Fire in our hearts - Jesus Army

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Mud, Sweat and Tears
1974
Rodger laughed so much, he fell on his back! He hadn’t always
been so liberated, but that spring evening he, Pete, and
I had come home inebriated — spiritually. It did us good. We
needed loosening up. I was into prayer and fasting, Rodger
was into logical thinking, and Pete, a guitar teacher, was into
sleep and cream buns! They called us the three stooges: two
Oxford graduates and an amateur philosopher. I now worked
as a school technician and we all shared a flat in Northampton.
Like us, more and more were coming together in some kind
of community. Couples opened their homes to singles and
some, like Val, moved into the village. Community was now
the emphasis. Evangelism took second place but newcomers
kept appearing. We concentrated on being a people for God
and this caught the public eye. ‘Following The Instructions
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