Today we engaged with the Holy Spirit by praying in tongues for 50 minutes. I believe the Lord wants you to spend more time with Him. God is Spirit and that's why when we talk to Him, we pray in the spirit through our heavenly language or our tongues. 

This prayer challenge is designed to get you to have more engagement with God and increase that engagement over 7 days. After we pray, we listen and write what we see, hear, smell, and even taste...with our spiritual senses!!! This requires practice. This requires devotion. This requires us being intentional about getting up and getting into the presence of God. 

This morning, I heard the Lord say that a lot of us know OF Him, we don't really know Him personally. 😮‍💨 The scripture that came to mind was Psalm 46:10 where it says Be still and KNOW that I am God. 

 Let be and be still, and know (recognize and understand) that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations! I will be exalted in the earth! The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our Refuge (our High Tower and Stronghold). Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]! Psalm 46:10-11 AMPC

So the Lord give us instructions:

1. Be still. That means sit down somewhere and get still. Stop with all the haste and rushing and doing this and that. Be still. 

2. Know. He said for us to KNOW that He is God. So I asked the Lord, how will I know? He sent me looking up the definition of the word KNOW. Per Google dictionary, Know means to be aware of through observation, inquiry, or information. Know also means to have developed a relationship with someone through meeting and spending time with them. 

I heard Holy Spirit then say: Many have not met Me for themselves. They have been introduced to Me in church or other places, but they have not spent time with Me alone to really KNOW Me. Many only know OF Me, but they don't really know Me.

Whew! I felt the weight of that word from the Lord. What came to my mind after hearing that was the story in the Bible where Moses had been with the Lord and when he came off the mountain, his face was shining (Exodus 34:29-35).

That's when I heard Holy Spirit say: There will be a knowing from others that you have been in My Presence. It will be all over you.   

The word KNOW just kept lingering as I wrote down everything I was hearing the Lord say to me...AFTER having engaged Him in praying in the spirit. Some of this I actually heard as I was STILL PRAYING.

Another scripture in Acts 19:15 came to mind where an evil spirit said: Jesus, I know. Paul I know about. But who are you? The word KNOW was highlighted to me because these sons of a Jewish priest were using the name of Jesus that they heard Paul using, were trying to cast out the evil spirit. And the evil spirit spoke back and said: Jesus I KNOW. Paul I KNOW about. But who are you?

See we can't do what have authority to do, such as cast out demons and heal the sick, and raise the dead, if we don't know Jesus Christ for ourselves and have a personal, intimate relationship.

We have met Him and confessed our belief in Him, but we haven't spent time to develop a real relationship. We develop that real relationship through prayer. God is spirit so that's we we pray in the spirit (tongues). That's what the 7 Days to 1 Hour Prayer Challenge is designed to equip the saints to be consistently developing our relationship with God.

I encourage you today...set aside time and pray with the replay. Get to know our God on another level spiritually as you engage with Him and come to KNOW that He is God.

Tomorrow is our last day of the prayer challenge for July (Day 7). Feel free to jump in and join us as we get to KNOW our God!

Be blessed!

I just love my conversations with the Lord, don’t you?

SALVATION PRAYER

If you don’t know Jesus as your personal Lord and Savior and you’re not a believer, but you have a desire to be, all you have to do is openly confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead (Romans 10:9).

Pray this Prayer Out Loud:

Say Lord Jesus, I believe that you are the Son of God. I believe that you died for my sins. I believe that you rose again for my justification. Right now, I receive you Jesus into my heart as my Savior, my Lord, and my King. I declare that the power of sin, Satan, hell, and the grave is broken over my life. From right now and forever, I am a child of God. I walk in the newness of life. Amen!

If you prayed that prayer with all sincerity of heart and believed what you pray, then you are saved!! Email us at info@onassignmentbygod.com to let us know. We encourage you to get connected with a Holy Spirit filled, bible-based church in your community, stay connected to other believers, and start having daily conversations through prayer with God every single day. Welcome to your new life with Jesus Christ!!!

Prayer to be filled with the Holy Spirit and Speak in Tongues:

THIS IS FOR EVERY BELIEVER TO HAVE FREELY, just like SALVATION!

Lord, I believe I am your child. I have Your spirit living in me and now I want you to fill me to overflow with the evidence of speaking in other tongues. I receive it, just like I received my salvation. Thank you LORD, for filling me! In Jesus’ Name, Amen

Now that you have received, you will want to GROW in your new gift and use it daily! Open your mouth and begin to speak by faith. You will start it and Holy Spirit will quicken you as you open your mouth. Begin by praising the Lord saying Hallelujah over and over and then allow Holy Spirit to take over! You won’t understand and you shouldn’t try to. This is your heavenly language!

Here are some free resources for you to get more understanding of praying in tongues, plus a personal invite to join me and others from around the world for the 7 Days to 1 Hour Prayer Challenge where we all pray in tongues:

Tongues by Kenneth E. Hagen

The Walk of the Spirit- The Walk of Power: The Vital Role of Praying In Tongues by Dave Roberson

Join the 7 Days to 1 Hour Prayer Challenge Every Month to pray with other believers

YOUR ASSIGNMENTS:

1. What did Holy Spirit say to you today? Always pray, listen, then write.

2. How do you know God?

3. Grab one of our My Conversations With God journals to document your conversations! Grab one here.

4. Find one scripture that really resonates with you today and meditate on it all day! That means repeat it. Use your journal to write it down. Check different translations to see which 3 resonate with you most! Write those 3 down in your journal.

5. Join the new OABG Online Community to connect with other believers!

6. Join the July Edition of the 7 Days to 1 Hour Prayer Challenge!