PRAYER ANSWERED - George Mueller

He also prayed daily for individual conversions and prayed as long as fifty years for some people which illustrates his faith and trust in God. His own father was daily in his prayers and when the opportunity came to visit Heimersleben, George Müller was overjoyed. The re-union with father and brother was a happy one and George Müller’s obvious love for God had a profound effect on his father. At the conclusion of the visit Herr Müller said to his son, ‘May God help me to follow your example, and to act according to what you have said to me.’

In 1834 George Müller founded the Scriptural Knowledge Society (later to become Institution – see inset). However, the worsening cholera epidemic and the ever increasing number of homeless children caused him to realise immediate action was required and in 1835 he called a public meeting with a view to opening an Orphan Home. This was a complete step in faith and four days before the meeting, God confirmed that step through the Scripture – ‘Open wide your mouth and I will fill it’ (Psalm 81 verse 10).

George Mueller