Fire in our hearts - Jesus Army

FIRE IN OUR HEARTS
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Victor, myself and Justin, a bright-eyed hippie, met privately
to encourage one another in the pursuit of holiness. Wesley
was a major inspiration to us at the time:
Refiner’s fire go though my heart,
Illuminate my soul. Scatter
Thy life through every part
And sanctify the whole.
The experience of ‘entire sanctification’ had been at the
heart of the Methodist revival and the Salvation Army and
we wondered if it was a treasure to be recovered in our day.
A much broader group of brothers and sisters, led by Steve
‘Capable’, rose once a week before dawn and converged on
New Creation Hall to pray. There, above the foodstore, inspiration
flowed as the ‘watchmen’ prayed, lay prostrate, listened
to God and gained fresh vision. Prophetic wisdom came
thick and fast; judgement had begun at the house of God.
God was humbling and purifying his people.
That autumn we reprinted an article by John Wimber, whose
Vineyard churches had received some corrective input from
Paul Cain. God was pruning many vineyards, exposing sin,
humbling the proud and creating holiness. John wrote:
The true call of the church is to the cross. We are called to die
to ourselves and the world. This might mean lowering standards
of living and giving up a significant amount of recreational
and entertainment time for higher purposes. 105
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