>> Hello and welcome to
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It Is Written Canada.
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We all know that for the
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longest time the entire world
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has been plagued by an
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invisible terrorist that has
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taken lives, devastated our
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economy, our social
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relationships, our mental
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health, altered our schooling
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system, and the very fabric
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of our society.
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>> It's hard to believe that
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the response to a microscopic
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virus has done all this,
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but it has.
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However, viruses are not
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really invisible because with
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the assistance of an electron
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microscope, we can see them
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and by magnifying a virus,
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we can make it appear bigger
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than it is.
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>> And this is the key to how
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we can defeat small, scary
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things from our lives.
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So let me explain.
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So what do you do when you
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magnify something?
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You make it bigger than it is.
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So how big?
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Well, this might seem a bit
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strange, but if you take an
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electron microscope and you
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magnify human eyelash hairs,
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I'm sure it's something you
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wouldn't be tempted to do,
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but if you do, they can be so
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big, appear to be so big, that
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they are as large as a
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bamboo forest,
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I've seen the pictures.
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Or you can magnify a
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microscopic section of a piece
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of woven fabric so big that it
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appears to be larger than the
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International Space Station.
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[René] Or a microscopic virus
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can be expanded to a
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magnification that causes it
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to eclipse the entire earth.
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>> And whenever you,
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or myself, magnify our fears
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and our failures,
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the injustices of life,
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they can convince you that
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life is hopeless and it's not
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worth living.
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>> And maybe you've felt
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that way.
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Maybe you've felt like the
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obstacles in your life are too
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big and you wanna give up.
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>> If you have felt like that,
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I want to tell you from
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experience that if you do not
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believe in God, I want to
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appeal to you to watch our
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program today because we are
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going to share with you the
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story of a man's life that was
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so well-documented and it
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revealed so many miraculous
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occurrences that no one who
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ever met this man and knew him
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personally could ever not
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believe in God because he
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magnified God.
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And if by the end of today's
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program you decide to give God
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a chance and choose to magnify
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God in your life, too,
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instead of, you know, focusing
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on our problems like I tend to
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do at times, then your soul
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will be flooded with
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confidence and hope and peace.
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Look at this from the Psalms,
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Psalms 40, verse 16,
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it says...
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>> In a moment we are going to
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introduce you to this amazing
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person who did just this.
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He magnified God.
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And the answers he received to
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his prayers caused people to
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believe that the age of
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miracles had not ended.
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¤¤
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>> Welcome again to
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It Is Written Canada.
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This man's story may be new to
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you, but his story is one of
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my favourite faith stories
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of all time.
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This man who received
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thousands of miraculous
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answers to his prayers by
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magnifying the power of God,
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he was born in Germany at the
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time of the Napoleonic wars,
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there was godless brutality,
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extreme poverty that produced
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throughout Europe by all of
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these wars, thousands of
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children were left homeless.
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[René] Orphans whose parents
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had been taken by war were
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left on the streets.
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They lived on the streets,
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begging and stealing
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to stay alive.
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>> You may be aware of
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Charles Dickens's story of
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Oliver Twist which revealed
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the conditions of poor orphans
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living on the streets of
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England in that time.
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>> These were impoverished
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children, but the person we
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are talking about was not an
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impoverished child.
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He was a rich young man,
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yet he lived like a thief.
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His name was George Müller
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and by the age of ten he was
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stealing government money from
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his father who was a tax
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collector in Germany.
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As a young person,
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George Müller was a thief,
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a liar, a gambler,
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and a play boy.
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Not because he was poor, but
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because he was living a life
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of complete self-centredness.
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He was a willful,
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self-absorbed soul.
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>> Now, you might think we
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were judging him, but that
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was by his own admission.
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His only interest was
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personal pleasure and
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at the age of 14 while his
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mother was dying in bed,
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he was out playing cards and
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drinking with his friends.
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And the next day when he was
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told of her death,
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he hardly shed a tear.
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>> At the age of 16, Müeller
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spent five weeks in prison for
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not paying hotel bills.
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You see, he made a habit of
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staying and eating at
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expensive hotels and then
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hiding and running away before
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it was time to pay the bill.
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However, one time, at the age
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of 16, he was caught before he
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could escape and he ended up
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in prison.
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>> This so far it doesn't
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sound like a miraculous story,
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but after five weeks in jail,
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his father paid his debts,
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severely beat his son,
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and that didn't change his
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heart, not at all.
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>> At the age of 20,
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while studying at the
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University of Halle,
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Müller said of himself...
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[Mike] Müller's father had
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sent him to study to become a
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pastor, but not for the
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purpose of serving God.
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His father saw it as an
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opportunity for George to
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acquire a secure career with a
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lucrative salary in a
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state church.
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>> When he wasn't absorbed in
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his wild living, George loved
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to read countless books.
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In fact, he owned over 300
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books and had mastered the
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reading and speaking of six
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different languages.
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He was brilliant.
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>> Brilliant, yeah.
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>> A brilliant man.
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However, George never owned a
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Bible and had seldom read any
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words from the Bible.
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>> In his autobiography,
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George Müller wrote about
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that time, he said...
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So he understood
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he was off track.
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>> While George studied
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Divinity in Halle, he met a
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fellow student named Beta,
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a good Christian young man.
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And one Sunday afternoon,
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he invited George Müller to
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join him at a Bible study.
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It was at that home Bible
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study where George was so led
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by the Spirit of God that a
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swift transformation began in
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in his behaviour.
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[Mike] George later wrote
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these words:
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>> After seeing a man on his
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knees praying to God, he was
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convinced of his need for
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salvation.
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George said...
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And while the owner of the
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house prayed, he thought...
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[Mike] And when he returned to
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his room that evening, he
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knelt by the side of his bed
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and he prayed a real earnest
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prayer and he asked God to
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forgive him of his sins.
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>> And soon George stopped
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drinking, stealing, and lying
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and developed the hope of
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becoming a missionary.
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>> And this time it
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really stuck.
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He was a good man from that
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time on, but soon after,
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George met some of his
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drinking buddies,
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a couple of guys, and he was
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sharing with them about his
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new-found faith in God and he
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immediately expected them to
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fall on their knees and to
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accept God into their hearts
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as well, but instead they were
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like, "We don't see our"
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"need of God at all."
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"We're not sinners."
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And so George immediately,
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to change their perspective,
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he went to his room,
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he fervently prayed for his
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friends, that they would see
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their need of God.
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[René] And later the same day,
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he met them again and these
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two friends were weeping
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uncontrollably and when George
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asked them what happened,
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they said, "We don't know!"
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"Suddenly we just felt this"
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"overwhelming sorrow."
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And they said that they
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were sinners and in need
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of a saviour.
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>> From that time on, George
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shared his faith openly.
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He bought and he handed out
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more than 300 missionary
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pamphlets every single month.
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That's like ten a day
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on average.
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He visited and he prayed with
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the poor and the sick and he
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preached regularly in churches
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every single week.
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But his father was very upset
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because he thought that his
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son was throwing away the
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opportunity of a lifetime,
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to have a good career and make
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a lucrative salary.
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And so his father told him
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that if he was to stick with
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this course that he was
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following, that he was no
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longer to be considered
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his son.
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>> And so from that time on,
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with the help of friends,
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he learned how to depend upon
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God to provide for his needs.
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>> At the age of 24,
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George became a missionary.
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He moved to London England,
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but the smog in London at the
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time was so thick that it made
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him feel so sick, he couldn't
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breathe properly so his
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friends decided to send
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him to Devon.
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And he went by the sea there
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and he was breathing in the
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fresh air and he had time to
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rest and recuperate and
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restore his health.
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>> It was in Devon that he had
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a second conversion
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after he started reading the
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Bible daily.
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Up until this time,
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George avoided reading the
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Bible as he preferred to read
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Christian authors and
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commentaries on the Bible,
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but not the Bible itself.
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But while he started a new
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habit of reading the Bible
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every morning, he learned
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about baptism by emersion.
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So he was baptized by emersion
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at the age of 24 and after
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that, the Bible became the
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foundation of George's faith.
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>> And when George would get
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up in the morning and he
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started reading the Bible,
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his thoughts became fuzzy
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and scattered.
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I don't know if you feel like
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that, but there are times when
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I definitely do.
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And so he felt that when he
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would get out of bed in the
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morning, he would go for a
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walk and he would take his
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Bible with him out into nature
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and then he would start
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reading while he was actively
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walking and he really found
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that that was the key to
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unlocking the secret of his
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time alone with God.
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He felt that he had to be
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active physically to
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grow spiritually.
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And so it was at Devon that
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George Müller not only met
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with God and really connected
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with Him, but he connected
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with a young lady by the name
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of Mary Groves whom he married
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after meeting her within
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three months.
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This newly-wed couple decided
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that they would only tell God
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about their own financial
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needs and about the needs of
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the poor people that they were
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trying to help.
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They decided to pray big,
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huge prayers.
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And so they put on paper,
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"A Scripture Knowledge"
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"Institute," something they
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hadn't founded yet, but they
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put it before God and they
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said, "If this is up to You,"
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"we leave it in Your hands."
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And they had five objectives
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and this is the first one:
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To run Christian church
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schools with Godly teachers
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who could point out the way
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of salvation.
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Now here's people who had no
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money, had guarantee in salary
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and they're saying,
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"We're gonna establish"
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"church schools."
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>> The second objective was
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to assist children from
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poorer families to attend
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these schools.
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[Mike] The third thing was to
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distribute the Holy Scriptures
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as the Bible alone is the
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foundation of instruction.
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In his lifetime alone,
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George Müller distributed
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close to 300,000 Bibles,
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one and a half million
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New Testaments alone, and over
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200,000 other religious texts
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which are translated into
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20 other languages.
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>> Whoa!
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The fourth objective was to
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support missionaries.
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There were many missionaries
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all over the world, including
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Hudson Taylor in China,
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who were dependant for their
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funding on George Müller.
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>> And the fifth objective was
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to establish an orphan house.
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And for all of these
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objectives, they depended upon
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one promise and it was found
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in Zechariah 4, verse 6
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which says...
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So he was truly led by God's
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Spirit and to do all of this,
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George Müller never once
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asked any human being
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for any assistance.
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He and his wife would pray
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earnestly to God and God
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always supplied their needs.
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[René] Wow!
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He felt called by God to meet
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the peculiar need of
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establishing an orphan house
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because he said he could not
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walk by these poor children
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in the streets every day
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and do nothing.
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>> And so he prayed for seven
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acres of land and he saw some
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land in a place called
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Ashley Down for sale.
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And so George went to the
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owner's house, he knocked on
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the door, and he met with the
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man and the man said to him,
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"I've been praying about"
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"this, Mr. Müller, and God"
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"spoke to me through"
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"the night."
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"He had convicted me and told"
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"me that I should sell the"
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"land to you for £120 an acre"
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"instead of the going price"
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"of £200 an acre."
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>> Wow, what a deal!
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So within ten minutes,
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the deal was signed and
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immediately the work went
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forward with, get this:
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free architects, free builders,
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and all the money in place.
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All the time, talents, and
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money were volunteered without
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George or Mary asking anyone
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but God and God sent
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what they needed.
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>> So there are people who
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looked at what George Müller
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did and they said,
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"There must be another"
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"explanation for this."
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But there was
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no other explanation.
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He didn't ask anyone else for
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money and randomly, all over,
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it was kind of orchestrated.
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The first house that was built
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was in 1849 and it housed
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300 children.
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And within a year of its
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completion, it was so full
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that they now had to start a
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second house and that was full
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and then a third and a fourth
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and a fifth house with 400
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children in each of those
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houses, the last one,
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450 kids.
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So by 1870 there was room for,
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get this: 2,050 orphans.
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[René] And there were many
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times that the children would
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sit at the table to eat,
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thank the Lord for their food,
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but there was no food
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on the table.
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And then as soon as they
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finished praying, a knock
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would be heard at the door and
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it would be the baker or the
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milk man or a farmer who said
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he was told by God to bring
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them food.
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The children witnessed how God
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provided every single day.
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>> So during his lifetime,
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George Müller received gifts
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and donations to the total of
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over 1.5 million British
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pounds in that value at that
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time so that's, today,
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in today's money, over
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100 million British pounds or
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171 million Canadian dollars.
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>> So who can explain that?
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>> I know.
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There is no other way other
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than to say, he said the
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answer was prayer and God
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answered his prayers.
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>> And all the records were
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meticulously kept and are
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housed today in the
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George Müller Museum in
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Bristol, England.
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>> So if there is a song whose
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words illustrate the life of
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George Müller, it would be
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Live Out Thy Life Within Me.
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>> Yes, that's true.
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So right now, let's listen to
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James playing the piano and
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Nick singing that song by
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Cascade Falls in
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Mission, British Columbia.
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¤¤
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¤Live out Thy life within me
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¤Oh Jesus, King of kings
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¤Be Thou Thyself the answer
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¤to all my questionings
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¤Live out Thy life within me
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¤in all things have Thy way
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¤I, the transparent medium
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¤Thy glory to display
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¤¤
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¤The temple has been yielded
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¤and purified of sin
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¤Let Thy Shekinah glory
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¤now shine forth from within
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¤And all the earth
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¤keep silence
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¤the body henceforth be
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¤Thy silent, gentle servant
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¤moved only as by Thee
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¤¤
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¤But restful, calm and pliant
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¤from bend and bias free
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¤Awaiting Thy decision
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¤when Thou hast need of me
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¤Live out Thy life within me
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¤Oh Jesus, King of kings
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¤Be Thou the glorious answer
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¤to all my questionings
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>> I'm sure you will agree
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that Jesus did live out His
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life within George Müller
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because George submitted his
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life to Jesus and Jesus truly
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was the answer to all his
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questionings,
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to all his prayers.
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George's life became the
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transparent medium for God to
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display His glory in such a
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practical and powerful way
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that no one could deny it.
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>> It's so true.
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From the time George Müller
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was converted from a thief,
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a drunkard, a gambler,
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and a womanizer to a devoted
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follower of Jesus Christ,
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he obeyed the will of God
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for his life.
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>> People used to always ask
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George one question:
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"How do you know God's will"
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"for your life?"
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And here is a summary of
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the seven points that
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he would give.
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First, he would say...
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He was like Jesus who prayed,
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"Not My will, but Thy will"
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"be done."
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>> Secondly...
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So George relied on faith
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and not feelings.
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>> Thirdly, he wrote...
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So he had to have a connection
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with the Spirit of God.
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>> Mm-hmm.
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And next, fourthly...
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He would look for how God was
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already opening doors and then
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he would walk through
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those doors.
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>> And fifthly, Müller was
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always a team player...
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In Proverbs chapter 11,
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verse 14, it warns...
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And then, sixthly, he wrote...
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>> And finally,
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the seventh point...
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You know, it would be
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dangerous to think that
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all of George Müller's life
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was smooth sailing.
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The reality is that his life
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had much pain and trials.
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All his four children and his
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first wife, Mary, died
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before he did.
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Then after he remarried,
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his second wife, Susanna,
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died before he did, too.
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>> He would not have called
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himself a man of miracles.
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Instead, this is how,
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in his own words,
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he described himself...
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>> What a beautiful life.
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>> Mm-hmm!
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>> Let's pray.
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Oh, Lord Jesus, now this is
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the confidence we have in You,
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that if we ask anything
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according to Your will,
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You will hear us.
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And if we know that You hear
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us, whatever we ask, we know
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that we have the petitions
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that we have asked of You.
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Lord, we want You to be
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magnified in our lives.
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[Mike] Lord, we know that as
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we continue to magnify You,
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You will supply all of our
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needs according to Your riches
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and glory in Christ Jesus,
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in His lovely name
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we pray, amen.
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>> The life of George Müller
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teaches us about the necessity
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of prayer, of talking with God
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as a friend.
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So our free offer for you
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today is Talking With God.
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>> So if you want the
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Experiencing Life and our
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>> They are all there for you,
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experience the truth that is
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found in the words of Jesus
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when He said, "It is written,"
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"man shall not live by bread"
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"alone, but by every word"
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"that proceeds out of the"
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"mouth of God."
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