Chapter 5, Learning to Live by Faith Summary and Analysis

In October of 1830, Muller marries Mary Groves. The couple begins to live by faith, daily. The only pay Muller accepts from the church is that of a voluntary giving box placed in the church chapel. Muller begins to describe how God provides daily their needs. Often, they go to bed with little, only to have some person bring money or supplies that Muller never asked for.

A few times that first year, Muller feels like doubting God's provision, yet supplies keep coming in. Though money often came in just at the last moment, the Muller's never knew real need. They simplified their living and sold unnecessary possessions to further live by faith. Yet, they saw all this as the will of the Lord.

Muller asks no man for money and never...