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When the Spirit Comes, Oh, You will be Unworthy

Anita Mathias — Wed, 18 Jun 2014 18:20:13 +0000

When the Spirit comes, the one sure thing is: You will be unworthy. You cower in the upper room, quite out of ideas and momentum, and he comes like tongues of fire, and your speech is enabled. You stray into a Charismatic meeting aged 17, and joke about speaking in tongues–oh aren’t you suave and […]

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My Experience of The Baptism in the Holy Spirit and of Speaking in Tongues

Anita Mathias — Wed, 29 Jan 2014 21:17:05 +0000

So here I am, stressed and anxious. Or happy, at peace and joyful. And almost without realizing it, I find myself praying. In tongues. * * * How do I find myself in Oxford, England, in the 21st century, praying in tongues, this ancient First Century gift vividly described in The Acts of the Apostles? Well, 30ish […]

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My Experience of the Baptism in the Holy Spirit and Speaking in Tongues

Anita Mathias — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 10:15:13 +0000

And so, I am tired and stressed and overwhelmed. Or anxious, my heart beating faster. Or I simply don’t know what to do. Or happy and at peace and joyful. And almost without realizing it, I find myself praying. In tongues. * * * How do I find myself in Oxford, England, in the 21st […]

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