Fire in our hearts - Jesus Army

FIRE IN OUR HEARTS
AWAKE O ZION!
The atmosphere was terrific. It was family. At Malhamdale we
really saw the vision of community. It’s hard to describe such
deep ministry. We were crying with joy — I mean everybody,
including Noel. You never wanted the meetings to end. You just
wanted to sit there and know the love. It brought everyone
through — I mean, if you weren’t real for the Lord, you’d never
have stood a fortnight of it!
‘It was fun too!’ said his wife. ‘We played tricks on each other,
like tying all the bedroom door knobs together. One night I
jumped into bed and someone had put a load of dried peas in
it!’
Many of us remembered worshipping down in the caverns
and tunnels of White Scar cave. ‘Jesus, Jesus, let me tell you
what I know,’ rang out in echoing harmonies and rounds as
the Jesus People made their way singing through the underworld,
accompanied by some skilful playing on the stalactites.
At Malhamdale the Spirit was bringing a new sense of unity
and power which confronted the forces of darkness. Noel
taught on the spiritual warfare and there were quite a few
demonic manifestations. Some from the nicest people you
could know.
At this point I made an exit. I felt as though I had a hard
shell around me that wouldn’t break and I couldn’t get into
the flow. So I went home to lick my wounds and try to pray. I
passed Victor and his family arriving for the second week
and saw his acute embarrassment as an older sister flung
her arms around him! I wished him luck! But he fared better
than I, being a humbler man. Victor was determined to lose
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