The Glorious Disturbance - Understanding And Receiving The Baptism Of The Holy Spirit

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SPEAKING IN TONGUES

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• Here's a miracle for you: Deaf mutes can speak in tongues! • Discover seven good reasons for speaking in tongues • Find the connection between tongues and praying in the Spirit • Be surprised at how God uses this unusual manifestation A t Pentecost, when the disciples declared the greatness of God in languages they had never learned, a remarkable, life-changing ex perience was initiated. The invisible Spirit, our personal Helper, expressed Himself through the disciples in a special, dynamic way that bonded the disciples to God and each other-and made the awareness of Jesus dy namically real. This miracle of tongues was more than a visible sign or confirmation; in a marvelous way it combined both the initiatory act of

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