ISAIAH 28:11,12
11 For with stammering lips and ANOTHER TONGUE will he speak to this people.
12 To whom he said, THIS IS THE REST wherewith ye may cause the weary to rest; and
THIS IS THE REFRESHING: yet they would not hear.
What is the rest? What is the refreshing? Isaiah 28:11 and 12 says the rest and the refreshing
is speaking with other tongues.
Sometimes the doctor recommends a rest cure for exhaustion or for some sicknesses. And
often when you take a vacation, you have to come home and rest before you go back to work!
But I know the best rest in the world! Isn't it wonderful that we can just take this "rest cure"
every day? The Bible says, ". . . This is the rest . . . this is the refreshing . . ." (Isa. 28:12). We
need this rest in these days of turmoil, perplexity, and insecurity.
Reason Number 9
The ninth reason we are to pray in tongues is to give thanks to God.
1 CORINTHIANS 14:15-17
15 What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding also:
I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also.
16 Else when thou shalt BLESS WITH THE SPIRIT, how shall he that occupieth the room
of the unlearned say Amen at thy GIVING OF THANKS, seeing he under-standeth not
what thou sayest?
17 For thou VERILY GIVEST THANKS WELL, but the other is not edified.
When Paul said, ". . . he that occupieth the room of the unlearned. . . ," he was referring to
those who are unlearned in spiritual things.
Let me illustrate these verses of Scripture. For example, if you invited me to dinner and said,
"Brother Hagin, please say the 'thanks' for the meal, if I prayed in tongues, you wouldn't know
what I said. You wouldn't be edified.
Therefore, Paul said in a situation such as this, it would be better to pray with the
understanding. If I did pray in tongues, I should interpret it so you would know what was said.
Then you could be edified too, for Paul said, ". . . thou eerily giuest thanks well, but the other is
not edified" (1 Cor. 14:17).
In other words, praying in tongues is the best way to give thanks. But in the presence of people
who are unlearned, pray also with your understanding so they can be edified. Offering your
thanks in your understanding allows people to be edified because then they will understand
what you are saying.
Pay special attention to what Paul said in First Corinthians 14:17. He said praying in tongues
provides the most perfect way to pray and to give thanks to God. Paul said when you offer
thanks in other tongues, ". . . thou verily givest thanks well. . ." (1 Cor. 14:17).
Reason Number 10
The tenth reason why every believer should speak with tongues is found in James 3:8. "But the
tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison." Yielding your tongue to the