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Fire in our hearts - Jesus Army

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FIRE IN OUR HEARTS<br />

COMMUNICATE!<br />

try<strong>in</strong>g to drag the chest away and were meet<strong>in</strong>g with some success.<br />

As I watched them, I grew anxious. Then suddenly a magnificent<br />

young lion sprang <strong>in</strong> and scattered the demons. He sat<br />

majestically on the box and guarded the treasure. To my horror,<br />

some were order<strong>in</strong>g him to go.<br />

Ironically those who had feared for ‘old Zion’ fought most<br />

aga<strong>in</strong>st her. They wanted a tame lion. But the ano<strong>in</strong>t<strong>in</strong>g had<br />

come <strong>in</strong> wild and was renew<strong>in</strong>g her. Only pride and legalism<br />

were blown out. The heart of it all, brotherhood love and radical<br />

New Testament faith, rema<strong>in</strong>ed and was made young.<br />

1990 had been a pa<strong>in</strong>ful turn<strong>in</strong>g po<strong>in</strong>t. A second Wembley<br />

Praise-Day later that year was a resound<strong>in</strong>g success and received<br />

support from a very wide spectrum of church leaders.<br />

Dave Fell<strong>in</strong>gham from New Frontiers helped to lead the worship<br />

and spoke of many streams flow<strong>in</strong>g together as one great<br />

river. Then the American, Larry Alberts, spoke with a prophetic<br />

clarity that said it all:<br />

‘God is shak<strong>in</strong>g us. A sword is pass<strong>in</strong>g low over the body of<br />

Christ. The proud are be<strong>in</strong>g taken out.’<br />

In the world, the nations too were be<strong>in</strong>g shaken, and <strong>in</strong> the<br />

climate of failed materialism people were turn<strong>in</strong>g to God. But<br />

only from a humbled church would God’s river truly flow.<br />

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