Fire in our hearts - Jesus Army

FIRE IN OUR HEARTS
CITY ON A HILL
quaint, but clean. Vikki was impressed by the sisters at the
Hall as they went round singing and making marmalade in
huge pans, so she got herself a dress from down the clothing
store and joined in!
Some travelled a long way to worship with us, including a
small fellowship from East Anglia. One of these brothers had
grown very discouraged and spent most of his time in his
pottery studio which happened to be a converted bank vault.
One day he was in desperate need of £50 when a friend walked
in saying he felt the Lord telling him to give him £50 and also
to encourage him to go down to Bugbrooke.
The following Saturday night at Bugbrooke he was in chapel
listening to the words of wisdom and knowledge that God
often revealed during the worship. ‘I can see a strongroom
door with a big brass handle,’ declared Alasdair, one of our
doctors. ‘It’s either in a bank or on a ship, and I can see a
brother closing the door behind him. I feel that God is calling
you to close the door on your present life and to move in a
new direction.’
The brother concerned was very shaken, and touched by
God’s care for him. It wasn’t long before he and his wife knew
the call of God to join us in community. On the next visit down
he made a bee line for Alasdair. ‘Hey, bro,’ he grinned, ‘I do
my pottery in an old rented bank vault. It’s got a big brass
handle on it and it’s in Ship Street!’
Soon almost all that little group moved down and joined
the church. They weren’t all spoken to so dramatically, but
they were drawn by the reality of God’s presence amongst
us.
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