🎙️ Prayer & Purpose Podcast | CTN Episode 6

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You pray it and he can answer it. The effectual

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fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.

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God will put the prayer in your heart to pray

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so that he can answer it. Goes into the hearts

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of the people, doesn't return void, it produces

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results. Welcome to our broadcast, Prayer and

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Purpose. I'm your host, Margie Florent. In this

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episode, we're going to talk about the baptism

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in the Holy Spirit. The baptism in the Holy Spirit,

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as we're going to see in the scriptures, is a

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separate experience from the new birth. In this

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episode, I'm going to go ahead and I'm going

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to teach you line upon line. I'm going to give

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you many, many scriptures. But before we get

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into the baptism of the Holy Spirit and how it's

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found in the scriptures and the word of God,

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I want to share my heart with you and my testimony.

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As a little girl, I was raised in a Christian

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home, a Catholic home. And I always loved God.

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I always hungered and thirsted after God. When

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I was a little girl, I used to... sit in the

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backyard on a tree stump. And I can remember

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looking up into the sky and I always wanted to

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see God's face. There was always a heart in me

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to know God, a heart to see God, a heart that

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just wanted to pray. I can remember times I would

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go into the bushes and hide in the bushes and

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I was in a closed in space and I would just spend

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time with God, just talking to him and praying.

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to him and just wanted to be alone with him.

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But as time went on and I went into my teenage

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years, what happened to me was I started to dabble

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in a little bit of sin here and a little bit

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of sin there. And I kind of got away from my

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focus, which was Jesus. And the scripture does

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talk about when I become mature, sin revives

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and I died. And I felt in my teenage years that

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there came a time where I felt like a separation

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from God. But by about 17, 18 years old, I started

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to go back to that original hunger and thirst

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after God. Now, I didn't realize it. But my mother

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and a pastor, they started to really pray for

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me. And as they were praying for me, it opened

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up the door for God to work. And it released

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the ministry, John 16, of the Holy Spirit. So

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the Holy Spirit began to convict me and convince

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me of my need for Jesus. And I can remember listening

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to secular music and having the conviction of

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the Holy Spirit. So therefore, I started to be

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drawn. back to him by the power and the presence

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of the Holy Spirit and that went on for about

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a year and one night I was in my bedroom and

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I was praying and I said to God I said what must

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I do to be saved I really want to be saved I

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didn't even know that saved was a real word I

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just knew that there was something about being

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saved it was in the Bible but I didn't really

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understand the full concept And so one night

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I'm in my bedroom. What must I do to be saved?

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What must I do to be saved? I really want to

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be saved. And I was waiting for some feeling.

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I was just waiting for something to shake. I

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was waiting for just something. And one night,

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something big, major. Did happen again. I was

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praying in my room. What must I do to be saved?

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What must I do to be saved? And this one particular

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night I was in that posture of prayer. And I,

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for the first time in my life, heard what I would

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call the audible voice of God. And I heard audibly

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on the inside a man's voice. And he said to me,

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only believe. And with that being said, by the

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power and the presence of the Holy Spirit, I

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said, I believe. And suddenly I felt like. There

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was darkness that came off of me. Something was

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lifted off of me. A heaviness was lifted off

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of me. And I felt the love of God. Now I know

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it's Romans 5, 5 was poured into me, was shed

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abroad in my heart by the Holy Ghost. And something

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had changed. Something changed in me. And the

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Bible says that when a person is in Christ, he

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is a new creation. All things pass away. all

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things become new. And I felt that change. I

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felt that change on the inside of me. I went

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to bed that night just with the knowledge of

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feeling and knowing and having the love of God

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so real to me. The next morning I woke up. I

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went to share what had happened to me to my mother

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and to some friends of hers. And they said, you

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must have gotten born again. And that's exactly

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what happened. I was a new creation in Christ.

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I was born again. And so I maintained that excitement

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and I maintained that awareness of Jesus for

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two weeks. And I felt like in my heart that there

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was still something missing. I don't know if

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you can relate to that or not, but I felt like

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I'm born again. I'm a child of God. I've been

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saved. The love of God is shed abroad in my heart

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by the Holy Spirit. But there's still something

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more. And so that began my search. My friend

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and I, we ended up in a church. that I believe

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was led by God for us to be there. And we went

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to this church and when we are in the church

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service, the worship was going on and we heard

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a lot of people not only worshiping God and Jesus

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in English or in our known language or in songs

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that we knew and understood, but they were also

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singing in some kind of heavenly language. And

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it was a language I had never heard before. It

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was a sound I had never heard before. And at

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the conclusion of the service, I said to the

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leadership, I want that. And so therefore. They

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prayed with me and my girlfriend. And what we

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found out what that was is a separate experience

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from the new birth. It was the baptism in the

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Holy Ghost. And I said, I want that. And so they

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laid hands on us. They prayed over us. And when

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they did, I felt another presence or power of

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the Holy Spirit coming upon me. And at the same

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time, I felt something on the inside. rising

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up within me. And I wanted to say something to

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God I had never expressed before, but it wasn't

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in English, which is my known language, my known

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tongue. It was another kind of expression. And

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so therefore, my girlfriend who was with me at

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the time, she started singing in this heavenly

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language, but I didn't. I didn't know what it

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was. I didn't know what to say. I didn't know

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what to do. And when I got alone and I got in

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my car, I released my prayer language, the same

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kind of language and sound that I heard them

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releasing during the worship service. So I began

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to what the Bible calls speak with other tongues.

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as the Spirit gave me utterance. And that's when

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I realized that's what I was hungering for. That

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is what I was thirsting for. Yes, I was born

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again. Yes, I was a child of God. But there was

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more for God to do in my life. And that is what

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we're going to talk about in this episode, the

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baptism in the Holy Spirit. And I'm going to

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teach you how to receive for yourself. But first,

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let's just take a break. Early in 2025, I had

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a dream that I'd like to share with you. A dream

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that was a guest speaker in a church. During

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the preaching, I had a vision of a great ship.

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I saw the ship going straight and it was moving

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fast and furious ahead on the water. Then I saw

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the ship suddenly turning to the right. I said

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to the people, the ship is turning, but we must

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continue to pray into it. It's not in time to

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stop praying. I could see that the ship was turning

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and the church was at the helm of the ship. causing

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the ship to turn. Upon awakening, God gave me

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an assignment and the assignment was and still

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is to mobilize prayer. We are praying together

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on our KIU prayer conference call. I would love

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it if you could join us. If you'd like more information,

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go to my website at martyferrant .org or the

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number is on the screen. I look forward to praying

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with you. Now let's go back to the broadcast.

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Okay, let's continue our teaching. So like the

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new birth, There is another experience called

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the baptism in the Holy Spirit. Now, what I want

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to get into in this segment is how, first of

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all, the Holy Spirit is promised. Joel chapter

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two, verse 28 through 29 says, it shall come

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to pass afterward that I will pour out my spirit

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on all flesh. Your sons and your daughters shall

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prophesy. Your old men shall dream dreams. Your

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young men shall see visions. And also on my men

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servants and my maid servants, I will pour out

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of my spirit in those days. So under the Old

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Testament, the Holy Spirit and the outpour of

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the Holy Spirit is promised. Now, under the Old

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Testament or the Old Covenant, some people say

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the Holy Spirit was upon the prophets, the priests,

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And the kings, but he was not upon everyone.

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Okay. And now under the new Testament, after

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the new birth, the Holy spirit is within us in

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the new birth. And he can come upon us here.

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We see in the ministry of Jesus. begins talking

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a lot about the Holy Spirit. Jesus promised himself

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also the coming of the baptism of the Holy Spirit

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and the necessity of this experience. In Luke

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24, verse 49, Jesus said, behold, I send the

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promise of my father upon you. But tarry ye here

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in the city of Jerusalem until you be endued

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with power from on high. Then he says in Luke

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11, 9 through 13. Remember I said I'm going to

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give you a lot of scripture in this segment.

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And if you know anybody that's born again but

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not yet filled with the Holy Spirit with evidence

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of speaking in tongues, I would encourage you

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to share this episode with them because it's

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very thorough. Luke 11, 9 through 13 says, Jesus

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said, so I say to you, ask and it will be given

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to you. Seek and you will find. Knock and it

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will be open to you. Then he says, for everyone

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who asks, receives. He who seeks, finds. And

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to those who knock, it will be open. Now, if

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a son asks for bread from any father among you,

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will he give him a stone? In other words, he's

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saying, listen, you ask for the Holy Spirit.

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You're going to get the Holy Spirit. You're not

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going to get another spirit. You're not going

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to get the wrong spirit. You're not going to

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get some demon spirit. No, if you ask for the

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Holy Spirit and you hunger and thirst for the

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Holy Spirit, that's exactly what he is going

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to give you. Or if he asks for a fish, will he

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give him a serpent instead of a fish? Or if he

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asks for an egg? Will he offer him a scorpion?

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So Jesus said, if you then being evil or natural

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know how to give good gifts to your children,

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how much more will your heavenly father give

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the Holy Spirit to them who ask him? So he says,

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everyone who asks receives. John 7, 37 through

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39. And this is what happened to me the first

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time I released my prayer language. Jesus said,

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on the last day, the great day of the feast,

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Jesus stood and cried out, saying, if anyone

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thirst, let him come to me and drink. And he

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who believes in me, as the scripture has said,

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out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.

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But this he spoke concerning the spirit whom

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those believing in him. Notice it was for those

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who believe in him. would receive for the Holy

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Spirit at that time was not yet given because

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Jesus was not yet glorified. Acts 1, 4 through

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8 says, and being assembled together with them,

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he commanded them not to depart from Jerusalem,

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but wait for the promise of the spirit. And he

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said that. You know, the disciples asked a bunch

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of questions and Jesus answered the questions

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and he went back to the subject matter. He said,

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listen, you're going to receive power when the

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Holy Spirit has come upon you and you're going

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to be witnesses for me in Jerusalem, Judea and

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Samaria and the uttermost parts of the earth.

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So he's promising that the Holy Spirit is coming

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and he's saying you're going to receive power.

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When this Holy Spirit has come upon you. Now

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that word power, and this is what you will receive

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when you receive the baptism of the Holy Spirit.

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This word power is the Greek word dunamis. And

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it is the word miracle working power. Power capable

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of reproducing itself. So when I got baptized

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in the Holy Spirit, what happened to me was I

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felt a power I never had before. I felt a presence

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I never felt before. When I would read the word

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of God, read the scripture, the eyes of my heart

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were open and enlightened. Things in the scripture

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I didn't understand before was suddenly revealed

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to me through revelation. And so this Holy Spirit

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really helps us. With our understanding of the

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scriptures, we're going to find as we go forward,

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it helps us in our prayer life. It helps us stand

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against sin. It helps us to live victorious Christian

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lives. I have a question for you. Have you received

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the Holy Spirit since you believed Jesus said

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himself that when you receive this power, you

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are going to receive this dunamis, which will

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help. you in your everyday christian life okay

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now the holy spirit when jesus went up into the

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heavens the bible says that the holy spirit was

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finally poured out at the day of pentecost Acts

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chapter two, verse one through four says, when

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the day of Pentecost had fully come, remember

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they were waiting in the upper room. They were

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waiting for the promise that Jesus said was coming.

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They were waiting for the promise of the Holy

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Spirit. When the day of Pentecost had fully come,

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they're all in one accord in one place. And suddenly

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there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing

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mighty wind. And it filled the whole house where

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they were sitting. And the Bible says there appeared

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unto them divided tongues as a fire. And it sat

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upon each one of them. And the Bible says, and

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they were all filled with the Holy Spirit. And

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they began to speak in tongues as the Spirit

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gave them utterance. So just like me. The initial

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evidence of the baptism of the Holy Spirit happened

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in the early church. The scripture says they

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were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began

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to speak with other tongues. We're going to take

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a short break here and we'll see you in a few

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minutes. The Lord spoke to me one day. He said,

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Margie, many of my people desire to be intimate

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with me. They desire to spend time with me. They

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desire to have a vibrant prayer life, but they

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just don't know where to begin. They just don't

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know how to start. So I wrote this book with

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that in mind. Encountering God Through Prayer,

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Simple Strategies to Develop a Powerful Prayer

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Life. the reader from the very basics. Begin

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where you are. Begin with 15 minutes. Find a

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quiet place in your house. Go into a closet if

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you have to. Shut the door. Just begin where

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you are. And I teach the reader about the heart

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of the Father. Because if you don't know who

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God is, you're not going to understand his character

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and his nature and you'll be afraid of him. So

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I go into the heart of the father. Who is the

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father? What's his character? What's his nature?

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And then I take the reader all the way. up into

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what I call contemplative prayer. So if you would

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like a wonderful resource on how to begin your

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prayer life, I encourage you to get this book,

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Encountering God Through Prayer. Go to my website

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at margieflaurent .org. So we found out that

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the baptism of the Holy Spirit is poured out

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At the birth of the church age and the initial

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sign of the outpouring of the Holy Spirit is

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what Jesus said. He said, out of your innermost

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being will flow rivers of living water. This

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release of tongues was the outward manifestation

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of the rivers of living water coming up out of

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the believers and through the expression of tongues,

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that river is manifested. Now, the Bible says

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in Mark 16, these signs will follow them that

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believe. We know that one of those signs is that

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they'll cast out demons. We know that another

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sign is that they're going to take up serpents.

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And if they eat any deadly thing, it shall not

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harm them. We know that they will lay hands on

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the sick and that the sick will recover. But

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what about the sign that is to follow the believer?

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And that is Jesus said it. They will speak with

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new tongues. So I'm sure that the disciples did

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not know what that meant. But I can guarantee

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you they understood it at the birth of the church

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age when they released their prayer language.

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OK, now you may say, well. This prayer language

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isn't for me because it's not my gift. And what

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I find a lot of believers do is they mix up the

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nine gifts of the Spirit spoken of in Corinthians.

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The nine gifts, which is the manifestations of

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the gifts of the spirit given to the church.

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They mix up the gifts of the spirit for the tongues

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that every believer can receive and can manifest

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in their own life. A lot of believers think,

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you know what? It's not my gift. The Bible says

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they will speak with tongues and they will interpret.

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Well, that's for public assembly. But the baptism

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of the Holy Spirit with evidence of speaking

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with other tongues. is for every believer because

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Jesus said it was for you and it's for you today.

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Okay, well, you may say, well, I asked for the

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baptism of the Holy Spirit and I didn't release

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my prayer language. Well, I have a lot of that

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come to me as well. People coming to me saying

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that that happened to them. And you know what

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I tell them? I say it's because you have to do

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the speaking. The Holy Spirit is a perfect gentleman.

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He's not going to come upon you and make you

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say or do something you don't want to say or

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do. Remember, the Bible says they were all filled

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with the Holy Spirit and they began to speak

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with other tongues. Let me ask you a question.

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Who did the speaking? They did the speaking.

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The person did the speaking. So God uses your

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voice, your vocal cords. The utterance is there.

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It's rising up. you may feel something you may

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not but the utterance is there what you have

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to do is you have to give voice to it by an act

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of your will you form the words in a sense you

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make up the language what you're doing is you're

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yielding over to the holy spirit and you're allowing

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him to flow through you but it's you and the

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holy spirit you form the words you release the

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prayer language and we're going to do that at

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the end of this session so how do we receive

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the Holy Spirit again I'm going to give you a

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lot of scriptures before we pray Acts chapter

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8 verse 14 through 19 says now when the apostles

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were at Jerusalem and heard that Samaria had

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received the word of God I want you to notice

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they had received the word of God they said to

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them they were sent and when they had come down

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prayed for them that they might received the

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holy spirit notice they received the word of

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god but peter and john were sent that they might

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receive the holy spirit isn't this exciting for

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as yet he had fallen upon none of them they had

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only been baptized in the name of the lord jesus

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so they were saved they were believers and this

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is how they received and this is how i received

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and when they had laid hands on them and They

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received the Holy Spirit. And when Simon saw

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that through the laying on of the apostles hands,

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the Holy Spirit was given, he offered them money

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saying, give me this power that anyone who might

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lay hands on might receive the Holy Spirit. Now,

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why did you read that latter verse? I read it

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because the Bible doesn't say that they released

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their prayer language and they spoke in tongues.

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But the Bible does say that Simon saw something.

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Maybe he even heard something. He saw the power

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of God come upon them, and I believe that he

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saw them speaking with other tongues as the Spirit

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gave them utterance. Here's another verse. Acts

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9 .17 says, And when Ananias went his way and

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entered the house, and laying his hands on him,

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he said, Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus has appeared

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to you on the road as you came and has sent me.

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that you might receive your sight and also be

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filled with the Holy Spirit. It was very important

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that Saul be filled with the Holy Spirit because

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it was the Holy Spirit, the power of the Holy

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Spirit that was going to give him power to be

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a witness, power to be bold, power to stand in

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the challenging times that he was standing in.

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Okay. Acts 10, 44. says, while Peter was speaking

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these words, he was preaching. In other words,

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the Holy Spirit fell on all them that heard the

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word and those of the circumcision who believed

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were astonished for as many as came with Peter

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because the gift of the Holy Spirit had been

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poured out on the Gentiles also. And it says,

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for they heard them speak with tongues and magnify

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God. Lastly. Acts 19, I'm going to read it out

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of the Amplified. When Apollos was at Corinth,

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Paul went through the upper island districts

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and came down to Ephesus. And there he found,

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here we go, some disciples. In other words, they

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were believers. And he asked them the same question

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I'm asking you. Did you receive the Holy Spirit

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since you believed? And they said, no, we've

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not so much as heard whether there be any Holy

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Ghost. And they asked him. Into what baptism

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then were you baptized? And they said into John's

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baptism. And Paul said, John baptized with the

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baptism of repentance. Okay. Telling people that

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they should believe in the one who was to come

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after him. That is in Jesus. On hearing this,

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they were baptized. Again, this time in the name

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of the Lord Jesus. And as Paul laid his hands

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on them, the Holy Spirit came on them and they

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spoke in foreign tongues or languages and they

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prophesied. The baptism of the Holy Spirit, I'm

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just going to add this, will open up the door

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for the gifts of the Spirit to be released in

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your life. But here we find that Paul laid his

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hands on them. Now, what I would like to do is

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I would like to pray for you to be filled with

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the Holy Spirit, because I know in my heart that

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God wanted me to share on this particular episode

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on the baptism of the Holy Spirit, because he

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knows that there's many of you that are listening

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that are believers, but you have not yet been

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filled with the Holy Spirit. Now, I'm not there

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to lay hands on you. I'm not there to physically

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touch you. But the Bible says, though I'm absent

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in the flesh. I am present with you in the spirit.

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First, I want to make sure that you're born again,

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okay? So I'm going to ask you to repeat this

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prayer after me. Say this after me. Heavenly

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Father, I come to you in the name of Jesus, your

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son who gave himself for me. Jesus, I am asking

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you to come into my heart. I accept you as the

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Lord of my life and your blood cleanses me from

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all unrighteousness. And now Jesus, I'm asking

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you today to baptize me in the Holy Spirit. Holy

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Spirit, come upon me. Rise up inside me and I

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will. will begin to speak with other tongues

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as you give me utterance. Okay. There's the Holy

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Spirit. There you go. Now go ahead and yield

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to him. Go ahead, just release your language.

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Praise God. If you released your prayer language

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for the first time, I just want to encourage

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you to contact me on my website at margieflaurent

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.org. And we will send you a book. We'll send

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you anything that you need to help you to understand

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what just happened to you today. Okay. So God

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bless you and enjoy the rest of your day. Thank

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you so much for tuning in to today's podcast.

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It has been such a joy sharing this time with

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you. For more inspiration and resources on today's

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topic, please visit our website at margiefloran

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.org.