1 Corinthians 14:15

Appropriate Use Of Prophecy And Tongues

¹⁴ For if I pray in ecstasy, my spirit is praying, but my mind produces no results for anyone. ¹⁵ What is my conclusion then? I will certainly pray with my spirit, but I will pray with my mind in action too. I will certainly sing with my spirit, but I will sing with my mind in action too. For if you give thanks with your spirit only, ¹⁶ how is the man who occupies the place of the illiterate to say "Amen" to your thanksgiving? For he does not know what you are saying.

Give Thanks

Holy Spirit

In Me

In the Spirit

Praise God

Pray with the Spirit

By The Spirit

Colossians 3:16

Let the message of Christ continue to live in you in all its wealth of wisdom; keep on teaching it to one another and training one another in it with thankfulness, in your hearts singing praise to God with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs.

John 4:23-24

But a time is coming -- indeed, it is already here -- when the real worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and reality, for the Father is looking for just such worshipers.

Romans 1:9

Indeed, my witness is God, whom I serve in my spirit by telling the good news about His Son, that I never fail to mention you every time I pray,

Romans 3:5

But if our wrongdoing brings to light the uprightness of God, what shall we infer? Is it wrong (I am using everyday human terms) for God to inflict punishment?

Romans 8:31

What are we then to say to facts like these? If God is for us, who can be against us?

Romans 12:1-2

I beg you, therefore, brothers, through these mercies God has shown you, to make a decisive dedication of your bodies as a living sacrifice, devoted and well-pleasing to God, which is your reasonable service.

1 Corinthians 10:19

Then what do I mean? That the sacrifice to an idol is a reality, or that an idol itself is a reality? Of course not!

1 Corinthians 14:19

But in the public congregation I would rather speak five words with my mind in action, in order to instruct the people too, than ten thousand words in ecstasy.

Ephesians 5:17-20

So stop becoming senseless, but understand what the Lord's will is.

Ephesians 6:18

Keep on praying in the Spirit, with every kind of prayer and entreaty, at every opportunity, be ever on the alert with perfect devotion and entreaty for all God's people,

Philippians 1:18

What difference then does it make? In one way or another, whether in pretense or in sincerity, Christ is being preached, and that is the thing that makes me glad; yes, more too, I will continue to be glad of it,

Jude 1:20

But you, dearly beloved, must continue to build yourselves up on the groundwork of your most holy faith and to pray in the Holy Spirit;