1 John 4:8

Today’s devotional is from “Streams in the Desert.” The author is unknown. This one spoke to me, and I thought it more relevant and poignant than anything I could write. A woman who had made rapid progress in her understanding of the Lord was once asked the secret of her seemingly easy growth. Her brief response was, “Mind the checks.” The reason many of us do not know and understand God better is that we do not heed His gentle “checks”–His delicate restraints and constraints. His voice is “a g…

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