Fire in our hearts - The Jesus Army

FIRE IN OUR HEARTSON THE MARCHtheir sins. The elders knelt in the middle and the childrenprayed over them... I feel different now and the joy of mysalvation is returning.’ She put down her diary and continuedpraying — in her sleep!‘That night,’ wrote another, ‘the Spirit kept rising withinme. Tears came to my eyes and I got up to tell someone whatwas happening. Such gratitude was in my heart.’Amazed, Mike surveyed his new household and wept forjoy. ‘Everything was topsy-turvy,’ he wrote. ‘Sisters carriedthe anointing and leaders were humbled. The issues of blessingand judgement became so real. Everything was transparent— it was marvellous! As we knelt, praying and weeping,and singing and rejoicing, I wished it would never end.’There were similar stories in other houses. We virtually forgotevangelism, and people prayed in the morning, at work,after lunch, and at night — they prayed any time, any place.We duplicated accounts of past revival movements and circulatedthem around the houses. We saw a pattern in revivals,as hunger for God, repentance and brokenness were followedby the cleansing blood and the power of the Spirit.An old revival song was popular at this time:Now the cleansing blood has reached me.Glory Glory to the Lamb!We saw the power of the blood as never before. Revivalwas blood and fire! Holy Fire was the title of a book by ColinUrquhart, 80 whose community at The Hyde had also experiencedGod’s awesome holiness. Fire was our watchword too.255