Fire in our hearts - Jesus Army

FIRE IN OUR HEARTS
NEW GENERATION
‘It does my head right in!’ he blurted:
‘What’s that, bro?’ asked Nathan.
‘Babylon mate! Worldliness, negativity. It cabbages me. I
see it leering at us, trying to get in. It does my head right in.
Right in, I tell you. Ooow... You devil!’
‘Calm down bro,’ said Nathan soothingly.
‘Calm down? — Grrr!’ retorted Jason. ‘I hate it! I hate it
when the church isn’t holy. She’s supposed to be a praise in
all the earth. She’s the light, man, the light! And people
whinge. I feel like smashing their Walkmans with a hammer!’
‘Ah, I know bro,’ smiled Nathan and picked up a guitar that
was lying on one of the old beat-up armchairs.
‘Don’t let it bug you, Jase. There’s some brilliant things
cracking off. You know that. This is a new era, man!’
Nathan started to strum his guitar. Then he paused, and
with a look of determination, he pointed a finger at Jason.
‘It’s going be better than its ever been — better than when
I was a kid. They’re hungry out there, bro. It’s incredible.
These new guys at the Farm — they’re radical man!
‘Yeah — they’re buzzed right up,’ chuckled Jason. ‘You’re
right. You know I really love this church. I love Cornhill, and
the warehouse, but I get frustrated sometimes.’
‘It’s gonna be all right bro!’ grinned Nathan. ‘You wait!’
And he launched into a new song.
As the curtain fell on 1994 we didn’t expect a huge applause
— at least not from God. There were hard facts to face. We
were well behind in our planting programme and had achieved
less than two-thirds of our targeted membership increase.
After several years of growth, numbers in community were
387