John: You will notice that in the book of Acts, they were filled with the Holy Spirit in chapter two, but then Peter “filled with the Holy Spirit” spoke to the rulers in Acts 4:8, and the believers were “filled with the Holy Spirit” in Acts 4:31. Being filled with the Spirit is not a one-time event. God says, “Don’t be drunk with wine, but be continually filled with the Spirit” (see Ephesians 5:18 AMP). It’s not that we leak; it’s that we want to be saturated with the Spirit continually. There are times in our marriage when we are saturated in love with each other. Then there are other times that we’ve been away from each other and we have to be saturated again.

Lisa: You have to be intentional.

John: It’s intentional. So stay filled. Being filled with the Spirit is a continuous thing. And when you’re filled with the Spirit, it will manifest by psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs (see Ephesians 5:18-20). You’ll find yourself just singing. I’ve been singing a lot more this week—

Lisa: Turn off the TV.

John: Yes, turn off the TV.

Lisa: Limit other things that are going to drain you.

Lisa: Can all believers operate in the spiritual gifts, or just ministers?

John: I believe every believer has the ability to operate in any gift of the Spirit. If somebody is need of a great miracle, that gift of working miracles can come on any believer. God also puts specific gifts on the lives of certain people, and those gifts operate wherever they go.

Lisa and I knew one individual with a gift of healing that allowed him to specifically minister healing to hearts. People with heart problems would travel from all over the nation to his meetings, and they would get healed. This gift of healing on his life helped him accomplish the ministry he was called to.

But I also think of another friend of mine whose son drowned in a bathtub. He was electrocuted, and he was dead for 45 minutes. My friend said, “John, I prayed for thirty minutes, and nothing was happening. The paramedics were disgusted. Then something hit the top of my head. Somebody else looked through my eyes, and I said to my son, ‘You’ll live and not die.’” And his son was raised from the dead. He believed it was the “gift of faith” that came on him. That gift was needed at that moment.

Lisa: And he was not a minister at the time.

John: He was a police officer.

Lisa: And he wasn’t leading a service.

John: He had just come home from the first service he had ever preached in his life.

Lisa: What I want to make clear is—

John: Believers. Any believer.

Lisa: Any believer who is filled with the Holy Spirit, at any moment in their life.