Fire in our hearts - Jesus Army

FIRE IN OUR HEARTS THE LORD TOOK HOLD OF BUGBROOKE
sore! The next day he stood in the breakfast queue at Imperial
College with his hand over his mouth. He couldn’t stop
speaking in tongues, and his boiled egg went cold before he
could negotiate the difficulties of eating it!
The chapel was now a talking point for the whole village.
‘Lily,’ said an Anglican lady to Geoff’s mum, ‘I don’t know
what’s going on there, but whatever they’ve got, we haven’t!’
Some in the chapel weren’t too keen on what they had got!
Changes occurred in the weekday meetings. Some in the
Young Wives were praising the Lord in new languages, and
choir practice changed from 95% choir and 5% prayer to 0%
choir and 100% prayer, praise and Bible Fellowship. Miss
Campion’s Friday afternoon prayer time was livening up as
well. Homestead Cottage would never be the same again.
Miss Campion handed on the torch of Church Secretary to
Verna. Deacons’ meetings were now interspersed with praise
and prayer, as they sought to know ‘the guidance and witness
of the Spirit’. That in itself was a miracle! Some expressed
the gift of wisdom in picture form. One such ‘wisdom picture’
was of a beautiful lake obscured by trees. The lake represented
the life of Christ in the church and the trees were its
members. The wisdom was an encouragement not to block
out the light of God’s Spirit. They had to be humble before
God and let him have his way if renewal was to continue.
Noel’s ministry became more inspirational. The Spirit had
opened up whole new horizons and he was learning as fast as
he could. He was glad to listen to Brian, John, the youngsters,
the Fountain Trust, anybody who could help. Slowly he
was finding his feet and developing a distinctive ministry. The
approach from man’s side was ‘softly, softly’. Prayer, patience
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