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"We do not see our signs; there is no longer any prophet, and there is none among us who knows how long."  —Psa. 74:9 

Psalm 74 is a cry for the loss of Israel’s supernatural SIGNS of GOD’s Presence.  The absence of their signs was evidence they had drifted away from GOD, and lost His favor, and unique identity among the nations.  But hundreds of years later the promised Messiah came.  And after the resurrection of Jesus Christ the Holy Spirit entered the world, and the NT Church was born with the supernatural Signs of GOD’s Presence flowing out from within it.

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"But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may SHOW FORTH the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light." —1Pet. 2:9 

The Body of Christ was called the Church of Acts because GOD’S ACTS through its members were SIGNS that their life came from Heaven.  The OT Signs that would come upon Israel when they’d  obey the LORD.  But these Signs flow from within us, and don’t just declare we’re the House of GOD, but that, God is in the house!  The Signs of the NT Church tell the world who we are, and Who we belong to.  Most church Signs today indicate what denomination they belong to and theology they serve.  Most church signs today basically declare, “Thank You, GOD; we’ll take it from here.”

There is no scriptural evidence that God ever intended to turn His Heaven-Born Spirit-Connected Church over to an earthly institution.  WE are to be Living Signs of what GOD is DOING, not what we’ve STOPPED DOING.  Therefore until He returns These SIGNS of GOD’s Possession should flow from us.  If we don’t see these signs today we should cry out in prayer to GOD for reconnection, until our SIGNS manifest once again.

#3 Speaking In Other Tongues –

 ”These SIGNS will accompany those who have believed: in My name they will cast out demons, they will speak with new tongues;..." —Mark 16:17 

 The Baptism in the Holy Spirt was the 1st Manifest SIGN that Jesus was going to continue His ministry through His followers.  The 120 in the Upper Room were already “saved”.  They weren’t there to get saved, but to Get Filled Before Going Out To Preach!

"And they were all FILLED with the Holy Spirit and began to SPEAK in other tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance."  Acts 2:4 

 Accompanying the Baptism in the Holy Spirt was the Sign of Speaking in Other Tongues.  Speaking in Other Tongues didn’t result from the Arrival of the Spirit, but from Overflowing with the POWER of the Spirit.  Tongues isn’t the sign they’d Received the Spirit.  It was the Sign that they received the PURPOSE of The Baptism!!   These 1st Signs of the Church of Acts were all about Filling and Overflow.

 What makes people Really Talk?  A FULL HEART

"The good person out of the good treasury of his heart produces good, and the evil person out of his evil treasury produces evil, for his mouth speaks from what fills his heart."  —Luke 6:45 

So this strange yet divinely ingenious Gift of the Holy Spirit facilitates a divine Dual Purpose: The ability to speak & operate beyond your vocabulary. 

Purpose #1 is the edification of individual believers in their own prayer life…

"He that speaks in an unknown tongue edifies (builds up) himself."  —1 Cor. 14:4 

"But you, beloved, building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit, keep<