WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.010 All right, so once again you're welcome. 2 00:00:03.010 --> 00:00:08.000 Tonight is another session, and I'm going to share the word of God with you. 3 00:00:08.000 --> 00:00:11.230 I hope that the sermons have been a blessing to you. 4 00:00:11.230 --> 00:00:16.310 There are many sermons available that you can always go back to. You can listen 5 00:00:16.310 --> 00:00:20.300 whenever there's a challenge. You actually don't even have to wait for a challenge. 6 00:00:20.300 --> 00:00:26.240 The word of God is for your edification. The word of God will build you up. It'll give you wisdom. 7 00:00:26.240 --> 00:00:31.250 It will answer things even before they happen. So, make it a point to constantly listen. 8 00:00:31.250 --> 00:00:37.060 They are designed for you. They are recorded for you. They are preached for you to help you. 9 00:00:37.060 --> 00:00:41.530 When I preach these messages, there are different groups I preach to, 10 00:00:41.530 --> 00:00:47.160 but these messages are specifically for you if you're part of this group. 11 00:00:47.160 --> 00:00:52.820 And of course, you can share it with other people as you are led, but they are specifically for you. 12 00:00:52.820 --> 00:00:58.740 So, do enjoy them and be blessed mightily. 13 00:00:58.740 --> 00:01:44.280 This month we've been speaking about prayer. We've been speaking about prayer extensively. 14 00:01:44.280 --> 00:01:52.560 And last Sunday, I preached on how to organize your prayer life. 15 00:01:52.560 --> 00:02:01.220 In fact, the first Sunday of this month, I spoke about great and hidden things, the privilege of prayer. 16 00:02:01.220 --> 00:02:07.350 So, I explained why prayer is important and why we should pray. Because sometimes people 17 00:02:07.350 --> 00:02:14.610 don't pray because they have not really grasped the relevance, the importance of prayer. 18 00:02:14.610 --> 00:02:21.470 You see, the why is always important. Whenever you miss your why, the what becomes a problem. The why. 19 00:02:21.470 --> 00:02:28.240 Anytime you're struggling to do something, go back to the why. Go back to the why. Why do we pray? 20 00:02:28.240 --> 00:02:34.500 Because if you just focus on what to pray, when to pray, how to pray, 21 00:02:34.500 --> 00:03:20.750 all that is influenced by why we pray. And the more you understand why we pray, the more you are able to pray 22 00:03:20.750 --> 00:03:29.780 consistently, effectively, and it gives you a hunger to even learn more and more about prayer and to get invested in prayer. 23 00:03:29.780 --> 00:03:38.820 And then last Sunday, I spoke to you about how to organize your prayer life, how to organize your prayer life. 24 00:03:38.820 --> 00:03:45.590 We highlighted that you need a framework, just like a building. Every building needs 25 00:03:45.590 --> 00:03:50.150 a structure. Every building needs a framework. 26 00:03:50.150 --> 00:03:56.430 You need pillars, you need a foundation, you need roofing. You need all of that 27 00:03:56.430 --> 00:04:04.640 to be able to stand. Without it, the building cannot stand. And we spoke about how your prayer life needs to be organized, and I gave you some 28 00:04:04.640 --> 00:04:11.780 practical steps, some practical things, actionable things that you can do to ensure that your prayer life 29 00:04:11.780 --> 00:04:16.320 is going the way it's expected to go. 30 00:04:16.320 --> 00:05:02.390 And don't be discouraged if sometimes it looks like you are in a high when it comes to your prayer life and 31 00:05:02.390 --> 00:05:08.270 sometimes it gets it gets to a low point. Don't be discouraged. It's a walk with God. It's a walk with God. 32 00:05:08.270 --> 00:05:15.630 When you started learning how to walk, you fell a few times, maybe not a few times, many times. 33 00:05:15.630 --> 00:05:20.650 But the key was that you kept walking. Okay? So once you keep walking, you'll be able to find your gait, you'll find your balance, 34 00:05:20.650 --> 00:05:28.700 you learn how to walk better. That's how children learn how to walk, all right? In the same way, in your walk with God, you have to keep going. 35 00:05:28.700 --> 00:05:34.820 Don't stop. Don't stop because you've hit a low point. Don't stop simply because you feel like, 'I'm not doing this well enough, I'm not 36 00:05:34.820 --> 00:05:43.860 I'm not consistent, there must be something wrong with me.' There's nothing wrong with you. You are learning the ins and outs, you're finding the rhythm, you're learning it. 37 00:05:43.860 --> 00:05:52.410 And as you keep at it, you notice that the resistance is broken. The resistance is quickly broken, and you're able to continue 38 00:05:52.410 --> 00:05:59.800 in the things that you're supposed to do. Hallelujah. 39 00:05:59.800 --> 00:06:06.190 Well, today, still on the tangent on tangent of prayer, 40 00:06:06.190 --> 00:06:12.930 I'm going to talk about a particular type of prayer. So, my message is titled, 'Why do we speak in tongues?' 41 00:06:12.930 --> 00:06:19.220 'Why do we speak in tongues? Why do we speak in tongues?' 42 00:06:19.220 --> 00:06:25.120 Yeah, this is a very important aspect of our prayer life. 43 00:06:25.120 --> 00:06:31.240 If you notice that whenever we're praying, a lot of times, we are speaking in tongues. Why? So, the question is, why do we speak in tongues? 44 00:06:31.240 --> 00:06:36.190 Why do we speak in tongues? Some people wonder. 45 00:06:36.190 --> 00:06:44.220 Sometimes, you can even be speaking in tongues, but you've lost the why along the way. You just do the what. Yeah. 46 00:06:44.220 --> 00:06:49.840 So, why do we speak in tongues? If you have an understanding of that already, I want to bring you a refresher. 47 00:06:49.840 --> 00:06:57.890 If you are not sure, I want to bring you insight and clarity. 48 00:06:57.890 --> 00:07:03.510 So, I'm going to preach this message by simply asking questions and answering questions. So, I've written down a number of questions 49 00:07:03.510 --> 00:07:13.820 about tongues, and I'm going to read the questions and then proceed to provide answers. 50 00:07:13.820 --> 00:07:20.080 You know, a lot of discipleship is question and answers. That's how Jesus did His discipleship. You would not find 51 00:07:20.080 --> 00:07:27.160 many times, Jesus go with a prepared sermon. Not to say there's anything wrong with a prepared sermon, but 52 00:07:27.160 --> 00:07:35.510 there were many times that Jesus shared because there was a question. And so questions help for proper discipleship. 53 00:07:35.510 --> 00:07:43.020 Proper discipleship. That's why in our meetings, at the tail end of the meeting, we make room for questions, for interaction, because 54 00:07:43.020 --> 00:07:50.190 that is a very key aspect of discipleship. So, let's get into some of the questions that I've written down concerning 55 00:07:50.190 --> 00:07:57.530 concerning tongues. And I want to encourage you, you can also ask any question, you can also ask any question, if there are common questions, 56 00:07:57.530 --> 00:08:05.830 things that people ask, things that you yourself you're not sure about, you can type them in the chat box, and then I can read them and answer as I proceed 57 00:08:05.830 --> 00:08:15.840 with the message. So, let's start with the first question that I've written here. And the first question is, 'What is tongues?' 58 00:08:15.840 --> 00:08:27.820 'What is tongues?' Okay. 'What is tongues?' Tongues. 59 00:08:27.820 --> 00:08:33.310 This is a debate because there are people who say that tongues 60 00:08:33.310 --> 00:08:40.480 is just you speaking in another man's language. So, let's say, I speak 61 00:08:40.480 --> 00:08:50.130 Portuguese, all right? But I'm not Portuguese, but by the avenue of the Spirit, I start praying and suddenly I begin to mumble words in Portuguese, 62 00:08:50.130 --> 00:08:58.160 and that then is tongues. So, tongues is not anything strange, it's just another language, and God uses that so that you can communicate to other people. 63 00:08:58.160 --> 00:09:03.510 Well, the scripture doesn't bear out that concept or that theory. 64 00:09:03.510 --> 00:09:08.810 All right? Let's look at the incidents of tongues in the scriptures. 65 00:09:08.810 --> 00:09:13.860 The first time we have an incidence of people speaking in tongues in the scriptures is Acts chapter 2. 66 00:09:13.860 --> 00:09:20.840 Acts chapter 2. So, we can go ahead and read what the Bible says in Acts chapter 2. 67 00:09:20.840 --> 00:09:28.120 Acts chapter 2. Jesus asked the disciples to tarry, 68 00:09:28.120 --> 00:09:35.800 to wait for the promise of the Father, to wait for the promise of the Spirit, and as they waited in the upper room, some wonderful things happened. 69 00:09:35.800 --> 00:09:42.520 This is on the day of Pentecost. So, let me read it to you. 70 00:09:42.520 --> 00:09:51.350 Acts chapter 2 from verse 1: 'And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place, 71 00:09:51.350 --> 00:09:57.580 and suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. 72 00:09:57.580 --> 00:10:04.220 And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, 73 00:10:04.220 --> 00:10:14.360 and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.' So, already this verse is answering a lot of the questions about tongues, okay? 74 00:10:14.360 --> 00:10:24.470 Notice notice, I'll come back to to to this because there are people who ask the question, 75 00:10:24.470 --> 00:10:30.200 'Is it everybody who is supposed to speak in tongues?' When you look at the incidents of tongues in scripture, 76 00:10:30.200 --> 00:10:38.070 every time the gift was released, everybody there spoke in tongues. So, the first time tongues happened, look at Acts chapter 2 77 00:10:38.070 --> 00:10:44.420 verse 4, the Bible says, 'And they were all, all, barnan, they were all filled with the Holy Ghost 78 00:10:44.420 --> 00:10:50.640 and began to speak with other tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance.' All, they were all filled with the Holy Ghost. 79 00:10:50.640 --> 00:10:58.910 We see another incidence of this in Acts chapter 19, I'm getting a little ahead of myself, but I'll come back to that particular question, which is, 'Is it everybody who's supposed to speak in tongues?' 80 00:10:58.910 --> 00:11:05.480 But notice that they were all filled with tongues. Let's continue. 'And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, out of every nation under heaven. 81 00:11:05.480 --> 00:11:12.300 Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because that every man heard them speak in his own language. 82 00:11:12.300 --> 00:11:20.700 And they were all amazed and marvelled, saying one to another, 'Behold, are not all these which speak Galileans? 83 00:11:20.700 --> 00:11:28.850 And how hear we every man in our own tongue, wherein we were born? Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and the dwellers in Mesopotamia, and in Judaea, and Cappadocia, in Pontus, and Asia, Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and strangers 84 00:11:28.850 --> 00:11:37.540 I mean, a lot. 'And they were all,' verse 12, 'And they were all amazed, and were in doubt, saying one to another, 'What meaneth this?' 85 00:11:37.540 --> 00:11:46.310 Others said, 'These men are full of new wine.' And then Peter went on to preach a very long sermon, 86 00:11:46.310 --> 00:11:52.210 but a very powerful sermon at that, and many people were born again. 87 00:11:52.210 --> 00:11:59.860 Okay. But the the argument people make is that because of this, because when they spoke in tongues, 88 00:11:59.860 --> 00:12:04.890 they heard them in their own languages, it means that every time you speak in tongues, 89 00:12:00.000 --> 00:12:01.250 Yeah. 90 00:12:02.000 --> 00:12:09.870 People may not understand what we are saying. We ourselves may not understand what we are saying, but we know that it is by the Spirit, we are speaking a heavenly language. 91 00:12:04.890 --> 00:12:10.010 it should be someone's language. But that's not the case. 92 00:12:10.010 --> 00:12:15.630 I believe strongly that God allowed this God allowed for this to happen so that the people, their believing and their faith could be helped, 93 00:12:10.420 --> 00:12:22.560 Now that begets the next question, which is why? What why do we need to speak in tongues? Why do we need another language? There are a number of reasons, there are a number of reasons. 94 00:12:15.630 --> 00:12:27.020 could be helped, could be helped, not because every time you speak in tongues, it's supposed to be another man's language. 95 00:12:23.010 --> 00:12:38.350 First of all, we see this in in Acts chapter 2, okay? Let's go back to Acts chapter 2. We'll do a lot with Acts chapter 2 in this series on on tongues, Acts chapter 2, okay? 96 00:12:27.020 --> 00:12:35.330 Because all the other times you speak in tongues, and when we go to 1 Corinthians chapter 14, 97 00:12:35.330 --> 00:12:44.310 Paul says, 'When I speaketh in an unknown tongue, my spirit prayeth.' He speaks about the fact that when you speak in tongues, 98 00:12:41.050 --> 00:12:59.980 Remember that tongue speaking is not something that happens out of the blue, it is actually the work of the Holy Spirit. So, it is an expression of the baptism of the Holy Spirit, an expression of the baptism of the Holy Spirit, 99 00:12:44.310 --> 00:12:50.810 it doesn't make sense, it doesn't add up. 1 Corinthians chapter 14. 100 00:12:50.810 --> 00:13:00.050 Chapter 14. Yeah, he compares tongues speaking and prophecy, but he highlights some important things 101 00:13:00.050 --> 00:13:06.100 about tongues speaking. For instance, in verse 9, he says, 'So likewise ye, except ye utter by the tongue words easy to be understood,' tongues are not meant to be understood. 102 00:13:06.100 --> 00:13:12.050 They are not meant to be understood. When we are speaking in tongues, they are not meant to be understood. 103 00:13:12.050 --> 00:13:20.740 Okay. So, what are tongues? Let me come back and answer the question. The word 'tongues' is the word 'glossolalia' in the Greek, 104 00:13:20.740 --> 00:13:27.560 which means 'another language' or 'a heavenly language'. 105 00:13:27.560 --> 00:13:34.100 a heavenly language. So, tongues is not simply another 106 00:13:34.100 --> 00:13:42.440 maybe Portuguese or Spanish or any of that, but this is heavenly language, 107 00:13:40.000 --> 00:13:54.150 the infilling of the Holy Spirit. What Jesus told them was to go to the upper room, to dwell there, and to wait until they were endued with power from on high. 108 00:13:42.440 --> 00:13:51.000 heavenly language. So, when we are speaking in tongues, we speak in a heavenly language. 109 00:13:54.300 --> 00:14:04.230 Okay, so tongue speaking is is the is the expression of the work of the Holy Spirit in you and it is also empowerment from God. 110 00:14:04.600 --> 00:14:17.280 Right? That's why you notice that when you speak in tongues, you have boldness. If you look at the book of Acts, when they would pray, they'll have boldness. There's an empowerment, there's a quickening, there's a stirring, there's a leading as you speak in tongues, as you speak in tongues. 111 00:14:17.950 --> 00:14:39.980 But it is a work of the Holy Spirit. It is a work of the Holy Spirit. And if you are born again and you receive the Holy Spirit, tongues is an evidence of the indwelling of the Holy Spirit. Let me show this to you in Acts chapter 19, Acts chapter 19. It's important to have a scriptural foundation for all these things. So Acts chapter 19 gives us a very important story. Acts chapter 19. And it came to pass, from verse one, 112 00:14:40.200 --> 00:14:52.000 that while while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul having passed through the upper coast came to Ephesus: and finding certain disciples, he said unto them, Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed? 113 00:14:52.230 --> 00:15:02.020 So they believed, they believed in Jesus Christ, but they had not received the Holy Ghost. Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed? And they said unto him, 114 00:15:02.200 --> 00:15:12.100 We have not so much as heard whether there be any Holy Ghost. They have not even heard about the Holy Spirit. You see, so tongues is not just something about a language in itself, it's actually a work of the Holy Spirit. 115 00:15:12.300 --> 00:15:22.110 Verse three, and he said unto them, Unto what then were ye baptized? And they said, Unto John's baptism. Then Paul said, 116 00:15:22.260 --> 00:15:34.100 John verily baptized with baptism of repentance, saying unto the people that they should believe on him which should come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus. When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. 117 00:15:34.280 --> 00:15:47.100 And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the Holy Ghost came upon them, you see, the Holy Ghost came upon them, and they spoke with tongues, and prophesied. 118 00:15:47.300 --> 00:15:54.300 They spoke with tongues, and prophesied. They spoke with tongues, and prophesied. And all the men were about twelve. 119 00:15:54.360 --> 00:16:08.500 Now, remember I was answering an earlier question, which is, are all is everyone meant to speak in tongues? This is another instance where Paul met people and prayed for them to speak in tongues. That's why we pray for people to speak in tongues. There's nothing wrong with being prayed for to speak in tongues, 120 00:16:09.700 --> 00:16:29.100 because there are also people who make the argument that, oh, they were just there, and then the Holy Spirit just as as he wanted, just came on to them and they started speaking in tongues. No. There is a scriptural backing for praying for people to speak in tongues, not teaching them, not say this, say that, not say, no, but praying for them, and it is the Holy Ghost. The Holy Ghost came upon them. They had a bap- they had John's baptism. They did not have the baptism of the Spirit. 121 00:16:29.400 --> 00:16:43.400 But they had believed. Paul said Paul said to them, since ye believed, they already believed. They believed in Jesus, but they had not received the baptism of the Spirit, which is evidence by the speaking of tongues. Hallelujah. I hope that clarifies a little bit of 122 00:16:43.600 --> 00:16:51.800 what tongues is, and then why we speak in tongues. Now, why do we speak in tongues? We also speak in tongues because 123 00:16:51.900 --> 00:17:02.400 tongues is God's divine language, divine prayer language, to help us deal with things which we will not even know about. 124 00:17:02.550 --> 00:17:14.800 The Bible says that, for we know not, this is Romans chapter 8, for we know not what we should pray for as we ought to, but the Spirit himself makes intercession with us for us with groanings that cannot be uttered. 125 00:17:14.900 --> 00:17:26.800 Now, you may not know what to pray for. Our our human prayer language is limited. Is is limited, it's very limited. You can be praying about something when you should be praying about something else. I heard a story about about a lady who was in the market somewhere, and she just had an urge to pray, but she didn't know what to pray about. 126 00:17:26.900 --> 00:17:40.800 So she found somewhere and sat down and began to speak in tongues for about 20 minutes. When she was done, she received two calls. One was that her her husband had an accident, almost died, but he was fine, and one was the other one was that their home almost burned down, but 127 00:17:40.900 --> 00:17:52.300 it was saved in the nick of time. Now, how would she have known to pray about these things? She wouldn't have known. She wouldn't have known. Tongue speaking allows you to deal with things that you don't know about. Because you you pray 128 00:17:52.400 --> 00:18:07.100 you pray with your own understanding, the human understanding is limited. Sometimes, the way I pray is that I say, Father, I don't know what I should pray about, I don't know what I'm supposed to deal with, but I'm going to speak in tongues. And I know that as you speak in tongues, you are putting everything where it's supposed to be, you are making everything work, 129 00:18:07.200 --> 00:18:26.100 you are dealing with everything. Yeah. So the Holy Spirit prays through you. The Holy Spirit maketh intercession. He makes intercession through you with groanings that cannot be uttered, okay? 130 00:18:26.200 --> 00:18:45.000 makes intercession. So, that's why we pray. Tongues is for the purpose of intercession, for the purpose of intercession, okay? Why else do we pray? We pray for the purpose of edification, the purpose of edification, edification, okay? 131 00:18:45.100 --> 00:18:59.000 Jude 1:20 says that, but ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost. Every time you see the phrase in the Bible, praying in the Holy Ghost, it's referring to speaking in tongues. Praying in the Holy Ghost, okay? 132 00:18:59.100 --> 00:19:08.100 Paul said, I'll pray in the Spirit, and I'll pray in my understanding also. So there's a place to pray with your understanding, there's a there's also a place to pray in the Spirit. And when you do that, you are edified. The word edified is the word oikodomeo, which means to lay block upon block, brick by brick. 133 00:19:08.200 --> 00:19:18.000 You see, so as you are speaking in tongues, you're being edified, you are being strengthened, you are being strengthened. I spoke about boldness, for instance, boldness, for instance, okay? 134 00:19:18.100 --> 00:19:32.000 Sometimes, you just have bouts of depression. You see, depression is is so strange because sometimes it doesn't make sense. Everything can can be fine, but you're just not sure, no. 135 00:19:32.100 --> 00:19:48.000 The more you speak in tongues, the more you exercise your spirit. Tongue speaking is an avenue for the exercising of your human spirit, so that your soul, your feelings, your flesh does not have an upper hand over your spirit. Tongue speaking allows you to exercise your spirit continuously, 136 00:19:48.100 --> 00:20:01.000 continuously, continuously. It's for the purpose of edification, for the purpose of edification. You become stronger and stronger and stronger. He that speaketh in an unknown tongue edifieth 137 00:20:01.100 --> 00:20:08.000 himself, edifieth himself. Let me read it to you in in in 138 00:20:08.100 --> 00:20:26.000 in 1 Corinthians chapter 14, yeah. This is 1 Corinthians chapter 14 verse 4. He that speaketh in an unknown tongue edifieth himself. He edifieth himself. Can you see it? So tongue speaking is for the purpose of edification. Tongue speaking is also for the purpose of refreshing, refreshing. Let me show it to you. Isaiah actually prophesied about speaking in tongues. He says, this is the refreshing. 139 00:20:26.100 --> 00:20:41.000 Yeah, in Isaiah chapter 28, Isaiah chapter 28, let me just find it for you. 140 00:20:41.100 --> 00:20:57.000 Tongue speaking is for the purpose of edification, but it's also for the purpose of refreshing. Look at Isaiah chapter 28 verse 12. He says, to whom he said, this is the rest wherewith ye may cause the weary to rest, and this is the refreshing, and this is the refreshing. Now, what what is this refreshing that he's talking about? Let's look at it. He says, this 141 00:20:57.100 --> 00:21:11.000 is the refreshing wherewith I'll cause the weary, the tired, to rest. What is what is this this refresh- refreshing? You you see it in verse 11. Then he says, for with stammering lips, because Isaiah had a vision, and he saw people they their lips was like they were stammering. You know, sometimes when you are speaking in tongues it's like stammering in a certain way, 142 00:21:11.100 --> 00:21:22.000 because you're not you don't seem to be making legible words, you don't seem to be making audible or clear words rather, let me put it. 143 00:21:22.100 --> 00:21:45.000 For with stammering lips and another tongue, and another tongue will he speak to his people, to whom he said, this, he's speaking about the tongues, this is the refreshing. So, sometimes when you are tired, when you are overwhelmed, when you are stressed, speak in tongues. Just find a place somewhere and just begin to speak in tongues. 144 00:21:45.100 --> 00:22:11.000 When you don't know what to do, when you're overwhelmed, find a place and begin to speak in tongues. Just speak in tongues. And another thing that happens when you are speaking in tongues is that God speaks to you as you speak in tongues, actually. Amazingly. It's actually in this verse. 145 00:22:11.100 --> 00:22:29.000 This is verse 11. He says, for with stammering for with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to his people. So, sometimes when you're not sure, you don't know what's going on, as you speak in tongues, God will bring your mind to something. God'll God'll bring your heart to something. God'll drop something in in your mind, in your thoughts. 146 00:22:29.100 --> 00:22:48.000 You see, as you speak in tongues, as you speak in tongues, God will begin to speak to you. God will begin to speak to you. That's why whenever you speak in tongues, you should not just let your mind run wild, no. Whatever you're concerned about, stay your mind on it. You'll notice that God will start talking to you. God'll start helping 147 00:22:48.100 --> 00:23:05.000 you, God will start instructing you by the power of the Holy Spirit. Hallelujah. Yeah. So, with by speaking in tongues, God will also 148 00:23:05.100 --> 00:23:21.000 speak to you. God will also minister to you, and God would also help you. All right? So, that's those are some of the main reasons why why we speak in tongues. It is not just for the fun of it, it's not to show spiritual machismo, like who has spiritual diction more than someone else, 149 00:23:21.100 --> 00:23:42.000 who can use words, no. This is this is a gift and a blessing God has given us for us to function more effectively in our in our walk with God. Now, there's another question, and this question is that, so if I don't speak in tongues, can I be saved and not speak in tongues? Absolutely, yes. 150 00:23:42.100 --> 00:24:00.000 You can be saved, you can serve God and not speak in tongues. It has been said that Billy Graham didn't speak in tongues, there are great groups of people who don't speak in tongues, right? But you should realize that 151 00:24:00.000 --> 00:24:01.380 that you can either go through life with 152 00:24:01.380 --> 00:24:03.000 with a V8 engine or 153 00:24:03.000 --> 00:24:05.100 a smaller car's engine, a Picanto engine for instance, okay. 154 00:24:05.100 --> 00:24:08.520 If God has given various things for the effectiveness of your walk, I think you should take advantage of it, 155 00:24:08.520 --> 00:24:09.300 right? 156 00:24:09.300 --> 00:24:10.960 Yeah, but it does not mean that if someone doesn't speak in tongues, 157 00:24:10.960 --> 00:24:13.200 they are any lesser Christian or they are bound for hell, no. 158 00:24:13.200 --> 00:24:15.540 But it's about your, the effectiveness of your walk. 159 00:24:15.540 --> 00:24:17.820 It's like someone who is born again, but has no consciousness of the ministry of the Holy Spirit. 160 00:24:17.820 --> 00:24:19.460 Doesn't know that the Holy Spirit can lead you. 161 00:24:19.460 --> 00:24:21.000 Doesn't know that you can fellowship with the Holy Spirit. 162 00:24:21.000 --> 00:24:22.500 Doesn't know that the Holy Spirit can guide you. 163 00:24:22.500 --> 00:24:24.780 So that person misses out on all that aspect 164 00:24:24.780 --> 00:24:26.400 of God's work and God's help for them, okay? 165 00:24:26.400 --> 00:24:28.080 So, yes, you'll be saved. Yes, you go to heaven, 166 00:24:28.080 --> 00:24:30.060 but the effectiveness of your walk with God, 167 00:24:30.060 --> 00:24:31.740 the effectiveness of your prayer life. 168 00:24:31.740 --> 00:24:34.000 One of the things you notice about people who don't speak in tongues for instance is that their prayer lives are often very scanty. 169 00:24:34.000 --> 00:24:35.800 Yeah, they barely have any prayer life. 170 00:24:35.800 --> 00:24:37.380 They are just, it's like there's nothing going on. When you say 'Let's pray,' 'Father, thank you. Father, I love you.' 171 00:24:37.380 --> 00:24:38.900 And then that's it. There's nothing else to say. 172 00:24:38.900 --> 00:24:40.360 Okay, so you'll notice that your prayer life is 173 00:24:40.360 --> 00:24:41.800 is affected. It's affected. 174 00:24:41.800 --> 00:24:43.320 I think I've answered some of the 175 00:24:43.320 --> 00:24:44.700 most important questions. 176 00:24:44.700 --> 00:24:46.400 I'm wondering if there are some 177 00:24:46.400 --> 00:24:47.760 other questions that I should answer. 178 00:24:47.760 --> 00:24:48.880 Well, there's also 179 00:24:48.880 --> 00:24:51.240 the aspect of tongues and interpretation, okay? 180 00:24:51.240 --> 00:24:52.480 And it's a gift that you can desire. 181 00:24:52.480 --> 00:24:53.720 It's a gift that you can desire. 182 00:24:53.720 --> 00:24:55.160 This is in 1st Corinthians chapter 12. 183 00:24:55.160 --> 00:24:57.240 The Bible talks about the nine gifts of the Spirit, and it's one of the gifts. 184 00:24:57.240 --> 00:24:59.000 Speaking in tongues and interpreting tongues. 185 00:24:59.000 --> 00:25:40.680 So, you can desire it. I know people who have that gift 186 00:25:40.680 --> 00:25:42.160 and operate in that gift. 187 00:25:42.160 --> 00:25:44.160 And actually speaking it, sometimes even when you are speaking in tongues, you notice that 188 00:25:44.160 --> 00:25:46.120 there are words from your understanding that begin to spur out of you. 189 00:25:46.120 --> 00:25:48.520 More often than not, that could be, I'm not saying that is, that could be the interpretation of what you're saying, even. 190 00:25:48.520 --> 00:25:50.020 Yeah, so sometimes that can happen as well. 191 00:25:50.020 --> 00:25:52.160 But it's something that you can desire, and it's something that you can walk in. 192 00:25:52.160 --> 00:25:54.240 There are people who have challenges with, let's say, people coming to church and people. 193 00:25:54.240 --> 00:25:56.120 I recently had someone who came to 194 00:25:56.120 --> 00:25:58.000 my church for the first time, 195 00:25:58.000 --> 00:25:59.460 and I mean, they just started with opening prayer. 196 00:25:59.460 --> 00:26:01.840 As soon as opening prayer started, after a few minutes, the person walked out and was going home, 197 00:26:01.840 --> 00:26:03.000 because the person said, 'No, 198 00:26:03.000 --> 00:26:04.840 tongues speaking is not scriptural. It's not in the Bible. You can't just start and speak in tongues.' 199 00:26:04.840 --> 00:26:06.500 That's what some people also say. You can't just, 200 00:26:06.500 --> 00:26:07.760 'No, you must pray,' 201 00:26:07.760 --> 00:26:08.980 and then like something would 202 00:26:08.980 --> 00:26:10.980 stir, stir up in you. These are, these are the theories of men. 203 00:26:10.980 --> 00:26:12.480 If you look through the Scriptures, it is not the case. 204 00:26:12.480 --> 00:26:14.020 These are the theories and the concepts of men. 205 00:26:14.020 --> 00:26:15.800 And sometimes they just want it to be hallowed. They want it to be special, 206 00:26:15.800 --> 00:26:17.760 but they did not realize that in doing that, they deny people the privilege of 207 00:26:17.760 --> 00:26:19.120 of having access to it. 208 00:26:19.120 --> 00:26:20.800 It's like something like the communion, okay? 209 00:26:20.800 --> 00:26:22.200 There are places where you can't take the communion, 210 00:26:22.200 --> 00:26:23.760 or be baptized, even. You have to go through baptism class. You have to go through this. You have to go through that. You have to go through this. 211 00:26:23.760 --> 00:26:25.380 And it's understandable. The church creates a structure so that 212 00:26:25.380 --> 00:26:26.660 there can be order. 213 00:26:26.660 --> 00:26:28.340 But in essence, you don't need baptism class to be baptized. 214 00:26:28.340 --> 00:26:29.200 Ask 215 00:26:29.200 --> 00:26:30.560 Philip and the Ethiopian eunuch. 216 00:26:30.560 --> 00:26:32.000 All he was doing was reading the book of Isaiah. 217 00:26:32.000 --> 00:26:33.640 God told Philip, 'Join this chariot.' When he joined this chariot, explained to him, spoke to him about salvation, he got born again. 218 00:26:33.640 --> 00:26:35.320 As they were going, they saw a pool of water. 219 00:26:35.320 --> 00:26:37.180 'I mean, what stops me from being baptized?' He was baptized there and then, there and then. 220 00:26:37.180 --> 00:26:39.260 So sometimes in a bit to create a certain structure 221 00:26:39.260 --> 00:26:40.080 and order, 222 00:26:40.080 --> 00:26:42.160 the church can rather stifle 223 00:26:42.160 --> 00:26:43.560 what God has made available. 224 00:26:43.560 --> 00:26:45.420 So even in your house personally, and over time I'll talk about some of those things, 225 00:26:45.420 --> 00:26:47.020 even in your house personally, you can take the communion. 226 00:26:47.020 --> 00:26:48.180 You can take the communion. 227 00:26:48.180 --> 00:26:50.020 You don't need the communion to be administered by somebody or something like that. 228 00:26:50.020 --> 00:26:52.320 All those things are done to create a sense of awe, a sense of order, 229 00:26:52.320 --> 00:26:53.200 but scripturally, 230 00:26:53.200 --> 00:26:54.280 it's not so 231 00:26:54.280 --> 00:26:55.180 at all. It's not so 232 00:26:55.180 --> 00:26:55.780 at all. 233 00:26:55.780 --> 00:26:56.200 Okay. 234 00:26:56.200 --> 00:26:58.060 So, very important, you don't need to 235 00:26:58.060 --> 00:26:59.820 be praying for hours before the gift of tongues 236 00:26:59.820 --> 00:27:01.840 suddenly magically appears out of nowhere. 237 00:27:01.840 --> 00:27:02.440 Okay. 238 00:27:02.440 --> 00:27:04.080 But it is a language that is stirred up within you, 239 00:27:04.080 --> 00:27:05.560 and you can begin to speak 240 00:27:05.560 --> 00:27:06.320 in tongues. 241 00:27:06.320 --> 00:27:07.060 Right. 242 00:27:07.060 --> 00:27:08.460 Begin to speak in tongues. 243 00:27:08.460 --> 00:27:09.840 I think we've exhausted 244 00:27:09.840 --> 00:27:11.420 the bulk of the questions, the bulk of the questions. 245 00:27:11.420 --> 00:27:12.020 Yeah. 246 00:27:12.020 --> 00:27:13.820 I've spoken about 'Must every Christian speak in tongues?' 247 00:27:13.820 --> 00:27:14.900 'Can you be saved without speaking in tongues?' 248 00:27:14.900 --> 00:27:15.480 Yeah. 249 00:27:15.480 --> 00:27:17.400 How can you receive the gift of tongues? Desire, desire, desire, desire. 250 00:27:17.400 --> 00:27:19.160 Desire earnestly the best spiritual gifts. So desire. 251 00:27:19.160 --> 00:27:20.920 Desire. 'Can you learn to speak in tongues?' No, not like you are learning English, no. 252 00:27:20.920 --> 00:27:21.360 Yeah. 253 00:27:21.360 --> 00:27:22.060 Yeah. 254 00:27:22.060 --> 00:27:23.040 And 255 00:27:23.040 --> 00:27:24.200 and all of that. So, 256 00:27:24.200 --> 00:27:26.060 I think we've spoken extensively about that. 257 00:27:26.060 --> 00:27:27.380 'Can you pray in tongues for hours?' 258 00:27:27.380 --> 00:27:28.360 Yes, you can. Yes, you can. 259 00:27:28.360 --> 00:27:29.760 You can. You should. You should. 260 00:27:29.760 --> 00:27:31.260 There's a place for long prayer. 261 00:27:31.260 --> 00:27:32.480 There's a place for short prayer. 262 00:27:32.480 --> 00:27:34.040 Jesus prayed long prayers. He also prayed short prayers. 263 00:27:34.040 --> 00:27:35.760 So there are people who say, 'Why does the prayer have to be long? Why, is it that God is hard of hearing?' 264 00:27:35.760 --> 00:27:37.100 Well, you would have asked Jesus the same question. 265 00:27:37.100 --> 00:27:38.000 For instance, 266 00:27:38.000 --> 00:27:39.880 before the crucifixion, before 267 00:27:39.880 --> 00:27:41.320 going to the cross and all of that, why did Jesus 268 00:27:41.320 --> 00:27:43.120 need people to tarry, need to pray for, he prayed for hours. He prayed for three hours. 269 00:27:43.120 --> 00:27:43.620 Okay. 270 00:27:43.620 --> 00:27:45.420 And he asked the disciples, 'Could you not tarry with me for an hour?' 271 00:27:45.420 --> 00:27:47.180 'Could you not tarry?' Like, even an hour, could you not tarry with me? 272 00:27:47.180 --> 00:27:48.520 That's a place for long prayer. Jesus could have said, 273 00:27:48.520 --> 00:27:50.580 'God, I don't want to do it, do it, do this anymore. It's okay,' and then go and sleep or something. 274 00:27:50.580 --> 00:27:51.960 But there's a place for long prayer. 275 00:27:51.960 --> 00:27:53.060 There's a place for 276 00:27:53.060 --> 00:27:53.880 long prayer. 277 00:27:53.880 --> 00:27:54.360 Yeah. 278 00:27:54.360 --> 00:27:55.540 'Tongues during church service.' 279 00:27:55.540 --> 00:27:56.820 Some people have issues with 280 00:27:56.820 --> 00:27:57.900 tongues during church service. 281 00:27:57.900 --> 00:27:58.520 Well, 282 00:27:58.520 --> 00:28:00.100 I think that when someone is praying, the problem is that we have a microphone now. That's the problem. 283 00:28:00.100 --> 00:28:00.620 Okay. 284 00:28:00.620 --> 00:28:02.560 So when someone is praying in the microphone, please leave them and God alone and you pray your prayer. 285 00:28:02.560 --> 00:28:04.480 Don't be worried about them praying 286 00:28:04.480 --> 00:28:05.800 in the microphone and all that. Just leave them alone 287 00:28:05.800 --> 00:28:07.180 and pray your prayer. 288 00:28:07.180 --> 00:28:08.460 Because they are not talking to you. 289 00:28:08.460 --> 00:28:10.380 Okay, imagine I came to this meeting and then I started speaking in tongues from beginning to end. No. 290 00:28:10.380 --> 00:28:11.960 But if we are praying, I'm praying to God. So I don't need to interpret it to you. 291 00:28:11.960 --> 00:28:12.480 Okay. 292 00:28:12.480 --> 00:28:13.900 Unless God gives me a word for you 293 00:28:13.900 --> 00:28:14.820 in 294 00:28:14.820 --> 00:28:15.540 in tongues. 295 00:28:15.540 --> 00:28:16.320 All right. 296 00:28:16.320 --> 00:28:18.200 I think, I think that we've exhausted some of the 297 00:28:18.200 --> 00:28:19.460 important questions. 298 00:28:19.460 --> 00:28:20.820 So at this point, 299 00:28:20.820 --> 00:28:22.180 I'll open it up for you. 300 00:28:22.180 --> 00:28:23.780 If you have any 301 00:28:23.780 --> 00:28:25.300 particular questions concerning tongue speaking, 302 00:28:25.300 --> 00:28:26.040 if you have 303 00:28:26.040 --> 00:28:27.160 anything to add, 304 00:28:27.160 --> 00:28:28.360 or any 305 00:28:28.360 --> 00:28:29.620 particular questions, or 306 00:28:29.620 --> 00:28:31.340 even as we were praying at the beginning of the meeting, you received something, this is a 307 00:28:31.340 --> 00:28:33.040 a good time and a good place to 308 00:28:33.040 --> 00:28:34.680 to share and go ahead. So you can just raise your hand on the call and then I'll 309 00:28:34.680 --> 00:28:35.940 I'll mention your name and 310 00:28:35.940 --> 00:28:37.380 we can go ahead with it. So 311 00:28:37.380 --> 00:28:38.940 I hope, I hope you've been blessed by the message. 312 00:28:38.940 --> 00:28:39.620 Yeah. 313 00:28:39.620 --> 00:28:43.740 I hope you've been blessed. I can't hear anybody. 314 00:28:43.740 --> 00:28:48.540 Yes, blessing. Okay, beautiful, beautiful. Thank you. 315 00:28:48.540 --> 00:28:50.560 Thank you for encouraging my ministry. 316 00:28:50.560 --> 00:28:53.200 Yeah, so if you have any questions or comments, 317 00:28:53.200 --> 00:28:54.360 please you can go ahead. 318 00:28:54.360 --> 00:28:55.540 You can go ahead. 319 00:28:55.540 --> 00:28:56.860 Okay, yes Divine. 320 00:28:56.860 --> 00:28:58.840 Um, okay. So I have a question 321 00:28:58.840 --> 00:29:00.900 someone asked me and it was a while ago and I was supposed to answer the question, but I just 322 00:29:00.900 --> 00:29:02.980 I think this is a good opportunity for me to get a better clarification myself. So, 323 00:29:02.980 --> 00:29:04.080 basically 324 00:29:04.080 --> 00:29:05.560 the person, the person said that 325 00:29:05.560 --> 00:29:07.060 most, sometimes, 326 00:29:07.060 --> 00:29:08.160 when they are praying in tongues, 327 00:29:08.160 --> 00:29:09.400 it feels like, 328 00:29:09.400 --> 00:29:10.980 their tongue is like on fire, 329 00:29:10.980 --> 00:29:12.060 like sometimes, 330 00:29:12.060 --> 00:29:13.840 but then other times, it doesn't go that way, 331 00:29:13.840 --> 00:29:15.580 and they were a bit confused that those times that 332 00:29:15.580 --> 00:29:16.880 it doesn't feel that way, 333 00:29:16.880 --> 00:29:17.740 that means they 334 00:29:17.740 --> 00:29:19.120 they were not really speaking in tongues, like, so, 335 00:29:19.120 --> 00:29:20.160 um, 336 00:29:20.160 --> 00:29:21.820 is there what is the diff-, is there a difference for that way yourself, or has anyone else felt that way, and how 337 00:29:21.820 --> 00:29:23.620 how it's supposed to turn out? Like that's in my mind. It's the, it's still, you are still speaking in tongues. Once you were baptized the first time, 338 00:29:23.620 --> 00:29:25.360 and you've spoken in tongues, there are times when 339 00:29:25.360 --> 00:29:26.400 it's like 340 00:29:26.400 --> 00:29:28.060 more of like a prophecy. So maybe sometimes, those times, for me, that's how it felt. 341 00:29:28.060 --> 00:29:29.460 Most of the times that 342 00:29:29.460 --> 00:29:31.020 I feel like my tongue is burning, it's like a 343 00:29:31.020 --> 00:29:32.540 a prophecy of something that God wants to say. 344 00:29:32.540 --> 00:29:33.040 Okay. 345 00:29:33.040 --> 00:29:34.260 So, listen, 346 00:29:34.260 --> 00:29:35.760 so I just, I told them, that was a while ago, about four, five months ago. 347 00:29:35.760 --> 00:29:37.160 I told the person that it's normal. 348 00:29:37.160 --> 00:29:38.780 It's normal for sometimes, for, for you know, to feel like your tongue is burning. So I just wanted to 349 00:29:38.780 --> 00:29:40.320 ask that question, maybe if I, if I gave the person the wrong answer to that, so I can correct myself. 350 00:29:40.320 --> 00:29:42.820 Yeah, no, 351 00:29:42.820 --> 00:29:44.740 I'm, I'm just fascinated by the concept of burning tongues. I like the concept. 352 00:29:44.740 --> 00:29:46.120 Yeah, 353 00:29:46.120 --> 00:29:47.020 but 354 00:29:47.020 --> 00:29:48.520 to answer your question, 355 00:29:48.520 --> 00:29:49.520 feelings are 356 00:29:49.520 --> 00:29:51.200 dangerous things when it comes to your walk with God, okay? 357 00:29:51.200 --> 00:29:52.780 If you rely on feelings, 358 00:29:52.780 --> 00:29:54.680 you may not be able to walk with God properly. You may be distracted. 359 00:29:54.680 --> 00:29:56.660 Because what are feelings? Feelings are hormones at work, isn't it? 360 00:29:56.660 --> 00:29:58.240 A lot of feelings are hormones at work. 361 00:29:58.240 --> 00:29:59.540 And those feelings can fluctuate 362 00:29:59.540 --> 00:30:00.580 based on seasons, 363 00:30:00.580 --> 00:30:01.840 based on what is happening, 364 00:30:01.840 --> 00:30:02.780 based on 365 00:30:02.780 --> 00:30:03.900 on what is going on. 366 00:30:03.900 --> 00:30:04.460 Okay? 367 00:30:04.460 --> 00:30:05.960 So feelings can 368 00:30:05.960 --> 00:30:07.140 can fluctuate. 369 00:30:07.140 --> 00:30:08.480 So it's important not to 370 00:30:08.480 --> 00:30:09.340 depend on 371 00:30:09.340 --> 00:30:10.820 or rely on your feelings when it comes to your walk with God. 372 00:30:10.820 --> 00:30:12.480 There are times you'll not feel like reading the Bible. 373 00:30:12.480 --> 00:30:13.940 There are times that you'll not feel like going to church. 374 00:30:13.940 --> 00:30:15.340 There are times you'll not feel like praying. 375 00:30:15.340 --> 00:30:16.980 Those feelings will occur consistently. 376 00:30:16.980 --> 00:30:19.120 I give this example that if you've ever stood before a well, 377 00:30:19.120 --> 00:30:20.940 you notice that when you stand before a well, as you're looking inside, 378 00:30:20.940 --> 00:30:22.060 all kinds of thoughts come to you. 'Jump in and see.' 379 00:30:22.060 --> 00:30:23.720 'Jump in and see what will happen.' 380 00:30:23.720 --> 00:30:25.380 'What if,' or maybe you stand at a high place, 381 00:30:25.380 --> 00:30:26.800 maybe by a balustrade, 382 00:30:26.800 --> 00:30:28.060 then you are thinking, 'Hey,' 383 00:30:28.060 --> 00:30:29.300 'if I jump, what will happen?' 384 00:30:29.300 --> 00:30:30.040 You see, 385 00:30:30.040 --> 00:30:31.260 those are feelings, those are thoughts. 386 00:30:31.260 --> 00:30:33.040 You don't, you don't respond to them. You don't follow them. If you follow them, they will lead you astray. 387 00:30:33.040 --> 00:30:34.720 Because everybody who is alive will have 388 00:30:34.720 --> 00:30:36.520 some wrong thought at one point or the other, or some wrong feeling 389 00:30:36.520 --> 00:30:37.660 at one point or the other. 390 00:30:37.660 --> 00:30:39.340 There are people who destroy relationships based on their feelings. You can just wake up and decide, 391 00:30:39.340 --> 00:30:41.060 'Nah, nobody likes me. Let me delete everybody's number. Pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa.' And that's it. 392 00:30:41.060 --> 00:30:42.500 'Or let me block everybody.' You know, just 393 00:30:42.500 --> 00:30:43.960 based on how you are, how you are feeling. Sometimes your feeling 394 00:30:43.960 --> 00:30:45.460 can be affected by just a comment someone makes. 395 00:30:45.460 --> 00:30:46.840 Maybe you dress up, and then someone says, 'Hey, is that your hair, or is that your nose, or is that, hey, is that your stomach, is that this?' And then, suddenly it affects your whole mood. 396 00:30:46.840 --> 00:30:48.520 It, those things, feelings. So you must be very careful when it comes to feelings. 397 00:30:48.520 --> 00:30:50.500 And I, I think that in your walk with God, there are times when God would allow the feelings to go 398 00:30:50.500 --> 00:30:52.300 so that your faith is not founded on feelings, 399 00:30:52.300 --> 00:30:52.800 right? 400 00:30:52.800 --> 00:30:54.540 Otherwise, everything you do with, with God will be based on how you feel per time, 401 00:30:54.540 --> 00:30:56.140 how you feel about one thing or the other, and it will become a problem. 402 00:30:56.140 --> 00:30:57.680 So, I've noticed that as you start walking with God, the feelings, the goosebumps, all those things are there, 403 00:30:57.680 --> 00:30:59.460 but there's a period when those things are not there as much. 404 00:30:59.460 --> 00:31:00.680 You can be praying, and it feels like God is not hearing. 405 00:31:00.680 --> 00:31:02.000 You can be praying, and it feels like it's dry. 406 00:36:00.000 --> 00:36:05.750 is God training you to see that you don't need to feel that you are being helped to be helped. 407 00:36:05.750 --> 00:36:09.770 You see, you don't need to feel born again to be born again. 408 00:36:09.770 --> 00:36:16.030 How do we know that we are born again? We are born We know that we are born again because the word of God says that we should do this to be born again. 409 00:36:16.030 --> 00:36:22.840 And because we have done what the word of God says to be born again, then we are born again. I don't need to feel born again, 410 00:36:22.840 --> 00:36:28.320 'cause there are days I may not feel born again. I may feel like I need to get born again again. 411 00:36:28.320 --> 00:36:30.600 Right. So, 412 00:36:30.600 --> 00:36:36.420 to this particular question, the person is speaking in tongues, he feels like it's not burning enough. 413 00:36:36.420 --> 00:36:45.680 I think that that's God training him that not not you you don't need to set a fire each time you speak in tongues, okay? 414 00:36:45.680 --> 00:36:50.070 You know, you can even speak in tongues to worship God, just to love on him. 415 00:36:50.070 --> 00:36:54.340 Yeah, there's there's all of that. So I think that the person would 416 00:36:54.340 --> 00:37:45.140 would get into a bit of error if he or she is depending on certain feelings, certain sensations to confirm whether or not this is really tongues or otherwise. 417 00:37:45.140 --> 00:37:48.310 Okay. I hope I answered your question. 418 00:37:48.310 --> 00:37:49.840 Yeah. Okay. 419 00:37:49.840 --> 00:37:52.560 Yes, yes. That's very sweet. That's why I said it, so thank you. 420 00:37:52.560 --> 00:37:57.200 Beautiful. You're a man of God. You're a man of God, Abbi. 421 00:37:57.200 --> 00:37:58.500 Thank you. 422 00:37:58.500 --> 00:38:02.800 Okay, welcome welcome Divine. Yes, any anybody else? Anybody else? 423 00:38:02.800 --> 00:38:13.500 Telma, I think your video is on. I'm not sure if if it's your video on or not, but just I'm sure you didn't want to turn it on, so I'm just prompting you just in case. 424 00:38:13.500 --> 00:38:16.200 All right. Okay. 425 00:38:16.200 --> 00:38:25.200 Okay, anybody else with a question, with a comment? Anybody else? Please feel free and share. 426 00:38:25.200 --> 00:38:33.800 I thought we would have more questions. I thought we would have more comments about this subject in particular. Or all of you are 427 00:38:33.800 --> 00:38:45.000 spiritual bulldozers? You have You have no issues with tongues at all. You're You live and breathe and eat tongues. 428 00:38:45.000 --> 00:38:48.000 Okay. All right. 429 00:38:48.000 --> 00:38:53.000 Anybody else with a question?