The Worthy Lamb - Copied word for word from Dale Anderson

John Leonard Dober and David Nitschman are names you may not readily recognize. John was a potter and David a carpenter. Ordinary occupations. Extraordinary men. They are men who left the security of their jobs and families in Copenhagen to become the first Moravian missionaries in 1732.

John Leonard Dober and David Nitschman are unsung heroes.These men were not going on a nice short term mission to the Caribbean, or even Africa or China but they sold themselves into slavery to answer the call ‘come and minister the gospel to us’. It gives new meaning to the phrase “sold out for Christ”. They became slaves in order to have the opportunity to reach the slaves of the West Indies for their Lord. Their life’s purpose was to follow the Lamb who had given His life for them and for all the souls of the world. Their mission statement was “Our Lamb has conquered, let us follow Him.”
One of the men left his wife and children begging on the wharf for him to reconsider and stay. But the call and heart of God for these slaves in the West Indies was even greater than the pull of home. As the ship pulled away from the docks the men lifted a cry, “May the Lamb that was slain receive the reward of His suffering” which became the resonating heartbeat of the Moravian Missions movement.
The men felt their sacrifice paled in comparison to the sacrifice of their Saviour. They loved Jesus with everything they were and did, and desired to walk in obedience, knowing that the God who called them is the God who gives the courage, grace and anointing for the task. Even to spend a life of hard toil, with meager provisions and hardship. They experienced and modeled the truth of Philippians 4:13 “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.”
The Moravian Movement, that sent out David and John, was founded by Count Nicolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf (born in 1720), in the early 1720’s. He initially founded it as a refuge for Christians in a papist Europe, but soon it attracted those with a desire for intimacy with God and a zeal for prayer and evangelism.
In May 1727, Count Zinzendorf and the leaders of the community felt God calling them to prayer at a deeper level. They committed themselves to praying round the clock, beginning a 24/7 prayer meeting that lasted over100 years involving not only the adults but the children of the movement. In August of that the minister at the Sunday morning service was “overwhelmed by the wonderful and irresistible power of the Lord.” A move of God broke out, with people testifying that “hardly knew whether they belonged to earth or had already gone to heaven. We saw the hand of God and were all baptized with his Holy Spirit. The Holy Ghost came upon us and in those days great signs and wonders took place in our midst.” Over 10 years later John Wesley, founder of the Methodist Church visited the community where the revival was still taking place. He experienced a powerful encounter with God that was to shape his own personal relationship with God and his ministry.
It was in this environment and atmosphere that David and John grew in hunger of God, His Word and His Lost. They epitomized the Count’s personal life motto; “I have one passion: It is Jesus! Jesus Only!” They knew that the secret to been able to sell themselves into slavery in order to minister to their fellow slaves was to be totally in love with their Lord. With their eyes upon Him they could lay their lives down and carry the cross of slavery.
These two men birthed a missions movement, not by persuading men to “Go” via flashy display boards, brochures and messages, but David and John, and the men that followed their example, lived the message and just did it. They lived the “Go”. John Leonard Dober and David Nitschman inspired their generation, and generations to come to lay down their lives for The Lamb.

Published in: on September 29, 2008 at 12:53 pm Comments (0)
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The secret life of a hansome young man

But Daniel resolved not to defile himself……and God gave knowledge and understanding of all kinds of literature and learning. And Daniel could understand visions and dreams of all kind.

Daniel 1

 

Published in: on September 19, 2008 at 7:59 pm Comments (0)
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Free Music Downloads

Have been encouraged lately with waves of fresh music. Here are a couple of websites to visit for free music downloads, Bless and be Blessed ^_^

Published in: on September 15, 2008 at 11:47 am Comments (1)
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Maria

This morning I read an article about Steven Curtis Chapman and his wife Mary Beth, written 2 short months after the loss of their youngest, adopted daughter. I remember at a young age telling my mom that I was going to adopt all of my children, in my young eyes there were just too many un-loved children, and Jesus loves them all. I still believe that the love of a parent is the same for their children of the flesh and those whom they choose, and have grieved for the pain that the Chapman family has gone through while continuing to pray for the strength of the Lord for their family.

I had to share this story from the article, what a good, good Father we have:

Maria had the morning of the accident drawn a picture of a flower and written a word that she had never written before. She knew how to write her name, that was all I had seen, or maybe ‘I love Dad’ or ‘I love Mom’ but she had never written any other words.

The day after the accident we went home…sitting on the art table was this little picture that Maria had drawn the morning of the accident. She had drawn a six-petaled flower and only one petal was colored in. We have six children, only one is whole now, we believe, in the arms of Jesus. She had written the word S-E-E, she wrote the word see. And she had never written that before

My heart grieves, and still I LONG for the spirit of adoption to come and grip the church! Lou often says that we can not stand on street corners and ask women to not abort their babies if in the same breath we do not offer to adopt them. A friend from Romania told me a few years ago that if I really believe in adoption, and really wanted to adopt Romanian children, than as a single 21 year old female, I needed to begin to save the money for it. Sounds radical, it did to me then too, but I believe it. Even more than I did as a 10 year old child I believe it, Father make us ready to receive them with open arms, and open hearts, to love them as You love them and call them into the dream that is in Your heart for them.

Published in: on September 13, 2008 at 3:20 pm Comments (0)

San Diego

A few days before leaving KC for TheCall DC the Lord gave my sister and I the opportunity to move to San Diego CA for two months of prayer, fasting, and preparation for TheCall California on November 1st. The invitation was a surprise and we were given little time to prepare but both of us felt strongly that this was a direct response to purposeful prayer for California and accepted with trembling hearts. 

I believe with everything in me that the fight going on in California right now is really a fight for the hearts of the People; to either turn their hearts to the wisdom of God or to the wisdom of man, and as the Mayor of San Fransisco so eloquently stated, “As California goes, so goes the Nation” This is our slogan as we come into San Diego, crying out for the people of God to turn to the Lord and in turn for them to cry out on behalf of their state!

The plane arrived in San Diego last Saturday carrying 3 of our team and we hit the ground running; our fourth flies in this Saturday morning. The days begin early with an hour of prayer, and end late with all of us tired, but everything we are doing is as intercession to the Lord and throughout the day we ask for wisdom, insight and strategies from Heaven. 

Pray for our protection, our heath, and our hearts as we mobilize here on the ground. I will update often!

Published in: on September 4, 2008 at 7:20 pm Comments (0)
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Big Cheif Indian Tablets

so apparently Randy made a reference to the above mentioned notepads in TheCall staff meeting in kansas city today, being lost in the dark I googled it to find out just where his jab was coming from. For Annie’s sake:

The Big Chief tablet was for many years the most popular brand of paper writing tablet among school children and hopeful novelists in the United States and exemplified the lined writing tablet as a communications medium. The tablet featured a native American with full headdress on the cover. The Big Chief Writing Tablet copyright was originally held by William Albrecht at the Western Tablet Company in St. Joseph, Missouri, and was later sold to the Mead Corporation, which also manufactured a Son of Big Chief tablet.

Thanks http://searchcio-midmarket.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid183_gci512952,00.html ! Randy are you telling us to communicate better and take notes?

Published in: on September 2, 2008 at 5:07 pm Comments (2)
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Leisure in DC

Published in: on August 30, 2008 at 11:22 pm Comments (1)

TheCall DC

Whew. TheCall DC was amazing, an incredible amount of work packed into about the craziest 5 days of my life, but I’d do it again in a heart beat. In the midst of the madness I had a single moment of clarity as the following thought fluttered through my sleep and caffeine deprived consciousness: One day I’ll look back and Jesus will show me how every bit of this mattered” That thought kept me going for a few days.

A couple of highlights from the Trip:

  • The Evening de-brief in the hotel room with Katrina and Joanna Reyburn as we processed while lying the most comfortable hotel beds i’ve ever slept in, hands down, and watched the Olympics, or exposes on the Mob
  • Joanna & Tyler Eitel. I fell in love with this couple while in DC: SImply Amazing. Tyler comes across as a pretty tough dude, I mean, I wouldn’t want to be doing anything wrong and get caught by him. And Joanna pretty much ran the entire PreCall Conference; It was an honor to serve her. Every now and then Tyler would glare at us and order us to the cafeteria for a meal. Once out of the building he’d become nice again and we’d all laugh and talk. Gotta love new friends.
  • Lou’s message at the PreCall conference was incredible, I was working in a back room and could feel the presence of God in such a powerful way I was moved to tears and never even made out a word of his message.
  • One of the most powerful moments of the day of TheCall was hearing Norma McCorvey speak about the ending of abortion and the Lord’s heart to bring restoration to women who have had them.
  • One awesome moment was when buckets of water suddenly poured from the roof of the stage directly onto Phil, our director of logistics, and Megan, Dwayne Robert’s assistant. Classic Beauty.
  • Favorite Moment of the Day: Accidentally zip-tying a protester in a port-a-john

We then had a few days to tour the city, visiting some museums and meeting some of the staff at IJM, which was definitely a highlight. It was a LONG two weeks, lots of work, LOTS of walking, but every moment well worth it.

Upon returning to KC we received an email which I have edited for the sake of ending this LONG entry, and omitting the names. This one testimony made every hour from February to August worth it:

Among our group was a 16 year old boy… he has been witnessing to his father for a very long time and reported that his father was very cold to the gospel. While leaving for The Call he asked his dad to promise that he would watch at least one hour of The Call because he would be there. His dad did as he promised and watched one hour of The Call. When his wife got home he told her this, “Tell .. that he can stop worrying about me. I’m going to go to heaven now. I watched The Call and I now believe everything that he has been telling me.” He had tuned in as the call for salvation was being given and had given his heart to the Lord. He left for work just after this conversation. On the way home from The Call … got a phone call and was told that his father had passed away in a terrible work accident. He was relatively young at less than 40 years old. He died within hours of responding to the call for salvation that was given at The Call.

oh that Thousands of hearts were turned to Salvation on that day! We still believe that America can be changed in a day, one day we will look back and see the effect that August 16, 2008 had for the nation of America, for the hearts of the People, and how the name of the Lord was glorified.

Photo’s of the day can be viewed frommany sources, one being: http://www.shelleypaulson.com/order/thecall

Password: TheCall

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My Desk

Yes folks that’s right, in our enormous office house there is still not space enough for us all, therefore awhile back i brought in this old chair which was purchased at an antique store for $5 - quite the deal. Though in all honesty I should say that many days I highjack Janae’s desk (to the left of the chair) and sit there instead ;)

Published in: on July 24, 2008 at 11:09 am Comments (0)
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Light

So, Tuesday the 22nd was my 22nd Birthday :)

Thanks to everyone who made me feel loved all day long: the office crew for the card and singing, Katrina for the MASSIVE bouquet of flowers and the funny cards, and for telling me Happy Birthday a few hundred times through out the day, thank you skim for such a thoughtful gift, your friendship is a blessing! Thank you to my wonderful boss Michelle for the pedicure, QUITE the new experience for me ;) and to Alison for spending the evening with me - you are a treasure. AND to my friend Nicholas for the 22 different birthday text’s - you might be the most creative person I know bro! And for all of the text messages, phone cards, and facebook’s - thank you! On top of it all my brother Jeremy paid for me to go get my hair done and i’m lovin having color back again, I can’t believe I’ve lasted this long with out it :)

Being that this date fell in the middle of an extended fast, that was the extent of the celebration, but you better believe I’ll be eating chocolate cake in DC!!

22 Day’s till theCall DC, gather your people Lord to fast and pray, we believe that You are full of Mercy, we believe there is hope for America

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