Fire in our hearts - The Jesus Army

FIRE IN OUR HEARTSNEW GENERATIONSquare. He was powerfully saved. Mario, a flamboyant Spanish-speakerfrom Guadeloupe, also turned up and Miguel arrivedfrom South America, soft-hearted and ready for discipleship.Added to these, David ‘Le Radical’, romantic Frenchmanand rasta, came via Amsterdam; Franceso arrived from Italyand Terry from the Emerald Isle. Terry, a near-invalid, founddeliverance from alcohol addiction and stepped out of hiswheelchair. Young men were now running up and down thestairs at Battlecentre. London, at least, was doing well.Bowl and scroll; fresh oil for the lampstand and a new spiritof prophecy. This was the need of us all, especially Northamptonwhich lacked the groundswell motivation of newercongregations. The newer units were small, urban and outward-looking.Risktakers needed God to survive. Not so settlers.Ensconced in rural comfort and routine, some could sitthrough the harrowing scenes shown in the latest multimediaevent, ‘Bleeding Life’, and go home to sleep it off.But God was anointing outward-lookers, those who, likeJesus, came ‘not to be served but to serve’. If ever there wasa day for harvest it was now. Our destiny depended on rejectinglukewarmness and being poured out for the nation.Our vision focused down. We soft-pedalled our involvementoverseas and planned an all-out offensive on the UK. The mottowas: UK People, We Love You! — the plan: to evangelise allmajor cities in Britain. As Michael Green observed:Paul’s strategy was urban. He made for the centres. The Acts ofthe Apostles records his visit to city after city of importance.394