How Faith May Be Strengthened - from the Autobiography of George Muller

How Faith May Be Strengthened
This leads me to the following important point. You ask, 'How may I, a true believer, have my faith strengthened?' The answer is this:
I. 'Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variablenss, neither shadow of turning' (James 1:17). As the increase of faith is a good gift, it must come from God, and therefore He ought to be asked for this blessing.
II. The following means, however, ought to be used:
(1) The careful reading of the Word of God, combined with meditation on it. Through reading of the Word of God, and especially through meditation on the Word of God, the believer becomes more and more acquainted with the nature and character of God, and thus sees more and more, besides His holiness and justice what a kind, loving, gracious, merciful, mighty, wise, and faithful Being He is, and therefore, in poverty, affliction of body, bereavement in his family, difficulty in his service, want of a situation or employment, he will repose upon the ability of God to help him, because he has not only learned from His Word that ....