Count Zinzendorf

As many of you guys have mentioned, Count Zinzendorf was from a wealthy family in Europe. He lost his father when he was six weeks old and when his father got remarried he went to live with his Lutheran grandmother. He was passionate to satisfy the desire in his heart for ministry and God and he wanted to fulfill his role to become a Count. (which by the way means nobleman)
So all of Zinzendorf's childhood, he searched and really wanted to love God but he took 180 degree turn when he was at an art museum and seeing the words on a picture, "This have I done for you - Now what will you do for me?" That day he dedicated to serve Christ all of his days.
Zinzendorf had an estate called Berthelsdorf. A group of Moravians came to the estate and asked zinzendorf if they could live there, they were probably persecuted so they wanted to live together. He said yes and later on more people just kept coming and coming and coming. And also he renamed Berthelsdorf, Hernhut "the Lord's watch"
Always being interested in studying and stuff, he found the story about the Moravians and he was so fascinated by them. Although Moravians lived at Hernhut later on people who weren't also came. So there was division because not all of their beliefs were the same. Until then, Zinzendorf had not been living with them but hearing the troubles, he moved to Hernhut once again dedicating to serve them.
THis is when we pretty much come in:
So Zinzendorf began to lead daily bible studies for everyone at Hernhut and he desired that they would have prayer, praise, and biblical behavior. Often during these times, they would feel the Holy Spirit powerfully which they felt as if they were renewed. And soon they began to have 24 hour prayer as people took turns praying every hour.
One of the first missions sent from Zinzendorf was when he met the slave that Mrs.Lewellen talked about. After hearing some of the slave's testimony he brought him to Hernhut. Anthony, the slave, accepted Christ and Zinzendorf sent two men to go preach to other slaves even if they had to endure all the same things as those slaves.
Also Count Zinzendorf had a relationship with John wesley too and later on he visited Hernhut couple times. Through the Moravians he got saved.

Count Zinzendorf's story really is a big part of IHOP because first of all, 24 hour prayer! Zinzendorf had a heart for this, he realized that incense needed to arise all the time before his throne.It's said that he also focused a lot on having a personal relationship with Jesus. I=intercession H= holiness O=offering to the poor P= prophetic and something...(sorry)
but these things were all things that Zinzendorf focused on. Ihop really believes that loving God comes first then ministry follows. I think that he believed this.

It was first pronounced Herr-n-hut

Count Zinzendorf was born into a noble family (he was rich) but he still loved Jesus with his whole heart. As he grew older he became burdened for the oneness of Chistians and bought a village for the all kinds of Christians who were persecuted. At first, his village named Herrnhut had many different types of Christians who didn't believe the same things and didn't get along. Zinzendorf was obviously burdened for their oneness, so he preached and miraculously all of them repented!! They got along perfectly after that sermon!
Zinzendorf stressed the importance of Church meetings and soon corporate prayer turned into a burden of the people to spread the gospel throughout the earth. The Moravians were pioneers among modern missionaries.
The people in Herrnhut had so many miracles and prophecies that they soon got distracted from Christ - and only really cared about the results, not what those miracles and prophecies showed. Count Zinzendorf was thrown out of his village as a result of an investigation that occured, but he still ministered throughout Europe and America.
Near the end of his life, the Count experienced many troubles, a couple of which were finacial problems and opposition from religous leaders. He kept loving Jesus still however, and left a legacy of a Godly leader behind him.

source: http://www.countzinzendorf.org/

Count Zinzendorf relates to IHOP's prophetic history in many ways. He founded a "missions base" for Christians. His goal was not religion but a real relationship with Christ. The coorperate prayer resulted in those Christians in Herrnhut spreading the gospel throughout the earth. The Count was an amazing leader and did some great things, and I think IHOP is like his Herrnhut in many ways.

count zindorf

In 1722, he was approached by a group of Moravians to request permission to live on his lands. He granted their request, and a small band crossed the border from Moravia to settle in a town they called Herrnhut, or "the Lord's Watch." Zinzendorf was intrigued by the story of the Moravians, and began to read about the early Unity at the library in Dresden. His tenants went through a period of serious division, and it was then in 1727 that Zinzendorf left public life to spend all his time at his Berthelsdorf estate working with the troubled Moravians. Largely due to his leadership in daily Bible studies, the group came to formulate a unique document, known as the "Brotherly Agreement," which set forth basic tenets of Christian behavior. Residents of Herrnhut were required to sign a pledge to abide by these Biblical principals. There followed an intense and powerful experience of renewal, often described as the "Moravian Pentecost." During a communion service at Berthelsdorf, the entire congregation felt a powerful presence of the Holy Spirit, and felt their previous differences swept away. This experience began the Moravian renewal, and led to the beginning of the Protestant World Mission movement.
In 1731, while attending the coronation of Christian VI in Copenhagen, the young Count met a converted slave from the West Indies, Anthony Ulrich. Anthony's tale of his people's plight moved Zinzendorf, who brought him back to Herrnhut. As a result, two young men, Leonard Dober and David Nitchmann, were sent to St. Thomas to live among the slaves and preach the Gospel. This was the first organized Protestant mission work, and grew rapidly to Africa, America, Russia, and other parts of the world. By the end of Zinzendorf's life there were active missions from Greenland to South Africa, literally from one end of the earth to the other. Though the Baptist missionary Wliam Carey is often refered to as the "Father of Modern Missions," he himself would credit Zinzendorf with that role, for he often refered to the model of the earlier Moravians in his journal.

count Zinzedorfs ministrey relates to IHOP in many ways the main way i saw that he related was Hernhut. he let the Moravian Indians stay there if they would abide to the biblical rules. just like the Hernhut aparments next to IHOP. he also had a heart for the poor and need like IHOP

Count Zinzendorf

Count Zinzendorf was one of the rare Christians born into a noble family, yet fully consecrated to the Lord. He began to love the Lord at six and continued to get to know Christ in his school years. He became burdened for the oneness of Christians and purchased the village of Berthelsdorf as a refuge for persecuted Christians of every kind

He relates to IHOP many ways. one is that he believed in helping the homeless. he also did many things to help people that wanted to be good at the Lord is. We are trying to do this in here at IHOP. helping the homeless, the lost, the sick, and the confussed. i think we are walking in his foot steps to keep his dream alive

Zinzendorf relates to IHOP

he relates to IHOPbecause he believed in many things that we do. he liked helping the homeless and thought they needed a place to stay...he also did many things to help people and wanted to be as good as he could be. although no one is perfect i think god is still proud of him. he contributed in helping and put forth a good attitude and effort to make a change. here at IHOP we believe these things, we want a godly community and are trying to bring as many people as we can to come with us in helping the ones on need.

Count Zinzendorf and how his story relates to IHOP

Count Zinzendorf was a really cool guy! He showed love and Gods love to the poor and homeless even when it was hard to. Count Zinzendorf had a lot of land, and homeless people starting coming to him asking for help and if they could live on his land. He agreed, and he continued to agree even when more and more people starting coming. He didnt turn them away, he loved them. I think it is really cool to have that much love in your heart to give things up for the poor. Eventually he started having 24/7 night and day prayer meetings waiting until Jesus came back. This is similar to what IHOP is doing now. I guess Mike Bickle was inspired by Zinzendorf and now IHOP is a 24/7 night and day prayer and intersession. What Count Zinzendorf did changed many things and led to much revival.

IHOP and Count Zinzendorf..

So count Zinzendorf let a ton of people stay in his house/backyard because they were homeless. Count Zinzendorf showed kindness to people and loved them. He had an over exsessive amount of people in his backyard (I around believe 300) then I guess the place all of the people were staying at was called Hernhut.. Like the IHOP apartments. Then Zinzendorf who was a morvaian started a prayer meeting that last 100 years. IHOP is a lot like Count Zinzendorf.

Count Zinzendorf

He was really an amazing guy. He dovoted his life to CHRIST at a young age, and continued to serve GOD throughout his life. Besides the Hernhut thing, he also started the night watch.

Zinzendorf and the Moravians, John Wesley's Conversion, and the IHOP prophetic history

The Moravian church began on the land of Nicolaus Ludwig Zinzendorf. Zinzendorf studied to be a diplomat. However, after not being allowed to marry his cousin, he though God was calling him to a special job. So, he became a landowner, and rented his land to tenants. Because of his religious stance, he allowed persecuted people from Moravia and Bohemia to live on his land. Hundreds of persecuted people came to his land, which he called "Herrnhut." The Moravian church started there, and sent missionaries to all over the world, including the Inuit in Greenland, the North American Indians, African slaves in America and the West Indies, as well as the west coast of South Africa. They also had a prayer room, with at least 2 people praying every hour. Furthermore, Zinzendorf spent his money to pay for Herrnhut, until he almost went bankrupt in 1750. Then he made a Financial Board among the people living in Herrnhut, which was prosperous.

Though John Wesley grew up in the church, his first encounter with the power of God was with the Moravians. Wesley was depressed and lonely. However, when he was on a ship going Georgia. During a storm, the main mast of the ship broke. While the English crew was freaking out, the Moravians, under deck, were calmly singing hymns and praying. This convinced Wesley that the Moravians had something that he didn't: a real knowledge of Jesus Christ.

The story of Herrnhut, Zinzendorf, and John Wesley's conversion has a lot to do with IHOP's prophetic history. Mike Bickle wants IHOP to be a place like Herrnhut, where believers can be equipped and renewed. He wants IHOP to be a place where people like Zinzendorf will help others selflessly. Furthermore, he wants to send people out from IHOP to be missionaries, just as the Moravians did hundreds of years ago. He also wants IHOP to continue to be a house of prayer which leads to the greatest revival ever witnessed by anyone! Finally, he wants the IHOP community to be strong believers who will provoke others to jealousy, just as the Moravians did to John Wesley.

Prince Caspian

Yes, I know this is a weird title. But I was just watching this movie and I wanted to blog about something in it. When the King was in Caspian's professer's library and one of his head guys came in, the King said something like, "We have to find Caspian before they do." When the guy asked who 'they' were, the King said, "It is time you were learning your history." And then stabbed a picture of Narnians with a Narnian arrow.

Maybe they planned it do this, but really, history effects real life. The Telmarines had no clue Narnians were still alive, but they were. This was a bad thing because they were planning a rebellion and the Telmarines had no clue. History can be boring, but that's really because we make it that way. History itself is awesome and has an effect on life today, and I think this class does it well. Let's take hold of the opportunity we have in TDA to learn about things and not just go through the motions!!

Wow

brennan, is wondering if he has found his love for blogging????lol...it's pretty fun actually!

FANATIC

I kindof want to talk about David Brainerd for a second....talk about fanatic! this guys was out in the woods, ministering to indians for a living...lol he did not have the assurance of his next meal. But God used him to soften the hearts of the indians, befor the time of the great awakening. this guy was really cool....haha, that was short

Orphans-revival

I like the point that Mrs. Lewellen pointed out earlier that like when we care for the orphans, that will lead into revival in James 1:27 it says that Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world. I think the whole OJC thing is really good, and is coming at a good time. So many kids, even in the Kansas city area, are being constantly forced into doing unjust, evil things. I also want to make another point, that Allen Hood said....." Tons of little girls are crying out for a savior, but we won't even hasten the day of our Lord" (not exactly word for word) but i mean, it's for real.......We have not felt the distress and hopelessness of what these orphans, and slaves feel, EVERYDAY....I can't even really wrap my mind around it, to be honest.......i am saying this out of my own weakness....i don't exactly have the heart for orphans that i should, God must instill his heart into mine for me to even think about the girl in Thailand who is being sold into sex trafficking or the boy in Rwanda who is trained and forced to kill his neighbor at such a young age....GUYS, WE DONT GET IT!!! i'm totally, (again) saying this out of my own weakness...God's heart is burning, in intercession for these young ones, all across the world! I like how the OJC blog put it, they said that the orphans are VOICELESS!!! Someone must be that voice! God is calling ihop to be a shelter to the orphans and to care for those who can't do so for themselves.....on the OJC BLOG it said that 115 children have become prostitutes, in the last HOUR!!!!!! do you guys remember "the story of stufff" well, what if we took our money that is used on stuff that only lasts us on average, 6 months, and give it to the orphans and widows....I really want to urge u guys to pray for these orphans.....here is the ORPHAN JUSTICE CENTER WEBSITE..........HTTP://ORPHANJUSTICECENTER.WORDPRESS.COM/MISSION/

Presentations

Good job to those who did their presentations last Monday. I thought the skits were a really original idea.

Peter Boehler

Peter Boehler (December 31, 1712 – April 27, 1775) was a German-born Moravian missionary and bishop who was influential in the Moravian Church in the Americas and England during the eighteenth century. Böhler was one of the many missionaries sent out to the Americas in the early 18th century by the leader of the Moravian Church, Nicolaus Ludwig Zinzendorf. As a part of the first large scale Protestant missionary movement, Böhler spread the religion across Georgia and other American colonies.[1] In 1740, he migrated with other Moravians to Pennsylvania, where they founded the towns of Nazareth and Bethlehem.[2] Böhler was superintendent of the Moravian Church in England from 1747 to 1753 and was made a bishop of the church in 1748. Böhler came back to America and directed new Moravian settlements in the colonies from 1753 to 1764.[2]

A good example of Colonial architecture

I found some info about a house in Charleston, South Carolina that is a really good example of colonial architecture. It was owned by a rich person living in Charleston and is really old. It's called the Nathaniel Russel House, and was owned by Nathaniel Russel. Here's a like about it:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathaniel_Russell_House

The Spiral staircase looks really cool. My parents saw it in September and they said it is three stories tall and is completely self-supporting.

impossible green

I think its crazy that people could think that America could go green. First of all it would mean shutting down countless factories, which in turn would mean that even more people would lose their jobs. Then there's getting people to cooperate. If you were a big buisness manager would you agree to shut down or seriously downsize you buisness? And even getting people to create more quality products. In this world most people would shoot someone in the head for a lousy $50 (or less) much less agree to make more quality products so that they would make thousands less. The only way that we are going to get a perfect economy again is when JESUS comes back. Now I would love, truly love if we could go back to the way it has been in the past, but its just not gonna happen until JESUS comes back.

The Book's Effects of the Great Awakening... and why they might be biased

I really like this history book, but I found something while doing the group project that kindof contradicts it:

One of our websites said the proof says that most of the people that came to church during the Great Awakening stopped coming after the Great Awakening. So that effect was contradicted, because the book said church atendees increased long-term.

I think probably the website might be wrong, or they are both half wrong, but it's just a good idea to know what the truth is and not believe things that could possibly be biased.

Another Really good website about David Brainerd

I just found another really good website about David Brainerd from Wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Brainerd

It gives a really brief overview of his life, and is a really good summary of what he did.