Fire in our hearts - Jesus Army

FIRE IN OUR HEARTS
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‘Prophetic!’ whispered Rufus.
‘Impossible!’ thought Steve as an unseen hand lowered him
onto the floor. He landed, his legs shaking violently and his
head banging from side to side on the wooden floor of the
King’s Room at Cornhill. Steve felt an incredible peace, a
mental clarity and a beautiful closeness to God. Physically, it
was impossible — the angle and speed. Spinning of any kind
made Steve feel sick. But he felt wonderful.
‘What’s going on, Lord?’ he asked.
God spoke in his heart: ‘This is a sign. I’m doing a new
thing and there will be upheaval. I’m shaking up the whole
mindset of your church.’
Steve remembered how God told Peter, in a trance, to eat
what was unclean and then sent him to the non-Jews. 104
‘What I am doing will be equally shocking,’ the Lord said.
‘This new direction will take you forward into my purposes. I
hate your nice British culture. Mine is a new creation. I will
bring upheaval and there will be division.’
Steve sensed a group of leaders who were standing outside
the circle, detached and cynical. He knew they wouldn’t last
in that condition. The Spirit continued to speak:
‘Some looking on think this is demonic, counterfeit. The
reverse is true. People in this nation have been seeing the
counterfeit for too long. Now is the time for the real thing, a
demonstration of a supernatural Christian counterculture. The
counterfeit, the cults, the New Age — all these are but imitations.
This will be my culture, my Zion.’
Now, a year later, there was a divine insecurity around. God
was disturbing us, bringing back the freshness, buzz, and
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