A friend once asked me this . . . HERE IS MY RESPONSE: No! Here's why: 1) Not everyone speaks in tongues. 1 Corinthians 12:30 - Paul asks: "Do all speak in tongues?" The answer is NO. It's a GIFT, not a requirement. 2) The Holy Spirit gives DIFFERENT gifts to different people. 1 Corinthians 12:4 - "There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit." Tongues is ONE gift. Not THE gift. 3) Evidence of the Holy Spirit? Your FRUIT, not your gifts. Galatians 5:22-23 - "The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness..." That's the evidence. Not speaking in tongues. 4) If you love God, follow Jesus, and live for Him—the Holy Spirit is IN you. Romans 8:9 - "If anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, they do not belong to Christ." You belong to Him? The Spirit is in you. Stop letting people make you feel "less than" because you don't have a specific gift. You're filled with the Holy Spirit. Your fruit proves it.

"He is called the Comforter because he comforts and encourages us and helps our infirmities. We do not know what we should pray for as we should, but the Spirit himself makes intercession for us, with groanings that cannot be uttered (Romans 8:26), that is, he makes intercession to God. Very often, someone has been outraged and dishonored unjustly for the sake of Christ. Martyrdom is at hand; tortures on every side, and fire, and sword, and savage beasts and the pit. But the Holy Spirit softly whispers to him, 'Wait on the Lord' (Psalm 27:14). What is now happening to you is a small matter; the reward will be great. Suffer a little while, and you will be with angels forever. 'The sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing to the glory that shall be revealed in us' (Romans 8:18). He portrays to the person the kingdom of heaven. He gives him a glimpse of the paradise of delight."