Fire in our hearts - The Jesus Army

FIRE IN OUR HEARTSCOMMUNICATE!wind dropped, the firemen arrived and the advancing flamesbegan to falter.Thus far and no further would they come. Some of the poplartrees, the proud protectors of our large orchard, had alreadybeen destroyed. But the tree nearest the house remainedunburnt, a silent witness to God’s intervention.These natural events now seemed highly symbolic. A spiritualfire was raging through the church and some of hertrusted ‘protectors’ were going through the flames.A prophecy, written just before the new anointing, hadwarned that God would ‘search our motives, chase outdeadness and awaken the very soil in which Zion was planted’.So it proved to be. The Spirit we had first experienced assweet wine and healing oil now came as gales of upheavaland fires of cleansing. At the height of the anointings Godhad spoken about this very dramatically to two brothers.The leaders’ meeting was going wild. Many were shaking,laughing, crying and falling under the power of God. As Rufuswas quietly praying he saw a field of wheat. At its centrea swirling storm was brewing up. Rufus opened his eyes toview the present chaos.‘Wow! Is this really happening?’Steve ‘Capable’ was spinning like a top, swirling round andround, his arms going up and down, his body swaying andbending. Lower and lower he swept, faster and faster.We looked aghast.‘Amazing!’ said some.‘Demonic!’ muttered others.315