Fire in our hearts - Jesus Army

FIRE IN OUR HEARTS
NEW GENERATION
Square. He was powerfully saved. Mario, a flamboyant Spanish-speaker
from Guadeloupe, also turned up and Miguel arrived
from South America, soft-hearted and ready for discipleship.
Added to these, David ‘Le Radical’, romantic Frenchman
and rasta, came via Amsterdam; Franceso arrived from Italy
and Terry from the Emerald Isle. Terry, a near-invalid, found
deliverance from alcohol addiction and stepped out of his
wheelchair. Young men were now running up and down the
stairs at Battlecentre. London, at least, was doing well.
Bowl and scroll; fresh oil for the lampstand and a new spirit
of prophecy. This was the need of us all, especially Northampton
which lacked the groundswell motivation of newer
congregations. The newer units were small, urban and outward-looking.
Risktakers needed God to survive. Not so settlers.
Ensconced in rural comfort and routine, some could sit
through the harrowing scenes shown in the latest multimedia
event, ‘Bleeding Life’, and go home to sleep it off.
But God was anointing outward-lookers, those who, like
Jesus, came ‘not to be served but to serve’. If ever there was
a day for harvest it was now. Our destiny depended on rejecting
lukewarmness and being poured out for the nation.
Our vision focused down. We soft-pedalled our involvement
overseas and planned an all-out offensive on the UK. The motto
was: UK People, We Love You! — the plan: to evangelise all
major cities in Britain. As Michael Green observed:
Paul’s strategy was urban. He made for the centres. The Acts of
the Apostles records his visit to city after city of importance.
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