Episode 3: Prayer To Receive The Holy Spirit And The Gift Of Speaking In Tongues

Prayer to Receive the Holy Spirit and the Gift of Speaking in Tongues

Heavenly Father I come before you in the name of Jesus Christ.

Confessing sins and repentance

• Lord it is written that when we repent of our sins and turn to God, and are baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, then you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. Father, I come to you today in the name of Jesus. I confess my sins and ask for your forgiveness (Acts 2:38)
• You said that if I confess my sins, you are faithful and just to forgive me of my sins and to cleanse me from all unrighteousness. (1 John 1:9; 2 Chronicles 7:14)
• I confess all my sins (list them out). I confess every sin that I can remember and the sins I cannot remember. I confess the sins I know are sin and the sins I did not know were sins. I confess the sins I committed knowingly and the sins that I committed ignorantly.
• I repent from all the sins I have committed. I do not make any excuses for them and I do not justify them.
• Lord, just like you washed Peter’s feet, please wash me clean from the soles of my feet to the top of my head. Wash my sins away with your blood, cleanse me of all unrighteousness, clothe me in your garments of righteousness and reconcile me back to my Heavenly Father. (Isaiah 61:10; Job 29:14; Zechariah 3:4; John 13:1-10)
• Though my sins are like scarlet, make them white as snow. Though my sins are red like crimson, make them like wool in the name of Jesus (Isaiah 1:18)
• I accept the gift of salivation that you have given me through Jesus Christ and I accept Jesus as my Lord and Saviour from this moment.
  

Asking for the gift of the Holy Spirit

• Lord because of your mercy, you have washed away my sins, giving me a new birth and new life through the Holy Spirit (Titus 3:5) and evidence that I belong to you (Romans 8:9).
• Lord it is written that when we believe and receive Christ through the gospel of your salvation, then we are marked in Him with a seal, which is the promised Holy Spirit, who is the guarantee of our inheritance in you (Ephesians 1:13-14) and that unless one is born of water and the Spirit they cannot enter into the kingdom of God (John 3:5). Lord please seal me with your Holy Spirit, guarantee my inheritance in you with the presence of your Holy Spirit in my life.
• You said that you would leave us with a Helper who will abide with us forever (John 14:16) and teach us all things and bring to us remembrance all the things that you have said (John 14:26). He is the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father and testifies of you (John 15:26). Lord, please send me the Holy Spirit to help me, guide me, lead me, comfort me, reveal the truth to me and remind me of your laws, your commandments and your teachings (Romans 8:14). May your Holy Spirit help me to know the things that have been freely given to me by you (1 Corinthians 2:12-13). May the Holy Spirit intercede for me in my hour of need (Romans 8:27).
• Lord, now that I am a new creation in Christ (2 Corinthians 5:17) may your Holy Spirit help me to take control of my flesh. May I be controlled by the Holy Spirit that will reside in me (Romans 8:9) Help me to start producing the fruit of the Holy Spirit in my life. Help me to have more love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. Help me to crucify my flesh with its passions and desires daily. Help me to walk in step with the Holy Spirit in every moment (Galatians 5:25)

Speaking in tongues

• Lord your word says one of the evidences of receiving the Holy Spirit is speaking in tongues. During Pentecost, the early church was filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues (Acts 2:4; Mark 16:17; 1 Corinthians 12:11 & 30) and that this gift is available to all who believe in the gospel of Jesus Christ (Acts 10:44-47; 19:6).
• Lord fill me up with your Holy Spirit and may this be evidenced by me speaking in tongues. May I speak mysteries into the spirit realm (1 Corinthian 14:2). May I be edified spiritually (1 Corinthians 14:4) and may you reveal mysteries to me (1 Corinthians 2:9-12) and build my faith through your Spirit (Jude 20)

Conclusion

• Lord give me an undivided heart and put a new spirit in them; remove my heart of stone and give me a heart of flesh (Ezekiel 11:19)
• Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me (Psalms 51:10)
• Holy Spirit, I give you permission to take up residence in my body, for my body is your temple (1 Corinthians 6:9)
• Holy Spirit, I give you permission to take up residence in my mind
• Holy Spirit, I give you permission to take up residence in my emotions
• Holy Spirit, I give you permission to take up residence in my will
• Holy Spirit, I give you permission to guide me and protect me and rule over me in the name of Jesus Christ. Lord thank you for the gift of the Holy Spirit.