Fire in our hearts - The Jesus Army

7Community1973‘Lord,’ Victor had once said, ‘if you want me to marry Sheila,then make this wart on my finger go down!’ He opened hiseyes. The wart had gone! Victor had these kind of dealingswith God.Back in 1961, as a young Anglican at Art College, he’d experiencedGod’s forgiveness. Then one day he read in Acts10: ‘For they heard them speaking in tongues and praisingGod’ (Acts 10:46). ‘If this is for now, Lord,’ Victor prayed, ‘letme have it.’ He got it, and immediately felt a strong urge tolive and share with other Christians. But nothing came of it.Victor plunged into his career and got married.Now in his early thirties, he dreamed of a yacht and a luxuryhome by the sea. He was already a qualified architect, a deaconin the Baptist Church, Superintendent of the Sundayschool, and President of the Lay Preachers Association in90