Fire in our hearts - Jesus Army

FIRE IN OUR HEARTS
CITY ON A HILL
ing celibate,’ Noel remarked at one point, ‘you just receive
the grace.’
Some of us, who felt we were passing through the agonies
of Gethsemane, grinned!
‘That’s for you,’ the Spirit whispered to Mick.
‘I want you to receive this.’
Mick sat back in the armchair. ‘All right, Lord, I take it now.’
On the way home he felt as if he was taking off in an aeroplane
— a great lift in his spirit. He got home at one in the
morning to find he was locked out. Mick climbed in through
one of the bedroom windows.
‘Graham! he said, bubbling over, ‘I’ve received the gift of
celibacy!’
Graham flashed an angry, bleary eye and snorted. Their
friendship had often been a bit stormy.
‘Oh! Go to bed!’ he shouted, and turned over.
By September the Farm had begun evangelism at the Leicester
University disco. Noel and others waited up into the early
hours to welcome the team home and hear reports. One
evening they had been followed round by a demoniac girl.
‘You can help me! You can help me!’ she had screamed.
‘You should have done!’ said Noel, and ticked them off for
their lack of courage.
The disco was a heavy scene. Bikers, prostitutes and drug
dealers were regulars, and only a few students set foot down
there. Mick’s team joined the farm brothers and sisters in
Leicester and used a house rented by our girl students. There
a group of intercessors, welcomers and cheese-on-toast makers
created a good atmosphere to bring people back to.
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