GEORGE MULLER FAITH

I am reading an autobiography of George Muller, a German preacher from early 1800s that ran an orphanage in England.  He lived without an income, relying solely on God to nudge the hearts of others to give, and his autobiography dates all the answered prayers and provision.  It's simply amazing to see the simplicity of his faith.  He prayed, he believed, he practiced integrity and God provided.  God challenged him more and more by giving just in time or even a few days past worldly deadlines, but He always provided.  He called many to a new level of faith and trust in God by being involved in ministry. 

I want to be more like George Muller because of his childlike faith and how he recorded all of the stories of provision.  The more I think about being more like him, the more I realize I have stories just like his to tell.  Stories of how God has provided here at this home time and time again.  Maybe I have not recognized them or have not made a big enough deal out of them, but they have happened.  And I want to say that my faith has increased and I watch and believe more and more that God will always provide for his children, especially orphans. 

Being more like George means getting up a LOT earlier... he believes that one should have 6-7 hours of sleep and rise as soon as you first open your eyes and realize you are awake, not allowing yourself to sleep another minute, because you were bought by the precious blood of Christ and you should not waste another minute of your life.  This will give one enough time for prayer in the early morn.  He also doesn't believe that the needs of the ministry should be told but to rely on God to place those needs on the hearts of others.   It's not a concept I'm familiar with because many people ask us what we need and we have lists of things that we can pass out.  He also left dated entries of the many times he prayed for needs and received them so I think I'll start with that.

February 14th.  A woman named Alma brought a cake to the home for the kids on Valentine's Day.  We met this woman a month ago when she brought groceries to our home.  Since that day we have been able to cut our grocery bill 50% saving hundreds of dollars.  Today we gave her a photo of all the kids with little hearts as a small token of gratitude.  She asked for a list of birthdays and when she realized that one of our children will turn 15, the coming of age for a latin girl, she offered to do all the girls hair and make up for her quinceanera party!  We never had to ask her for a thing, God just warmed her heart to want to give.  God keeps providing for us in numerous ways through the generosity of so many people.  Glory!