Fire in our hearts - Jesus Army

FIRE IN OUR HEARTS
AWAKE O ZION!
At the Hall we saw this happening in front of our eyes. Far
from losing our identities, we were gaining richer personalities
as we came out of our shells and flowed together. We
shared our gifts and inspirations and worshipped around the
meal tables. Even work breaks were times of singing, prophecy
and wisdom. Being together daily broke the barriers between
the natural and the spiritual. Instead of being meeting-centred
we became kingdom-of-God-centred, and our talents
came into play. Helps ministries, administrative abilities,
practical and caring gifts all mingled with spiritual inspirations.
Most of us worked for outside employers, but some began
to work for the housing association as plumbers, decorators,
builders or carpenters. A community Foodstore was established
in the Hall stable block and this, along with the garage,
employed people full-time.
We were finding our niches. Dave and John planted an orchard
and established the bee-hives, whilst an ex-hippy tended
the garden and concocted some rather suspect herb-drinks.
Another brother converted the cellar into a secondhand clothing
store. Then we pooled our books and I became the librarian.
The tomes poured in till we had twenty copies of Pray In
The Spirit! 31 and fifteen Nine O’Clock In The Morning’s! 32
In the new year John Thom came to live at the Hall with his
group of brothers and warmed the place up by installing a
central heating system. We spent all morning rigging up an
old boiler with pulleys to lower it down the cellar steps. But
John forgot to attach the ropes and the monstrosity went hurtling
down. The house shook but the Hall and the boiler survived,
and there were no casualties.
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