I saw that the most important thing I had to do was to give myself to the reading of the word of God, and to meditation on it. . . . What is the food of the inner man? Not prayer, but the word of God; and . . . not the simple reading of the word of God, so that it only passes through our minds, just as water runs through a pipe, but considering what we read, pondering over it, and applying it to our hearts.
George MullerAbout author
- Author's profession: Clergyman
- Nationality: english
- Born: September 27, 1805
- Died: September 10, 1898
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