Does God make my life stressful? That is a good question, because it can sure seem that the Chrisitan life can add a lot of stress. Matthew 10:22 says that we will be hated simply because we believe in Jesus. In John 16:33, Jesus says that we will face trouble in this world. God does allow us to be in situations that could be stressful. Why? Because others go through the same things in their life. They can then relate to what is going on. The key words are "could be" stressful. It doesn’t have to be stressful for you. God gave us an amazing stress reliever that works every time and can be used whenever we want.
Unfortunately, we often try to handle the stress on our own to show how tough we are as a Christian. I have good news for you. You don’t have to do that. However, many of us do, and then we get overwhelmed, and God never wanted that for us.
So, what is the greatest stress reliever of all time? One that works every time. The personal gift of tongues, your special prayer language with God. Some will say, are you sure that is for today? The devil would love for you to believe that it isn't, and not access the greatest stress reliever of all time. As we say at New Beginnings Church, don’t knock till you try it.
You may say, "I am not so sure about that". Let me talk about what this gift really is. It is not a public gift. (There is one for in the church, but that is only for certain people.) It is a special language just between you and God. Most couples have certain things only they understand. This is the same thing. Many think it is weird, but it is just between you and God and no one else. So, why would it be weird?
You have control over it when you use it. It will not just come out. Many think they will be walking around it will just happen. Nope, that will not happen. God gave it to you to use when you want to use it.
It only works if you use it. Many have experienced their personal prayer language and are still stressed out. It is because they don’t use it for its intended purpose.
So, what is it’s intended purpose? It is for when you are in trouble. If you are stressed out, that would be the definition of trouble in your life.
When you are facing a stressful situation you speak in tongues, in private, and God goes to work for you. Jesus says many times in the Bible, where there are 2 or 3 witnesses, what is said will be done. When you pray in tongues, you hear it, the Spirit prays, and God hears. So, it will be done because there are 3 witnesses. It is audible so you know it will be done.
You may wonder why you don’t understand what you are saying. That is probably good. The reason you are coming to God is that you don’t know what to do about the situation, so you really have no idea what to say. The Holy Spirit knows exactly what you need and prays for you for exactly what you need. Pretty cool.
When you use your prayer language in this way, every single time the stress will immediately go away because God now has it, and you are promised that it will be taken care of. It is no longer your problem. Now that is way cool. The stress is no longer an issue with you.
So how do you get your prayer language? It is pretty simple. Get with God in private and start speaking in something that is a language you do not know. You give God the words and the Holy Spirit gives the words the meaning, and God goes to work. It is really easy.
God gave every Christian this gift because He knew we would need this so we could live stress free. The kicker though, is that you must use it. What do you have to lose? Nothing, but all that stress.
The devil wants us to think this is weird, because the devil knows how important this gift is. This personal gift was given because Jesus said we would face a lot of stressful situations. Jesus wants us to go ahead and use this gift so that the stress will leave, and His comfort can be ours.
It is the greatest stress reliever ever.
If you have any questions about this, feel free to ask. I would love to share with you about this amazing gift available to all Christians.
Remember Jesus loves you; I love you, and you are awesome!
PS - Many people think this gift died out when the apostles died or after the first years of the church being established. However, nowhere in the Bible does God say that it died out. The only place where it is mentioned is in I Corinthians 13:8-10. I agree that when this scripture is fulfilled, we will no longer need a personal prayer language. This passage describes when the perfect has come. Jesus is the perfect one and when He comes back, and He is, then we will not need any gifts of the Spirit because we will be with Him.
Many Christians are told that this gift is not for today, and the devil loves for us to believe that, because the devil wants to pile on the stress. You can stop that stress in your life right now! Turn to Jesus and talk to Him with your personal prayer language today.