Fire in our hearts - Jesus Army

FIRE IN OUR HEARTS
NEW GENERATION
awake) that our cell groups brought along with them were
attracted by the music, the visuals and the creative exuberance.
Many found the life of the Spirit at these events. This was
church and it was exciting! I was reminded of the early days
at Bugbrooke chapel, when the Northampton hippies, who
were nowhere to be seen before lunch, all turned up for the
vibrant (and sometimes dramatic) evening meetings.
Now, apart from Sunday evenings, it was the team spirit of
mid-week cell groups, meeting in homes and evenings spent
in community houses that gave new friends their bread and
butter experience of church. That spoke of the future.
Nathan and Rob noted the friendly buzz at a popular nightclub.
Amidst the lights, mobiles and music, people shared,
flowed, and danced freely with hands raised as if in worship.
Seeing their tremendous potential for God, Rob and Nathan
just wished they could bring them to Jesus, set up a pool on
the dance-floor and baptise them there and then!
These brothers spotlighted the need to get in amongst people
— not with dogma or a slick answer — but with sensitivity.
We too were searchers, as one song made plain:
I’m still seaching, Lord, on a journey,
Learning, yearning — and yes, I do believe in You.
We hadn’t arrived, had we? Christians were so keen for people
to come to their party. Maybe God was saying, ‘I’m out
there amongst the people. Come and join Me.’
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