There’s a scene in The Shack where Mack and Jesus are out on the dock in the evening, enjoying the stars. Mack imagines he could reach out and pluck diamonds off a velvet black sky:
“Wow!” he whispered.
“Incredible!” Whispered Jesus…”I never get tired of this…”
They’re doing nothing, Jesus and Mack. Just lying on the dock [...]
Archive for the ‘Intensity addiction’ Category
“You’re with Me….”
Posted in Devotional, Grace, Intensity addiction, Performance-based Christianity, Stress, The Assembly experience, The Geftakys Assembly, The love of God, Works-based Christianity, tagged "Higher Life" teaching, Devotional, Geftakys Assembly, Intensity, love of God, Performance vs grace, Stress on August 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The fellowship of the Holy Spirit: Prequel….
Posted in Devotional, Family, Intensity addiction, The Assembly experience, tagged Faith, Family, Geftakys Assembly, Intensity, love of God on August 8, 2007 | 2 Comments »
This morning I ran across a draft for a blog post I had written a year ago about recognizing God’s presence in daily life. I am blessed to realize that what I was getting a glimmer of then has become much more of a reality in the intervening year. The July 25 post on “The fellowship of the [...]
Mercy Alone….
Posted in Devotional, Intensity addiction, The Assembly experience, tagged Devotional, Grace on June 18, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Last week, for some reason, a phrase from the song, “A Debtor to Mercy Alone” (lyrics, #598 H&SS) kept running through my head. It was from the last verse, “…Yet I to the end shall endure…” So what hymn should we sing yesterday in church but that one, and I noticed the context of that phrase in [...]
Intensity addiction…
Posted in Intensity addiction, tagged Intensity, spiritual abuse, Stress on January 17, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Someone returning recently from Wellspring Retreat sees that the Assembly produced intensity addiction. Insightful revelation! No wonder life often seems insipid now–no more great work of God, no more pressure to pray exalted prayers for it. No more frantic rushing around to get to worship, no more top-volume singing. No more seminar highs, no more [...]
