A Month in the Life

The Comforter
In 1906 William J Seymour was not only teaching the blood of Jesus cleansed from all sin, but also that the Holy Spirit baptism should be accompanied with the physical evidence of speaking in other tongues, much like the initiation in the Upper Room and throughout the recorded Acts of the Apostles.



Holy Rollers
The media reports of the new revival were biased, peppered with intentional insults like "Disgraceful intermingling of the races”, and “They have a one eyed, illiterate, Negro as their preacher”. The cartoons depicted caricatures with “Holy Roller” tags on their backs or labeled them with other derogatory slurs.

Good from Evil
In the early days of the Azusa Street Revival, there was little money collected at the meetings, but God used the media scrutiny as a catalyst to spread the word, not just around the country, but around the world. The media was, in fact, providing free advertising for the Los Angeles Azusa Street mission.

A century has passed, and the Azusa Street Revival has morphed into a movement, transcending denominational lines and infiltrating even the “High Churches” with endued power from on high.

At the recent 2006 Centennial Celebration of the Azusa Street Revival, it was documented that nearly 600,000,000 Christians today trace their roots to the mission on Azusa Street with the one eyed preacher.

May we never forget a lesson from Azusa Street; what an adversary intends for evil, God in His wisdom, can most certainly use for good.

An Anniversary
Today, July 10th, it was 22 years ago that I myself received the baptism of the Holy Spirit. It was at the old open Campground in Westphalia, Mo. T. F. Tenney was the Evangelist. After the sermon he invited those who wished to receive the Spirit to come up front to receive the laying on of hands and prayer. This is a biblical practice and I responded. As I prayed I was overwhelmed with the Spirit of God. I would describe it as a strong burning in my heart that would not be quenched, and I spoke in tongues and glorified God for quite some time.

The Promise is Unto You
If you love Christ and desire to be filled with the Holy Spirit as were the apostles and the early church in the book of Acts, simply ask him to fill you as they were filled.

Jesus Said;
“Or what man is there among you who, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will he give him a serpent? If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask Him!”

Today is a great day! Blessed be the name of the Lord!

Steve Hoover

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