Pentecost Hard on the Flesh!

Pentecost was really hard on the flesh. When the movement first began, Bishop W. J. Seymour’s worship service, in Los Angeles, would begin daily @ 10AM & last late into the night. After returning from Azusa, Bishop C. H. Mason’s worship services (@ his local church in Memphis, TN) would begin at 7:30 PM & last until 6:30 AM (this was every night of the week). These worship services were in the heat of the Summer w/no AC, no audio-visual system, no electrical instruments, no big screens, no Hammond organ etc. Since Azusa had been a former AME church, turned into a horse stable; the building was infested w/flies & smelled like horse waste. That had to be very hard on the flesh (much like the early Christians being in one room 24/7 for 10 days straight). God would have to be in the midst, to hold your attention for 11 or 12 hours per day. The miracles, deliverance & healing I read about (& have heard first hand testimonies) are astounding. God rewarded the sacrifice w/changed lives. Seymour & Mason came from a time, where the only hope in life was in Christ (there were no careers, higher educational pursuits etc); life was hard for the downtrodden. God has richly blessed us in these days w/careers, education, vacations, etc. These things are not bad in themselves. God has been kind. If we are going to see true Revival, just pondering how we can balance a valid “life” w/the urgent/fervent pursuit for God that these early saints had. “LORD SEND A REVIVAL & LET IT BEGIN W/ME!”