"After praying for spiritual light, read a small portion of the passage of Scripture you have opened to. Be careful as you read. Take in fully, gently and carefully what you are reading. Taste it and digest it as you read.
In the past it may have been your habit to move very quickly from one verse of Scripture to another until you had read the whole passage. Perhaps you were seeking to find the main point of the passage. But try not reading quickly, read very slowly not moving from one passage to another, not until you have sensed the very heart of what you have read.
You may then want to take that portion of Scripture that has touched you, and turn it into prayer.
After you have sensed something of the passage and after you know that the essence of that portion has been extracted and all the deeper sense of it is gone, then, very slowly, gently, and in a calm manner begin to read the next portion of the passage. You will be surprised to find that when your time with the Lord has ended, you will have read very little, probably no more than a half a page." Madame Guyon, Experiencing the depths of Jesus Christ.
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