George Muller has lots of lesson’s to teach on prayer. One extraordinary lesson is his five grand conditions of prevailing prayer:
1.
Entire dependence upon the merits and mediation of the Lord Jesus
Christ, as the only ground of any claim for blessing (John 14:13-14; 15:16).
2.
Separation from all known sin. If we regard iniquity in our hearts,
the Lord will not hear us for it would be sanctioning sin (Psalm 66:18).
3.
Faith in God’s Word of promise as confirmed by his oath. Not to
believe him is to make him both a liar and a perjurer (Heb. 6:13-20; 11:6).
4.
Asking in accordance with this will. Our motives must be godly: we
must not seek any gift of God to consume it upon our own lusts (1 John 5:13-15;
James 4:3).
5.
Importunity in supplication. There must be waiting on God and waiting
for God, as the husbandman has long patience to wait for the harvest (James
5:7; Luke 18:1-8).[1]
These five conditions
were the foundation for Mueller’s believing prayer. He saw God work in mighty
ways! Mueller has numerous stories of times when God answered very specific
prayer. A favorite and well-known story is the time when there was no food for breakfast at one of the
orphanages. There were about three hundred orphans at this time and there was
no food available and no money to purchase any. The children lined up behind
their chairs. Mueller gave thanks for what the Lord was going to provide. He
did this in faith, as they had nothing to eat that morning. Soon after the children sat
down there was a knock at the door. When Mueller opened the door, the
baker stood there with freshly baked bread. He said that he was unable to sleep
the night because he thought the orphans would need bread that morning. So he
had gotten up around 2am to bake bread for them. Soon there was a second knock
at the door. The milkman's truck had broken down in front of the orphanage, and
he needed to remove the milk in order to repair his truck and offered the milk
to the children!
God is faithful and supplies all our needs when we pray in faith and take him at His Word!
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