Anonymous comments on I Have Been Wondering About Spiritual Gifts And The Holy Spirit

I’m so glad to have read this because I’ve been wondering the same thing about the Holy Spirit. But I’ve been wondering what the actual baptism of the Holy Spirit is like and when does it happen.

Trophy of Grace replies…

I have heard different stories from people about their experience with the Baptism of the Holy Spirit. Some are amazing stories where the person was reading the Word alone in their room and they read a verse that the Lord led them to and then they immediately felt the presence of God, they began to tremble, they fall out in the presence of God and next thing they know they are speaking words they never heard before.

I have been in services where the pastor or teacher asks for those who want to receive the baptism of the Holy Spirit to come forward so that they could pray for them. The people go forward and some fall down shaking, praying in tongues and crying tears of joy. While others stood with their hands in the air praising God in their known language and then in unknown tongues.

As for me..I went to a service and there was a call to the altar for those who wanted to receive the baptism of the Holy Spirit. I went up and lifted my hands in worship and began to praise God as I waited for the woman of God who was praying for the other woman to get to me. She came and laid her hands on me and prayed over me. She then said begin to speak in your new heavenly language and I did. I began to speak words that I had never heard before. At first I was a little unsure so I stopped..but then it was after that expereince that I would wake up in the middle of the night with my hands up in the air and I would hear myself speaking in this new language. I knew that something had happened. I knew that the Holy Spirit had filled me with His presence and power.

Just a side note that I want to share.. This experience came to me at a time when I was really seeking God’s face like I had never before. I was desiring a closer relationship and a divine encounter with Him. I had been reading alot about the Penecost events. I was surrendered to Him in a way that I never been before then. I was asking Him to show Himself real to me in a new and powerful way. I wanted to experience the same power that the first believers did and I believed with all my heart that this same power was available to me. I knew that God was no respector of persons that what He did with them He would do for me too.

It was after this experience in the chapel that day that I began to have a better understanding of the bible. My spiritual gifts became more accute. I was bolder in my faith and my conviction to serve God and to be used by Him. I was changed and I wanted to walk in my calling. I wanted to really be used by Him to help others get set free from sin’s power. I wanted others to know Jesus too. I began to have the same desire that our Lord has..that none would perish but that all would repent and be saved. I was on fire for Christ Jesus. Others around me could feel the peace and knew that I was different.(2 Peter 3:9)

When does it happen? For some it happens when they first believe in Jesus Christ. (Acts 10:44-46, 11:15-16) For others it happens later on. (Acts 8:12-17)

I would suggest that you really start reading and meditating on the book of Acts. Take some time out of your life to just pray, fast, and seek God about this. Ask the Holy Spirit to teach you more about this expereince and to reveal Himself to you. Ask God the Father to fill you with the with boldness and power to preach His Word and to heal the broken hearted and the sick. (Acts 4:27-31) Surrender yourself completely to God and ask Him to give you the power of the Holy Spirit, to fill you to over flowing with Him, and He will. You just need to believe!

Luke 11:11-13 says, “You fathers—if your children ask for a fish, do you give them a snake instead? Or if they ask for an egg, do you give them a scorpion? Of course not! So if you sinful people know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him.”

I will be praying for you too sister.

Sincerely,

Trophy of Grace

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