Fire in our hearts - The Jesus Army

FIRE IN OUR HEARTSNEW GENERATIONRob was a good guy to be with (plus he had a car) and gotplenty of invites to parties, clubs and homes. His new matessoon found he was a Christian, and Jesus Army to boot. That,if anything, made him more popular. It was cool to have aJesus Army guy as a friend. By the time Rob invited them tohis own ‘party’ they were quite open to the idea. Up to twentywould trail back to the Farm for supper after ‘Sunday Eveningat Spinney’.One scene sprang out of the Irish Centre in Northampton.There Rob, Nathan and crew met some lads who were into adeafening sound-barrage called ‘thrash metal’. The musiciansbegan to find God and three were baptised. On Sunday nightsat Spinney the audience were treated to their contributionsset to Christian lyrics. Noel called them the ‘J Boys’, an improvementon their former (unprintable) name.One night Rob’s mates got him to light a candle to remembera friend who’d died. As they prayed Rob sensed the presenceof the Holy Spirit. Now these weren’t born-again evangelicals.But something was happening. God was there.Increasingly these ‘modern believers’ were reaching out toGod. New age shops, with all their colour, fragrance and mystique,were catering to a trend. But the real search was deeperthan any fad or philosophy. We were meeting people who reallywanted to know, who opened their hearts and who prayed.God was responding too.There was a move of the kingdom out there among the people.THE JESUS EXPLOSIONThe fervour that knows no bounds.402