text: speak in tongues? i know it's real and i do believe, but does this gift scare anyone else? i know it's because i don't understand it and never will til god allows me, but to those who do have the gift...what is it like? when and where were you when you received this gift? were you scared at first? i was 13 when i received the holyghost and i spoke in tongues.  i was not scared and if you will truly let yourself worship god you will not be scared. :)  i was worshiping god and it started feeling like there was a fire deep in my stomach. the more i worshipped, the more the fire feeling came.  the next thing i knew i had been speaking in tongues for a few minutes.