Baptism of the Holy Spirit & the A Team

[Jaylen]

I only have one small experience to draw from as far as speaking in tongues. But other than that I’ve chosen to blabber around during prayer and I assume that I’m praying in tongues. It doesn’t necessarily feel fake, but it doesn’t feel incredibly real either.
I’m not sure where I stand as to whether or not tongues will be given to everyone, but I believe that it can be. Maybe sometimes it’s people’s choice as to why God hasn’t given it to them, and sometimes it’s God’s timing. But I think a lot of times certain people never end up receiving the gift for reasons that we won’t be able to confirm. Ultimately, I think God works in us just as effectively regardless of whether or not we can speak in tongues.

[Kimberly]

I personally have not been baptized in the Holy Spirit.. YET. I did not grow up Pentecostal, and so it was never really highlighted for me until recently. I have asked to be baptized by the Holy Spirit and am excited for it to happen in God’s timing.

[Deleted User]

I haven’t personally been baptized in the Holy Spirit. I grew up in a different denomination of church where this type of thing was not emphasized or really spoken about at all. This is something I have had to study more deeply about and am still growing to understand it better every day. I know that in God’s timing, He will baptize me in the Holy Spirit. But until then, I am waiting patiently and am trusting that He will work in me.

[Melany]

Hi was asked when I got water baptized if I wanted to be baptized in the Holy Spirit and speak in tongues. My knowledge of what that meant was very limited and it scared me terribly so while I said yes to the leaders, Internally I told God ‘no thanks.. thats not for me’. Over the following two or three weeks however I became deeply convicted for rejecting that gift in my heart. I was alone in my apartment one evening repenting and crying about it, asking probably for the hundredth time for Him to baptize me. He did.. it was a glorious encounter and hard to even explain how I felt, other than so amazed that Jesus truly did see me and hear me, since I was alone, nobody prayed for me when it happened.. it was just a direct gift and answer to my very private prayers. This was an amazing revelation as I had very recently been saved and was still learning about what direct access I truly had to God