That is intersting. I do not think people _have to- pray in tongues 
but also do not object to it especially if it used for private prayer.

Didn't know you were on here, btw. *g*

Doris




At 04:40 PM 8/13/2013 -0700, you wrote:
>Hi everyone on the EChurch list. Yes. Last Saturday night I played 
>for our conference on the Conversation Station an episode of It's 
>Supernatural with Sid Roth who taught on the baptism of the Holy 
>Spirit with speaking in tongues, or as he said, in supernatural 
>languages. It was very good. It challenged me to use my prayer 
>language more. I need to be doing that.
>Cecily
>
>From: The Electronic Church [mailto:[log in to unmask]] 
>On Behalf Of Pat Ferguson
>Sent: Monday, August 12, 2013 1:45 PM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: Pray Without Ceasing 1.1
>
>Hi Phil and Everyone,
>
>I've been thinking about that phraise since you started this subject.
>
>I've done more praying than I ever have on this day, August 12th 2013.
>
>I've been praying in The Spirit a whole lot of the day, not all of 
>this day, but a lot of it.
>
>I've been praying for spacific people like Dean, who is having his 
>Chemo treatment now in Huron, and his wife Betty, who is going to 
>have a Colonoscopy tomorrow morning, and Vernon, who hasn't passed 
>the Kidney stones yet,  and Pastor Marty and his wife traveling from 
>Wisconsin to their home here in De Smet today.
>
>I was praying for Holly DeLaunay's husband, Jerry, who is in the 
>hospital with heart problems, diabetes problems, and a very bad case 
>of Pneumonia.
>
>So, if you think of Holly and Jerry, please pray for them, as Holly 
>is worried about him.
>
>I asked Holly if she Prayed in The Spirit. She said it's been a long 
>time, so I told her she needs to do that again.
>
>It's not easy to get started doing that, especially when one hasn't 
>prayed in The 'Spirit for ages, and thanks to Cecily and Mike on 
>this list, I've been doing it a whole lot since Saturday night.
>
>I'll let Cecily or Mike tell you what we did Saturday night on The 
>Conversation Station in my room 6400.
>
>It was way cool.
>
>Thanks Phil, for a great article, and I'm looking forward to more.
>
>Thanks much.
>
>Pat Ferguson
>
>At 02:22 PM 8/12/2013, you wrote:
>
>For the majority of my nearly 56 years as a born again Christian, 
>First Thessalonians 5:17, Pray without ceasing, used to really 
>bother me.  I felt even worse about it's meaning, and application, 
>when I looked up the meaning of the word "ceasing" in the Strong's 
>Concordance.  Actually, the two words "without ceasing" are a single 
>Greek word.  It means exactly what it says; pray without 
>ceasing.  More specifically, it means, praying without intermission 
>or to pray incessantly.  In my mind, I used to say, each time I read 
>that verse, "Oh, come on now.  Who can do that?  That's 
>impossible."  I never said it out loud, of course, for fear someone, 
>like God, or a more holy Christian than I was, would hear me.  I 
>heard a sermon, more than just one to be perfectly honest about it, 
>that this verse meant that we were to be a perpetual prayer to God 
>and as His testimony, the world would see Him in us.  That sounded 
>good, so I went with that.  The problem was, however, it still 
>bothered me and I had a feeling, the verse meant what it says.  If 
>you are thinking the same thing, you'd be right.  So how does a 
>Christian pray without ceasing, without intermission, or without 
>stopping?  You cannot answer that question, nor can you pray without 
>ceasing, unless you first understand the nature of prayer in the 
>first place.  In short, we need to know how having the mind of 
>Christ, First Corinthians 2:16, works, or is applicable, from a 
>spiritual way of thinking.  Are you with me so far?
>
>Phil.
>