Fire in our hearts - The Jesus Army

FIRE IN OUR HEARTS THE LORD TOOK HOLD OF BUGBROOKEblow could land, the biker sank to the floor — Johnny was anexperienced fighter! He turned to Kelly sheepishly. ‘I thoughtit was right in the Spirit,’ he said. Kelly grinned, took a lookover his shoulder and ran to the car. They hopped in — just intime. The gang surrounded them and started to turn the carover.‘Kelly,’ said Johnny, ‘I think we ought to go home.’‘Yes, Johnny,’ said Kelly, ‘...certainly!’ Kelly hit the ignitionand they lurched into the night.Rumours went round that Johnny and Kelly were in for some‘treatment’. The following night the Apaches planned to bustthe chapel open but, by a stroke of providence, a more important‘rumble’ cropped up somewhere else.A few days later the President, Nicky, came with a few matesand sat on the front row with knives and sticks. Nicky washuge and vicious. Kelly eyed him from the platform and swallowedhard; Norma gripped his arm; and Noel preached asnormal. The rest was up to prayer, worship, and God. Thepresence of the Lord was real and, by the end of the meeting,Nicky’s heart was softened. Kelly came down and embracedhim. They struck hands and Nicky threw off his Angels’ gear.When a reporter from Northampton came to investigate, Nickytold his story:We used to carry 12-bore shotguns in the Chapter and I reallyenjoyed violence. We came over to create a disturbance but bythe end of the evening I really felt I had found some sort oftruth. People were happy. I took off my colours, broke my stickin two, and gave it to Noel. It was notched for every time I usedit. 1066