Fire in our hearts - Jesus Army

FIRE IN OUR HEARTS THE LORD TOOK HOLD OF BUGBROOKE
The Saturday evening group in the Manse began to explore
the supernatural gifts of the Spirit — tongues, prophecy, wisdom,
knowledge, healing, and so forth. One evening David
Mills laid hands on them, and brought them all a word from
the Lord. He also prophesied that one day the whole chapel
would be full of people — arms raised and praising God. That
was hard to believe!
The Fountain Trust was a great encouragement, and there
was also input from leaders of the emerging ‘house churches’.
Peter Lyne came from Bristol and led them into singing in the
Spirit. Other young leaders like Graham Perrins, Gerald
Coates and John MacLaughlin visited the group. Hugh Thompson
was the first to demonstrate the word of knowledge.
‘Someone has a toothache,’ Hugh announced. The someone
refused prayer, however.
In July most of the group went off for a fortnight in Devon.
The holiday helped them to get to know one another better. It
brought a sense of family, and they began to refer to each
other as ‘brothers’ and ‘sisters’. Three others from Northampton
turned up at this Devon retreat. John was a gentle
young man seeking to lead a small group forward in the Spirit,
Malcolm was a quiet sixth-former, studying music, and Phil
had recently been converted. They quickly became part of
the ‘family’, and Phil cremated a pile of his cigarettes in the
garden.
John would often visit the manse group. When he spoke, he
trembled with fear, but his words carried power. His Northampton
group often brought people along to the meetings
and gradually news spread around that ‘something interesting
is going on at Bugbrooke’.
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