The Spirit of the Night and The Spirit of the Day

He was able to forget about himself because his face was turned in a completely different direction - toward the God he loved. In the next several issues of Personal Update, we want to turn our attention towards the dark night of the spirit - what it is, how it differs from the dark night of the soul, and what we can do to get through it the way God intends.

As we mentioned before, there seem to be two aspects to the dark night. The dark night of the soul is the time when God focuses on our "outward man" and the things that we do. The dark night of the spirit, however, occurs when God focuses His spotlight on our "inward man" and who we are.

The difference between the two nights can be seen in the analogy of the fire and the log. In the first night soul , the fire simply blackens the log, whereas, in the second night spirit the fire actually consumes the log. In the dark night of the spirit, God goes after our human nature itself. He exposes our "root systems" - all of our preconceived belief systems, our secret habits, our hidden motives and all of our self-centered ways. God wants these things exposed and eliminated also.

Very often we are hindered from a life of freedom in the Spirit because of what we think and perceive down deep. Much of what we "do" is based upon what we "believe. Thus, if we want to change our behavior, we must discover what untruths we are believing. Once we can expose, acknowledge and replace these, then our behavior will change automatically. For example, if we believe that God manifests His Love towards us only by allowing "good and wonderful" things to happen, then when something "bad" occurs, our belief system will tell us that God doesn't love us anymore.

Therefore, it's imperative that we exchange the lies of our natural, soulish ways for God's absolute truth. Thus, it's not necessarily sin that God is focusing on in this second dark night most people at this stage already love God and already are walking in fear of Him , but on our human nature itself - our natural self-orientation, self-reliance and self-love and all our "natural habits" that do not reflect Him.

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These are attitudes and belief systems that God wants to expose and eliminate because they often become the "roots" of our sin. Job is a perfect example of this. He was already daily confessing his sin when God allowed horrendous things to happen in his life. God even comments in the beginning of the book that Job was a "righteous man. The dark night of the spirit is the actual working out of Hebrews 4: It's God's way of dividing our soul from our spirit. It's the gradual penetration of God's Spirit through the levels of our soul down to its innermost hidden depths.

In this night, God forces us to look at things that we normally don't see as being in conflict with the Lord: These are some of the belief systems that often feed our pride and our ego and our self-life and, thus, must be exposed and uprooted. These habits and self-centered ways will never change on their own. Again, these attitudes are not necessarily sin, but simply the result of being who we are - human.

These natural ways come from our upbringing, from the influence of others in our life, from our preconceived value systems, from our habits and from our self-oriented thought processes. This "humanness" will never go away; it will always be there. It's called the flesh. Nevertheless, God wants to expose it, so that we will recognize it ourselves and choose to crucify it at the cross. In order to enter the Holy Place of our hearts where God now dwells, not only must sin be dealt with, but also self must be continually crucified. Then, and only then, can we be filled with the "fulness of God" and begin to bear much fruit for the kingdom.

One of my favorite stories in The Way of Agape is about Sarah, who supernaturally experienced the fulness of the Lord in an incredible way. All three provide clapping sound. The track, as well as the whole album, was produced by Mike Appel and Jimmy Cretecos. The circulating studio version is probably from one of those two sessions. He mentioned that in late and early , one of the albums he was listening to a lot was The Band's then-new Cahoots album.

That was their fourth album, released in September That's one of the Robertson penned songs on the album, and it contains the following lyrics:. In a November interview with Castiles.

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He also mentioned that Bruce always called him "Hazy". Hazlett was the drummer in Mercy Flight, a Richmond, VA based college rock band that existed between and The band opened for Bruce Springsteen's Steel Mill several times from late until August , when the band's singer Robbin Thompson quit to join Steel Mill as a second lead singer and songwriter. At the time, Lopez was stuck in Richmond for about a month sorting out some legal difficulties.

Although Greasy Lake, where the action takes place, is a mythical place, drummer Vini Lopez has stated that it is actually a composite of two locations that band members used to visit. One was Lake Carasaljo, near the intersection of U. The other was a swampy lake near Garden State Parkway exit It gets its name from the idea that homeless people living around the lake used it for bathing, washing dishes, etc. The website is run from Denmark and has been online since After signing the contract with CBS Records, Laurel Canyon Productions was to receive an immediate cash advance from CBS and this money was to be used to pay for the studio time to record Springsteen' debut album.

During June Springsteen had finalized the selection of the musicians that would be used for the initial sessions. The musicians chosen, with an ok from Appel and Cretecos, constituted the entire line-up of the former Bruce Springsteen Band: Van Zandt ended up partaking in almost none of the Sound Studios band sessions because of a prior commitment to tour as a member of The Dovells backing group. The core "band" sessions were completed in only about two weeks.

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No unreleased band recordings from the debut album sessions have surfaced. Following these band sessions the various band members scattered. It should be noted that Springsteen had not decided to form a touring band at this stage. Springsteen spent the next few weeks recording solo material.

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It was during this period that differences of opinion surfaced about what material was going to dominate the eventually released album. There were two sides in this disagreement: Springsteen was undecided at first, but soon sided with Cretecos. Appel later said that he was so impressed by Bruce's lyrics and told him, "Who needs a band when you can write lyrics like that?

It seemed the album was finalized, but when then CBS president Clive Davis listened to the tracks he commented that not only did he prefer the band tracks, but he also felt the album lacked a potential hit single. In essence Davis was siding with Springsteen's vision of the album as being more rock-orientated. Consequently a further "band" session was required. These two band recordings bumped three solo recordings: Therefore the final album was reduced from 10 tracks to 9, encompassing 7 band tracks and 2 solo tracks.

What Is the Dark Night of the Spirit? Part 1

Columbia Records' original intention was to release the album in late November , but decided the album might get overlooked among the massive amount of pre-Christmas releases so the LP was held back for until early January. Greetings From Asbury Park, N. It was produced by Mike Appel and Jim Cretecos. The album sold 25, copies only in its first year of release and did not chart until the summer of when the hype over the BORN TO RUN single attracted buyers to Springsteen's earlier albums.

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This is one of the rarest Springsteen records, mainly due to its virtually non-existent original sales, but the promo issue is more common than its commercial counterpart. The song was also included a very rare US-only promo EP in The single was reissued four more times in the United States: According to Springsteen's liner notes comments, the collection was intended as an introduction to his music for new fans who attended shows on The Rising Tour. The collection is fundamentally a 2-disc set clocking at A 3-disc limited edition clocking at It includes a bonus third disc comprising of a selection of rarities and previously unreleased recordings.

The song live involves important crowd participation, with the audience singing the "all night" verse during the chorus while Springsteen interacts very closely with the front rows, sometimes even throwing himself into the pit.

The Manfred Mann version differs from Springsteen's version mostly in its arrangement, relying heavily on keyboards and using different harmonies in the chorus. The album version, featuring Mick Rogers on vocals, peaked at 97 on the Billboard Hot in That version reached Billboard ' s Top 40 , peaking at Also available on 'blue' Roaring Silence LP in the 's.

Although Greasy Lake, where the action takes place, is a mythical place, drummer Vini Lopez has stated that it is actually a composite of two locations that band members used to visit. One was Lake Carasaljo , near the intersection of U. The other was a swampy lake near Garden State Parkway exit From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Tougher Than the Rest. The Words and Music of Bruce Springsteen.