YIELD TO GOD:
Yield your tongue to God in praise and worship. As you praise Him audibly you may first
experience stammering lips. As you continue to yield your tongue to the Holy Spirit and He will
speak through you words foreign to your understanding. This is the confirming physical sign of
Holy Spirit baptism:
For with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to this people.
(Isaiah 28:11)And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other
tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance. (Acts 2:4)REQUEST THE PRAYERS OF OTHER BELIEVERS:
The Holy Spirit can be received through the laying on of hands (Acts 8,9,19) or without the
laying on of hands (Acts 2,4,10). Study these chapters which show how Spirit-filled believers
can help you experience baptism in the Holy Spirit.
IMPORTANCE OF THE EXPERIENCE
Baptism in the Holy Spirit is important because it enables you to become a powerful witness of
the Gospel message:
But ye shall receive power after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and
ye shall be witnesses unto me, both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in
Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth. (Acts 1:8)And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out
devils; they shall speak with new tongues;They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not
hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick and they shall recover.
(Mark 16:17-18)
The Holy Spirit also gives special spiritual gifts and develops spiritual fruit in your life. These
gifts and fruit are the subject of the remaining chapters of this study.