I Just Got Baptized In The Holy Spirit, Now What?

We were blessed by God to have people baptized in the Holy Spirit each service this past Sunday, including the evening service.

I wish that I could remember each one, but I can't! I have written a simple teaching below to help those just filled to continue to grow in their gift. If you were one of those who sought but we not filled - don't quit or be discouraged! You are loved and will be filled!

• Exercise the gift regularly. Speak in tongues when you have a private prayer time.
• Don't wait until next Sunday to think about speaking in tongues again.
• Remember that it is a gift. Choose to use it.
• God didn't overtake your Spirit, tongue, or mouth, and He won't in the future. It was an act of your faith coupled with the Holy Spirit's enabling.
• Don't compare your prayer language to what someone else sounds like.
• Part of the reason the Holy Spirit filled you was for the purpose of pointing to Christ. Let Him lead/guide you this week.
• Avoid the air of superiority. You didn't receive because of your goodness, can't lose it because of future failings.
• Remind yourself that you have not "arrived," or "achieved." It is not the time to rest on your experience, it is time to exercise your gifts and prayer language!
• Praise Him with power this Sunday!