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Moule wrote a poem Lord and Savior, true and kind Be the Master of my mind; Bless and guide, and strengthen still All the powers of thought and will. While I ply the scholar’s task, Jesus Christ, be near, I ask. Help my memory, clear my brain, knowledge still to seek and gain. The Puritan Thomas Watson presents a pithy picture regarding spiritual nourishment… What profit is it, to have the Bible in our heads, but not in our hearts? It is better to practice one truth, than to know all truths. The Lord gives us His precepts, as a physician gives the patient his prescriptions—to take and apply. This is the end are all God's institutes—that we may, by practice, apply them for the purging out of sin and bringing the soul into a more holy temper. God gives us His Word as the mother gives the child the breast—not only to look upon, but to draw from. Many have gone to hell with the breast in their mouths, because they have not drawn it, and turned the milk of the Word into sacred nourishment. (from his sermon Comfort for the Church) How do you "drink" the "pure spiritual milk"? Read it - God communicates with man through His living and abiding Word in the Bible. Listen to it while you drive around (Mp3's, CD's) but better yet read it. Remember to talk to Author before, during and after you've read His personal love letter to you. Picture yourself as a newborn babe and don't let anything keep you for your "feeding time"! Study it - It's rational, logical milk, so begin to hone the discipline of slowing down so that you might truly observe (observation) what God is saying (consider learning the powerful discipline of inductive Bible study). Memorize the Word so that it becomes "portable" no matter where you are or what your circumstances are. You will find that memorization in turn facilitates meditation on the Word. Taste it - Steven