From My Utmost for His Highest
Come up here, and I will show you things which must take place . . . —Revelation 4

“God has to hide from us what He does, until, due to the growth of our personal character, we get to the level where He is then able to reveal it.” Yea, but how can God hold men accountable for sins of a city and justify such incredible ruthlessness?

EXCERPTED FROM A Rooster Once Crowed: A Commentary on the Greatest Story Ever Told
  Chapter 5-The Prophets (pgs. 75-77):

It was rumored that, on his deathbed, Pancho Villa said, “Don’t let it end like this. Tell them I said something.”

That desperation of wanting our lives to mean something is . . .

From My Utmost for His Highest
. . . the friend of the bridegroom . . . —John 3

I haven’t told many people this, but I’ve been wracked lately because I’ve been dry.

For most of the last four years, I have had a physical and palpable feeling of the presence of God in my life. I saw His hand at work in the world and I felt His presence all around me.

But then, for the last three months, I’ve been in a dry season—not completely dry, but dry. I’m not talking about salvation. I know that my name is in the Lamb’s Book of Life. But having tasted the cool water of the stream, I thirsted for it again.

At first, I wasn’t worried, but something about the last couple of weeks…

     From My Utmost for His Highest
Shall I hide from Abraham what I am doing . . . ? —Genesis 18

Can you be a friend without speaking or listening? Well…

EXCERPTED FROM A Rooster Once Crowed: A Commentary on the Greatest Story Ever Told
  Afterword-Questions from the Front (pgs. 194-196):

Mountains have been written on prayer. We teach our children to begin praying when they are young, but what is prayer’s purpose?

If you view prayer as an opportunity to tap into God’s power to serve you, then not only is prayer frustrating, but it’s boring. The purpose of prayer is not to conform God to our will, but to . . .