Fire in our hearts - The Jesus Army

FIRE IN OUR HEARTSCOMMUNICATE!few explosions and gave him an occasional lyric which he putto music. One evening Rufus found him in his gran’s summerhouse,stoned (as usual). They worked on a song that Rufusand Ronnie were going to introduce at Spinney; ‘Do you wannahave a father’s heart, brother?’ It was apt. Rufus’s own father’sheart was working overtime.Recently we had focused on soul healing. Many came to uswith deep emotional scars and there were some heart-rendingtales. A survey showed that one out of five girls had sufferedsexual abuse by the age of 18. Many youngsters in factleft home in their early teens fleeing from some kind of abuse.So many wounds, so many wounds,Heal me deeply with your powerful love.Many sang this with tears. It seemed that the erosion ofreal family life had devastated the youth of Britain.Paul had walked out of a broken home when a young teenagerand was roughing it on the Strand in London when Steve‘Capable’ met him. Steve gave him his card and Paul thoughtno more of it. But soon the rejection that had dogged his lifebecame unbearable. He decided to throw himself off WaterlooBridge. As Paul stood looking down at the murky watersof the Thames he felt something in his pocket. It was Battlecentre’sphone number. He rang it up and Steve came outand brought him home. With a powerful combination of healingprayer, family life and some good fathering, Paul soonbecame a young man of God and a valuable worship leader.He doubled in weight too!363