Fire in our hearts - Jesus Army

FIRE IN OUR HEARTS
COMMUNICATE!
I’ve been crying in my soul; I’ve found the brotherhood,
With a love not known before, now I know I belong;
This love I’ve been shown is really so strong;
And I’m crying with my brethren, tears of joy and
love.
After a brief message hundreds came forward to receive
prayer. Then the baptistry was opened. Phil collared hold of
Rufus backstage. ‘Bro, if I’m to get baptised, I need to know
the Spirit is with me.’ As Rufus laid hands on him and prayed,
Phil spoke in tongues for the first time. Then swiftly crossing
the stage, he jumped in and was baptised.
The Spirit came so powerfully that Phil could hardly stand.
During the final celebrations many went through the water,
but Phil’s parents only learned about their ‘newly-washed’
son when, in the midst of wild rave, stage-diving and flashing
lights, someone grabbed the mike and shouted, ‘Phil’s been
baptised!’
He seemed to carry the torch of a new generation.
We had called 1993 ‘The Year of the Spirit’. It had not disappointed
us. Inspiration and creativity had been powerfully
released. God had given us 450 new people and some of our
own teenagers were coming through.
We were flowing with the Christian mainstream, tapping
into the culture and communicating with ever increasing skill.
But community had barely grown. Jesus, friend of sinners,
was ever more popular. His passion for sacrifice was not so
easy to inspire. Maybe we’d lost it ourselves.
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