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“If I expected to get the substance, I had to believe that I had already received because now faith is. In this case, the substance was the baptism of the Holy Spirit and speaking with other tongues. I had to believe that I had it, even though I couldn’t see it or feel it. Faith is the answer we see when we pray.”
― Norvel Hayes, Why You Should Speak in Tongues

“There is only one way that the things of God will be manifested for you and your family: by faith, by your confession of the Scriptures. Are you willing to make God’s Word the foundation of your believing? If you do, God won’t fail you.”
― Norvel Hayes, Why You Should Speak in Tongues

“don’t base my believing on feelings. My believing is based on Your Word!”
― Norvel Hayes, Why You Should Speak in Tongues

“Paul said you pray in tongues to edify yourself. He that speaketh in an unknown tongue edifieth himself (1 Cor. 14:4). To edify means build yourself up. Speaking in tongues builds you to the point that you can believe God instead of circumstances.”
― Norvel Hayes, Why You Should Speak in Tongues

“The words you speak show exactly the shape that your inner man is in.”
― Norvel Hayes, Why You Should Speak in Tongues

“You can receive the baptism of the Holy Ghost without an immediate supernatural manifestation.”
― Norvel Hayes, Why You Should Speak in Tongues

“The Bible says, For he that speaketh in an unknown tongue speaketh not unto men, but unto God (1 Cor. 14:2). By speaking in tongues, you speak directly to God, bypassing all human reasonings.”
― Norvel Hayes, Why You Should Speak in Tongues

“I couldn’t receive the baptism of the Holy Ghost because I was waiting for some supernatural power to take over my tongue and make me talk. It never did.”
― Norvel Hayes, Why You Should Speak in Tongues

“You can go to heaven and never speak in tongues.”
― Norvel Hayes, Why You Should Speak in Tongues

“If you never speak in tongues, Jesus will still love you.”
― Norvel Hayes, Why You Should Speak in Tongues

“God wants you to know who you are in Him. He wants you to know you have inherited everything in the New Testament.”
― Norvel Hayes, Why You Should Speak in Tongues

“Healing Scriptures My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings. Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart. For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh. Proverbs 4:20-22 Behold, I will bring health and cure, and I will heal them, and will reveal unto them the abundance of peace and truth. Jeremiah 33:6 …Thus saith the Lord, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will heal thee. 2 Kings 20:5 Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the Lord, and depart from evil. It will be health (medicine) to thy navel, and marrow (refreshment) to thy bones. Proverbs 3:7,8 And ye shall serve the Lord your god, and he shall bless thy bread, and thy water; and I will take sickness from the midst of thee. Exodus 23:25 Now when the sun was setting, all they that had any sick with divers diseases brought them unto him; and he laid hands on every one of them, and healed them. Luke 4:40 And Jesus went forth, and saw a great multitude, and was moved with compassion toward them, and he healed their sick.”
― Norvel Hayes, What to Do for Healing

“God’s Word is so powerful. It’s sharper than a two-edged sword. (Heb. 4:12.) With the baptism of the Holy Spirit, you have God’s power and God’s Word working in you.”
― Norvel Hayes, Why You Should Speak in Tongues