George Müller's Ten Thousand Prayers

In 1844, George Müller of Bristol, England, began praying for five personal friends to come to faith. He prayed daily, without ceasing, recording each petition in his journal. After five years, the first friend converted. Ten years in, the second followed. Twenty-five years passed before the third came to faith. Müller kept knocking. He prayed for the fourth and fifth friends for over fifty years — more than ten thousand individual prayers offered for the same two souls.…