Fire in our hearts - Jesus Army

FIRE IN OUR HEARTS THE LORD TOOK HOLD OF BUGBROOKE
‘Let it flow! Let it flow!’ they all sang. Someone shook their
hands. ‘...Let the love of Jesus flow through you and let it flow
through me!’
They peered hazily out of their long hair.
‘Man,’ said Paddy, ‘...this is better than any acid trip!’ They
decided to finish with dope and were prayed with. Paddy came
off with no withdrawal symptoms.
A few days later, Paddy was praying in his house, asking
God to make himself real. It was late morning and his friends
had already gone to All Saints. A moment came that he never
forgot. He felt a fire on his head that seemed to pass right
down through him and out of his hands.
‘It was like I was being flushed right through,’ he was soon
telling John Cornish excitedly. ‘I felt clean — all white inside,
and full of love.’ Immediately he rushed down the street,
bounded up All Saints steps and bought them all a cup of tea.
‘That really freaked them out,’ he chuckled. ‘I’d never done
that before!’
The fire spread. John came to the Lord and, in May, Paddy
was baptised along with a friend, Mick. Mick had been
mainlining heavily and his arms were full of ulcerations and
scars. When he came up from the water the marks had all
gone!
Trouble brewed up with the Outlaws. Some of them were into
witchcraft and violence and didn’t take too kindly to these
Christian creeps. Kelly and Johnny were in the Black Lion
one Friday night when a fight broke out. They left quickly
with a girl who needed help, but were pursued by two Hell’s
Angels with sticks. One took a swing at Kelly, but before the
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