Now God promised us something, something new.
In the Old Testament, Isaiah prophesied about
our day and age in Isaiah 41 about a new weapon.
Look at this in Isaiah 41.
“Behold, I have made you a new, sharp threshing sledge”
“with double edges;”
Now these words “double edges”
is from the Hebrew, which means “double mouth”.
“Double mouth” or “piyphiyah”.
“Double mouth”—from the word “peh”—which
means “your mouth”.
“You will thresh the mountains and pulverize them,”
“And will make the hills like chaff.”
“You will winnow them, and the wind will”
“carry them away,”
“And the storm will scatter them; But you will rejoice in the Lord,”
“You will glory in the Holy One of Israel.”
Now, it says that God will give you a
new and sharp threshing instrument.
We are about to see this threshing sledge
with “double mouth”.
What does it mean?
But with this weapon, let's see what is the effect
of this new threshing sledge.
It says that: “You will thresh the mountains”—
“Mountains” are huge problems.
Jesus talked about mountains in Mark 11.
It tells us: “Whosoever shall say unto this mountain,”
“Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea;”
It can be your sickness.
It can be a condition in your body.
It can be depression.
Whatever it is, Jesus says that if it is a problem that
looms large in front of you, speak to it!
Jesus says: “Have the faith of God.”
Speak to it!
Say: “Be thou removed, and be thou thrown into the sea;”
And it shall do so.
It shall be removed.
And don't doubt in your heart.
Believe that what you say will happen and it will happen.
And Jesus goes on to say:
“Whatever you desire when you pray, believe”
“you receive them, and you shall have them.”
Now many of us know this teaching.
We know it and we have spoken to the mountain.
But what happens when you speak and it seems
like the mountain is not moving?
Now I know that some people will say:
“Just keep on speaking.”
Yes, we can do that.
But God has other weapons as well.
Praise the Lord.
Many a times, when something doesn't seem to move,
when something doesn't seem to budge, that
calls for something more.
And I believe this is the weapon because
“You will thresh the mountains and pulverize them,”
“And will make the hills like chaff.”
All your problems will become like chaff.
How would you like your problems, your sicknesses—
the doctor says this condition is incurable
in the natural.
How would you like those problems to become
like chaff, which the wind drives away?
First, let’s look at this threshing sledge.
This threshing sledge here is what they use
in the ancient times.
They get the harvest, whether it's wheat or barley,
and they pile them up in the center.
But this is the sledge that Israel used.
This is how they used it in those days.
Again, there's a pile of wheat or harvest that was
just harvested and they put it right in the center.
And notice the man is standing on the threshing sledge.
So what they do is that they take a portion of
the harvested grain, and they put it around in a circle,
where the sledge would come.
As the oxen pulls the sledge, they will have children sitting
or standing on the sledge, so that there'll be
pressure on the grain.
And this pressure will separate the chaff from the grain.
Okay, got it?
It will separate the chaff from the grain because
underneath this threshing sledge, it's actually all these stones.
Let me show you a picture.
Let's go closer.
Look at this.
You have stones here.
This is what they put underneath the sledge—these stones.
Okay?
So when they grind over the grain,
it will separate the chaff from the grain.
Notice this is tedious work— the man threshing—
he goes round and round.
Just go round and round.
Sometimes as a pastor, I feel like when
I'm praying in the Spirit, I like to do this.
I just go around in my study.
And I just go around and around.
I just go around.
There's not exactly such a big space for me but
I feel like an ox going around.
Just like this ox here!
And I'm praying in tongues.
That's my new threshing sledge.
“Why pray in tongues, Pastor?”
Because it says: “having double mouth.”
“Having double mouth.”
Woah.
“Having double mouth.”
This is an amazing statement.
The words “double mouth”.
“I have made you a new, sharp threshing sledge”
“having double edges”?
The word “edge” there is “double mouth”.
“Edge” is from the Hebrew word “peh”—which is “mouth”.
So as we pray in the Spirit, we go around our mountain.
We go around our mountain.
Praise the Lord.
You can do this the whole day.
(praying in tongues) Like how the children of Israel
went around the walls of Jericho, you
go around your problem.
Wherever you're going.
Like in a circuit, you're making progress like
going up the spiral staircase.
You're going higher when you pray in the Spirit.
For some conditions where the doctor says,
in the natural, might take a long time for you to recover
or is incurable, you can just pray over it.
“Lord, this is what man says. They mean well.”
“But the things that are impossible with man”
“are possible with God.” The Bible says.
“So I thank You. Let Your Holy Spirit”
“pray for my heart. Pray for my lungs.”
“Pray for my liver.”
Just tell the Lord!
The Lord knows.
The Holy Spirit in you knows how to make perfect prayers.
And pray!
Pray in the Spirit!
Start praying in the Spirit!
Now, I'm not saying it’s going to be instantaneous.
Most of the time, you find when you pray in the Spirit,
it's not like speaking to the mountains straight away.
When you speak to the mountain, many a times,
the mountain moves.
We have prayed for people and they instantly receive
their manifestation.
Whether it's shoulder pain, they have an instant
manifestation like in Mark 11:23.
But praying in tongues usually takes a protracted time.
I’ll tell you what is happening.
The Bible says:
“He that prays in an unknown tongue edifies himself.”
Builds himself up.
I love it.
Now, we are taught that when the Bible says:
“When I pray in an unknown tongue, my spirit prays.”?
That's true, but it is a wrong conclusion to say that
because my spirit prays, only my spirit is edified.
That’s a wrong teaching, a wrong perception that we
have of this gift.
When it says “edify himself”, it is a total self—
spirit, soul, and body.
Yes, the prayer comes from your spirit.
“My spirit prays.”
When you pray in tongues, it's your spirit praying,
uttered through your vocal chords.
It’s your spirit praying but the benefit is total.
“He that prays in an unknown tongue edifies.”
His spirit?
No.
“Himself”—his entire self.
But I’ll tell you what happens.
Sometimes, in the first few days when you're praying in tongues
over your situation— let's say you've got
a liver problem.
You say:
“God, Your Holy Spirit knows how to pray this prayer.”
“I do not know how to pray as I ought but Your Spirit knows.”
Romans 8:26.
“So Lord, I just ask that Your Spirit intercedes through me.”
And you pray.
And many a times, on the first day or the second day,
you might even have some warfare going on.
As you're praying in the Spirit, don't give up.
That's why the Bible uses the
word “perseverance”. Keep on praying!
And many a times, what's happening is that
there is a war going on with the powers of darkness.
Not with God!
God is more willing and happy for His people to enjoy
all the benefits that Jesus died to give you.
Amen.
So God is not the problem.
Your warfare is in the arena of the powers of darkness.
Like Daniel.
When he prayed, it took 21 days for the answer to come.
And the angel brought the answer.
Angel Gabriel says:
“From the first day you prayed, God heard your prayer.”
“Your prayer was heard, but there was a principality,”
“an evil spirit that stood in my way.”
So there was a battle going on and Daniel, on earth,
kept on praying.
So when you pray, many a times,
God starts from the inside.
God starts from the inside, strengthening you on the inside.
So the Lord is strengthening you on the inside first,
long before the benefits are manifested on the outside.
It can take one day or two days but keep on
praying in the Spirit and you will find such
a strengthening on the inside.
It's not a feeling.
It's just a knowing that you are being strengthened on the inside.
I don't know how long it will take.
For each individual, it could be different
As you pray in the Spirit. it could be one day
or even a few hours.
But usually, it takes some time but don't give up.
Then there comes a time, when all of a sudden,
you start feeling.
In the first few days, you might not feel it,
but all of a sudden, it touches your soul realm.
Your soul is also where your feelings and mind are.
You will begin to see things.
When you open up the Bible, you will see things you
never saw before.
You will hear things.
And your mind becomes sharp and where there is
a fog in your mind, the mental fog is lifted.
All of a sudden, there is clarity in your thoughts.
And you are able to elucidate and express things that you
find a bit hard, in times past to express.
And all of a sudden, there's clarity and not only that,
there's a tranquilizing effect on your feelings.
You’re more calm.
There is poise.
There is a tranquility.
You come to a place of rest and many a times, that’s the
thing that is hindering our healing.
We're not restful.
Then I believe, only until then,
the manifestation will come on your physical body.
Amen.
I feel like some of you are watching this and you’re saying:
“Pastor Prince, pray for me that I may have this gift.”
Or you might be saying:
“Pastor, I want more of the Holy Spirit.”
Praise the name of Jesus.
Let me pray for you.
But let me say this first.
Whenever people ask for the gift of praying in tongues,
the language of praying in the Spirit,
they always wait for some power to overtake them.
God doesn't do that.
That, in fact is what an evil spirit does to someone.
The evil spirit takes over.
But God will not take over.
God wants cooperation.
If you are being led by the Spirit,
what does it mean?
If I lead my child and my child refuses to follow,
he cannot be led.
It's a cooperation.
It's like a dance.
As you are dancing and the Lord is hosting you
in the dance, when He leads, you follow!
And ladies, this is what submission is all about.
Just follow the lead.
And you can resist it if you want.
So the Lord wants cooperation.
In other words, when I pray for you, you got to
demonstrate your faith by speaking.
Don't let your mind tell you it's just gibberish.
Just speak it out!
Those words are elevated discourse.
The Bible tells us it is elevated discourse.
It is words that the Holy Spirit is uttering before God.
And He cannot utter a useless word.
He cannot utter a non-powerful word.
He cannot utter an idle word.
He is uttering words that are full of power and
the Father appreciates them.
It’s the sound that makes all the trees to grow
luscious and green.
The leaf will not wither and whatever you do will prosper.
It is the sound of heaven.
So believe that and open your mouth by faith.
So right now in Jesus’ name, whoever you are right now,
believe that when you ask for the Holy Spirit, you will
not receive any other spirit.
Say: “Father in Jesus’ name, I receive right now,”
“the baptism of Your Holy Spirit.”
“Evidenced by speaking in heavenly language.”
“In Jesus' name.”
Now, friend, be filled with the Holy Spirit
right now in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Now start praying in the Spirit.
You open your mouth and go like this.
(praying in tongues)
Yes go on, pray in the Spirit!
(praying in tongues)
God will never take you over.
I'm praying.
See, I can stop right now.
I can start again.
(praying in tongues)
The Holy Spirit is a wonderful person.
He is a gentleman.
He needs your cooperation.
He will give you the words, but you speak it out.
(praying in tongues)
Switch off your mind, your logic area for a while,
and let your spirit take over.
Let your mind play the subordinate role.
Don't allow your mind to dominate.
When your mind dominates, it gives you a lot of problems.
(praying in tongues)
Go on, pray in the Spirit!
(praying in tongues)
Now, sing in the Spirit.
(singing in tongues)
Beautiful!
Praise the name of Jesus.
Now you see, you can start anytime you want.
You can stop anytime you want.
You can increase your volume.
When you're outside, you can pray in undertones.
Like muttering, meditating.
(praying in tongues)
As we learned just now,
meditating is like muttering.
(praying in tongues)
But instead of the book of the law,
it is the words of the Spirit.
(praying in tongues)
And you will make your way prosperous
and you will have good success.
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