Fire in our hearts - Jesus Army

FIRE IN OUR HEARTS
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up with his hippy-trippy image and the rather ‘poncy’ scene
at drama school. The time had come to open a new chapter in
his life. But what? And where? Rufus encouraged Phil to get
baptised at Jesus Live. ‘No way!’ said Phil the cool. But in
secret he was very encouraged that Rufus believed in him.
The flurry of creativity ran straight into the August Festival
and by now Nathan was softening up. As the new band set
their kit up amongst the regular musicians, Jez was nervous.
‘Techno, a stoned keyboard player and a computer? Will this
be acceptable? Will God really be in it?’
At the opening bars of the song ‘Jesus is Live’ the whole
audience rose to its feet in excitement. Jez breathed a sigh of
relief. Then as they launched into ‘So fed up with myself and
reached the second line, ‘Longing for love that is real’, the
Holy Spirit touched Nathan and he wept. That day the Beta
band was born.
Immediately after the Festival Nathan went up to the Lake
District and immersed himself in the beauty of the mountains
and lakes. As he sat on a hill in the moonlight, absorbing the
stillness, he turned things over in his mind. He was young.
Life was before him. Should he pursue his own wild path —
or flow with the Jesus Army? Noel and Rufus were good friends
and the Beta band was taking off. A door had opened and it
seemed easy now to just walk through. In the solitude of the
moment Nathan felt the kiss of heaven.
As summer rolled on a colossal amount of work went into
the preparations for the premiere of Jesus Live in November.
Apart from all the prop-making, band practice and stage rehearsals,
there was the sheer complexity of the programme.
The 40-page script included graphics, background music, film
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