tongues is no longer for today they can't just assert that they can't just mock the gift they can't just complain about the gift they can't just play videos of people praying in tongues saying look how silly this looks they have to show conclusive biblical evidence that the gift of tongues has ceased and they don't have that here's what they do use its first Corinthians 13 8 through 10 prophecy and speaking in tongues and special knowledge will become useless but love will last forever now our knowledge is partial and incomplete but even the gift of prophecy reveals only part of the whole picture when the time of perfection comes these partial things will be useless so here very clearly the bible is telling us that there is coming a season when these spiritual gifts will cease there is going to come a time where they're no longer necessary when that time of perfection is that can be debated but let me show you some clues that the scripture gives us in the very next verse is where those clues begin first Corinthians 13 11 and 12 when I was a child I spoke and thought and reasoned as a child but when I grew up I put away childish things now we see things in perfectly like puzzling reflections in a mirror but then so future tense we will see everything with perfect clarity now we don't see things with perfect clarity yet all that I know now is partial and incomplete but then I will know everything completely just as God now knows me completely now we don't know everything completely like God knows us completely some cessationist might imagine that they do but here very clearly we see in the scripture that this day is not yet this time has not yet come could this be the canonization of scripture well no because this is still speaking of future tense this is talking about time when time is no more when it's an eternity when we know everything completely even as God now knows us so until then spiritual gifts are required look in eternity you don't need prophecy why? there's no future there's no time prophecy is unnecessary in a place where there is no time the gift of healing is unnecessary in a place where there is no sickness the gift of tongues is unnecessary in the place where we know that perfect union with God with nothing inhibiting that connection so again 1st Corinthians 13 verses 9 through 12 that's not an example of the spiritual gift ceasing and really that's about it verses so you can do away with this very damaging myth that the spiritual gifts and therefore the gift of tongues are no longer for today you can toss that to the side confidently knowing that the scripture speaks in direct contradiction to anyone who would ever claim something so wild it's not like God just arbitrarily places his finger on the timeline of history and says here is where I suddenly stop interacting with mankind myth number six this is kind of an interesting one it's still one we have to address myth number six because Jesus didn't pray in tongues neither should we well first of all I don't deny that Jesus probably didn't pray in tongues in fact I'm almost positive he didn't pray in tongues but the lie is that because Jesus didn't pray in tongues neither should we so I agree Jesus didn't pray in tongues let's grant that premise Jesus didn't pray in tongues how then one would conclude that therefore that means we shouldn't pray in tongues just beyond me here's what I wrote in praying in the Holy Spirit why didn't Jesus pray in tongues the same reason Jesus never shared a testimony of being saved from sin he was perfect praying in tongues supplements my inability to pray Jesus lacked no ability to pray praying in tongues helps me when I don't know what to pray Jesus always knew what he should pray praying in tongues helps me to pray according to God's will Jesus was God's will in action so the gift of tongues is supplemental well why didn't Jesus need to receive healing well he was raised from the dead of course we know that he didn't know sickness why because that was the healing virtue flowing through his body so in the same way we see that it's because of Jesus is perfection that he did not pray in tongues you and I do not have that at least not yet and therefore the gift of tongues should still be used by the believer myth number seven you could become demonized if you attempt to pray in tongues now every time I talk about the gift of tongues this comes up Christians who are just ultra paranoid about demons under every bush saying well what about a demonic tongue well first of all I don't see anything in the scripture that talks about that even if that's a reality in the occult or the new age somewhere it doesn't hold any real power over the believer who's actually approaching God for the gift of tongues as we'll see right now from Luke 11 but I think a bigger problem than demon oppression in the church is demon obsession believers are just so fixated on demons and demonology and it's like my goodness there's no spirit more powerful than the Holy Spirit it's time to put the focus back on Jesus let's look at the scripture here Luke 11 11-13 the bible says you fathers if your children ask for a fish do you give them a snake instead or if they ask for an egg do you give them a scorpion of course not so I love this so gentle so if you sinful people know how to give good gifts to your children how much more will your heavenly father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him I trust not in my ability to receive from heaven I trust in Christ's ability to give from heaven I'm trusting in him if you approach the Father God in the name of Jesus asking to be filled with the Holy Spirit in such a way that it overflows in the gift of speaking in tongues do you really think that a demon could take that opportunity and say oh goodness he's asking God for a spiritual gift let me sneak in there I'm sorry that's just not going to happen it's not possible the power of the Holy Spirit is immensely greater than any demonic power that could be so this is not a scenario that's likely or even possible for the everyday believer now some in the cessation this camps might say something like well you know it's the spirit of condolini or it's it's some new age practice and you know to stir up these tin foil conspiracy theories that have no grounding in reality whatsoever we all know that the enemy can of course mimic what God does or at least attempt to mimic but that doesn't necessarily mean that this should be a point of obsession for us I mean let's say they are right let's say let's just grant I don't believe this is reality for a second but let's just say that it is let's say that the cessationist is correct in saying that the gift of tongues is not for today what they are doing that what they call gibberish just isn't of God that doesn't mean that the pendulum swings all the way in the opposite direction that doesn't therefore mean that we can conclude that the gift of tongues is demonic in nature what all that would mean is that we were speaking gibberish but out of emotion and purity of heart then you could put speaking in tongues along the same lines as crying or humming or clapping or shouting it's an emotional expression that's God word that wouldn't necessarily harm us in any way at best it's a gift of the Holy Spirit that causes us to have our prayers supplemented at the very worst it's an emotional expression unto God in worship and prayer then tell people they can't hum tell people they can't clap tell people they can't cry or shout before the Lord because that's just an open door for the enemy no this is just nonsense hyper paranoia fear that's coming from the enemy trying to keep people from exercising these spiritual gifts so no myth number 7 is not true I lost that to the side this idea that you could become demonized if you attempt to pray in tongues it's just nonsense here ok myth number 8 and this is a big one and this is actually one of the myths that prevents people from receiving this gift myth number 8 you cannot control the gift of tongues now skeptics believe this and christians struggling to receive the gift of tongues believe this but what does the Bible teach well look at 1 Corinthians chapter 14 1 Corinthians 14 as we just read is Paul the apostle regulating the use of tongues in a public assembly how could he possibly regulate the gift of tongues in a public assembly using an epistle if the gift of tongues wasn't under the control of the individual using it why would God command through his apostle in an epistle to tell the people to do something that was not possible why would he say control that gift if the gift could not be controlled many believers when wanting to receive this gift they come under this assumption that the Holy Spirit is going to literally reach out grab their tongue move it up and down and cause them to make all the noise that's not the way it works I mean what spiritual gift can you name that doesn't require your participation in some degree I mean lay hands on the sick and they shall recover but you still have to lay hands prophesy according to the word of God but you still have to open your mouth and speak the words that you heard in heaven I mean think about it there is no spiritual gift that you can exercise without the participation of your will why would the gift of tongues be any different all spiritual gifts require some exercise of faith and free will on the part of the one using them why would speaking in tongues be any different now I know I told you I was going to give you 8 myths but I actually have a bonus one for you number 9 see this is why you stick around to the end of these and I don't even want this in the chapters this is a hidden gem for those who stick around for this number 9 you need to speak in tongues in order to be saved let me read a verse to you here a portion of scripture I should say found in Ephesians and I'm going to go to chapter number 2 I'm going to read verses 8 and onward where the Bible very clearly says God saved you by his grace when you believed and you can't take credit for this it is a gift from God salvation is not a reward for the good things we have done so none of us can boast about it for we are God's masterpiece he has created us a new in Christ Jesus so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago very clearly the Bible teaches that salvation comes by faith through grace by grace through faith this is how we come to experience the saving work of the cross by placing our faith in Christ and so you're not saved by speaking in tongues and this would actually be a backwards way of looking at it because chapter 8 verse 9 makes it clear that those who don't have the Holy Spirit are not saved and that in order to be saved you have to have the Holy Spirit so if we take that into consideration then it would be a backwards way of thinking if we said that you have to speak in tongues in order to be saved even if you said you have to speak in tongues at the moment of salvation you're still adding a work besides faith to the equation and that's not what the Bible teaches at all now you have to be saved in order to speak in tongues and you do not have to speak in tongues in order to be saved in fact the greatest mark that you've experienced the work of the Holy Spirit that you have in working in your life is the character in the nature of Christ in you as we see demonstrated in Galatians 5 that the fruits of the Holy Spirit those fruits those character traits are the ultimate signs that the Holy Spirit truly lives in you not necessarily the gift of speaking in tongues though as you heard from my teaching here the gift of tongues is very important let's pray and then I want to talk to you about something so don't go anywhere let's pray right now I want you to begin and Tim we do not need to put it on the screen because I want them to be able to put this just in the live in private and then on the replay if you want to leave it in the comments you can I want you to put on the screen right now your prayer request I want you to begin to write aloud right now write it there write it on the screen write those things that you're believing God for deliverance you're believing for the salvation of a loved one I want you to begin to type that on the screen right now and I believe that as we touch and agree that the power of the Holy Spirit is going to flow here that anointing is present every bondage has to be broken sickness must go in the name of Jesus and not only we're going to pray those things we're going to pray for healing deliverance empowerment yes and the anointing is flowing right now but we're also going to pray that the Holy Spirit would give you this revelation and he would cause it to be deposited in your spirit deep within the spirit man come on let's pray let's believe let's ask the Lord to do this now Father in the name of Jesus I thank you Lord that you're touching your people I thank you Lord that the anointing is flowing I thank you Father that every bondage is broken I thank you Lord that your healing virtue is flowing and Lord I ask right now that you would begin to overwhelm your people in your presence and power let that virtue begin to flow in a way that they can sense it on their physical beings in the mighty name of Jesus Lord I give you the glory I give you the honor give us your grace Father to know your word to walk according to your will thank you even now bondage is being broken I give you the glory Jesus I give you the praise healing is taking place I thank you Lord come on just receive that's the peace of God flowing over you now that's the peace of God that's his power his presence I give you the glory Lord thank you Jesus someone's ears have just been healed I give you glory thank you Jesus arthritis just been healed I thank you Lord someone with an addiction that addiction is being broken right now torment of the mind I break I feel that one strong torment of the mind I break that bondage in the name of Jesus and Father we thank you that as we've received from your word that you would cause the word to break our mindsets we humble ourselves before you the mighty name of Jesus we pray and I want you to write it in the comments because you believe write amen now something I wanted to ask you what is waiting for you on the other side of your step of faith well think about the fact that Peter stepped out of the boat which was his certainty and on to the waves as he was called out by the Lord Peter left the boat and stepped on to the water because he knew it was Jesus that was speaking to him Peter was not walking on water he was walking on the word think about how when the children of Israel sought to step into the promise that God had given to them what did they do they marched around the walls of Jericho and released shouts of victory and those walls came down think of Moses who before him was the Red Sea behind him armies of Egypt seeking his destruction and the destruction of the people that he had led there what did he do he took that step of faith and that sea became a pathway God makes away where there seems to be no way God makes away where there seems to be no way what is waiting for you on the other side of your obedience what is waiting for you on the other side of your step of faith so often we're filled with fear and we may say we have faith but then when the Holy Spirit moves us to do something we hesitate we wait and delay is disobedience and we shout our excuses thinking that they'll somehow be accepted by God and God is calling you to the deep God is calling you to cross the sea God is calling you into the promise will you take that step of faith or will you allow fear to rob you you know in this season many people are panicking and because of this they're missing opportunities in the spirit let me say that again people are panicking and because people are panicking in the spirit some of the greatest spiritual opportunities come in the most seemingly dark times some of the greatest opportunities come when people's fear is at an all time high let me tell you Jesus said that sometimes the world is wiser than his own children why because the world understands sometimes dynamics that the church doesn't even get and I'll tell you this right now well the rest of the world is panicking right now they're worried, they're concerned for their futures there are wicked men and women who have better discernment than some people in the church and they right now are seeing the opportunity and they're going to increase their influence they're going to increase their wealth they're going to increase their opportunities in open doors in this season well everyone else is panicking why because they're keeping their calm they trust in their riches don't you trust in God and because of this we can miss opportunities we can storm that there's the opportunity for the miracle it's during the chase that there's an opportunity for rescue it's during the march that there's an opportunity to step into that promise don't waste the famine don't waste those seasons where faith is required because it's in those seasons that you take your biggest steps we as a ministry right now are taking bigger steps of faith than we ever have before we're saying no our eyes are fixed on Jesus and we're going to take steps of faith into our future into the promise I want you to step with me I need you right now to give a one-time 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