Can you receive the Holy Spirit with Asking for Him
To me the answer is yes I did both, I was baptized knowing the need to repent first, did I receive the Holy Spirit then? Yes I did, my ears were made open to the filth of the world and our language. This was a baptism at an older age August 15, 1988 My Daddy and Mom baptized us the whole family. So I followed being baptized as an adult. Did I on a totally different occasion ask for the Holy Spirit, yes I did. Did I know back then that there was more to it than just asking, no I didn't. This was the order so just showing my case. I was baptized as a baby in the Lutheran Missouri Synod Church. My husband and myself were started back then on a path of the Lord. We happen to be visiting my older brother and his wife in 1974 our eldest was 2 years old at the time. They belonged to an Assembly of God Church so we all went to their church together. There was a call at the end of service asking if there was anyone here that wanted to receive the Holy Spirit. Well many did and my husband raised his hand I was shocked but at the same time I had a feeling no to, but I was not about to let him go in there without me with him. So I raised my hand also. I need to step back a bit as I did this same thing as a child I was in 5th grade I think and Daddy took the full family to a full gospel church and he ask if anyone wanted to give their heart to the Lord, an evangelist and my older sister went forward and I was not going to let her go alone so I went too and all there kneeled at the front railing I stayed beside her. I may go into that another time but did she receive something, yes she did as she was weeping and stammering saying not anything understandable more sounds of weeping. Is that speaking in tongues, no not to me.
Back to my husband and myself. At this church they took the full group of us to a back room conference type with a large table for us all to sit down. The instruction given is that we would speak in tongues quoting probably Mark. Of course Matthew and John say nothing about this go figure. Well to make a long story short we were instructed to speak what came to our minds syllables or anything that might enter. Did I receive some words then. Yes 2 syllables to sounds. Sounded like Aha Shadah nothing else. We were told if we got anything to just say it over and over till the Lord broke forth a language. Well I did as told be never never got another thing so stopped. My husband listening to all happening as there was one the pastor said was wearing medallions of Satan in there...anyway my husband thought it was a bunch of made up stuff. So do I believe the Lord can give the Holy Spirit without speaking in tongues Yes I do, but that pastor should have bound Satan and cast him out and that never happened. Satan should be cast out at every service of the Lord to me. I am pretty opinionated... but I tell Father I must get it from Him.
This song with this is was actually given me yesterday and I was not led to write anything but I love the song makes my feet go tapping and it is my desire that all would have their soul on fire from the Lord. So with seeing this scripture today:
Matthew 7:7 (KJV) Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:
Well I see it and desire to ask for something, so this is my request being made known to the Father, that all will have a soul on fire for the Lord. That excitement comes to me when you are hearing from Him. I must say as I just started writing again since 2024 as I was not hearing to write. The Lord was silent with me, but what do I do, well I do stay in the word and prayer and I am off then in other things, I call them seasons we go through, will we still stay faithful in prayer and the word. Testing? It could be but He knows as I told Him that I missed hearing from Him.
John 16:24 (KJV) Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.
Soul On Fire