1000 Points of Death

“I have spoken of a thousand points of light, of all the community organizations that are spread like stars throughout the Nation, doing good. I will go to the people and the programs that are the brighter points of light, and I will ask every member of my government to become involved. The old ideas are new again because they are not old, they are timeless: duty, sacrifice, commitment, and a patriotism that finds its expression in taking part and pitching in.” – President George H. W. Bush, 1988.

Chapter 4 of the book Experiencing God is entitled Being God’s Servant. As Philippians chapter 2 mentions, becoming a real servant of God involves dying to “self”. Though President Bush’s speech was made almost a quarter of a century ago, for me it still remains the most memorable phrase from a presidential speech. It was here that President Bush put forth the idea of encouraging individual contributions to society. However, these thousand individual contributions cannot occur without a thousand deaths to personal self interests.

Through the book Experiencing God, God is calling Pentecostal Tabernacle to go on a mission with Him and fulfill the assignment He’s given to our church. And one of the best ways I can think of to produce death to self is the discipline of ministering to (serving) God with fasting. Therefore, beginning on Sunday, September 11th (911) and ending on Sunday, October 2nd, Pentecostal Tabernacle will be in fasting and consecration unto God.

Let’s look forward to seeing Pentecostal Tabernacle being one of those points of light for the Kingdom of God (Matthew 5:14-16).