46 For they heard THEM SPEAK with tongues, and magnify God... . ACTS 19:6
6 And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, THE HOLY GHOST CAME ON THEM;
and
THEY SPAKE with tongues, and prophesied.
1 CORINTHIANS 14:2,4,5
2 For HE THAT SPEAKETH in an unknown tongue speak-eth not unto men, but unto
God: for no man understandeth him; howbeit in the spirit HE SPEAKETH mysteries... .
4 HE THAT SPEAKETH in an unknown tongue edifieth himself. . . .
5 I would that YE ALL SPAKE with tongues....
1 CORINTHIANS 14:14,15,18
14 For if I PRAY in AN UNKNOWN TONGUE, my spirit prayeth, but my understanding is
unfruitful.
15 What is it then? I WILL PRAY with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding. ..
.
18 I thank my God, I SPEAK with tongues more than ye all.
1 CORINTHIANS 14:27,28
27 IF ANY MAN SPEAK in an unknown tongue, let it be by two, or at the most by three,
and that by course; and let one interpret.
28 But if there be no interpreter, let him keep silence in the church....
Notice that every one of these scriptures shows
that in receiving the Holy Ghost and in praying in tongues and in ministering tongues in public
assembly, it is always the person himself that does the actual speaking. But the Holy Spirit
gives the supernatural utterance.
When I tell this to people who have been seeking the Holy Ghost for thirty or forty years, they
often look at me in amazement and say, "If I had known that, I could have been speaking in
tongues for the last thirty years. I had the urge — I had the prompt-ing all the time. In fact at
times, it was all I could do to keep from speaking in tongues, but I was waiting for the Holy
Ghost to come and take my tongue over."
Some people think that the baptism in the Holy Ghost is as if someone swallowed a small
radio. And then when God gets ready, He just turns on "the radio" and it starts playing or
speaking automatically. However, the Holy Ghost gives you the utterance, but you do the
talking.
When the Spirit of God is moving on your tongue and lips, what you must do is lift your voice
and put sound to it. If you will obey those promptings of the Holy Spirit, you will find yourself
speaking with tongues. You see, you must cooperate with the Holy Ghost. Speaking with
tongues isn't entirely you, and it isn't entirely the Holy Ghost. Speaking with tongues is a
cooperation between you and the Holy Ghost.
Step Number 5
It may be necessary to help some folks get over their fears first before they can receive the
baptism in the Holy Spirit.