About two years ago the Lord began to transform my prayer life with praying in tongues daily. It was amazing. While praying like this I was charged up spiritually and seen in the Spirit things the Lord wanted me to know. It was so powerful.
So I began to look at the benefits of tongues in the bible and read books on it and became fairly knowledgeable about what tongues can accomplish in private prayer. One day I read a minister write that if you prayed an hour a day in tongues you will have deep intimacy and revelation. I then thought “If I pray like this, I will have these blessings.” Once that thought entered my mind I manipulated my prayer time with tongues. I turned my prayer time into a religious work that did not accomplish anything.
My revelation ceased and intimacy was hindered. I said all that to make one short point. What God gives you for intimacy can be manipulated by our knowledge of Good and Evil (tree in the garden) into a religious formality. Relationship becomes work as Mary and Martha switch roles.
Pursue intimacy with God. Not only will you get what you want, you will want things you didn’t know you could get.
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