Fire in our hearts - The Jesus Army

FIRE IN OUR HEARTSON THE MARCHBy April many households were revived and love for Zionrekindled. Children responded well, as one mum from EaglesWings recounted: ‘Peter (8) felt water moving inside him andknew he was being filled with the Spirit. He prayed with James(6) and during Agape, Peter, James, and Rachel (11) wereconfessing their faults. Later I looked into the bedroom andthey were on their knees, hymn book open. So I left them.’During Easter week forty hours were given to prayer, andeach house aimed for a corporate pentecost. ‘Then Zion shallbe holy ground,’ wrote Noel, ‘and the presence of God willconvict sinners.’ We daren’t resume mission work till we hadreceived the ‘power from on high’. But not everyone had.There was still pride around and elders were amongst theworst offenders.Noel spoke to the leaders from 1 Kings 13 on the man ofGod and the prophet of Bethel. The altar there had been givenover to the worship of Baal, but the old prophet had said nothing.God sent a young man to prophesy against the altar, butout of jealousy the old prophet deceived him and he was killed.So, too, would pride in leadership destroy the anointed onesof God. When the ministry had finished many were prostrateor knelt and wept. That night God humbled us.May Bank Holiday was scheduled for ‘praise and pentecost’on the Hall lawn. When the day came, it rained and rainedand rained. We sang ‘Rain from heaven, fall’, and laughed.God had done great things among us. We leapt and shoutedand sang. Many testified at the microphone and one brotherreminded us of how Elijah drenched the sacrifices before thefire of God fell.256