4 Activation Principles To Access The Fruit Of The Holy Spirit

Christ’s Life in Us

The authors of the epistles wrote mainly about believers fulfilling their calling of being the new man in Christ Jesus. They emphasized that a Christian is a born-again spirit being living in a mortal fleshly body.

We are not to live from the fleshly desires and dictates of the carnal nature but to live in the Spirit and obey the desires and dictates of the divine nature we received from Christ (see 2 Pet. 1:4, Gal. 5:16-23). Several Scriptures speak of us being dead to sin and alive to God. I am crucified with Christ and now it is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me (see Gal. 2:20). Our life is hidden with Christ in God and Christ is our life (see Col. 3:3-4). When the Bible speaks of walking and living in the Spirit, it is talking about living the life of Christ. The more of His Spirit that is activated into our being, the more of the life of Christ we have and live.

My spirit language was given to me when my spirit was immersed/baptized in the Holy Spirit. Paul declared that when he prayed in tongues, “My spirit prays but my understanding is unfruitful” (1 Cor. 14:14). Though it is my spirit doing the talking in tongues, it is motivated, covered, enabled, and directed by the Holy Spirit. It is a gift given to my redeemed human spirit, but it does not function separately from God’s Spirit, for when I was joined to the Lord my born-again spirit became one with God’s Spirit. First Corinthians 6:17-20 reveals:

But he who is joined to the Lord is one spirit with Him. Flee sexual immorality. Every sin that a man does is outside the body, but he who commits sexual immorality sins against his own body. Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own? For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s.

Our body and spirit become Christ’s spirit-body, in which Christ lives His life and manifests His works on earth.

Activating the Fruit of the Spirit

The word activate means to make active or operative. It takes something from an inactive state and causes it to become functional. The majority of Christians allow the gift of the Holy Spirit and the gifts of the Holy Spirit that are within them to be inactive. They either desire to manifest the gifts but do not know how or they are like the servant who received one talent but was afraid to use it.

In the early 1980s I started teaching people how to use their gift of the Holy Spirit and gifts of the Spirit. Second Timothy 1:6 was one of the main Scriptures I used to challenge the saints. As we have seen, in this Scripture Paul challenged Timothy with the charge for him to “stir up the gift of God which is in you.” Rather than quote this Scripture every time to emphasize this truth, I chose the one word that exemplified the truth: “activate.” The word activate fully describes and expresses the same meaning as “stir up.”

We have developed more than fifty “activations” that activate the different manifestations of the Spirit that are within the saints. An activation is a faith action that a believer acts upon in order to activate a manifestation of the Spirit. The history of the New Testament Church is called the Book of Acts. It records all the acts the apostles did to establish the Church, live the life of Jesus, and do the works of Christ.

The First Activation—The Sinner’s Prayer

Having sinners repeat and pray the “sinner’s prayer” is the first activation established in the Church. Evangelical ministers are the ones who developed this activation. They would preach a salvation message to their audience and then give an invitation for sinners to come forward. The preacher would have them repeat what they called the “sinner’s prayer.” The minister would say the words of repentance one phrase at a time and the sinners would repeat what was said. They were instructed to believe in their hearts what they were confessing with their mouths. By all these actions—coming forward, standing, praying, and confessing their sins and accepting Jesus as their Savior—the minister would then assure them that they had been born again and their names were written in the Lamb’s book of life.

The sinner’s prayer activation imparts the gift of eternal life into a person’s spirit. It has proven to be a workable activation, because multimillions over hundreds of years have become children of God by praying the sinner’s prayer. Evangelicals developed this activation to receive the gift of eternal life.

The Second Activation

Pentecostals and Charismatics developed the activation for born-again Christians to receive the gift of the Holy Spirit with the evidence of speaking in tongues. The minister or leader would first teach on the scriptural reality of speaking in tongues. He would then have the seekers ask the Lord to give them the gift of the Holy Spirit with speaking in tongues. Then the minister would lay hands on them, praying and declaring for them to receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. If a seeker did not begin to speak immediately in tongues, then he or she was encouraged and instructed how to exercise his faith to receive the gift (see Luke 11:12-13).

Activation for the Gifts of the Holy Spirit

The Prophetic-Apostolic Movement ministers developed the activation for activating Spirit-baptized saints in the gifts of the Holy Spirit. The Lord gave me a revelation and sovereign experience in the 1970s that enabled me to develop the activation for saints ministering the manifestations of the Holy Spirit. We called it an “activation” for prophetic ministry because we majored in the ministry of prophesying. The activation consists of teaching, activating, and training saints to share with another person some thoughts from the heart of God and mind of Christ. It is called “one-to-one sharing” and is based on First Peter 4:10, “As each one has received a gift, minister it one to another....” This activation has proven to be as true and workable in activating saints in the gifts of the Spirit as the “sinner’s prayer” has been in activating the gift of eternal life.

Tested, Tried, and Proven True

I trained others to use this activation and now our 3,000 Christian International ministers and equipped saints have activated more than 250,000 believers into prophetic ministry. When I speak of prophetic-apostolic ministry I am speaking of all the manifestations of the Holy Spirit. This prophetic ministry is for all saints, just as the gift of eternal life is for all sinners and the gift of the Holy Spirit is for all Christians who will believe and receive. Apostle Paul declared, “The manifestation of the Spirit is given to each one [believer] for the profit of all.” He also stated, “You can all prophesy” and, “As each one has received a gift, minister it to one another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God” (1 Cor. 12:7; 14:31; 1 Pet. 4:10).

Activations Exercise Spiritual Senses

To be activated means that you are doing a spiritual exercise which activates your spiritual senses. Hebrews 5:12-14 speaks of Christians who have become dull of hearing and are not growing and maturing in Christ’s life and ministry. They have remained baby Christians who can only partake of milk and not solid food. For solid food belongs to those who are of full age, that is, those “who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.”

I teach at our training sessions that we practice “ESS” and “ESG,” but not “ESP.” We practice activating our faith, Exercising our Spiritual Senses (ESS), and Exercising Spiritual Gifts (ESG), but we do not promote the psychic practice of Extra Sensory Perception (ESP). To discern good is to discern and determine the thoughts of God, the gifts of the Spirit, and what is a manifestation of the Holy Spirit. To discern evil is to discern a demonic suggestion, including demonic influence on the imagination of man or the natural man’s spirit and ideas. Natural man trying to manifest spiritual things from his psychic and soulish realms is what some call “being in the flesh” and not “in the Spirit.”

Spiritual Discernment vs. The Gift of Discerning of Spirits

Not only must we learn to discern between good and evil, but we must learn to discern what is naturally good but not necessarily God. It requires a spiritual and mature person to be able to discern the difference between a good idea and a God idea. Spiritual discernment is not the same as the gift of the discerning of spirits. Spiritual discernment is an ability acquired through the experience of exercising our spiritual senses in activations until we are mature and skilled in discerning whether something is of God or not of God.

For example, Zerubbabel was wondering how he would finish the building of the temple and all the work that God wanted him to do. The word of the Lord came to him with this declaration, “‘Not by might, nor by power, but by My Spirit,’ says the Lord of Hosts” (Zech. 4:6). The might and power of man’s own wisdom and strength cannot do the work of God. It requires the enablement and work of the Holy Spirit to accomplish the work of the Lord. One reason this book is being written is to help believers receive more of the Spirit of God so they can be more like Jesus and accomplish the greater works of Christ. We must discover the activator to spiritual power in order to increase our spirituality and discernment in knowing the mind of Christ and manifesting the supernatural power of God (see 1 Cor. 2:10-16).

The Great Activator

As we mentioned in Chapter 1, Jesus was the greatest gift God could find to give to humankind. The Holy Spirit was the greatest gift Jesus could give to the Church. The Holy Spirit searched all that God is and has to find the best and greatest gift He could give a child of God living on earth. He evaluated all of God’s wisdom, power, attributes, and resources. They were all great, but could He give each one everything? At last He discovered the greatest gift He could give. It was the gift that could activate any and all of the attributes of God. He would give to the individual saint that which could activate and appropriate all the blessings of God. It would be the great activator.

On that great Pentecostal feast day the Holy Spirit birthed the Church that Jesus had purchased with His own life’s blood. The Holy Spirit then gave each member of the Church His own personal gift for them. He baptized their spirits with the ability to pray in an intelligent communicating language. They would pray in languages of angels and men—languages never learned with their natural minds. Their spirit languages would bypass their natural minds and go directly to God. This gift would provide spirit-to-Spirit communication. It was the greatest and most beneficial gift that the Holy Spirit could possibly give to the individual child of God. Believers now had another Helper that would help them relate to God and appropriate all that Jesus provided for His Church. The Holy Spirit’s gift of the believer’s spirit language is the great activator to appropriate all that the believer is to be and do.

Four Ingredients in the Formula for Activating

Every formula that produces a desired result has to have the right ingredients in the proper amounts. To produce water you must have the ingredients of two parts hydrogen and one part oxygen, or H2O. All chemists know the reality of this—and so do homemakers who bake cakes.

Like ingredients in a formula, there are four principles involved in an activation that must be practiced for it to be workable. The first three are the preparation and foundation for the fourth, while the fourth is the actual act or activation. I have used these four principles to activate thousands in prophetic ministry and the gifts of the Holy Spirit. These are the same four principles that are involved in the activation called the sinner’s prayer. The same four principles are involved in receiving and manifesting spiritual gifts and the fruit of the Holy Spirit.

The Four Activation Principles

1. Hear and Understand the Biblical Truth on the Matter

Romans 10:17

“Faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.” Word here refers to a rhema—a Spirit-quickened word.

John 8:32

“And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.” The truth of what is available to us makes us free to believe for it.

Ephesians 3:3

“…by revelation He made known to me the mystery...”

Jude 1:20

“…building yourselves up on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit.” Spirit language praying brings revelation and builds up faith.

2. Believe in the Heart

Romans 10:8-10

Faith is located in the heart and with the heart man believes. Head-intellect cannot believe; it can only gather faith-building material.

Matthew 12:34

“…out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.”

John 6:28

What must we do to work the works of Christ? Believe!

Mark 9:23

“If you can believe, all things are possible to him who believes.”

John 5:4

Believing faith is the victory and the medium of exchange for all heavenly things, just as money is the medium of exchange for all earthly things.

First Corinthians 14:4; Jude 1:20

Spirit language praying builds up one’s spirit and increases faith within the believer, taking him or her from faith to greater faith.

3. Speak With the Mouth

Genesis 1–2

God created all of earth’s creation by His spoken word.

Romans 10:8-10

Faith is in the mouth and mouth confession produces salvation. Words spoken with heart-faith activate that which is spoken into manifestation.

Psalm 116:10

“I believed, therefore I spoke.” Words from the mouth reveal the amount of faith in the heart. Words are faith’s measuring stick.

Proverbs 18:21

“Death and life are in the power of the tongue.” The words we speak activate faith or deaden it, resulting in spirit manifestations or works of the flesh.

4. Take Action

One’s whole being unified in faith-action activates and obtains. James 2:14-26: Eight times “faith” is declared dead (non-faith) without action.

v. 14

Faith without works does not profit.

v. 17

Faith by itself without works is dead.

v. 18

I demonstrate my faith by my works.

v. 20

“Do you want to know, O foolish man, that faith without works is dead?”

v. 21

The faith of Abraham was working together with his works/action and by works his faith was made perfect (no biblical faith without action).

v. 24

A man is justified by works/action and not by faith only.

v. 26

“For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.”

The first principle of an activation is having a proper biblical education on the scriptural fact that the gift is for every believer and it can be received by faith. A conscientious and sincere Christian will not and cannot believe for something unless they are convinced that it is according to God’s Word and will. The main subject of this book is biblical understanding on the gift of the Holy Spirit. When a person does not have a thorough comprehension of the power and purpose of praying in his spirit language then he rarely prays in tongues. And when he does pray in tongues it is not done in faith with understanding of what is being accomplished. Therefore, there is first the need of biblical understanding concerning the matter of speaking in unknown tongues. When the biblical truth is understood it sets the Christian free from doubt and fear concerning the gift. It gives him assurance and security to receive the Holy Spirit’s gift of the spirit language.

The second principle for receiving the gift of the Holy Spirit or manifesting the supernatural works of Christ Jesus is to believe with the heart. The natural mind is not designed to believe. Its job is to gather all the scriptural proof, teaching, preaching, and testimonials on the subject and send the information to the heart in a convincing manner. The Bible does not say that hearing the word is faith, but it does say “faith comes” by hearing and receiving a rhema-word. Faith is like a seed; it is planted in the heart and nourished until it sprouts. Then it is cultivated until it is matured for harvest, when it is able to procure whatever has been requested. Faith comes to the place where it is strong and positive enough to do its job.

There are three levels of faith: 1) Saving faith or initial faith for salvation. 2) The fruit of faith, of which everyone is given a measure or seed that can be grown to the place it produces edible fruit. 3) The gift of faith, which is one of the supernatural manifestations of the Spirit. The fruit of faith is all that is necessary for most activations.

The third principle is speaking with our mouth. The believer must know that the gift is for him and then believe in his heart for it, but he will still not possess it without the next activation principle of speaking with the mouth. With the heart man believes unto righteousness (see Rom. 10:10). Believing in the heart puts the person in the right relationship with God, the right position, the right attitude, and the right thinking. But believing with the heart without speaking with the mouth does not possess or produce. With the mouth, confession is made unto saving, delivering, producing, possessing, and becoming that for which the heart believes.

If you want to know how much faith you have for what you have requested in prayer, listen to your mouth when you speak about the matter. Faith speaks and calls those things that are not as though they already are. Faith is a present tense word. NOW faith is! Faith is now! Faith is the substance or the assurance of the thing hoped for and faith is the evidence of that which cannot be seen (see Heb. 11:1). Hope believes for the future, but faith believes for the present. Faith is motivated by the Spirit and acts only on the Word of God. The more of the Spirit and Word we activate into our lives, the more of Christ’s presence and power we will have and demonstrate. Praying in our spirit language plays a vital role in producing the power and presence of God in our lives.

The fourth principle is taking action. You can know the truth, believe it in your heart and talk about it with your mouth, but if you do not take action nothing happens like it is supposed to. According to Apostle James, there is no true faith without corresponding action. Faith is not just a mental attitude, but an action taken. All actions may not be faith motivated, but it is certain that one cannot have living biblical faith without action. For faith without works is profitless and nonproductive (see James 2:14-26). In fact, professed faith that does not take action is as dead as a human body without a living spirit within it. There are live human bodies and there are dead human bodies. There is dead inactive faith and there is living active faith. So how do we activate our faith into being alive, profitable, and productive?

Understanding Biblical Terminology

Praying with the spirit or praying in the Holy Spirit is saying the same thing as praying in tongues or with your spirit language. Praying in tongues is a spirit operation; it activates your spirit into active service. The fruit of the Spirit mentioned in Galatians 5:22-23 originate from the Spirit, are attributes of the Spirit, and are a Spirit operation. They are just as supernatural as the nine gifts of the Spirit as both are given and manifested by the Spirit. The nine gifts or manifestations of the Spirit listed in First Corinthians 12:8-10 originate in the Holy Spirit, are manifestations of the Spirit, and are gifts given to the saints by the Holy Spirit.

The Spirit Language Builds Up One’s Faith

Jude wrote a letter to Christians exhorting them to build themselves up in their most holy faith by praying in their spirit languages. “But you, beloved, building yourselves up on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit, keep yourselves in the love of God” (Jude 1:20). The love of God is poured into our hearts by the Holy Spirit who has been given to us (see Rom. 5:5). These Scriptures reveal that love and faith are activated by the spirit language that the Holy Spirit has given us. Love and faith are two of the nine fruits of the Holy Spirit, which the Scriptures say are imparted and activated by praying in tongues. Therefore, all nine of the fruits of the Holy Spirit are shown to be activated and increased within us by praying in our spirit language.

The Fruit of Love

The Holy Spirit’s fruit of love is more than a fruit. For the Scripture declares that God is Love (see 1 John 4:8, 16). So the more of God’s love we receive, the more godly we will be. Fear is one of the greatest hindrances to Christians living the life of Christ and manifesting the supernatural. The solution is more love, because there is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. If a person is still fearful, then they have not been made perfect in love (see 1 John 4:2–5:3). If we really know the love of Christ in its width and length, depth and height, it will enable us to be filled with the fullness of God and continually be strengthened with might by His Spirit in the inner man (see Eph. 3:16-19).

The thirteenth chapter of First Corinthians makes God’s love more valuable, needed, and important to have than anything else. In fact, every action and ministry that is not motivated by love counts for nothing in God’s sight. The only thing that counts is faith which works by love (see Gal. 5:6). The Word of God declares that we can be Charismatics speaking with the tongues of men and angels, but if we do not have love, we become no more than noise, like sounding brass or clanging cymbals. It reveals we can be Prophetic-Apostolic saints with the gift of prophecy and can understand all mysteries, but if we have not love we are nothing. We can be “Faith People” with faith to move mountains, but if we have not the love of God working in us, we count for nothing in God’s sight. It declares we can be modernistic Protestants or Catholics with a great humanitarian concern to the extent that we bestow all our goods to feed the poor or even allow our bodies to be burned, but if we have not love all this effort profits us nothing (see 1 Cor. 13:13).

This agape love that is so necessary is not just an emotional compassionate feeling but consists of the very attributes of God and the character of Christ. Paul does not leave us wondering what love is; he uses several words to describe what God’s love really is:

Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

Love never fails. But whether there are prophecies, they will fail; whether there are tongues, they will cease; whether there is knowledge, it will vanish away.

And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love (1 Corinthians 13:4-8, 13).

Love alone includes most of the attributes in the fruit of the Spirit. That is one reason love is declared to be the greatest.

Apostle John recorded Jesus’ words that we demonstrate that we love God and have His love in us when we keep the commandments of God and love the brethren (see John 15:9-10). The feeling of love is good, but the works of love are greater. If we love God, we will keep His commandments. One of the commandments of Jesus to His disciples was, “He commanded them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father” (Acts 1:4). Jesus knew that the promise of the Father was the gift of the Holy Spirit, and when the disciples received the gift of their spirit language they would have the ability to keep themselves in the love of God. They could increase the receiving and demonstrating of God’s love by praying in the Holy Spirit’s gift since He is the One who appropriates and distributes God’s love and the gifts of the Spirit.

Paul declared that the love of God is poured into our heart and increased by the Holy Spirit and His gift (tongues) which He has given to us. We can be filled with more of God’s love as we pray more in our spirit language. If you really want to grow in love, then invest more time praying in tongues (see Rom. 5:5).

The Fruit of Joy

The Kingdom of God is righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit (see Rom. 14:7). Jesus said to His disciples, “These things I have spoken to you, that My joy may remain in you, and that your joy may be full” (John 15:11). Joy is about more than making us feel good, “for the joy of the Lord is your strength” (Neh. 8:10). Joy enables us to fulfill the scriptural command to “be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might” (Eph. 6:10). We are to “rejoice always… in everything give thanks” (1 Thess. 5:16, 18). The place of joy is in His presence, where we are filled with Christ’s presence, as we pray in our spirit language. There is nothing more important than to be filled with the presence of God. God inhabits the praises of His people with His presence (see Ps. 22:3). Apostle Paul said, “I will sing with the spirit, and I will also sing with the understanding” (1 Cor. 14:15). Worshiping and singing praises to God in tongues causes our inner being to be filled with the presence of God.

Speaking of the Wonderful Works of God Brings Joy

The 120 who spoke in other tongues on the Day of Pentecost were all local people who spoke Hebrew, and some of them may have known another language such as Greek. Acts 2:5 says there were Jews gathered in Jerusalem from every nation. But the ones who were speaking in tongues were all Galileans. It lists about fourteen of the different dialects and languages represented. The Jews from the nations were amazed and marveled that they were hearing these Galileans speaking in their language. They said, “We hear them speaking in our own tongues the wonderful works of God” (Acts 2:11). The point in rehearsing the original outpouring of the disciples speaking in other tongues is for us to take notice that they were speaking “the wonderful works of God.”

Paul revealed that when we pray in tongues it could be in a heavenly tongue of angels or a language of some tribe or nation on earth. I have heard many testimonies of people understanding the “other tongues” that a person was speaking, meaning that they were speaking in an actual human language that they had never studied. In every instance, the person who could understand the language said the one speaking was expressing much praise to God and talking of His wonderful works.

When we pray in tongues we are speaking praises to God which God inhabits with His presence. In His presence is fullness of joy. We can increase the amount of the fruit of joy in our lives by praying in our spirit language.

The Fruit of Peace

The peace of God is so essential in so many areas of our lives. The peace of God keeps our hearts and minds and surpasses all understanding (see Phil. 4:6). It is a characteristic of the spiritual mind. “To be spiritually minded is life and peace” (Rom. 8:6). Peace is an indicator of the leading of the Lord. “For you shall go out with joy, and be led out with peace” (Isa. 55:12). Jesus is the Prince of Peace and the King of Peace (see Isa. 9:6; Heb. 7:2). Jesus told His disciples, “Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you” (John 14:27). “And the God of peace will crush Satan under your feet shortly” (Rom. 16:20). Perfect peace has those whose mind is stayed on the Lord (see Isa. 26:3). The Kingdom of God is peace in the Holy Spirit (see Rom. 14:17). Praying in one’s spirit language activates the fruit of peace in our heart and illuminates our minds with the peace that surpasses all understanding. You can sense the peace of God flooding your soul as you pray for some time in your spirit language.

In my position as Bishop over thousands of ministers and five major organizations, plus my family and personal life, I am continually bombarded with reports that could take away my peace. When you first hear a bad report, it immediately gives a heart-sickening feeling, anxiety, worry, and definitely not a sense of peace. In order to counteract the bad report, I begin immediately to pray in my spirit language until His peace is activated and supersedes the feelings brought by the bad report. My heart and mind are then cleared to remember the positive promises of God, and my inner being is filled with the presence of God.

The outward life is continually challenging our inner lives with the negative things of this world. The major way we can defend ourselves against these attacks and overcome the devilish world is to be reinforced on the inside and build a force field around us with the shield of faith. The shield of faith could be illustrated by the fictional Star Trek Enterprise ship, which has an inner generator that can generate a force field around the ship. Spirit-baptized Christians have an inner generator that can produce a force field around us with the shield of faith. As we continue to pray in tongues it generates the peace of God within and enables us to fulfill the scriptural command to “Let the peace of God rule in your hearts” (Col. 3:15).

The Fruit of Faith

The fruit of faith and love are the two key fruits. Love is the motivator and faith is the appropriator. Love motivates but faith appropriates. Galatians 5:6 says the only thing that counts with God is faith motivated by love. The Bible magnifies faith and love as the two most needed attributes of God. The fruit of faith is the same faith that is one of the pieces of the Christian’s armor. In the description of the armor, the Scripture says, “above all, taking the shield of faith with which you will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one” (Eph. 6:16). Apostle John, who is known as the apostle of love, mentioned love more than one hundred times in his writings. Though his emphasis was love, he declared that faith is the victory that overcomes (see 1 John 5:4). The Scriptures reveal that without love we are nothing, and without faith we can do nothing (see 1 Cor. 13:1-3; Heb. 11:6). These two enable us to be and do—to be like Christ and do His wonderful works.

Faith is the currency of Heaven, but love is the printing press that produces the currency. Counterfeit money is that which is not printed by the government of the nation. Faith that is not motivated by the love of God is a counterfeit faith. We must make sure our faith is motivated and working by love.

Nevertheless, faith works regardless of its motivation. Jesus continually said, “According to your faith let it be to you” and, “If you can believe, all things are possible to him who believes” (Matt. 9:29; Mark 9:23). Jesus never gave any qualifications in order for faith to receive from God and manifest His power. Paul said that we are to minister in prophecy according to the proportion of our faith (see Rom. 12:6). It was God’s love that gave the gifts to the Holy Spirit to distribute to the saints. Though they were given by the love of God, they are ministered by the faith of the believer.

The Faith Increaser

Jesus’ disciples asked Him to increase their faith. Instead of touching them and imparting more faith, He revealed to them that He was going to send another Helper—the gift of the Holy Spirit. Jesus knew that the Holy Spirit’s gift of a spirit language would have the ability and ministry of building faith within His followers. It would work like a battery charger charging a battery, a pony motor on a big CaterpillarTM, and a power-producing plant within them. If we really want to see our faith increase, then we must use the means by which the Holy Spirit gave—praying in tongues with our spirit language.

The two greatest ways to increase faith are with the Word of God and the Spirit of God. We can fill our heart and mind with the Word and empower our spirit by praying in tongues. The Word is the wood but the spirit language is what sets it on fire. We can grow the fruit of faith by continually hearing the Word of God and praying more often and for longer periods of time in our spirit language.

The Fruit of Longsuffering, Kindness, Goodness, Gentleness, and Temperance

Those who have these fruits within their lives would have the same traits as those who truly are “ladies” and “gentlemen.”

They are good, kind, gentle, full of patience, and full of self-control. Many pages could be written on the virtues of these remaining fruits of the Spirit. However the purpose of this book is not to give a long treatise on each, but to show that they can be activated and increased in our lives by praying in our spirit language. The fruit of the Spirit comes into a person when they are born of the Spirit. They are planted in our lives as nine different seeds that are to be watered and cultivated until they grow to maturity. They are to infiltrate our nature and personality until they become our new nature and way of life.

The Apostle Peter declared:

…by which have been given to us exceedingly great and precious promises, that through these you may be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.

But also for this very reason, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue, to virtue knowledge, to knowledge self-control, to self-control perseverance, to perseverance godliness, to godliness brotherly kindness, and to brotherly kindness love. For if these things are yours and abound, you will be neither barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. For he who lacks these things is shortsighted, even to blindness, and has forgotten that he was cleansed from his old sins.

Therefore, brethren, be even more diligent to make your call and election sure, for if you do these things you will never stumble; for so an entrance will be supplied to you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ (2 Peter 1:4-11).

This exhortation of Apostle Peter on the need of adding and growing the attributes of God should convince us to grow in the fruit of the Spirit in every way that we possibly can. He said that if we have these in operation we will never stumble. But if we do not have the fruit and add to it then we are shortsighted and on the verge of being blinded. However, if we act upon his exhortation, he gives us the assurance that an eternal entrance into Christ’s everlasting Kingdom would be abundantly supplied to us.

Thank Father God for giving us His Son for our redemption. Let us be appreciative to Jesus for giving the Holy Spirit to His Church for birthing, enlightening, empowering, and maturing. We can really be personally thankful that the Holy Spirit chose the greatest gift for us to have as individual Christians. The gift of our spirit language germinates and grows the fruit of the Spirit, which keeps us from stumbling and maintains 20/20 vision in our calling and life in Christ. If there were not all the other numerous benefits for praying in tongues, the ones mentioned in this chapter should be more than enough to motivate us to pray as much as we possibly can in our spirit language.