1 Corinthians 14:4 4 He who speaks in a tongue edifies himself…
Many
Charismatics believe that when you speak in tongues, you edify or build
up your spirit man. Well, that is only one-third true. The Bible does
not say that the speaker edifies his spirit. No, it says that the
speaker “edifies himself”. This means his entire self — spirit, soul and body. So he who speaks in tongues builds up his spirit, soul and body.
Does
this include building up your immune system? Yes, it does! Brain
specialists at Oral Roberts University’s hospital found out through
research and testing that when a person prays in tongues, his brain
releases two chemicals that are directed to his immune system, giving it
a 35 to 40 per cent boost. Interestingly, these secretions are
triggered by a part of our brain that has no other apparent activity and
which is activated only when we pray in tongues.
Now,
your immune system is your first line of defense against diseases.
During the SARS outbreak in Singapore in 2003, not everyone who had the
disease died. Only those whose immune systems were weak succumbed to the
disease and died. Therefore, many people resorted to vitamins and herbs
to boost their immune systems.
A
74-year-old church member decided to build up his immune system against
more heart problems. Two of his arteries were 70 per cent blocked and
five smaller vessels were 80 per cent blocked. So during a church
service, when I asked those who wanted to be healed of heart problems to
stand up, he stood up, placed his hand over his heart and prayed in
tongues.
He shared that at that moment, he
believed that the Holy Spirit touched him and he became a different
person. When he went for his medical check-up, his surgeon found that
all the blockages in his blood vessels were gone! Even a scheduled
heart-related operation was cancelled as there was no longer any
necessity for it. Indeed, he was a different person. He literally had a
change of heart, a new heart from God!
Beloved, you may not have a heart condition, but you can still pray in tongues and pray up your immune system!
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