I've been reading the biography "George Muller--Man of Faith & Miracles" by Basil Miller to the kids. Yesterday I read the following passage from the book:
Throughout the year there were to be testings of personal faith, but God never failed him [Muller]. As a sample of such trials on November 30 he writes, "being in great need, I was led, yesterday morning, earnestly to ask the Lord; and in answer to this petition a brother gave me, last evening, ten pounds." Morning prayer was answered by the evening gift.
Mr. Muller testifies that in his lifetime fifty thousand such specific prayers were answered. Years before he died, about the middle of his career, he affirmed that up to that time five thousand of his definite prayers had been answered on the day of asking.
He made it a habit to keep a notebook with two page entries. On one page he gave the petition and the date, and on the opposite page he entered the date of the answer. In this manner he was able to keep record of definite petitions, and their specific answers.
Another striking aspect of George Muller, which is repeated throughout the book, is that very early in his ministry he purposed to never agree to a specific wage from his congregants, choosing instead to allow his congregants to give freely (or not so freely) as they were led by the Spirit. George also purposed to never tell anyone of any specific need that he had. He simply brought his specific needs before the Lord and the Lord always provided exactly what George had asked for, sometimes He provided much more. At one point he was feeding two thousand orphans a day, directly from the hand of God. Amazing.
I believe my next trip to WalMart will include the purchase of a small spiral notebook, in which to start writing my prayers.
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