Fire in our hearts - Jesus Army

FIRE IN OUR HEARTS
COMMUNICATE!
For the glory of the Lord, we advance united!
Following Christ’s blazing sword, his dominion
sighted.
All that has been taken, it shall be restored!
This eternal anthem: ‘For the glory of the
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Before the midnight chimes of Big Ben were relayed to us
from London, many flocked onto the stage to rededicate their
lives to God. Others moved around praying and counselling.
Then the floor was cleared for a dramatic sketch based on
the message of Luke 14 and Matthew 21: a king sent out messengers
to call his people to a feast but these despised his
invitation and beat the messengers. So he sent them out a
second time to bring in the homeless, the needy and the poor.
And these feasted at his table.
There was a buoyant spirit around and some of us, seeing
our friends putting on a superb act, were reduced to tears of
laughter. But at one point the action paused. As the lights
dimmed and the laughter faded away, Rufus walked on in rags,
sat on the table and spoke gently to the audience:
‘You know, it’s all for real.
‘It seems to me that the call of God starts with the religious.
And he had a pretty good go at getting through to the
likes of me and you! But there comes a time when the Lord
says: “Look, there are people out there who are hungry and
thirsty and desperate.” And then he needs messengers who
are willing to go. And that’s me and you.
‘And that’s serious. Because Britain is hard and people are
cold, spiritually. We’ve got to relate to where people really
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