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 Müller was born in Kroppenstädt
(now Kroppenstedt), a village near Halberstadt in
the Kingdom of Prussia.
 In 1810, the Müller family moved to nearby
Heimersleben, where Müller's father was appointed
a collector of taxes.
PERSONAL LIFE

2.
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 His early life was not marked by righteousness.
 a thief
 a liar
 a gambler
 By the age of 10, Müller was stealing government
money from his father.
 While his mother was dying, he, at fourteen years
of age, was playing cards with friends and drinking.
 While in seminary at the University of
Halle in Germany, Müller described his status as
one of..
HIS EARLY LIFE

3.
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“wicked behavior and unrepentant spirit ... Despite
my sinful lifestyle and cold heart, God had mercy
on me. I was as careless as ever. I had no Bible
and had not read any Scripture for years. I seldom
went to church; and, out of custom only, I took
the Lord’s Supper twice a year. I never heard the
gospel preached. Nobody told me that Jesus meant
for Christians, by the help of God, to live according
to the Holy Scriptures.”

4.
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 One evening he was invited to a meeting in a friend’s
house.
 After seeing a man on his knees praying to God, he was
convinced of his need for salvation. He went to his bed,
knelt and prayed, and asked God to help him in his life
and to bless him wherever he went and to forgive him of
his sins.
 He immediately stopped drinking, stealing and lying, and
developed hope of becoming a missionary, rather than the
comfortable clergyman that his father had envisioned for
him. He began preaching regularly in nearby churches.
What changed him?

5.
 George comes to England hoping to be sent as a
missionary to the Jews becomes very ill and thinks
he will soon die.
 God works again in his life. And looking back on his
life George wrote this:
“I gave myself fully to the Lord. Honours, pleasures,
money, my physical powers, my mental powers, all
were laid down at the feet of Jesus, and I became a great
lover of the Word of God. I found my all in God, and
thus in all my trials of a temporal and spiritual
character, it has remained for sixty-six years.”

6.
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ORPHANAGE CARE

7.
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 George prayed, asking God to provide a building,
people to oversee it, furniture, and money for food
and clothing. God answered his prayers. The needs
of the orphanage were met each day. Sometimes a
wealthy person would send a large amount of
money, or a child would give a small amount
received as a gift or for doing chores. Many times
food, supplies or money came at the last minute, but
God always provided without George telling anyone
about his needs. He just prayed and waited on God.
ORPHANAGE CARE

8.
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More than 10,000 children lived in the
orphanage over the years.
When each child became old enough to live
on his own, George would pray with him and
put a Bible in his right hand and a coin in his
left. He explained to the young person that if
he held onto what was in his right hand, God
would always make sure there was something
in his left hand as well.
ORPHANAGE CARE

9.
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It has been more than 165 years since George
Mueller took in his first orphan.
His vision continues today as Christians
around the world are inspired by his faith
to depend on God to meet their needs
and the needs of helpless children.

10.
What was the
key to his life?
Faith – What God has said is
true and He will always do what
He has said in His Word
Prayer – He took everything to
God in prayer He asked God to
answer according to His
promises
Bible Reading – He read the
complete Bible more than 200
times .