PRAYING IN TONGUES OR IN THE SPIRIT: Praying in tongues is praying with our recreated spirit (1Corinthians 14:15). When praying in tongues, it is not the Holy Spirit who prays but it is the spirit of a believer. The New Testament emphasizes praying in tongues a lot (Ephesians 6:18).
All these types of prayers can be prayed in tongues, and it is a better and higher way of praying because when we pray in tongues, we pray the perfect will of God. The bible says we can sing, praise or give thanks in tongues (1Corinthians 14:14-19). We can pray and ask in tongues and pray the other types of prayer in tongues. A believer has to pray in tongues a lot more than praying in the language they understand. When a believer prays in tongues, he/she is communicating with God, even though it is only his/her voice and vocal cords that is being used. This means that he/she is speaking to God and God is also speaking to him/her even though it is only his voice that is being used. God is speaking to the believer through the believer’s voice and vocal cords and the believer is also speaking to God through his voice and vocal cords..
When a believer prays in tongues he has fellowship with God (1Corinthians 14:2). He/she speak mysteries of God in spirit, and they are manifested in his mind (1Corinthians 14:2), he/she builds himself spiritually with the fellowship he has with God (1Corinthians 14:4), he/she builds his faith (Jude 1:20), he/she is filled with the Holy Spirit and he/she has fellowship with Him (2Corinthians 13:14). A lot of things happen in a believer’s live when s/he prays in tongues. Example: s/he becomes bold, s/he easily walks with the Holy Spirit and demonstrates the gifts, and s/he is able to hear God easily. S/He is always filled with the power of the Holy Spirit and a lot of other things we explained in the teaching of sons of God.
PRAYING IN TONGUES AND THEIR INTERPRETATION: This gift of interpretation of tongues goes hand in hand with the gift of tongues. It does not work only in a public service, or not just to build other believers, but it works a lot in a believer’s individual prayer life . A believer must have an expectant attitude to hear from God and take action to interpret his/her tongues because this will empower him/her to hear anything God might reveal. Or when praying in tongues, he should write down what comes to his mind because it could be what God is communicating to him/her. If the believer cannot hear through interpretation of tongues, the message could come by revelation or any other way God might speak. In reality, praying in tongues makes us aware and receptive to Gods spoken word easily.