Praying in the Spirit By Robert Graves
Is having a prayer language scriptural today? If it’s a legitimate gift from God, should I actually ask Him for it? Praying in the Spirit is a book on the New Testament gift of glossolalia.
Robert W. Graves shows the uses of prayer language in devotions, intercession, praise, and worship. Through biblical teaching and straightforward discussion, he shows the powerful effects of praying in the Spirit. He draws upon a wide variety of sources, both charismatic and non-charismatic, representing centuries of Christian thought. And with clarity and insight, he provides answers to the prevalent objections to speaking in tongues.
Praying in the Spirit offers a deeper understanding of the Person and work of the Holy Spirit that can lead to more-meaningful worship and ever-deepening fellowship with God the Father.
About the Author
Robert W. Graves is the author of The Gospel according to Angels (Chosen Books/1998) and Praying in the Spirit (Chosen Books/1987). His writings have appeared in Moody Monthly, Christian Parenting Today, Ministries Today, Pentecostal Evangel, Church of God Evangel and numerous other publications.
He has a master's degree in English from Georgia State University and has taught at Georgia State University, Kennesaw State University, and Southwestern Assemblies of God College. In 2001, he began writing fiction. His short stories The Professor's Midnight Dream and Worn Carpet were the first-place winners of the 2006 and 2010 Christian Authors Guild fiction contest. His short story The Altar was published by Gospel Publishing House and won first place in the 2006 2007 Fiction Writing contest of the Southern Christian Writers Conference.
His latest publications are non-fiction: Strangers to Fire: When Tradition Trumps Scripture (2016), a 600-page anthology on the gifts of the Holy Spirit and their continuation in the church today, which he edited and contributed two chapters to, and The Poet as Prophet, Wander, and Pilgrim in Coleridge's The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (2015). Graves is the president and co-founder of The Foundation for Pentecostal Scholarship, Inc.