What are the spiritual benefits of speaking in tongues?

Speaking in tongues stimulates faith and helps us learn how to trust God more fully. For example, faith must be exercised to speak with tongues because the Holy Spirit specifically directs the words we speak. We don’t know what the next word will be. We have to trust God for that.

What churches practice speaking in tongues?

The practice is common mostly among Pentecostal Protestants, in denominations such as the Assemblies of God, the United Pentecostal Church, the Pentecostal Holiness Church and the Church of God.

What does it mean when someone is speaking in tongues?

A person who has what is known as “the gift of tongues” is usually in the midst of religious ecstasy, trance, or delirium. Experts call this phenomenon glossolalia, a Greek compound of the words glossa, meaning “tongue” or “language,” and lalein, meaning “to talk.” Speaking intongues occurred in ancient Greek religion.

What does the Bible say about speaking in tongues?

1 Corinthians 14:19 Nevertheless, in church I would rather speak five words with my mind in order to instruct others, than ten thousand words in a tongue. 1 Corinthians 14:22 Thus tongues are a sign not for believers but for unbelievers, while prophecy is a sign not for unbelievers but for believers.

Which is greater prophecy or speaking in tongues?

For prophecy is greater than speaking in tongues, unless someone interprets what you are saying so that the whole church will be strengthened. Now I want you all to speak in tongues, but even more to prophesy. The one who prophesies is greater than the one who speaks in tongues, unless someone interprets, so that the church may be built up.

Do you wish you could speak in tongues?

I wish you could all speak in tongues, but even more I wish you could all prophesy. For prophecy is greater than speaking in tongues, unless someone interprets what you are saying so that the whole church will be strengthened. Now I want you all to speak in tongues, but even more to prophesy.

What should a person who speaks in tongues pray for?

Pursue love, and earnestly desire the spiritual gifts, especially that you may prophesy. Therefore, one who speaks in a tongue should pray for the power to interpret. For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays but my mind is unfruitful. I thank God that I speak in tongues more than all of you.