Overflow of the Spirit: How to Release His Gifts in Every Area of Your Life

All of the gifts of the Holy Spirit are available continuously, effortlessly, and naturally to every Christian. First Corinthians 12:7-11 reveals the nine-fold manifestation--wisdom, knowledge, faith, healing, miraculous powers, prophecy, distinguishing between spirits, speaking in tongues, and interpretation of tongues--but the Holy Spirit has much more that He wants to share with all Christians and He is ready to fill them to overflowing. Most people believe they can only have one or two of the gifts mentioned in Paul's letter, yet the Bible clearly shows that believers can receive all of them. In fact, the apostle himself probably evidenced all nine gifts. However, these are only examples of the way the Spirit of God may reveal Himself to His people. They are not the only ways He will do so. In Overflow of the Spirit: How to Release His Gifts in Every Area of Your Life, Dr. Mark Virkler and co-author Charity Virkler Kayembe, his daughter, endeavor to teach you how to connect with the Holy Spirit moment by moment and intentionally draw upon His supernatural abilities. You will learn how to tune to the indwelling Holy Spirit and release Him into every situation of your life. Rather than life being you in action, it will be the Holy Spirit in action through you. Blessings will overtake you as you live and walk by the Spirit. The overflow of the Spirit opens the door to an entire lifestyle of intimacy with God that, once mastered, releases the heavens and God's provisions for your life. The authors' clear, lineal, biblical teaching is interspersed with real-life stories that clearly illustrate each point. Application exercises at the end of each chapter help to guide you into putting the lessons into action.

About the Author :
Active in ministry since 1972, Mark Virkler has authored more than fifty-five books in the areas of hearing God's voice and Spirit-anointed living. His works include 4 Keys to Hearing God's Voice, Counseled by God, Your Extraordinary Life, and Prayers that Heal the Heart. Altogether, his books have been translated into over fifty languages and have provided curriculum for the establishment of more than 250 church-centered Bible schools around the world. Mark and his wife, Patti, are the founders of Communion with God Ministries, which provides online monthly video training to more than a hundred nations. Mark is also president of Christian Leadership University, an online school offering degrees from associate to doctorate. During the past twenty-five years, CLU has provided over a hundred courses to more than 15,000 students in 127 nations. For more than thirty years, Mark has traveled extensively on six continents to conduct workshops on spiritual healing and developing intimacy with God. Over a million people have watched his interviews on Sid Roth's It's Supernatural! Mark and Patti make their home in Orlando, Florida. Charity Virkler Kayembe is passionate about the sacred supernatural and making the mystical practical in believers' everyday lives. She has worked with her family in ministry for twenty-five years and holds advanced degrees in biblical studies. Charity has been featured on CBN, Sid Roth's It's Supernatural!, Charisma magazine, and The Elijah List. Her books include Hearing God Through Your Dreams, Everyday Angels, and Unleashing Healing Power. Charity conducts training workshops on dream interpretation and seer realm activation and writes about walking by the Spirit on her blog at GloryWaves.org. She and her husband, Leo, have traveled to over seventy nations and live in upstate New York.

Review :
Dr. Mark Virkler has created a new resource in presenting a fresh insight into the life of living in the fullness of the Holy Spirit. This book powerfully shares the important message that the infilling of the Holy Spirit is essential to living the abundant life that Jesus promised in John 10:10, and demystifies both the experience and many manifestations that can be experienced in welcoming this "overflow of the Spirit" into our lives. Dr. Virkler is a faculty member at Randy Clark's Global School of Supernatural Ministry, and while his foundational teaching here is on hearing God's voice, this book brings forth greater revelation of what is possible for us as we seek all that our Father has for us. I recommend this book highly in your quest for the "more" of God.--Dr. Mike Hutchings "Director, Global School of Supernatural Ministry" I have read many books on the gifts of the Spirit and this is certainly one of the best. Mark Virkler and Charity Virkler Kayembe offer fresh biblical truths to encourage and enhance every believer. The seventy references for who the Holy Spirit is and what He does in and for the believer are tremendous. I received a fresh, supernatural education and awareness of the gifts. The action exercises and testimonies are fantastic. My faith was increased by the process of revelation-based learning.--Rev. Ronald V. Burgio, D.Min "Senior Pastor, Love Joy Church" It's one thing to receive gifts from the Lord. It's quite another to learn how to release what we've been given for the purpose and time God had in mind. Mark and Charity have joined together to invoke their gifts in the form of a book. As you open this book, prepare to read about what you've been missing. You may find it necessary to spend some time in prayers of repentance for allowing your gifts to lay dormant. Don't let "a time such as this" pass you by. Read this book and be prepared to overflow. Then help someone else release their gifts.--Dr. Steve Greene "Publisher, Charisma Media Group" Dr. Mark Virkler and his daughter, Charity Virkler Kayembe, have written another must have book for your Spirit-filled library! More than just another book, this is a practical how-to manual when it comes to operating in the gifts of the Spirit. And they do believe that you can operate in all of the gifts of the Spirit! I love the Virkler family books because they are always on-point, directing us to Jesus, while activating our spirits to engage with God's heavenly realities through the present-day ministry of the Holy Spirit. I highly recommend you get a copy for yourself, and a few additional copies for those you love. This book will equip you and do exactly what the title says, causing you to release God's goodness everywhere you go, through the Overflow of the Spirit.--Joshua Mills "Founder, International Glory Ministries" I have had the privilege of working with Mark Virkler for over thirty-five years. Not only has his teaching on Hearing God's Voice impacted millions, but it has dramatically impacted my own life, as well as my wife Carol's life. In this new book, Overflow of the Spirit, Mark and his daughter Charity give a biblical impartation of what it means to be filled with the Holy Spirit, live out of the overflow, and do life from that filled up place. You are no longer on your own trying to live this Christian life, but walking in communion with God the Holy Spirit.--John Arnott "Founder, Catch the Fire Church" I love how God raises up writers who make seemingly complicated issues simple to understand, yet powerful when applied. Mark Virkler has produced over fifty-five books that do this well, but this one on the Overflow of the Spirit is made for us in times like these. It will refresh and renew my generation while calling forth a focused passion to influence our world and culture in the emerging generation. I highly recommend it!--Dr. Joseph Umidi "Executive Vice President, Regent University" In Overflow of the Spirit, Mark Virkler and Charity Virkler Kayembe weave together Scriptures, journaling with God, and the power of testimony in a relatable manner to provide examples of how to live and walk by the Spirit. They provide practical and easy steps for how to pursue an intimate relationship with God and release the gifts of the Spirit in your life today!--James W. Goll "Founder, God Encounters Ministries" It would appear that Mark Virkler has captured the systemic insight into the Holy Spirit's working in a follower of Jesus. If you thought the expression gifts that are listed in 1 Corinthians 12 were the final landing place for the Holy Spirit to move in you...well, buckle up and hold on! Mark and his daughter Charity have given amazing insight into God's ability in allowing us to manifest the Spirit purposely and intentionally in our lives...beyond what we thought was the period at the end of the sentence. Overflow of the Spirit is an awakening, a delightful recipe for the hungry heart for God!--Fred Antonelli, Ph.D. "President, Elim Bible Institute and College" Mark and Charity have done it again! They have taken a complex topic and made it simple. The mystery of being connected with the Holy Spirit isn't supposed to be a mystery, but an easy thing. Mark and Charity lead us step by step through the various aspects of how to live by the Spirit. The Bible truths, personal stories, and practical action exercises take each reader on the journey of living in the Overflow of the Spirit. Well done!--Steve Long "Senior Leader, Catch the Fire Church, Toronto" Mark Virkler and his daughter Charity Virkler Kayembe have written this book to serve as a tool that will facilitate spiritual growth in the life of a believer. They've drawn from their personal experiences and have summarized what has worked well in their ministry as teachers and disciple-makers. These have been refined and rewritten here as a "how-to" manual in order to produce authentic fruit in the life of anyone who is seeking to realize a more intimate relationship with God the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. As one who is committed to be a disciple and a disciple-maker, I highly recommend this book as a useful tool and methodology for mentoring a new believer who wants to grow in spiritual gifts and graces. It will provide a structured platform that will enable the believer to hear God's voice, to be guided by the Holy Spirit, and to live a life of faith that is pleasing to the Lord.--Rev. John R. Miller, Ph.D. "Professor, Regent University" Most believers don't know how to release all the gifts of the Spirit resident in them. Finally, the how-to book has arrived!--Sid Roth "Host, It's Supernatural!" We are honored to once again endorse a life-giving resource authored by Mark and Charity. The reality of a close love relationship with the Lord Jesus shines through the pages as they present the vital truth that the constant infilling and overflow of the Holy Spirit is available, accessible, and possible on a full-time basis. They communicate with such ease that flows from the richness of an in-depth study of the Word and ways of God, and a passion for walking out a lifestyle led by the Holy Spirit. With clear explanation, step-by-step guidance, story, and testimony, Mark and Charity open the door for us to live fully gifted, maturing in the Holy Spirit. Thank you, Mark and Charity, for sharing your revelations and experiences in order for us to hear the voice of God more clearly, get to know Him more dearly, and express His fullness in our every sphere of influence!--Sharon and Trevor Baker "Revival Fires, Dudley, England"