Fire in our hearts - Jesus Army

FIRE IN OUR HEARTS
COMMUNICATE!
people with everything going for them in terms of marriage
cast it all aside for the sake of the kingdom. The day of sacrifice
wasn’t over. We were limbering up. There were signs of a
golden age to come.
Our strategy in 1992 was not only to regionalise but also to
release the dynamic of the converted. Regular leadership
training sessions were held at Cornhill and included many
potential ‘Timothies’. The apostle Paul had ‘fathered’ and apprenticed
young Timothy. This kind of spiritual mentoring was
growing amongst us and was really the hope of the future. All
around we sensed the mood of a new generation looking for
challenge. The need for adventure, to take life on and to explore
the limits was raw material for the Spirit of God. MEN
WHO DARE! was a bold headline that summer in our Jesus
Revolution Streetpaper:
Rugged, lively, new Christians! High profile, outfront! They belong
to the revolutionary dynamic of the early church. They
take up the torch of those who ‘turned the world upside down’.
New Christians are courageous, daring! Dangerous to demons!
They live to promote the gospel of Jesus Christ. Ready to give
up jobs, sports, wealth, marriage. Sold out to the new Christian
cause. These are men and women who dare! 126
But the future of our own youth caused concern. Many Fellowship
sons and daughters had been brought up in our most
sober, disciplined era. Though we were more flexible nowadays,
our children still faced a major crisis when they became
teenagers. Many rebelled as they fought for their per-
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