Blessings in Christ Jesus Nancy! In case no one ever noticed, this is a greeting. And what does this greeting mean. There are those that are in Christ Jesus, and unfortunately there are those that are about Christ Jesus. The Lord knows those that are His. Those that are truly in Christ Jesus have both The Father, and The Son, in the form of The Holy Spirit within them. This, Jesus promised before He went away(ascended). And this promise He has kept. He has kept that promise to me, and He has kept that promise to you. Another promise that He made, for those that believe, is that we would speak in new tongues. When we pray, it is the same as when Jesus knelt down and prayed to The Father. The Father was with Him(for they are One) but He still knelt down to His Father in heaven in prayer. When I pray (and I am not a prayer warrior) to my Father(abba) in heaven, He is right there with me as I bow my head.(for we are One). This is also true for you, and all who are truly in Christ Jesus. The new tongues operate apart from my own mind and yet we are One. The control to speak in the new tongues The Lord left with us. It is by faith. Perhaps, this is why it is called a gift. Every good gift comes down from above from The Father of Lights. The higher gifts that we are to pursue, do not operate in the same way, but operate as The Lord sees fit. It is He that works through us according to His will and His Good pleasure. All of these gifts are Him in us, as we are in Christ Jesus. It is The Spirit that intercedes for us(in prayer) when we know not what to pray. When I received the gift of tongues, I received what I already had, and did not know I had. It took faith to believe(and they shall speak in new tongues) and His will for me to have this gift(which I already had all along). A simple "Thank you Father for this gift" was all that was needed. A simple act of Faith when asking. And this(having faith) pleases The Lord. For those that are truly in Christ Jesus, The Lord truly desires(His will)to give Good things to His Children,(sons and daughters) and the greatest of these, Jesus, He has already given. Let us receive with thankfulness, all that The Lord has given us, even unto eternal life. Amen.