Fire in our hearts - Jesus Army

FIRE IN OUR HEARTS
NEW GENERATION
and launched into the theme tune of ‘Robin Hood’, with new
lyrics:
Jesus Army, Jesus Army, moving through the land.
During the song a troop of brothers marched through the
tent in their rainbow jackets and red sweatshirts. My mind
conjured up images of Robin as a type of Christ and Sherwood
Forest as Christian community (Style 3). I guess we
were the merry men! I smiled. We weren’t very adept at robbing
the rich, but the poor seemed to like us anyway!
The red sweatshirts were significant. Noel launched ‘Jesus
Army Reds’ as a new dynamic for our church, but by the end
of the year a ‘Jesus Red’ described any red-hot, red-alerted,
blood-and-fire Christian. This red thrust put some guts into
being out and out, dare-devils for God. A new dance song
‘We’re wild and we’re Christians!’ captured the exuberance
of this ‘total consecration’ and enthusiasts wore something
red as a declaration of intent.
As some gripped hold of this vision we began to see definite
Jesus Red teams taking shape. Rob, Nathan and Hannah,
all Farm members, were but three examples of people who
naturally gathered friends around them. These warm, charismatic
youngsters were getting quite a following, especially
amongst the clubbers of Northampton.
‘I’m a leader, I’m a leader of Generation J!’ was a techno
song, belted out mercilessly at Spinney, which praised this
type of leadership dynamic. These informal friendship circles
were magnetic. People wanted to be part of the team. In
the process they got to know Jesus, the motivator.
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