"Fresh receiving of Christ must be found in fresh meditation of the promises. The more intense and earnest the ponderings of the promises of growth and increase are, the larger will your desires, the more earnest your endeavours, be after more of Christ. Christians are sometimes in great haste to believe strongly, but cannot reach it, because they meditate on the promises slenderly. They make the best work of it who dwell and act most upon the promises, that still meditate from promise to promise. By promises we are made partakers of the Divine nature, 2Pet 1:4. 'Cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God' 2Cor 7:1" Solitude Improved by Divine Meditation ~ Nathanael Ranew