Incase you missed part one here it is

https://www.nairaland.com/6956909/power-speaking-tongues-part-1#109699203

Part two

Romans 6:26 says Likewise the Spirit also helps in our weaknesses. For we do not know what we should pray for as we ought, but the Spirit Himself makes intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered

it means sometimes we don't know what to pray about as we are supposed to but when we turn it to the Holy Spirit, He takes charge, search out the matter and help pray about what needs to be prayed about.

For example a boy need a car and begins to pray in his understanding God give me a car, a brand new car. When praying in tongues, the Holy Spirit could say something like(pls am just giving a narrative:- Oh Lord, remember the curse over the life of this boy spoken against Him by his elder brother on the road when he splashed water on him while testing their fathers car, remember he cursed him that he will never drive a car for doing that and a demon who was there took the prayer and intend to use it against your son. I breaks this curse now. I speak that the money to buy this car will come from a new contract that will come his way etc) Now in this scenario, how would the boy have known that someone had spoken a curse against him because of what he did. Only God knows all things.

so that verse in Romans 6:26 means we don't know what we should pray for as we are supposed to but when we hand it over to the Holy Spirit through praying in the spirit, the HOLY SPIRIT HIMSELF will help us communicate with God the Father regarding that request or requests.

and the verse 27 says Now He who searches the hearts knows what the mind of the Spirit is, because He makes intercession for the saints according to the will of God.

You can see that the Holy Spirit will search the deep things regarding the matter and He helps us pray ACCORDING TO GODS WILL. Most times we really don't know the will of God but the one who was there when He created us (The Holy Spirit) knows the will of God. and the scripture also says
“For My thoughts are not your thoughts, Nor are your ways My ways,” says the Lord. “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, So are My ways higher than your ways, And My thoughts than your thoughts.
Isaiah 55:8‭-‬9
So you will agree with me that God's ways are far bigger and better than ours and only the Spirit of God can know the exact

I remember one day, not too long after I received the baptism. I had a terrible nightmare. it was so bad and complex that when I woke up, I didn't know where to start from. I stood up and kept quite wondering if I should destroy, cast and bind, return back to the sender or just cry for help. while all this was running through my mind, I just heard "ALLOW ME". The moment I heard that, I just began to pray in tongues, I can say I was groaning coz the tongues was intense and after a while, I was relieved, happy and knew it has been dealt with and there's no cause for alarm. Now how will I have known what to pray about? if I had binded and casted and that's not what I should do, I would av missed it but glory be to God for this revelation and to the Holy Spirit for helping me to INTERCEDE. Please don't get me wrong, there are times you will also know what to pray as inspired by the Holy Spirit.

Don't get tired plz. we still moving. lol

WHY SHOULD WE SPEAK IN TONGUES
1. WE PRAY DIRECTLY TO GOD. if you read 1cor 14:2 posted above again, it says we speak to God And not to men. I don't know about you,but for me I always find every opportunity to pray in tongues because I know I can communicate with my Father directly in the language best known to Him without having to use my own reason of understanding to articulate my Thanksgiving or request. This is me trusting the Holy Spirit to help communicate my intentions better to the Father than my language will do

2. WE PRAY TO EDIFY OURSELVES. The bible says
He who speaks in a tongue edifies himself, but he who prophesies edifies the church.
I Corinthians 14:4 NKJV

Speaking in tongues is not only meant to communicate with God but also to build us up spiritually and intellectually.

YOU CANNOT BE A TONGUES SPEAKING BELIEVER AND BE DULL. it's not just possible. When they arrested peter and John in Jerusalem and they had to defend their faith, even scribes, rulers and others saw how they communicate and defend , they knew something was different about them

Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were uneducated and untrained men, they marveled. And they realized that they had been with Jesus.
Acts 4:13 NKJV

People wonder where they got their wisdom from. Praying in tongues constantly with knowledge of the scripture for them had with time expanded their reasoning, Increased their way of thinking, increased their sensitivity in the spirit, subdued their flesh and enabled them to walk like god on earth.

BENEFITS OF PRAYING IN TONGUES
1. IT GIVES BOLDNESS TO WITNESS JESUS AND STAND FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS. Peter who was afraid when when they took Jesus and had to lie about knowing Jesus is the same Peter that preached and won his first 3000 souls at once. The moment he was baptized in the Holy Ghost And spoke he tongues , with Such boldness the scripture says in Acts 2.14
But Peter, standing up with the eleven, raised his voice and said to them, “Men of Judea and all who dwell in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and heed my words.

And after long sermon within boldness the scripture says in Acts 2:41
Then those who gladly received his word were baptized; and that day about three thousand souls were added to them.

You can imagine, such boldness. What about Paul after he had received the Holy Ghost and prayed in tongues, the scripture says

But Saul increased all the more in strength, and confounded the Jews who dwelt in Damascus, proving that this Jesus is the Christ.
Acts 9:22 NKJV

Imagine Saul who later became Paul after praying in tougues continually received boldness in witnessing Jesus not minding what people think or say.

Now someone will say, how did you know he prayed in tongues, the scripture didnt mention this. It's fine, let's see what he said himself

I thank my God I speak with tongues more than you all;
I Corinthians 14:18 NKJV

Remember he was baptized in the Holy Ghost at Damascus when Ananias went to him, laying his hands on him as instructed by Jesus

Don't forget that one major evidence that one is baptized in the Holy Ghost is that you will have the gift and ability to pray in the spirit. So obviously, Paul continued in praying in the spirit after baptism. He wasnt quiet when prompted , he wasn't also praying in the spirit occasionally but at all times as the Spirit enables him so if you are looking for someone to push you in praying in the spirit, push yourself, allow the Holy Spirit to help you.

2. IT INCREASES FAITH. Have you ever wonder how mighty miracles are being done by God's generals? it requires a strong faith. Faith is in levels. There is a faith to believe when things are going fine that it will be that way and there is a faith to keep believing that it will work out even if it's not going that way. There is a faith to heal the sick and there is another faith to wake up the dead.

I can say categorically that praying in tongues constantly increases one faith. there are many times av had reason to be tensed, loose it, give up but the moment I begin to pray in spirit, it's like a warm water mixed with fresh oil poured on my heart to ease my hot heart temper then I begin to gain faith that God is in control. And with time I have realised that my faith has increased tremendously that I find it had to worry "for long". The moment the worry showface ehn, faith will just arise from within then I just rest. The scripture says

But you, beloved, building yourselves up on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit,
Jude 1:20 NKJV

Praying in tongues helps you build your faith and do you know why? Because when you begin to pray in an unknown language you do not understand but trusting that you are not speaking rubbish or jargons but the Holy Spirit helping you to pray aright, then You will have faith to Believe other things even when it's not looking that way. There will be absolute trust that God is in charge and will not let you fail or fall. And this brings me to the 3rd point

3. IT RELEASES DEEP REVELATION. Paul said
But I make known to you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached by me is not according to man. For I neither received it from man, nor was I taught it, but it came through the revelation of Jesus Christ.
Galatians 1:11‭-‬12 NKJV

I can attest to this fact because I have received Revelations about things while praying in tongues. I am a music and drama minister, I have received songs while praying in tongues And I have also written gospel stories while praying in tongues. I have received instructions and directions while praying in tongues.

Paul who came into light after all the Apostles wrote more Epistles than they not only because he was choosed but because he always pray in tongues. When you pray, your spirit is connected to the throne of grace, to God and through that Revelations are released. The scripture says

For what man knows the things of a man except the spirit of the man which is in him? Even so no one knows the things of God except the Spirit of God. Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might know the things that have been freely given to us by God.
I Corinthians 2:11‭-‬12 NKJV

So we see that the Spirit of God knows the mind of God, how?

But God has revealed them to us through His Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God.
I Corinthians 2:10 NKJV

The Holy Spirit searches out the deep things of God and reveal them to us (deep mysteries that's our mind can't comprehend). Things we can't know on a normal day, the spirit makes it known to us. So how will you be able to pray in tongues always and not be filled with Revelations from God.

Lastly
4. IT HELPS YOU PRAY THROUGH. There are limit to what we know and can pray for or about but When we pray in the spirit as prompted by the Holy Spirit, He will take care of that situation.

There are times that you don't want to pray in the spirit but the Holy Spirit will prompt you to pray. You will know within you that you should pray but won't know what to pray about. This is the time to engage the Holy Spirit.

There are times I have been prompted in my spirit whether in the car, house, on the road, at work to pray. At first when it all began I didn't understand it but now am used to it. I just begin to pray in the spirit when I discern that I need to. Some people don't know how to quietly pray in the spirit but to shout. Shouting is fine but In cases whereby people are around and you still have to pray, then you cant shout. One can pray in the spirit when with people, in the market, at work or anywhere when prompted without having to disturb people or draw attention. How? Just murmur it under your lips. Your tongues might be moving while praying quietly but you don't have to send anybody nor bother about anything or your environment. When you begin to practice this, with time you will learn how to pray anywhere without people noticing. The movement of your lips won't be obvious but will be moving while praying when you have mastered the skills of praying silently.

The Holy Spirit might come at anytime to prompt you to pray, it could be that someone is in danger and He wants to INTERCEDE through you, There might be a blessing coming your way and knowing that the devil want to use accusations to hinder it will quickly steer you up to counter it, it might just be to help you convince someone to give you that contract, it might be to hinder you from a terrible accident prepared for you on your way by the devil, it might be about anything whatsoever. So whenever you sense the Holy Spirit steering you up to pray, don't stop Him but allow Him. Even if it's to INTERCEDE for someone, count that as a blessing

The scripture says pray without ceasing,
I Thessalonians 5:17 NKJV

How can you effectively do this when you are somewhere you can't pray? by praying in the spirit. The bible says

praying ALWAYS with all prayer and supplication IN THE SPIRIT, being watchful to this end with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints—
Ephesians 6:18 NKJV

Can you see "in the spirit". it means in tongues, in an unknown language And as you do this, watch how your spiritual growth escalates and your life, business and ministry improves tremendously. You will literally be a walking god. People will see you as normal but in the spirit realm you will be a shining armor, a powerful priest and a royal King reigning and ruling on earth pleasing God in every ways.

I admonish us to practice praying in tongues at all times. Even when you have a prayer point, pray in tongues in between

What is the conclusion then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will also pray with the understanding. I will sing with the spirit, and I will also sing with the understanding.
I Corinthians 14:15 NKJV

and when you are steered up anywhere and anytime to pray, don't resist the prompting of the Holy Spirit but In obedience, allow the Spirit of God to INTERCEDE through you.

For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays, but my understanding is unfruitful. 1 Corinthians 14:14

We might not understand it but if we give way to the Holy Spirit, He will help us pray ACCORDING to the will of God.

As you begin to constantly engage in praying in the Holy Spirit today, the power and blessing attached to it be released speedily in your life in Jesus name, Amen �

Thank you and God bless you all.
I love you all with the love of Christ.

Blessings to you my brother..

I just stumbled on this this morning 26/01/22.l have really gone thru it all.. it's just inspiring and a great write up.. God bless for touching our hearts ..

Good bless you too brother.

Qwerty4u:
Blessings to you my brother..

I just stumbled on this this morning 26/01/22.l have really gone thru it all.. it's just inspiring and a great write up.. God bless for touching our hearts ..