Fire in our hearts - Jesus Army

FIRE IN OUR HEARTS
AWAKE O ZION!
to move in unity as ‘one new man’ (Eph 2:15), we touched the
very heart of Zion.
John and Steve were drawing the brothers together. They
were all very real as they opened their hearts to each other,
and discipled one another fearlessly. Above all, they made
brotherhood enjoyable.
At New Creation Hall, Pete was producing paintings of community
life and writing songs from the Scriptures — ‘We know
love by this, that he laid down his life for us, and we ought to
lay down our lives for the brethren’ (1 John 3:16).
Wesley’s hymns also expressed our heart:
Mollify our harsher will,
Each to each our tempers suit...
We valued individual character and refused the trend towards
unisex, which we saw as unbiblical and psychologically
off-beam. Equality between the sexes wasn’t the point.
Rather, it was being the personality God intended. Women
began to enjoy their femininity more and developed a strong
sense of sisterhood. Brothers found that their manly sharing
produced manliness and appreciated the friendship and reality
of brotherhood. ‘As iron sharpens iron,’ said the wise man,
‘so one man sharpens another’ (Prov 27:17).
There were outward changes, too. Brothers lost their flowing
locks and some grew beards. Sisters let their hair grow.
Biblically, it spoke of their ‘covering’ (1 Cor 11:3— 11). At
Harlestone Road the sisters converted their jeans into denim
skirts. One sister felt the Lord telling her to get a dress, but
couldn’t afford one. Out of the blue her mother gave her £10.
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