Fire in our hearts - Jesus Army

FIRE IN OUR HEARTS
ON THE MARCH
We confessed sins and pleaded for our households and businesses.
Rufus and the two Steves visited other houses, bringing
the message of repentance. Sparks flew when a few elders
resisted this input, but the revivalists were undeterred. Zion
was going to be cleansed.
The tide began to turn. Some brothers were praying at Cornhill
when, around two in the morning, Steve ‘Genuine’ broke
into a chuckle. Then he laughed and laughed. The joy of the
Lord came on them; the other Steve trembled and shook, and
Rufus was prostrated and overcome.
Cornhill caught the fire, and when one of their sisters attended
her disciple band at Vineyard the flame spread. It was
electric. They prayed, wept and sang in tongues. Mike ‘Rockfast’
had found a breakthrough too and late that night came
home to Vineyard with a sense of expectancy. He found the
disciple band leader aglow, and, as others joined them they
began to pray. When one sister entered the room she cried
out because of the presence of God.
‘Mike came up,’ wrote one brother, ‘and said, “Come down
quick! The Lord’s doing something.” We rose and dressed,
and found the sisters calling on God. I felt a flood of the Spirit
and fell on my face. “Lord!” I cried, “I feel like Jonah who
must be thrown overboard!” It felt like white light. Sin was
instantly exposed and you either broke down or hardened
up. My sins were so many I thought they would bring judgement
on the house. We continued praying for hours, and one
sister all night.’
The next evening after Agape, a sister wrote in her diary:
‘We gathered as soon as possible. Even the children confessed
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