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several things fascinate me about
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praying in tones one of them is the
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impact of praying in tones for a long
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time several months ago I embarked on a
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project to pray in Tong little did I
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know I would learn one of the most
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important praying in Tong lessons that I
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know today before I get into the project
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and what I learned let me give you a
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very important background story that you
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need to know January 2024 was a tough
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month for me I had just moved into a new
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house in a completely new location the
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place was far away from my friends and
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my family this led me to spend most of
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my days locked up in my room with no one
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to talk to except the Holy Spirit while
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still in the process of adjusting to the
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new environment something happened that
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made my situation very difficult I had
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taken a loan to move into the new house
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and I was barely affording my basic
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needs I cut down my food budget and
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staying in the room helped me to
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minimize unnecessary spending because I
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was spending a lot of time in my room I
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had as much time as I wanted to pray in
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tongues however I wasn't praying in
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tongues that much but that quickly
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changed in February you see after having
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struggled through January February was
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not showing any signs of improvement I
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knew that if the situation had to change
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I needed to do something very drastic
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being a firm believer in the power of
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praying in tongues I decided to pray in
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in tongues until my situation changes
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praying in tongues doesn't cost me
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anything and I have all the time in the
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world to do it I said to myself however
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I didn't start praying in tongues
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immediately I took two weeks to prepare
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how I would execute the mother of all
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praying in Tong sessions part of the
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preparation was to let myself sleep into
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a dire situation I knew the urge to pray
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in tongues would increase naturally the
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dire the situation would become sure
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enough in the next two weeks my
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situation wasn't I felt more lonely
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became more broke and any chance of the
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situation becoming better completely
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vanished it felt like the fourth day of
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Lazarus in the grave but then the fourth
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day of Lazarus in the grave is when
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Jesus shows up this is how I planned my
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praying in tongues project first I
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waited until I was properly stuck with
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no other way to get out of the situation
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except by praying Tes this gave me the
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much needed push to pray second I
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decided to add fasting into the mix
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there were two main reasons for it one I
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wanted to add as much spiritual power to
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the tongues I was speaking as possible
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two it was an extreme measure for me to
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save the little money I was spending on
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food the third thing that I did was to
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block all communication with my family
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and friends I didn't want any
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distractions of any kind this was going
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to be a very serious Affair between me
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and God the fourth thing that I did was
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that I scheduled all my praying in
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tongue sessions at night this would
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further ensure that I don't get any
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distractions while praying in tones the
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last thing I did was to set my
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expectations for the praying in Tong
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project I wrote down the things that I
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wanted God to do for me but I left room
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for God to do anything else that he
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wanted to do I set the expectations just
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in case I got discouraged along the way
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and I needed something to motivate me to
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keep going this turned out to be very
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helpful something very important that I
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need to mention is how I decided on the
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length of the fast initially I wanted to
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do an indefinite fast where I just pray
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and fast until when I can't pray and
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fast anymore but after considering a
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number of issues I decided to set the
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days of praying and fasting to be 5 days
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the main reason was that because I was
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living a alone I still wanted to have
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some strength at the end of The Fast the
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longest fast prior to this fast that I
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had ever done was 7 Days taking fluids
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only and it drained me really bad the
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other important thing that I had to
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decide was the number of hours I was
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going to pray in tongues I settled with
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8 hours of praying in tongues daily
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primarily because people work typically
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8 hours a day I was like if people work
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8 hours a day why can't and I pray in
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tongues for 8 hours a day with all the
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preparations set I began my praying in
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tongues project on the first day of the
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fast I was excited for the challenge I
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was eager to see if I would manage to
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pray in tongues for 8 hours until then I
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had not decided on how I would subdivide
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the 8 hours of praying in tongues I had
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no idea how difficult it would be and I
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didn't want to fix myself on a schedule
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I can't sustain I began praying in
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tongues and quickly began feeling very
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uncomfortable partly it was because I
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had not been praying in tongues that
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much and adjusting is always difficult I
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only prayed in tongues for 2 hours and
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then stopped the challenge turned out to
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be tougher than I expected every inch of
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my body was screaming at me to stop 2
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hours of praying in Tong is enough My
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Flesh screamed at me I honestly wanted
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to quit praying 8 hours and only do 2
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hours but I say to myself what will you
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be doing with all the time that you have
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you see I had set myself to pray for 8
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hours during the preparations I had no
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friends to talk to it was at night and I
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had slept during the day so I couldn't
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sleep again what will I do the whole
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night if I don't pray I asked myself
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eventually after a short water break I
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resumed praying in tongues I prayed and
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prayed until no words will describe how
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I was feeling the one thing pushing me
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to keep praying praying was the great
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dissatisfaction I was feeling in my life
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at the time I had convinced myself that
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praying in tank was the only way I could
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get rid of the dissatisfaction and I was
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not going to stop until I got rid of the
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dissatisfaction without the anger I had
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towards my dissatisfaction at the time I
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would never have continued to pray in
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tongues that night at some point the
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tongues I was speaking would feel very
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dry in those moments I would feel a wave
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of discouragement and doubt sweep over
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me and were it not for God's grace I
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would have quit praying completely and
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gone to bed it was very difficult in all
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aspects physically emotionally and
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spiritually eventually I completed 6
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hours of praying in Tong on top of the
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two hours I had prayed in tank earlier
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and that marked 8 hours of praying in
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tank for my first day of fasting day two
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wasn't any easier but having overcome
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day one of praying in Tong there was no
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way I was going to give up on day two
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the biggest challenge I experienced on
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day two of praying and fasting on top of
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what I had experienced on day one was
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Hunger at some point I would feel very
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hungry and praying in tongues would
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become very uncomfortable the first only
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allowed me to take water but I decided
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not to take any water until at least 4
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hours into the prayer I did the first 4
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hours of praying in tongues took some
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water then continued to complete the
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remaining 4 hours day two of prayer
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taught me that praying is indeed very
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difficult on day three I had adjusted to
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the difficulty and praying didn't feel
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as difficult as on day one and day two
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it was also on day three that I felt a
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bit of being connected to God the first
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two days had felt completely dry and
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very discouraging day four and day five
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were a routine and by then I had
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adjusted to the difficulty the difficult
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thing about day four and day five was
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believing that the sacrif I had made
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would pay off it was very difficult to
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believe that the 8 hours of praying in
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tongues were going to change my life it
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may sound ironical but it is one of the
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most difficult things to deal with
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especially if you don't have much
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feedback from God when I completed the 8
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hours of praying in tongues on day five
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I was both excited and a little
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concerned I was excited because I had
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completed the praying in Tong challenge
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but I was concerned because there was
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barely any change in my situation how
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however having done many fasts before I
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knew it takes a while to notice the
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impact of the prayers and the fasting
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despite knowing that I had a difficult
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time dealing with the thought of all the
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prayers could have been in vain the
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first real impact of the prayers
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manifested 2 weeks later I got a sum of
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money that was higher than usual and
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managed to stock up my house which had
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been empty ever since I moved in the
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second big breakthrough followed 2 weeks
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later when I found someone to help me
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with someone work in the ministry
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Ministry work was becoming too much but
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I couldn't find someone suitable to help
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me because I didn't have enough money to
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pay a salary I found someone who
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volunteered to work and it turned out
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the person had actually trained to do
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exactly what I wanted it was a miracle
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the third big breakthrough happened a
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week later for the longest time I had
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depended on my dad for finances I had
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desired to be financially independent
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but I had failed in all previous
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attempts however after after the fast I
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successfully managed to take care of my
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own finances without depending on my dad
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and that was a big miracle for me the
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fourth big breakthrough happened exactly
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a month after the first for a while I
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had been living in a chaotic place and I
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desired to move to a more peaceful place
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a month after the fast God made a way
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and I was able to move to a more
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peaceful place that I dearly loved the
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fifth breakthrough happened a week after
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I moved to a better place for the
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longest time I had felt lonely and I
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desired companionship I proposed to a
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lady the Lord had led me to and she
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accepted 4 months later we got married 5
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days of praying interance resulted in
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five major breakthroughs I am eternally
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grateful that I took that fast despite
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the difficulty involved the biggest
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lesson I learned from the fast is that
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when praying in tongues is the only
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option you are left with to salvage
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yourself and you spend all your time
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praying in tongues God will come through
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for you God bless you
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