Fire in our hearts - Jesus Army

FIRE IN OUR HEARTS
CITY ON A HILL
spent time with people. One girl went through cold turkey —
all night. I was exhausted, but she came through.’
Lisa, one of the young sisters at Living Stones, had grown
up in Bugbrooke. ‘Celibacy is natural and normal,’ she wrote.
‘Jesus oozed warm humanity. He was so tender, secure and
so very liberated that he attracted the common folk. That’s
my vision.’
More sisters joined the growing number of celibates at this
time. We were increasingly aware now of the brothers and
sisters who had chosen celibacy and sought to encourage them
at special celibate gatherings.
As we became more outgoing sisters began to modify their
appearance. They still had long hair and no make-up, but their
clothes began to look a bit more fashionable. The meek and
quiet spirit was still their vision (in the main) but sisters became
increasingly dynamic.
With the fresh thrust in ‘friendship evangelism’, servant
groups were breaking new ground. One group met in a caravan
in Coventry. A gypsy had turned up at Promise House
thinking it was the doctor’s and was pleasantly surprised to
hear the sound of Christians singing! Dai invited them to the
site and some of the gypsies were converted. Florrie was a
real Romany — headscarf, rings and all — and she soon joined
us. Tarzan was another gypsy friend.
‘How’s Tarzan doing?’ someone asked.
‘A bit up and down!’ replied Piers.
There was also a renewed emphasis on intercession. Like
the Moravians of old, and Yonggi Cho’s church in Korea, we
organised a ‘prayer watch’, aiming for a continuous chain of
prayer. (Some gaps in the night were hard to fill!) Many spent
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