Chavda - The hidden power of speaking in tongues

MAHESH CHAVDA

Copyright 2003Mahesh Chavda

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Thanks

• To my wife, Bonniehelpmate, friend, and most committed intercessor on our pilgrimage in healing.
• To Karen Johnston, my secretary, who has given countless hours of diligent labor to this ministry and contributed much to the completion of the book bless you for your devotion.
• To Rebecca Neilson, Jenna Orvin, and Kimberly Shead who worked tirelessly helping me complete this work.

T his book contains an amazing key that will help you unlock treasures of healing, victory, and restoration that you may have thought were out of reach for you. How well I remember the terrible cloud of darkness and depression that settled upon me many years ago. Thoughts of suicide welled up like a strong tidal wave. Into this deep darkness a super -natural light suddenly broke through and lifted me into a realm of amazing grace and triumph. A new song came into my life, and its melody and many variations of that melody have touched hundreds of thousands of people across the globe.

I know beyond a shadow of a doubt that if you have experienced dark clouds of defeat and depression, the truths in this book will help release a song of joy and the voice of triumph in your life. What song are you singing today? Is your step burdened? If you connect with the truths in this volume, you will begin singing a new song and know the Lords promise, to give [you] beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness (Is. 61:3b).

There is a gift waiting for you that you simply need to unwrap. Gods amazing love has arranged for you to have this gift. It is reserved just for you. This book is an invitation to you to receive your gift. It will never leave you. What it will do is take you from one realm of joy to another. I know it. I have experienced this personally. So can you.

I believe in the power of speaking in tongues. I believe because I have witnessed its power in my own experience as well as in the experiences of others. One night very late I began praying in tongues and prayed aggressively for nearly three hours. Although I did not know what I was praying for, I sensed that I was praying through to victory for something very important. I wasnt afraid or particularly in distress, just very intent to faithfully pray with the Lord until He released me.

When the burden lifted I got up and left my office to go to bed. Going down the hall I noticed the light was still on in my daughter Annas room, where she was studying for college semester finals. I stuck my head in to say good night and felt impressed to ask Anna not to drive my car to school that day. Take your mothers Jeep, I insisted. Anna normally drove my car to class in the mornings. I knew of no reason for my request other than the deep and distinct impression I felt. I learned long ago to pay attention to these promptings of the Holy Spirit. After I repeated my request a couple of times, Anna finally rolled her eyes at me and said, Okay, Dad, I promise!

A few hours later Anna was on her way to her class. That particular morning she decided to take a route she was not accustomed to. An early rain had left the road surfaces slippery. Blinded by the morning sun in her eyes, Anna lost control of the vehicle as she unexpectedly came upon a hairpin curve. The Jeep skidded off the road and slammed head-on into a tree at approximately 35 mph, pinning Anna inside. The vehicle was totaled.

By the time Bonnie and I were notified and arrived on the scene, an emergency rescue team was extracting Anna from the Jeep on a stretcher. Fire, police, and emergency rescue personnel were everywhere. One of them told Bonnie, Ive worked nearly 30 calls like this, and this is the first time the driver survived. We heard similar stories from other rescue personnel who were present. In their experience, accidents of this type almost always resulted in massive injuries or death. What we heard over and over that morning from officials on the scene were the words, Its a miracle your daughter is alive.

After the ambulance left for the hospital, one of the police officers present pointed again at the demolished Jeep. Those airbags saved her life, he said. Bonnie and I knew also that God and His angels had been on assignment. My carthe one Anna normally drove to classwas not equipped with airbags. Had she been driving my car that morning, the outcome might have been altogether different. As it was, Anna suffered bad breaks in both legs, but fully recovered with no permanent ill effects from her injuries.

That morning I understood why I had been so burdened in prayer just hours before. The Holy Spirit knew of the danger ahead of time and prompted me to pray in tongues until the burden lifted. One alert watchman can save an entire house. The thief who comes to steal, kill, and destroy will pass by a house where the watch lamps are brightly burning.

During nearly 30 years of ministry I have personally witnessed multiplied thousands of instances where people who have turned to Jesus Christ in repentance and faith after hear -ing the gospel preached have manifested confirming signs and wonders in their lives as evidence of the Lords presence. Blind people have received their sight and deaf people their hearing. Lame people have walked and demonized people have been delivered. Many new believers, even those who have never heard of the Holy Spirit, have spontaneously received the baptism of the Spirit, evidenced by speaking in tongues. I particularly remember one overseas crusade in which thousands responded to the gospel. As I prayed over these new converts and welcomed the Holy Spirit, He swept over the crowd in a wave, and 50,000 began speaking in tongues at one time.