Fire in our hearts - Jesus Army

FIRE IN OUR HEARTS
COMMUNICATE!
Then the lights went on. Noel had asked three lads onto the
stage and was telling their stories:
‘This is Pete “Noble”. Pete’s mum was 15 when he was born
and he was adopted by a middle class family. In his early
teens he left home a rebel. Living on the streets and in squats
he got into drugs; speed, coke, crack, anything. Pete had a
faith in God but didn’t know where to find him. He became a
registered heroin addict and a dealer. At 18 he jumped off a
30-foot bridge on acid and broke both his legs. After he came
out of hospital things got worse. When a sister met him in
Bristol he weighed 5½ stone and had been given less than a
year to live. Pete came back to one of our houses, found the
love of Jesus and was baptised in the Holy Spirit.’
The tears began to fall. I was overwhelmed by God’s kindness,
amazed that these were my brothers. Here was conversion,
raw, radical, powerful. Soon all who’d been homeless,
abused or in prison were climbing onto the stage. And they
just kept coming. This was it. This was Jesus. Then the Cornhill
family came on doing a dance routine. Rob was rapping:
A new revolution’s happening in town,
We’re the Jesus People, come on down!
There’s revolution talk right out there -
There’s revolution power right in here!
You see, this revolution is one of love,
And this revolution is one of joy,
And this revolution is one of peace,
And this revolution is one of justice;
Where people of all class and race
Get saved and healed in Jesus’ grace;
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