Discipleship Training Course

PHASE 1 – TAKE THE JOURNEY
1 Corinthians 14:5 I wish you could all speak in tongues, but even
more I wish you could all prophesy. For prophecy is greater than
speaking in tongues, unless someone interprets what you are
saying so that the whole church will be strengthened.
1 Corinthians 14:27 No more than two or three should speak in
tongues. They must speak one at a time, and someone must
interpret what they say.
If a believer cannot speak in tongues, it does not necessarily mean
that he or she is not filled with the Holy Spirit. However, the promise
of being able to speak in tongues is for all believers and should be
pursued and desired by all believers.
Who may receive the gift of the Holy Spirit?
Reborn Believers who are Disciples of Jesus Christ
Anyone who thirsts and beliefs.
John 7:37-39 On the last and greatest day of the festival, Jesus
stood and said in a loud voice, ―Let anyone who is thirsty come to
me and drink. Whoever believes in me, as Scripture has said, rivers
of living water will flow from within them. ‖By this he meant the
Spirit, whom those who believed in him were later to receive. Up to
that time the Spirit had not been given, since Jesus had not yet
been glorified.
They who ask.
Luke 11:13 If you then, though you are evil, know how to give
good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in
heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him!‖
How does one receive baptism in the Holy Spirit?
1. You have to be born again.
2. Wait on God. Either alone, or with other Christians who will
pray with you. Acknowledge the presence of God and
praise and worship Him.
3. Pray a prayer of invitation. In a simple fervent prayer ask
Jesus to fill you with the Holy Spirit, or if somebody else is
praying for you, agree with that prayer and be expectant.
4. Receive the Holy Spirit by faith. Surrender your whole being
to Him, spirit, body, soul. This is total surrender to the Holy
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