Fire in our hearts - Jesus Army

FIRE IN OUR HEARTS THE LORD TOOK HOLD OF BUGBROOKE
‘made a decision’ for Christ at eighteen, but now, at college,
he’d grown cynical and holy huddles annoyed him. Communism
was more appealing. Changing the world — that was
where it was at.
He looked around.
‘Good Lord!’ he thought. ‘Even Miss Campion is glowing!’
‘Notice anything about Noel?’ his dad asked when he got
home. ‘Well, yes,’ said John. ‘He looked like a 100 watt bulb!
I had a good argument with them all about this “talking in
tongues”. Noel gave me this withering look. “Who are you to
say a gift of God is no good?” he said. That really threw me. I
thought, “You know what — he could be right!”’
The Holy Spirit had begun to invade the life of the chapel.
The teenagers were very excited and encouraged one another
along. Stories flew around of talking in tongues and seeing
visions. The youngsters prayed together almost every night
for revival to hit the chapel. Sometimes they ended up on the
floor laughing in the Spirit. One of the lads felt something
like a warm electric current come upon his head and travel
down to his toes. The joy was immense and he shook for an
hour.
One of their friends, Geoff, was a fiery redhead with a character
to match. Extrovert and likeable, he thought the Youth
Club was all a bit of a laugh. Then one evening when he walked
in, Geoff looked really different. He’d given his life to Christ
and was already baptised in the Spirit. It soon spread around
the village. Geoff had ‘got religion’!
Some of the youngsters joined the ‘core’ group. Around
twenty, including Noel, Miss Campion, and Verna, now came
together in the manse to seek God. Saturday nights were times
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