Fire in our hearts - The Jesus Army

FIRE IN OUR HEARTSNEW GENERATIONawake) that our cell groups brought along with them wereattracted by the music, the visuals and the creative exuberance.Many found the life of the Spirit at these events. This waschurch and it was exciting! I was reminded of the early daysat Bugbrooke chapel, when the Northampton hippies, whowere nowhere to be seen before lunch, all turned up for thevibrant (and sometimes dramatic) evening meetings.Now, apart from Sunday evenings, it was the team spirit ofmid-week cell groups, meeting in homes and evenings spentin community houses that gave new friends their bread andbutter experience of church. That spoke of the future.Nathan and Rob noted the friendly buzz at a popular nightclub.Amidst the lights, mobiles and music, people shared,flowed, and danced freely with hands raised as if in worship.Seeing their tremendous potential for God, Rob and Nathanjust wished they could bring them to Jesus, set up a pool onthe dance-floor and baptise them there and then!These brothers spotlighted the need to get in amongst people— not with dogma or a slick answer — but with sensitivity.We too were searchers, as one song made plain:I’m still seaching, Lord, on a journey,Learning, yearning — and yes, I do believe in You.We hadn’t arrived, had we? Christians were so keen for peopleto come to their party. Maybe God was saying, ‘I’m outthere amongst the people. Come and join Me.’407