George Muller

Amazing story:
George Muller lived in the 1800's and set up an orphanage is Bristol, England. During his time, he cared for over 10,000 orphans...he fed, clothed and educated them without ever asking anyone for a penny! He prayed that God would provide housing, food, clothes and money. Now consider this:

One morning the plates, cups and bowls were empty. There was no food in the cabinet and no money to buy food. The children were standing waiting for their breakfast when Muller began speaking, "Children, you know we must be in time for school". Lifting his hand he prayed: "Dear Father, we thank Thee for what Thou art going to give us to eat". Then there was a knock at the door.

The local baker stood there and said, "Mr. Muller, I couldn't sleep last night. Somehow I felt you didn't have bread for breakfast and the Lord wanted me to send you some. So I got up at 2 am and baked some fresh bread, here it is".

Muller accepted the bread and thanked the man. Almost immediately there was a second knock on the door. It was the milkman who explained his milk cart had broken down right in front of the orphanage and he wanted to give the children his cans of fresh milk so he could empty his wagon and repair it. There were many eyewitnesses who corroborated this extraordinary sequence of events. Bread and milk may not seem like a great breakfast to some of us but what if you faced that or nothing?

During his lifetime, Muller received over $2,000,000 for his orphans! Often from very poor people who gave him their hard earned cash. It's all been documented and there are extensive records. What is seldom appreciated about him was that he was hated by many factory owners and mill owners of the time who thought that the children should be working for them (child labor was legal then). Many a young person spent 10 - 12 hours a day doing back breaking labor in a factory or mill instead of going to school or playing. Mr. Muller provided "his children" with splendid educations even though many around him thought that poor children did not need to learn. It was their opinion that they were doomed to be laborers anyway and an education would make them feel above their station in life and therefore unhappy. George Muller's faith gave him a tremendous sense that God hated injustice, oppression and cruelty.

Does God still answer prayers like that? You'd be amazed at the stories of people today doing much the same thing...Check out David Serunjogi and Ugandan Christian who looks after 2,000 orphans. The answer is yes, He does!