John: And you don’t have to wait for a gift of healing. Jesus said, “These signs will follow them that believe: in My name, they will lay hands on the sick” (see Mark 16:17-18). That refers to when you pray the prayer of faith to get somebody healed. God will honor that because He honors His Word.

Lisa: You don’t have to wait until the pastor puts you in the pulpit. You don’t have to wait until you corner someone in the lobby of the church. You can actually take the power of God, the promises of God, out into your everyday, ordinary world. And if you feel led by the Spirit to speak to somebody, or touch somebody, or pray for somebody, or be generous to somebody—maybe we should just start with being generous—that would be amazing. We can do that.

John: And that’s one of the gifts—the gift of giving, generosity.

Lisa: We know the Holy Spirit came to reveal Jesus. So when we talk about the manifestations we have seen in the last couple decades—shaking, laughing, rolling on the floor, and falling—how are those things revealing Jesus?

John: Well, the Bible talks about unusual signs, but usually they are for a short season. There are times when unusual signs and wonders happen, and they get people’s attention and point them to Jesus. What I find very, very distasteful is when people get more into the manifestations than they do into the “Manifester.”

Once when I was in Singapore, a healing evangelist came to the church where I was ministering. He had a gift that manifested with people laughing hysterically. In our service, I could sense that the presence of God was about to fall in this large church. All of a sudden, people started laughing, and it was like you had just taken nails to a chalkboard—that’s what I felt my spirit.

Lisa: So it was the right thing, but maybe at the wrong time?

John: I said, “Stop! You camped at the manifestation. You didn’t follow the Spirit of God. That’s not what He was about to do here. He was about to touch people deeply with the fear of the Lord. Now, we’re going to hope that the Spirit of God returns and ministers.” Then I had them pray again. The Spirit of God came in and people all over the building started weeping.