This transcript is excerpted from a message attributed to Kathryn Kuhlman. Although the site from which it was drawn acknowledges the message has been synthetically altered by A.I., the content seems to be consistent with other things she has said and carries an anointing that strikes me as authentic. I hope you will be as blessed by it as I and many others have been. Gina

…time stood still. When the veil between earth and eternity grew so thin I could feel the breath of heaven – I died. Yes! I stepped out of this body and in an instant, I was standing in the presence of the King of glory. And let me tell you when you come face to face with Jesus everything changes. There was no fear, only overwhelming love. A love so pure, so radiant it felt like liquid fire coursing through my spirit. His eyes, oh those eyes, they saw straight through me, past every pretense…And then He spoke not with words that entered my ears but with truth that bypassed flesh and bone and went straight to the depths of my soul.

He said, “my child I have something to show you something about the gift I gave my church. The gift of tongues.”

Now I thought I knew about speaking in tongues. I had prayed in the spirit for years, felt the sweet release of heavenly language. The joy of a heart too full for human words. But in that moment Jesus lifted the veil and what he revealed shattered every small box I had put this sacred gift in… Jesus showed me…it is a weapon, a key, a divine frequency that unlocks realms of power we’ve barely tapped into.

I saw, oh, I wish I could make you see what I saw. Angels moving at the sound of spirit filled tongues. Demons trembling…Strongholds crumbling…I saw prayers in tongues weaving through the heavens like lightning striking targets on earth with precision no human mind could calculate, and then Jesus looked at me with such intensity and said, “This gift is not for show, it is not for pride, it is for war. It is for My glory.”

And then just like that I was back. Back in this body. Back in this world. But nothing would ever be the same because now I knew. Now I had seen and I couldn’t Unsee it.

Oh child of God! If only you knew what hangs in the balance when you open your mouth and let the Spirit pray through you…I must tell you when Jesus pulled back the curtain and showed me the real power behind this heavenly language it was as if scales fell from my spiritual eyes. We’ve been playing in the shallow waters when God has called us to swim in the depths.

So many of us have been taught that speaking in tongues is just a little devotional exercise, a private prayer language to make us feel closer to God, and yes beloved it does edify the soul. The scripture says so. But oh, if that’s all you think it is you’ve barely scratched the surface of what God intended. Jesus took me by the hand and said, “let Me show you what this gift was truly meant to do.”

I saw in the Spirit of Great War, not with flesh and blood, but in the unseen realms. And there glistening like a sword forged in heaven itself was the gift of tongues. Every time a believer opened their mouth in faith that sword flashed with divine fire cutting through darkness breaking chains, releasing angels into battle.

I watched as prayers uttered in unknown tongues hit their mark with perfect precision.

Situations shifting.

Hearts awakening.

Miracles unfolding.

All because someone yielded to the spirit and prayed beyond their own understanding. Do you realize what this means? When you pray in tongues you are not just mumbling sweet nothings to the sky. You are releasing the perfect will of God into the earth. The Bible says he who speaks in a tongue does not speak to men but to God for no one understands, however in the spirit he speaks mysteries. Dear heart divine, strategies hidden, breakthroughs, answers to prayers you haven’t even thought to ask yet. And then Jesus showed me something that nearly brought me to my knees. He let me hear just for a moment what those tongues sounded like on heaven’s side. It wasn’t just random syllables.

It was the very language of heaven.

Intercession straight from the throne room perfectly aligned with God’s will.

Romans 8:26 came alive before my eyes. The Spirit Himself makes intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. Oh, but they can be uttered through you when you let the Spirit pray through you. You are partnering with heaven in a way that transcends human limitation…

This is about warfare.

This is about victory.

When you pray in the Spirit you are tapping into the mind of Christ bypassing every demonic blockade and releasing heaven’s agenda into your life, your family, your nation. Oh, if only you could see what I saw. If only you could grasp the magnitude of what God has placed in your mouth. This gift isn’t just for you. It’s for such a time as this.

Are you ready to wield it like never before because what I’m about to share next will leave you trembling at the responsibility and the glory of this sacred trust. Oh precious ones I must tell you, there is a hush in heaven over what I am about to share – for when Jesus pulled back the veil and showed me the state of his Church concerning this sacred gift, I wept. I wept because what should be a mighty river of divine power has become in many places a stagnant pool of confusion – even deception. The Lord took me to a great gathering which should have been a mighty move of his Spirit and there amidst the worship I saw it. Men and women speaking in tongues but something was terribly wrong. The words were empty. The fire was missing. The Angel stood still, …and then I heard the voice of Jesus trembling with holy grief, “they honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me.”

…Oh child of God. We must return to purity. The true gift of tongues is never about drawing attention to ourselves. It’s never about proving we’re spiritual. It’s never about emotional hype. The real thing always, always, brings glory to Jesus, bears the fruit of the Spirit and aligns with God’s word.

…My dear friends, I must take you deeper into realms where human wisdom fails and only the Spirit of God can lead. For when Jesus showed me what truly happens when we pray in tongues, I saw with spiritual eyes what most never glimpse in a lifetime. This is no casual gift. No mere exercise and devotion. It is the very artillery of heaven unleashed against the forces of darkness. I was shown a vision of a believer – just an ordinary saint like you, or me, kneeling in prayer as they began to speak in tongues. Something extraordinary happened in the unseen realm. Their words became like living fire shooting upward like lightning toward the throne. But then oh, this is glorious – those same words came rushing back down as divine commands striking with precision against enemy strongholds demons that had stood defiant, moments before, now scattered in terror for they recognized the language of heaven’s court being decreed upon the earth.

The Lord then opened my understanding to Romans 8:26 in a way that set my spirit ablaze.

The Spirit Himself makes intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered, but oh they can be uttered through you when you yield your voice to the Holy Spirit. You become a conduit for the perfect will of God to crash into impossible situations. Your natural mind doesn’t need to understand. Your spirit is partnering with heaven in warfare that transcends human strategy. I saw a mother praying in tongues over her wayward child and with each utterance, angelic reinforcements were dispatched to intercept the enemy’s plans.

I watched as a businessman, worshipping in his car during lunch break, released tongues that dismantled demonic assignments against his workplace. Every syllable was a hammer blow against darkness. Every breath a divine alignment with purposes too wonderful for mortal minds to conceive. Then Jesus showed me something that will forever change how you pray. He revealed that when we speak in tongues we’re not just praying general prayers. We’re hitting specific targets. That sickness, targeted. That financial situation, targeted. That generational curse, targeted with precision no human prayer could achieve.

The Holy Spirit knows exactly what needs to be prayed even when we see through a glass darkly, but here’s what grieved me most. I saw countless believers sitting on this weapon like it’s a decorative pillow rather than the nuclear arsenal it truly is.

We have access to the mind of Christ. 1 Corinthians 2:16 – to the very intercession of the Spirit, yet we leave it dormant while the enemy runs rampant through our families, our cities, our nations, our saints of God. Can’t you see the enemy isn’t afraid of our opinions…our theological debates, but he trembles when ordinary believers open their mouths and release the untainted language of heaven.

This is why Paul said I thank my God I speak with tongues more than you all. (I Cor. 14:18)

He wasn’t boasting! He was surviving. He was overcoming. He was tearing down strongholds no human wisdom could touch. The Lord then whispered this to my spirit, “tell them the battles they’re losing are the ones they’re not fighting in the spirit.”

…Oh how we’ve domesticated what God intended to be dynamite We’ve turned Pentecost into a doctrine to debate rather than a power to demonstrate. But here is the glorious hope. Jesus didn’t show me these things to condemn, but to compel.

He’s issuing an urgent invitation. The return to the purity and power of the early Church. He’s calling us to repent of all fakery and fear whether we’ve pretended or prohibited. Both are sin. Seek the genuine gift – not for show – but for surrender.

Not for pride but for His presence.

Use it as He intended in warfare.

In worship.

In witness until His Kingdom comes…

A Message by Gina Lynnes on Praying in Tongues which is from the Prayer 1 Series.

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