Answers to Prayer, from George Müller's Narratives — John Shaqi
Answers to Prayer, from George Müller's NarrativesMüller, George
Religion
Answers to Prayer, from George Müller's Narratives
Müller, George
Prayer -- Christianity
"When we arrived at our house, about nine o'clock, we found that £5 and
also 5s. had been sent from Norwich in two Post Office Orders for the
Building Fund, and that £8 3s. 11d. had been sent in for Bibles, Tracts,
and Reports, which had been sold. This called for thanksgiving. But a
little later, between nine and ten o'clock, a Christian gentleman called
and gave me £1 for the Orphans and £200 for foreign missions. He had
received these sums from an aged Christian woman, whose savings as a
servant, during her WHOLE life, made up the £200, and who, having
recently had left to her a little annual income of about £30, felt
herself constrained, by the love of Christ, to send the savings of her
whole life for foreign missions. * * *
"Our especial prayer had been again and again, that the Lord would be
pleased to send in means for missionary brethren, as I had reason to
believe they were in much need of help; and only at eight o'clock this
evening I had particularly besought the Lord to send help for this
object. By the last mail I had sent off £40 to British Guiana, to help
seven brethren there in some measure. This amount took the last pound in
hand for this object. How gladly would I have sent assistance to other
brethren also, but I had no more. Now I am in some degree supplied for
this object.
"July 12, 1854.--Our means were now again reduced to about £30, as only
about £150 had come in since June 15. In addition to this, we had very
heavy expenses before us. This morning, in reading through the book of
Proverbs, when I came to chapter xxii. 19--'That thy trust may be in the
Lord, &c.,' I said in prayer to Him: 'Lord, I do trust in Thee; but wilt
Thou now be pleased to help me; for I am in need of means for the
current expenses of all the various objects of the Institution.' By the
first delivery of letters I received an order on a London bank for £100,
to be used for all the various objects 'as the present need might
require.'"
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