Quotes by George Muller
George Muller (1805–1898) — Evangelist · Brüderbewegung · England
George Müller (1805–1898) war ein aus Preußen stammender Prediger und Waisenhausleiter im englischen Bristol sowie eine führende Gestalt der frühen Brüderbewegung. Er wurde bekannt durch den Aufbau von Waisenhäusern für über zehntausend Kinder, deren Unterhalt er ohne Spendenwerbung und Schulden allein durch Gebet finanzierte. Bibellesern gilt er als Beispiel für konsequentes Gottvertrauen im diakonischen Handeln, während seine Haltung in der Bethesda-Kontroverse 1848 die Spaltung in Offene und Exklusive Brüder mitprägte.
Era: Revival & the 19th Century
Recurring topics: Faith & Trust, Prayer & Silence, God, Jesus & the Holy Spirit, The Bible & the Word of God, Temptation & Struggle, Courage & Strength, Humility & Pride, Money & Possessions
Quotes by George Muller
By God's grace, my eyes do not look at the empty storerooms and the empty purse, but at the riches of our Lord alone.
George Muller
Lord Jesus, I am not alone, for You are with me. I have buried my wives and my daughter, but You are still here. I am never alone or lonely with You and Your smile, which is better than life itself!
George Muller
Our heavenly Father never takes anything from his children unless he means to give them something better.
George Muller
Difficulties are the food that faith feeds upon.
George Muller
Faith does not operate in the realm of the possible. There is no glory for God in that which is humanly possible. Faith begins where man’s power ends.
George Muller
The first great and primary business to which I ought to attend every day is, to have my soul happy in the Lord.
George Muller
When sight ceases, it is the time for faith to work. The greater the difficulties, the easier it is for faith. As long as human possibilities for success remain, faith does not accomplish things as easily as when all natural prospects fail.
George Muller
To depend on the invisible God does not mean having no support; the support is merely invisible.
George Muller
I pray when I go, when I lie down, and when I rise. And the answers always come.
George Muller
I speak seven languages, and I would have gone to hell with all of them if I had not come to know Him: Christ, Christ, Christ.
George Muller
It is true that the faith which I am able to exercise is God’s own gift. He alone supports it, and He alone can increase it. Moment by moment, I depend on Him. If I were left to myself, my faith would utterly fail.
George Muller
We should not shrink from opportunities where our faith may be tried. The more I am in a position to be tried in faith, the more I will have the opportunity of seeing God’s help and deliverance. Every fresh instance in which He helps and delivers me will increase my faith. The believer should not shrink from situations, positions, or circumstances in which his faith may be tried, but he should cheerfully embrace them as opportunities to see the hand of God stretched out in help and deliverance. Thus his faith will be strengthened.
George Muller
A believer can do more in four hours, after spending one in prayer, than in five hours without prayer.
George Muller
Oh, it is not a fable, but a great reality, that the Lord Jesus is our friend. And we should never be fully satisfied until we have internalized this.
George Muller
Please give me the opportunity to be a help to even more people in need.
George Muller
God judges what we give by what we keep.
George Muller
The only way to learn strong faith is to endure great trials. I have learned my faith by standing firm amid severe testings.
George Muller
The most important thing I had to do was to read the Word of God and to meditate on it. Thus my heart might be comforted, encouraged, warned, reproved, and instructed.
George Muller
The quiet hours with God must be cultivated, for they alone give strength and nourishment to the inner life. Nothing can compensate us for the loss of holy hours, of quiet moments under the Word and in prayer.
George Muller
The living God is with us, whose power never fails, whose arm never grows weary, whose wisdom is infinite and whose strength is unchanging.
George Muller
See how precious it is to wait upon God! See how those who do so are not disappointed!
George Muller
The Lord is good, and He does good. Everything will happen according to His own blessed nature.
George Muller
He gives us nothing but blessing alone. Nothing but grace on every road.
George Muller
I have joyfully dedicated my whole life to the object of exemplifying how much may be accomplished by prayer and faith.
George Muller
Precede all your labors with earnest, diligent prayer. Do not rest on the number of tracts you have given because a million tracts may not lead to the conversion of one single soul. Yet, a blessing beyond calculation may result from one single tract. Expect everything to come from the blessing of the Lord and nothing at all from your own exertions.
George Muller
My prayer last evening was that God would support by dear wife under the trial. Two hours later, the little one went home to be with the Lord. I fully realize that the dear infant is much better off with the Lord Jesus than with us, and when I weep, I weep for joy.
George Muller
We are never losers from doing the will of the Lord.
George Muller
The trouble begins when the servant seeks to have riches, greatness, and honor in this world, where his Lord was poor, humble, and despised.
George Muller
The vigor of our spiritual life will be in exact proportion to the place held by the Bible in our life and thoughts.
George Muller
Oh, how full of compassion, how merciful, how kind, how gracious the Lord deals with us in Jesus Christ! And what He has done and does, He will continue to do until the end of our earthly pilgrimage.
George Muller
But according to my judgment, the most important point to be attended to is this: above all things, see to it that your souls are happy in the Lord! Other things may press upon you; the Lord’s work even, may have urgent claims upon your attention. But I deliberately repeat, it is of supreme and paramount importance that you should seek above all other things to have your souls truly happy in God Himself. Day by day seek to make this the most important business of your life.
George Muller
Faith is the assurance that the thing which God has said in His word is true, and that God will act according to what He has said in his word… Faith is not a matter of impressions, nor of probabilities, nor of appearances.
George Muller
The Lord always helps me when I preach; provided I have earnestly sought Him in private… My chief help is prayer. Whenever I study a single part of divine truth, I always gain some light about it after praying and meditating over it. Extensive prayer is often difficult because of the weakness of the flesh, physical infirmities, and a full schedule. But no one should expect to see much good resulting from his labors if he does not spend time in prayer and meditation.
George Muller
When the day of recompense comes, our only regret will be that we have done so little for Him, not that we have done too much.
George Muller
The more we know of God, the happier we are… When we became a little acquainted with God…our true happiness…commenced; and the more we become acquainted with Him, the more truly happy we become. What will make us so exceedingly happy in heaven? It will be the fuller knowledge of God.
George Muller
When I do not understand a passage of the Word of God, I lift up my heart to the Lord that He would, by His Holy Spirit, instruct me. I expect to be taught, although I do not fix the time and the manner it should be.
George Muller
In every good work, we must depend on the Lord. If anyone rises so that he may give the time which he takes from sleep to prayer and meditation, let him be sure that Satan will try to put obstacles in the way.
George Muller
The beginning of anxiety is the end of faith, and the beginning of true faith is the end of anxiety.
George Muller
I found my all in God.
George Muller
My only hope and trust is the blood of the Lord Jesus, shed for the atonement of all my sins.
George Muller
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Sources: wikipedia.org, concernedbrothers.com, thinkfaith.net, bcworldview.org
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