FATHER, I RECEIVE REST. I RECEIVE REFRESHING. I RELAX INTO YOUR TRUTH. I FOCUS MY THINKING ON YOUR HEART, AND YOUR WORD. I FIND MYSELF BUILDING ON THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORD AND PURSUING WITH ALL MY HEART EVERYTHING YOU HAVE MADE AVAILABLE TO ME. THANK YOU FOR NOT ABANDONING ME TO MY WEAKNESSES. AND NOT LEAVING ME TO STRUGGLE WITHOUT HOPE. (2 Corinthians 12:9; Ephesians 1:17-23) YOU ARE BIGGER THAN MY PAST; THE BRIGHTNESS OF MY FUTURE. AND BEHOLD, YOU MAKE ALL THINGS NEW. (Jeremiah 29:11; 2 Corinthians 5:17; Revelation 21:5) YOU STRENGTHENED ME WITH MIGHT BY PLACING YOUR OWN NATURE IN MY INNER MAN. YOU SENT ME THE COMFORTER, THE TEACHER, THE HOLY SPIRIT TO GUIDE ME INTO ALL TRUTH. (Ephesians 3:16; John 16:13) Isaiah 28 FOR WITH STAMMERING LIPS AND ANOTHER TONGUE, YOU SPEAK TO ME. I RECEIVE YOUR TEACHING, HOLY SPIRIT. (Isaiah 28:11; 1 Corinthians 14:21) WHEN I PRAY, YOU TEACH ME KNOWLEDGE, AND MAKE ME UNDERSTAND DOCTRINE. YOU FEED A BABY MILK; BUT PRECEPT UPON PRECEPT, LINE UPON LINE, HERE A LITTLE, THERE A LITTLE YOU FEED ME STRONG MEAT. (Isaiah 28:9-10; 13; Hebrews 5:12) YOU TEACH ME THE WAY, THE TRUTH, THE LIFE; THE MIND OF CHRIST. (John 14:6; 1 Corinthians 2:16) LORD, YOU ARE THE FOUNDATION STONE; A PROVEN STONE; THE PRECIOUS CORNERSTONE AND SURE FOUNDATION. THOSE WHO BELIEVE SHALL REST. YOU BRING THE REFRESHING AND I REST IN YOU, LORD. (Isaiah 28:12; 16; Matthew 11:28-29) HOLY SPIRIT, MY LORD JESUS SENT YOU TO ME TO REVEAL HIS LORDSHIP AND TO LEAD ME AND GUIDE ME IN ALL TRUTH. I HAVE NO COVENANT WITH DEATH OR AGREEMENT WITH HELL. MY COVENANT IS LIFE AND I AGREE WITH YOU IN ALL THINGS. (John 16:13; Isaiah 28:15; Isaiah 42:6) www.garycarpenter.org 1 www.alantaylorministries.org
Luke 11:13 EVEN AN EARTHLY FATHER GIVES GOOD GIFTS TO HIS CHILDREN. HOW MUCH MORE SHALL YOU, HEAVENLY FATHER, GIVE THE HOLY SPIRIT TO THOSE WHO ASK? (Luke 11:13) FATHER, I RECEIVE THE BAPTISM OF THE HOLY SPIRIT WITH EVIDENCE OF SPEAKING IN OTHER TONGUES. AS THE HOLY SPIRIT GIVES ME UTTERANCE, I NOW GIVE VOICE. (Acts 19:2-6; Acts 2:4; Acts 4:31; Acts 10:44-47) AIR MOVES ACROSS MY VOCAL CORDS, AND I CHOOSE TO ALLOW MY SPIRIT TO FLOW WITH THE LANGUAGE YOU CREATED. I M NOT WAITING FOR YOU TO FORCE ME TO SPEAK. I RECEIVE WHAT YOU HAVE ALREADY DONE. (Acts 2:4; 1 Corinthians 14:14-15; 1 Corinthians 14:18) I AM FILLED WITH THE HOLY GHOST, AND I BEGIN TO SPEAK WITH OTHER TONGUES. I ASKED YOU TO FILL ME, AND YOU FILLED ME AND CREATED THE LANGUAGE AND I PRAY. (Acts 2:1-4; Acts 4:31; Ephesians 5:18-19; Mark 16:17) PRAYING IN TONGUES CHANGES WHO I AM. I EMBRACE THE DESTROYING AND REBUILDING. YOU ENRICH ME IN ALL KNOWLEDGE, IN ALL FAITH, IN ALL DILIGENCE, IN ALL YOUR LOVE, AND IN ALL THE GRACE THAT MADE ME YOUR OWN CHILD AND HEIR. (2 Timothy 2:20 22; 1 Corinthians 14:18; 2 Corinthians 3:18; 2 Corinthians 4:6; 1 Corinthians 1:5; 2 Corinthians 8:7; Romans 8:17) FATHER, YOUR DOOR OF UNDERSTANDING OPENS WIDELY. (Matthew 6:6; John 10:7-9) I HAVE BEEN RECONCILED TO YOU, AND I HAVE ALL I NEED IN THIS LIFE TO HELP YOU SEEK AND SAVE THE LOST. (2 Corinthians 5:18 6:1; Luke 2:49; Luke 11:2; Luke 15:31; Philippians 4:13) FATHER, I WILL BE WITH YOU FOR ALL OF ETERNITY BECAUSE I HAVE RECEIVED JESUS CHRIST AS MY SAVIOR. HE REDEEMED ME BY HIS BLOOD AND THE FINISHED WORK OF THE CROSS. (John 3:15; John 17:3; Romans 6:23; 2 Corinthians 5:1; 1 John 5:11; Jude 1:21; Romans 3:24) www.garycarpenter.org 2 www.alantaylorministries.org
HERE IN THIS LIFE NOW, I WANT MY BORN AGAIN NATURE TO CONQUER; TAKING ALL THE LIMITS OFF THE LIMITLESS ONE, REMOVING EVERY BOUNDARY FROM THE BOUNDLESS ONE. (Philippians 4:13 ; 1 John 2:14; 1 John 4:4; Revelation 3:21; Ephesians 3:20) I SPEAK FORTH THE MYSTERY OF THE GOSPEL, THE MYSTERY OF CHRIST. (Ephesians 6:19; Acts 4:31; Colossians 1:27) THE MIND OF CHRIST IS DELIVERED, AND I OBEY YOUR WILL IN ALL THINGS. (1 Corinthians 1:10; 2:16) THERE IS NO RESISTANCE IN HEAVEN, BUT HERE IN THIS LIFE, I AM EQUIPPED TO HANDLE THE RESISTANCE I FACE. I RECEIVE HELP FROM THE INSIDE OUT. HOLY SPIRIT, YOU ARE THE TEACHER OF MY NEW NATURE. (Isaiah 11:5-9, Isaiah 65:25; Revelation 21:27; 22:3; John 16:33; 2 Peter 1:4; Luke 10:19) MY SPIRIT HAS THE CAPACITY TO BE TAUGHT THE DEEP THINGS, GOD AND MY FATHER, THE DEEP THINGS. (1 Corinthians 2:10; John 16:13-15) 1 Corinthians 2:14 BUT THE NATURAL MAN RECEIVETH NOT THE THINGS OF THE SPIRIT OF GOD: FOR THEY ARE FOOLISHNESS UNTO HIM: NEITHER CAN HE KNOW THEM, BECAUSE THEY ARE SPIRITUALLY DISCERNED. (1 Corinthians 2:14) I FINALLY HAVE YOU, MY TEACHER FROM THAT REALM. YOU TEACH ME DIRECTLY FROM GOD THE HOLY SPIRIT TO MY REBORN HUMAN SPIRIT. (Luke 4:18; John 14:16-17; John 16:13) FATHER, PRAYING IN TONGUES IS A REVELATION GIFT FROM YOU TO ME. I HAVE NO NEED THAT MAN TEACH ME. I ATTEND YOUR CLASSROOM, HOLY SPIRIT. YOU NEVER LEAD ME ASTRAY. YOU NEVER TEACH ME ANYTHING WRONG. I STAY WITH YOU, HOLY SPIRIT. (1 Corinthians 14:6; John 16:13; 1 John 2:20, 1 John 2:26-27) FATHER, THANK YOU FOR YOUR LOVE. (Isaiah 51:3; 1 John 4:8; 10; 16) THANK YOU FOR THIS MEDIUM OF EXCHANGE - PRAYING IN TONGUES THAT DELIVERS YOUR MIND AND HEART TO ME. (1 Corinthians 14:18; John 16:13-15; 1 Corinthians 2:13) www.garycarpenter.org 3 www.alantaylorministries.org
I AM KNOWN BY MY FRUIT. AND THERE IS EVIDENCE I REALLY HAVE BEEN BAPTIZED IN THE HOLY GHOST; NOT JUST BECAUSE I SPEAK IN TONGUES, BUT BECAUSE I DIE TO MYSELF AND MY AMBITIONS. (Luke 6:44-45; Luke 22:42; 2 Corinthians 5:15; 1 Peter 4:1-2) I LAY HOLD OF WHAT YOU WANT ME TO DO WITH MY LIFE. PATIENCE DEVELOPS ME. I AM COMPLETE, MATURE, AND LACKING NOTHING. (Colossians 2:10; James 1:4; Ephesians 1:6) I AM NOT MOVED BY WHAT I SEE, FEEL, OR HEAR. I AM ONLY MOVED BY WHAT I BELIEVE, AND I BELIEVE YOUR WORD. YOUR WORD IS TRUTH. (Jonah 2:8; Colossians 1:21-23; Psalms 62:2-6; Hebrews 12:28; 2 Corinthians 5:7; John 17:17) NO PROBLEM IS BIGGER THAN THE WORD, NO PROBLEM IS BIGGER THAN ME. I AM FILLED WITH YOUR WORD. (Mark 9:23; Mark 10:27; John 1:14; Isaiah 27:6; Ephesians 1:17-23; Ephesians 3:19; Colossians 1:9) I LOOK AT ANY CIRCUMSTANCE, AND COUNT IT ALL JOY. MY FAITH, WHEN IT S PUT ON TRIAL, WORKS PATIENCE. I LET PATIENCE HAVE ITS PERFECT OR MATURE WORK, SO THAT I AM MATURE, ENTIRE, AND LACKING NOTHING. (James 1:2-4; 1 Peter 1:6-7) EVERY PLACE I AM CORNERED, FREEDOM IS WAITING THERE. IN WISDOM, I AM PEACEFUL; GENTLE; EASY TO BE INTREATED; WITHOUT HYPOCRISY. (1 Corinthians 10:13; John 8:36; James 3:17) YOU LOVE ME COMPLETELY. YOU CANNOT LOVE ME MORE. I RECEIVE THE LOVE YOU HAVE ALWAYS LOVED ME WITH; THE LOVE THAT COST JESUS EVERYTHING. IT INCREASES IN ME. (1 John 4:19; 1 John 4:16; Romans 5:5-8; Romans 8:35-39) MY SOUL IS FED BY THE PEACE GENERATING FROM THE LOVE OF GOD. (Isaiah 9:6-7; Isaiah 26:3; Isaiah 52:7/Romans 10:15; John 14:27; Romans 8:6; Romans 15:13) I LOVE PEOPLE WITH THE CAPACITY THAT JESUS HAD FOR ME, WHEN HE LOVED ME, AND HE GAVE HIMSELF FOR ME. (1 John 3:14-16; 1 John 5:1; Galatians 2:20; Luke 6:27) MY OWN INTELLECT COULD NOT HAVE COMPREHENDED YOUR MYSTERIES WITHOUT YOUR HELP. BUT BY GRACE, YOU HAVE PROVIDED THIS MEDIUM OF EXCHANGE PRAYING IN TONGUES. (Matthew 13:11; Acts 8:15; 1 Corinthians 2:12-15) www.garycarpenter.org 4 www.alantaylorministries.org
WHEN IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE FOR THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL TO SOW SEED AND REAP A CROP IN THE WILDERNESS, YOU PROVIDED MANNA. WHEN IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE FOR FALLEN MAN TO PROVIDE HIMSELF A SAVIOR, YOU PROVIDED THE BREAD OF LIFE; THE LIVING WORD. (Exodus 16:14; John 6:35; 48) YOUR PROVISION IS BY YOUR GRACE. AND YOU DID NOT LEAVE ME SUBJECT TO MY OWN INTELLECT OR THE WISDOM OF MAN. (Genesis 22:8; Matthew 10:9; Hebrews 11:40; John 7:16-17; Ephesians 4:14-16) LORD, YOU WARNED US ABOUT DECEPTION. PRAYING IN TONGUES IS MY INOCULATION AGAINST DECEPTION. I AM NOT ASHAMED OF PRAYING IN TONGUES, EVEN THOUGH THE DEVIL FIGHTS IT SO HARD. I AM PROUD TO CHOOSE TO SPEND TIME ALLOWING YOU TO PRAY THE PERFECT PLAN FOR MY LIFE. (Matthew 24:4-11; 24; Colossians 2:8; 1 Corinthians 14:39; 1 John 2:26-27) Jude 1:20 I AM BUILT UP ON MY MOST HOLY FAITH, PRAYING IN THE HOLY GHOST. (Jude 1:20) I ACTIVATE MY PRAYER LANGUAGE, AND YOU PRAY THE PERFECT PLAN FOR MY LIFE SO THE FATHER CAN ANSWER THAT PRAYER. (Romans 8:26-27; Hebrews 7:25) YOU BYPASS MY INTELLECT MY MIND, MY WILL AND EMOTIONS. YOUR LOVE GAVE ME EVERY TOOL THAT I NEED TO BE INDOCTRINATED BACK TO YOU; INDOCTRINATED TOWARDS YOU. (1 Corinthians 14:14; John 6:44; John 12:32; Romans 2:4; Mark 1:17) SATAN, THE DEVIL, HE COUNTERFEITED YOUR TOOLS AND GAVE ME RELIGION. RELIGION HAD ME BOUND, BUT NOW - MY SPIRIT PRAYS. YOU ARE MY COMFORTER. YOUR FORTIFY ME - BUILD ME INTO A FORT. MY SPIRIT PRAYS. YOU EDIFY ME. HOLY SPIRIT, YOU HELP MY INFIRMITIES. WHEN I DON T KNOW HOW TO PRAY AS I OUGHT, YOU MAKE INTERCESSION FOR ME WITH GROANINGS THAT CANNOT BE UTTERED. (Mark 4:15; 2 Corinthians 11:14; Galatians 1:8; John 14:16-26; John 15:26; Acts 9:31; 1 Corinthians 14:4; Romans 8:26-27) WHEN I PRAY IN THE UNKNOWN TONGUE, MY SPIRIT PRAYS. (1 Corinthians 14:14) www.garycarpenter.org 5 www.alantaylorministries.org
I KEEP ORDER WHEN I PRAY IN TONGUES. THERE ARE FOUR DIVERSITIES OF TONGUES TONGUES FOR INTERPRETATION, TONGUES FOR DEEP INTERCESSIONAL GROANINGS, TONGUES AS A SIGN FOR THE UNBELIEVER, AND TONGUES FOR PERSONAL EDIFICATION. (Ephesians 4:13; 1 Corinthians 14:4-5; 1 Corinthians 14:22; Romans 8:26) EXCEPT FOR TONGUES FOR PERSONAL EDIFICATION, LORD YOU CHOOSE THE TIME AND THE PLACE FOR THE OTHER THREE IN ORDER TO MINISTER TO THE CONGREGATION. BUT I CHOOSE TO PRAY IN TONGUES FOR PERSONAL EDIFICATION, ANY TIME, ON PURPOSE, JUST BECAUSE I WANT TO. (1 Corinthians 14:28 ; John 7:38-39) 1 Corinthians 14 WHEN I PRAY IN AN UNKNOWN TONGUE, MY SPIRIT PRAYS. I SPEAK IN AN UNKNOWN TONGUE, NOT TO MEN, BUT TO GOD. FOR NO MAN UNDERSTANDS ME; IN THE SPIRIT THOUGH, I SPEAK MYSTERIES. (1 Corinthians 14:2) IN THE SPIRIT, I PRAY THE MYSTERIES OF EVERYTHING CHRIST IS IN ME, TO ME, AND THROUGH ME MY HOPE OF GLORY. (Colossians 1:26-28) I WILL PRAY WITH THE SPIRIT, AND I WILL PRAY IN MY NORMAL LANGUAGE ALSO. I WILL SING IN THE SPIRIT, AND I WILL SING IN MY NORMAL LANGUAGE ALSO. THE ONLY LAW OR RULE I AM UNDER IS THE FREEDOM THAT ALLOWS ME TO CHOOSE WHAT YOU HAVE SOVEREIGNLY MADE AVAILABLE TO ME. (1 Corinthians 14:15; Colossians 3:16; John 14:26; 1 Corinthians 2:12; Romans 8:21; 2 Corinthians 3:17; 1 Peter 2:13-17) IN THE LAW OF LIBERTY, I FOLLOW AFTER AGAPE LOVE AND DESIRE SPIRITUAL GIFTS. (2 Corinthians 3:17; James 1:25; 1 Corinthians 14:1) THERE IS A TIME FOR TONGUES FOR INTERPRETATION, BUT I KEEP ORDER. THERE IS A TIME FOR TONGUES AS A SIGN TO THE UNBELIEVER, BUT I KEEP ORDER. THERE IS A TIME FOR TONGUES FOR DEEP, INTERCESSIONAL GROANINGS; BUT I KEEP ORDER. I KEEP THE ORDER YOU SET, HOLY SPIRIT. THE TIME I CHOOSE IS MY PRAYER TIME FOR EDIFICATION. (1 Corinthians 14:40) I COULD BE BUSY WITH MANY THINGS, BUT MY HUNGER FOR PRAYER INCREASES BECAUSE YOU GUARANTEE MY SUCCESS. I COULD SPEND MY TIME IN ANY NUMBER OF WAYS, BUT I CHOOSE YOU, HOLY SPIRIT. (John 16:13; Matthew 26:40; Ephesians 6:18) www.garycarpenter.org 6 www.alantaylorministries.org
YOU HAVE AGREED TO COME AND SPEND THE TIME I GIVE YOU, PRAYING FOR ME, COUNSELING ME, AND FELLOWSHIPPING WITH ME. MY ONE ON ONE RELATIONSHIP WITH YOU FILLS ME WITH HOPE. NOW FAITH IS THE SUBSTANCE OF THINGS HOPED FOR, THE EVIDENCE OF THINGS NOT SEEN. (Romans 11:33 12:1; Romans 15:13-14; 1 Corinthians 1:9; Philippians 2:13; 3:10; Philippians 4:6-8; Hebrews 11:1) PERFECT LOVE HAS CAST OUT ALL FEAR. (1 John 4:18) WHEN PAIN FEELS VERY REAL, WHEN CIRCUMSTANCES LOOK HOPELESS AND LOST, FACTS ARE NO MATCH FOR YOUR TRUTH. YOU LIVE BIG IN ME TODAY, HOLY SPIRIT, BRINGING ME IN LINE WITH THE LORDSHIP OF CHRIST JESUS. (1 Corinthians 2:16; 2 Corinthians 2:14; 2 Corinthians 4:18; 1 Peter 5:10) WHEN I WAS BORN AGAIN, I STILL HAD A LOT TO OVERCOME. MY MIND HAD TO BE RENEWED, MY SOUL SAVED WITH [THE] ENGRAFTED WORD. (Romans 12:2; 2 Corinthians 4:16; Ephesians 4:23; Colossians 3:10; Titus 3:5; James 1:21) WHEN I WAS A CHILD, I SPOKE AS A CHILD. I UNDERSTOOD AS A CHILD. I THOUGHT AS A CHILD. BUT WHEN I GREW, I PUT AWAY CHILDISH THINGS. (1 Corinthians 13:11) NOW, I SEE THROUGH A GLASS DARKLY; BUT WHEN WE ARE FACE TO FACE, THERE IS NO PART DARK. NOW, I KNOW IN PART; BUT WHEN WE ARE FACE TO FACE, I WILL KNOW AS I AM KNOWN. (1 Corinthians 13:12) IN THIS LIFE, I FACE RESISTANCE. IN THIS WORLD, THERE WILL BE TROUBLE. BUT I AM ABLE TO HEAR FROM YOU, HOLY SPIRIT. PROPHECY DELIVERS THE MIND OF CHRIST TO ME; TONGUES WITH INTERPRETATION IS EQUAL TO PROPHECY, BECAUSE IT DELIVERS THE MIND OF CHRIST. THE MIND OF CHRIST IS HIS RIGHT NOW INSTRUCTION. (John 16:33; John 16:13; Acts 16:7; 1 Corinthians 4:4-6) WHEN I RECEIVE MY GLORIFIED BODY, TONGUES WILL CEASE; PROPHECIES WILL BE DONE AWAY WITH. BUT HERE IN THIS LIFE, NO ONE WILL TELL ME HOLY SPIRIT, THAT I ONLY HAVE YOU IN A MEASURE. (1 Corinthians 13:8-10; John 3:34; Ephesians 4:13; Ephesians 3:19) EVEN THOUGH I DID NOT GET TO SIT AT THE FEET OF THE LORD JESUS LIKE THE ORIGINAL TWELVE, HE SAID SENDING YOU WOULD BE TO MY ADVANTAGE. (John 16:7; John 15:26) www.garycarpenter.org 7 www.alantaylorministries.org
LORD JESUS, YOU SAID, I AM GOING AWAY. I WILL GIVE YOU ANOTHER OF THE SAME SORT; THE COMFORTER. HE WILL LEAD YOU AND GUIDE YOU IN ALL TRUTH. HOLY SPIRIT, YOU ARE MY TEACHER. (John 14:16-29; 1 Corinthians 2:12-14) I CAN LEARN MORE, KNOW MORE, AND DO MORE NOW THAT I AM FILLED WITH THE HOLY GHOST. I HAVE THE SAME ANOINTING AND POWER, AND IT LIVES ON THE INSIDE OF ME. (John 14:12-16; John 17:21-23; 1 John 4:17; Luke 4:18) I HAVE THE ADVANTAGE OVER MY FLESH. I HAVE THE ADVANTAGE OVER MY OLD WAY OF THINKING. I HAVE THE ADVANTAGE OVER THE DEVIL AND THE WORLD. I HAVE THE ADVANTAGE OVER CIRCUMSTANCES. (Romans 8:9-17; Romans 12:1-2; Romans 6:22; Romans 8:37) HOLY SPIRIT, YOU MIGHT NOT TELL ME WHAT I WANT TO HEAR; BUT YOU WILL TELL ME WHAT I NEED TO HEAR. YOU LIVE ON THE INSIDE OF ME TO DISCIPLE ME, AND TO MAKE ME LIKE JESUS (Hebrews 12:5; Romans 8:29; Philippians 3:10; 2 Corinthians 3:18). HEAVENLY FATHER, THANK YOU FOR MY PLACE OF STRENGTH. I WILL BE ABOUT YOUR BUSINESS TODAY. YOUR KINGDOM COME. YOUR WILL BE DONE. (Luke 2:49; Acts 6:3; Romans 12:11; Matthew 6:10; Luke 11:2; Luke 19:13) Companion for Further Reference... The Walk of Spirit The Walk of Power: The Vital Role of Praying in Tongues by Dave Roberson. Available at www.daveroberson.org www.garycarpenter.org 8 www.alantaylorministries.org