And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit” (Ephesians 5:18). In the above scripture, the Apostle Paul was writing to the Ephesian church which was already acquainted with the doctrine of the Holy Spirit. So he wasn’t telling them to receive the Holy Spirit afresh, but that they should be continually filled with the Spirit. In Acts chapter 2, when Peter and the other believers received the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost, they were filled with the Holy Spirit, simultaneously. But they continued to experience other times of infilling. An account is recorded in Acts 4:31: “…when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled together; and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they spake the word of God with boldness.” This wasn’t referring to the Apostles alone, but all the other believers with them. A Christian who has received the Holy Spirit without experiencing this continual infilling will live an ordinary life. The Apostle Paul lived an extraordinary life because he understood the importance of being constantly filled with the Spirit. To the Church in Corinth, he said “I thank my God, I speak with tongues more than ye all…” (1 Corinthians 14:18). You can get yourself filled with the Spirit today as you speak in other tongues, study the Word of God, and give yourself to it in meditation. Ephesians 5:19-21 show us more ways: “Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord; Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ; Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God