When you are glossolalic...

[houston]

do the words form in your mind and fall off your tongue?

or

do the words procede from out of your belly?

[Amanah]

I'm wanting to say belly to be in line with scripture, but really I have no clue

[houston]

Originally Posted by Amanah

I'm wanting to say belly to be in line with scripture, but really I have no clue

[Titus2woman]

... awww... now you've gone and made me pray through so I could see... and I still have no idea!

I know the first time I spoke in tongues there was definitely a feeling as if it came from somewhere deep inside of me and was not a part of the conscious process I use to create speech...

... but as you've probably surmised from reading my posts I often speak and even type without much conscious thought!

[Sam]

if I pray in an unknown tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my understanding is unfruitful. 1 Corinthians 14:14

[endtimer]

This is a good thread. As of late, I have been looking at various consecrations I have held and why I hold them. Consecration as I understand it, is a practice that is set aside for God and only God thus making it sacred. For example, prayer ought to be set aside for God not God and making out the grocery list. In this example we would be fulfilling habit not a consecration. God deserves our undivided attention. I believe this applies to speaking with tongues. Praying in tongues with out focus would be a habit not consecration. Praying, focused on God, touching Him and allowing it to flow from deep with in would be a consecrated thing. Food for thought, the Holy Ghost is a teacher, I wonder if the soul can learn to speak in tongues from It and speak out. If our speaking in tongues is done half heartedly, habitually not really tapping in to God are we just speaking out from our souls? Just some things Ive been thinking of.

[KeptByTheWord]

I believe there are times when we know not how to pray, but the Spirit maketh intercession for us. This would be perhaps the words proceeding out of your belly, because you don't know, or understand them.

[BroJoe]

I've heard both.

Sometimes I'm really wanting to speak in tongues, and I can "hear" the words in my head, all I do is speak them.

Sometimes, it just rushes out literally like a river, as if I couldn't stop it if I wanted to.