Ronda,  below is a snipit from the book "Me! A Priest?", pages 523-524,by 
David Spurbeck. It is discussing music but relates to the term "filling of 
the Spirit" found in Ephesians 5:18. The term translated "unsavingness" 
indicates a believer living in his old sinful nature, whereas, when a 
believer is rightly related to the Father, i.e. spiritual and living in the 
realm of his new divine quality of nature, he is allowing the Holy Spirit to 
make up his deficiencies. It should be obvious as well that this is a 
command that the believer decides whether or not he or she will obey its 
directives. The general context is about music but nonetheless it describes 
the means of Spirit filling for the believer.

=Begin quotation=

"When the believer serves, he has a standard so that he can know that he is 
acting right as a believer and a priest.
Ephesians 5:18, 19 indicates that this should be the result of the filling 
of the Spirit. "And stop being drunk with wine, in which is unsavingness, 
but keep on being filled [having your deficiencies made up] by the Spirit 
while speaking to Yourselves in Psalms [basically Praise] and hymns 
[basically worship] and spiritual songs [songs which come from the Holy 
Spirit], singing and Psalming in your heart to the Lord." A spiritual 
believer has the Potential for truly expressing appreciation to God as he 
sings with his voice and within his heart. Every believer priest should be a 
singing priest. The melody sung in the heart is far more important than that 
which is produced on the lips. Undoubtedly, some of the best musical 
appreciation comes from those who are tone-deaf. They sing in their hearts 
even though they are incapable of hitting a note accurately with their 
voices. Music must conform to biblical guidelines to be acceptable as an 
expression of appreciation by God. One must always remember that music 
appeals to the emotion and secondarily to the mind. Most popular music 
clearly illustrates this fact. A third grader could produce better lyrics 
yet crowds emote over the music, performers and atmosphere. A spiritual 
believer will express his appreciation with intelligent and accurate lyrics 
that have found a home in his heart because they express his attitude of 
appreciation toward God and all He has done. It is the words that are
important. Every believer should enjoy accurate lyrics communicated by 
pleasant, appropriate [to the words] music in his life." =End of quotation=

I personally can find no place in Scripture where the "filling of the 
Spirit" is linked with the gift of "tongues (literally languages)". 
Furthermore, it seems to me that the practice of praying in tongues is based 
on taking one specific Scripture out of its full context and misapplying its 
meaning. The gift of tongues (rather languages) was given for the purpose of 
spreading the Gospel during the first century before the New Testament was 
completed to other people of other languages throughout the Roman Empire. 
All spiritual gifts were given for the purpose of evangelism, building up or 
edifying, of other believers and never for self-indulgence or whatever. This 
is at best a manmade doctrine.

Thanks for reading this little rant of mine. May the Father richly bless you 
as you continue to relate to Him by considering yourself dead to your old 
sinful nature and alive to God through our Lord Jesus Christ (Romans 6:11), 
while reflectively thinking on your position and possessions in Christ at 
the right hand of the Father in the heavenlies (Colossians 3:1-3).

Listening for His shout!

Grant
Bartimaeus Alliance of the Blind, Inc.
Website:  http://bartimaeus.us/