Fire in our hearts - Jesus Army

FIRE IN OUR HEARTS
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By this time I was between the millstones. I’d moved to
Oxford full of vision and expected God’s glory to follow my
ministry. I wanted to call the new place ‘Shekinah House’.
‘Crucifixion House would be more like it,’ retorted Noel. He
was right, of course. God’s agenda of humbling proud leaders
graciously took me in. Desolation and inadequacy clipped
my wings. I forsook my crumbling celibate commitment, relinquished
all my apostolic aspirations and came home with
a broken heart.
More serious was the situation with the critics. The boil of
cynicism seemed to be growing. Noel’s interest in the ‘prophetic
movement’ did little to please them. During the May
Festival we listened to a tape about the ‘Kansas City prophets’
with their uncanny words of knowledge and predictions
of fireballs of revival falling on London.
When Roger Forster went to see Paul Cain, Paul prophesied
over him: ‘There’s a breakthrough like you’ve never dreamed
of. God’s new thing is coming to England, and he’s going to
call it his strange act. It is going to be revolutionary.’
Though we couldn’t approve of everything we heard about
them, these men did bring a timely emphasis on the prophetic
dimension — especially as it related to purity in the church.
Amongst us things came to a head. During the festival some
of the community stalwarts stood at the back of the marquee
or disappeared into the grounds. It was all too much; all this
bopping to the beat and falling around!
‘What’s Zion coming to?’ they murmured. ‘Spirituality
means holiness and discipleship, not a load of circus dramatics.’
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