George Muller Quotes

Discerning the will of God is a very tricky thing, partly because, you know, the little voice in my head can either be God's voice or it can be my own ego doing a magnificent impression of God's voice.

Discernment is God's call to intercession, never to faultfinding.

To will what God doth will, that is the only science that gives us any rest.

I believe that whatever I do, after I've asked for guidance and direction from God, that whatever the results, these are the results of His guidance.

I want God to be speaking louder than the music.

To have God speak to the heart is a majestic experience, an experience that people may miss if they monopolize the conversation and never pause to hear God's responses.

I just live my life. I go where I feel God is calling me.

Hearing the word is the devout receiving of the will of God.

Little by little he came to recognize the difference between the spirits that agitated him, one from the enemy and one from God.

I have felt the inspiration of the living God directing me in my labors.

At times I have long conversations with God. Sometimes I ask questions. I admit that there are also times when I let out my frustrations, fears, and anxieties in less than honorable ways. No matter what I pray about or how I pray about it, the result I always get is comfort.

We are to yield to the authority God has in place, and look to Him to find out what He would have us to do about those things that are concerning to us.

Spiritual direction involves a process through which one person helps another person understand what God is doing and saying.

My imperative is to seek every moment and to live so God is in control.

The object of our prayers should not be to present a wish list or a series of requests but to secure for ourselves and for others blessings that God is eager to bestow, according to His will and timing.

For my future I have no concern, and as a true philosopher, I never would have any, for I know not what it may be: as a Christian, on the other hand, faith must believe without discussion, and the stronger it is, the more it keeps silent.

I believe God, Jesus, died that we not just go to Heaven but that we excel in this life. I never think you make money your goal... God wants you to excel. Just keep Him in first place, and God will open up doors you never dreamed of.

A statesman... must wait until he hears the steps of God sounding through events, then leap up and grasp the hem of His garment.

We can only learn to know ourselves and do what we can - namely, surrender our will and fulfill God's will in us.

You need to have time to really hear God.

When holiness is achieved by conforming to God's will, one knows intuitively that which is wrong and that which is right before the Lord. Holiness speaks when there is silence, encouraging that which is good or reproving that which is wrong.

When Christians say God has been talking to them about something, it simply means they have a strong inner conviction or feeling that God has made His will known to them.

I believe we must seek God's will, never presuming to identify it with our own program or power.

Don't look for approval in what everyone else is doing; look for approval from Almighty God.

Prayer is not so much the means whereby God's will is bent to man's desires, as it is that whereby man's will is bent to God's desires.