My mother claims to have spoken in a tongue unknown to her while in prayer. The Bible's account of speaking in tongues shows that it was done for a specific purpose with a specific audience. When I ask her about why her "experience" was done in secret with no one to benefit, she says the Spirit knows what to pray for when we do not and believes that the Spirit was praying on her behalf, even though she doesn't know what she "prayed" about. She's also attending a church that believes in speaking in tongues and as a whole there is a lot of speaking in tongues done by the congregation, but as far as I can tell, only the preacher has the ability to interpret. I don't beleive most of the things she tells me happened for the reasons I've stated and I'm finding it very difficult to share in her excitement I'm not sure how to answer her claims. Can you help?Anonymous 08.23.04 - 2:07 pm #