Christians endowed with the gift of tongues should acknowledge that they are actually weak in prayer, and they need the Holy Spirit to help them to pray.
"They should not be proud if they have the gift (of tongues)," said Rev Dr Ernest Chan at a prayer conference attended by about 260 people from the Chinese churches throughout the country.
Coming from a strong Presbyterian background, the U.S. seminary principal recalled how his close friends avoided him when he first started exercising the gifts of the Spirit many years ago.
Lately, God has been burdening him to renew his relationship with those friends, to reconcile with them. "Whenever we get together these days, I do not talk about my charismatic experience or the signs and wonders I have experienced unless they bring up the subject first," he said. And he would talk about them humbly and gently. "In the end, there’s nothing to be proud of. The gifts are from the Holy Spirit anyway," he added.
A day earlier, Dr Chan spoke at a Chinese prayer conference attended by some 260 people. Prior to that on Aug 29, he spoke at the Klang Valley combined Chinese churches Merdeka Prayer Rally at FGA, Kuala Lumpur. Around 1,000 Christians turned up to pray for the country.
Dr Chan will return in November to conduct a conference for pastors and leaders in the Chinese ministry (see Coming Up).
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