Opening the Gates of Heaven Perry Stone

person is alone with God or in a group prayer meeting setting. Paul indicated that in a local congregational setting, the speaker should speak in the native language of the congregation, and speaking in tongues should be limited to a person speaking to himself or herself or to God, or, if a message in tongues is given in a public service for the edification of the congregation, it must be interpreted (1 Cor. 14). Paul said, “I speak with tongues more than you all,” but in the congregation he spoke with understanding in order to teach the people the Word (vv. 18–19). Paul apparently spent much time praying in the Holy Spirit when he was not in a church setting or when he was in a meeting with intercessors. Thus far during my ministry, I have personally seen more than five hundred thousand souls won to Christ and more than sixty thousand souls baptized in the Holy Spirit. I strongly believe that this spiritual fruit from the ministry has been a result of the thousands of hours spent by myself and other ministry partners praying in the prayer language of the Spirit. During this type of prayer, powerful messages are birthed, and the gifts of the Holy Spirit are activated to operate to meet the needs of the people. I recall preaching an eight-week revival in Daisy, Tennessee, in 1982. I had spent much of the day in prayer for the service that night. I was at the pastor’s house looking out a window and watching people arrive early, parking their cars in the church parking lot. A vehicle pulled in, but no one exited the car. Suddenly I had an open vision, and I saw something by revelation of the