Fire in our hearts - Jesus Army

FIRE IN OUR HEARTS
NEW GENERATION
The vision of main community houses as radical discipleship
centres was intensified. Struggling businesses too were receiving
some emergency input both spiritually and practically
from a team led by Mike ‘Rockfast’. Zealous ‘young Davids’
like Jason, Phil and Nathan, responded wholeheartedly and
with sights set on a new golden age of community, pushed
things along, engaging any cynical Sauls, proud Goliaths or
worldly Philistines they met on the way.
God’s word to us was to ‘cleanse the house of the Lord’. In
spirit Noel saw an angel pouring out bowls of judgement and
blessing on the church. The following months revealed the
outworking of this as some scenes dwindled and others blossomed.
As the Jesus Army steamed on into 1995 the growing
cry was ‘Lord, revive our church households’ — from the roots
up!
Towards the end of 1994 things had begun to hot up in London.
The year had been OK, but not stunning, and they were
a little weary with all the stress and pain of church building.
Community families were struggling there too.
‘There must be more’ was a popular song and a common
sentiment. Steve asked God for a new spirit of prophecy in
the group. They had experienced a renewed soaking in the
Holy Spirit with ecstatic worship, laughter, people under the
table and the like. But Steve was hungry for more. He wanted
the complete Acts 2 power package: dreams, visions and
prophecy — plus a startlingly new community.
As leaders we could motivate, push and preach the apostolic
message. And we did. But the power of revival was personal
encounters with the Lord Jesus and a prophetically awak-
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