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Ardor
- a noun meaning: 1. Fiery intensity of feeling. 2. Strong
enthusiasm or devotion; zeal. 3. Intense heat or glow, as of
fire. |
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Consuming Love:
Commitment, Friendship, and Passion |
 Steve Harrison has
learned a lot about God’s ways, including God’s suffering, God’s
grief, and God’s constant offer of love to mankind, which is
all-to-often rejected. Along with many other subjects, he discusses
the following with clarity and good biblical exegesis:
~ The Lover’s Heartbreak
~ Total Surrender
~ The Cry of Intimacy
~ Drawing Closer to God
~ The Relationship of Holiness to Love
~ Undying Love
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The Fervor of Holy Desire
~ Rekindling the Fire
~ Commitment
~ Death to Self
He supports these
subjects with a variety of personal illustrations, examples from the
lives of others, quotes from well-known Christians and lives of
Bible characters who had to go through great struggle in order to
experience a “consuming love.”
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Excerpt: Consuming Love |
Finally, we came to
one long magnificent corridor, and at the end were two
huge doors. As we approached, the doors opened inward.
Reticent, I walked tentatively into the room. The angel
stayed behind, and the doors closed behind me. At first
I thought I was alone. The room was immense, and after
looking around, I saw at the far end someone seated on a
magnificent throne. Could it be God? My heart pounded
heavily. I didn’t know what to think. I felt extreme
excitement as well as a wild fear. My knees knocked,
when all of a sudden a voice shattered the awkward
silence. “Come!”
When I heard His voice something unexpected happened.
For the first time since I arrived, I experienced
something very familiar. This was the same voice that I
heard many times on earth. It was the voice I heard in
times of prayer. It was the voice that had encouraged
me, “Steve, more than servants, I want friends.” It was
that same voice, familiar and welcoming, that I had
heard throughout my Christian life. The recognition
brought an overwhelming sense of homecoming, and I ran
to my source of comfort and strength. This was a voice
I’d learned to trust, a voice that had calmed my fears.
Running across the room, I jumped onto the lap of the
King of kings and Lord of lords. Words came tumbling out
of my mouth—I talked freely because I felt safe, secure,
and welcome. We had a great time talking and laughing
together. After a while, the thought came to my mind,
“God is not spending time with me because He is supposed
to. He is doing it because He is really interested in my
life. He is in love with me!”
This is Christianity. It is all about falling in love
with your Creator. What incomparable goodness and
kindness He has bestowed upon us. How can we possibly
measure what tenderness He has directed towards us?
Friendship is at the very core of His desire for us. You
are invited into the purpose for which God destined
you—friendship with Him. |
What
are people saying about Consuming Love?
“From real life, not just theology, Steve points the way to loving
God with all that we are and have, encouraging us to fan into flame
a passion for God.”
Dan Brokke
President, Bethany International
“Harrison’s lucid passion and transparency stirs the heart with
emotion and longing for more intimacy with God.”
Georgian Banov
Speaker, worship leader, founder of GlobalCelebration.com
“Steve Harrison is an author with a passion for God that is
reflected in all that he writes.” Lawrence A. Kutzler
Executive Director, CitySites Urban Media
“Read this book slowly and carefully. Savor every opportunity to
‘know Him more.’ You won’t be disappointed.”
Pastor Brian Lother
Hope Community Church
“Steve’s writing and his life are contagious and will ignite a
greater hunger for the Lord’s presence in your life.”
Matt Hedrick
Senior Pastor, Bethany Church
“Steve Harrison writes with insightful understanding and refreshing
honesty. I highly recommend this book.”
Dana Candler
Author, Deep unto Deep
“This book will challenge the way you look at your relationship with
God and how you live out that relationship personally and in the
world. Be prepared to be challenged!”
Steve Loopstra
Executive Director, Prayer Transformation Ministries |
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“Speaking to the Purposes of God for this Generation and for
the Generations to Come.”
ISBN 10: 0-7684-2500-X
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Release date:
September 2, 2007 |
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