BACK TO JERUSALEM!
The Role of the Nordic Countries
in God's Plan of Redemption
"Behold, the Lord has proclaimed to the end of the earth: Say to the daughter of Zion, ‘Behold, your salvation comes; behold, his reward is with him, and his recompense before him.’” Isa 62:11
The gospel came originally from Jerusalem and eventually spread up across Europe all the way to the Nordic countries. For decades, many prophets have spoken of a powerful revival in the Nordic countries with the cross in their flags that will spread down across Europe back to Jerusalem in the last days.
The Lord is now calling us to persevere in persistent prayer until God's will is done. "And will not God give justice to his elect, who cry to him day and night? Will he delay long over them? I tell you, he will give justice to them speedily." Lk 18:7-8
In 1727 the Spirit of God fell upon a group of believers in Herrnhut in Germany and they began to pray continuously day and night for over 100 years. Within 25 years, these intercessors, without access to modern means of communication, had reached every continent of the world with the gospel. We pray that this will happen again in our time!
We welcome intercessors from all prayer movements in the Nordic countries and Europe to this prayer conference. It is the Lord Himself who has taken the initiative for this conference, and we look forward to Him meeting with us in this conference and answering our prayers. The time has come for breakthrough!
Prayer leaders from different prayer networks in the Nordic countries, Estonia, Great Britain, Germany, Slovakia and the USA will actively participate in the conference.
Kjell Sjöberg wrote in 1986:
"[The Lord says:] 'I have a plan for the Nordic countries, therefore it is important that the intercessors from the Nordic countries meet each other. My glory shall explode in the Nordic countries... The Christians of the Nordic countries have important things to give to each other in order to reach a common maturity. ... The Nordic countries shall belong to me and from there I want to begin my work of liberation ... The cross-marked countries belong to me.' ...
"We strengthen the unity of the Nordic countries through each person who says yes to a divine calling that applies to the Nordic countries..."
"We want to stand before the Lord for the lordship of Jesus over the Nordic countries, and we want to connect the Nordic countries with Israel, and we also want to take the position where the Nordic countries can become a base for what the Lord will do on the European continent."
Kjell Sjöberg, Guds rikes plan för Nordens länder (1986), p. 5, 24, 31.
VISION
The Story of Herrnhut
In 1722, a movement started in the small village of Herrnhut in Germany that became very influential (Herrnhut means "under the protection of the Lord" or "the watch for the Lord"). This movement arose in two different directions and converged into a colony in Herrnhut. The first was a young nobleman named Count Nicolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf who was born in 1700 and died in 1760. He was said to be a man who burned with a deep love for his Lord and wanted to serve his kingdom on earth. It was this person who owned Herrnhut. When he was about twenty years old, a group came there led by a lumberman named Christian David who had left Bohemia and sought refuge for himself and his fellow believers. They had left their farms and, as impoverished refugees, they made their way to Zinzendorf's estate. The reason they left Bohemia was Catholic persecution in Bohemia.
This Zinzendorf wanted to gather settlers to the small community, and he wanted them to be "Jesus-loving souls". However, at first it was difficult to pull in the same direction because these people from Bohemia and Moravia thought differently.
On May 12, 1727, an important gathering took place in Herrnhut. Zinzendorf had gathered people from around the community to share his thoughts on Christian fellowship, after he himself had read a book that described how the first disciples lived.
The meeting in Herrnhut ended with the people of the town not only shaking hands, but developing a strong love for each other. It is said that the atmosphere in the village had completely changed and they described it as waking up from a bad dream; now they looked at each other in a new way. Zinzdendorf talked about fraternal unity, which then meant forgiving things that existed between people. Zinzendorf had a longing to live together with the brothers and he was the first to sign his name on a contract for an agreement that showed that they were serious about the "surrender" to the village and to Christ.
In mid-June, you could see a difference in the village. People who had previously kept to themselves now met instead for prayer and worship during evenings and even early mornings.
The 13th of August 1727 was a day when people would seek God together. People came from different villages, and when people were on their way to the small village, they felt guilty and began to ask each other for forgiveness. It is described that the meeting was like a storm, where the love and holiness of God moved among them like an electric and warm current.
”Those who previously could not tolerate one another now stood in the graveyard in front of the church and embraced, swearing promises of true friendship, and so the whole congregation came back to Herrnhut as newborn children.”
Two weeks after the August 1727 meeting, 24 men and 24 women gathered and decided to cover every hour of the day and hour of the night in prayer. They set a date to start, but not a date to stop praying. What they didn't know that day was that this prayer meeting would go on for 100 years, uninterrupted.
Excerpt from Ora et labora - A study of holistic spirituality in Herrnhut tradition
KM2551 Candidate's thesis Christian Samuelsson Examiner: Mikael Hallenius Supervisor: Roland Spjuth. Pages 8 and 9.
SUPPORT THE CONFERENCE
We do not charge a conference fee to attend the conference but trust that the Lord will provide what is needed for all expenses through voluntary gifts. If you would like to help cover the expenses of this conference, you can make a gift via the link below. Write "Ljungskile" on the payment!
Many thanks and God bless you!
LJUNGSKILE
Ljungskile is located 65 km north of Gothenburg along the European highway E6 which links Denmark, Sweden and Norway. Via Landvetter Airport, various ferries to the port of Gothenburg and good bus and train connections to Ljungskile, it is easy to get to the conference from all over the Nordic countries and Europe.
Conference facility: Hällebergskyrkan Skälläckerödsvägen 6, 45932 Ljungskile
Connections:
Landvetter Airport: Airport bus to Göteborg Central Station/Nils Ericson Terminal
From Göteborg Central Station/Nils Ericson Terminal:
Bus: Line 810 towards Uddevalla or Line 841 towards Lysekil via Torp Terminal
Train: Västtåg 3734 towards Uddevalla, Strömstad
Schedule:
Thursday Jan 2: Opening meeting 19:00
Friday and Saturday Jan 3 and 4:
Session 1: 08:30-10:30
Session 2: 11:00-13:00
Lunch served in the church
Session 3: 14:00-16:00
Dinner at the place of your choice
Session 4: 19:00
Restaurants:
Book through Sven-Erik Berg svenerikberg61@gmail.com +46 761-066103
Bella Mare +46 522-29545
Laxbutiken +46 522 - 20810
Mat, vin och vänner +46 522-109 09
Marinella Pizzeria +46 522-219 25
Lodging:
Ljungskile Tourist Hotel (Close to Hällebergskyrkan) Book through Sven-Erik Berg svenerikberg61@gmail.com +46 761-066103
Åh Stiftsgård (Both hotel standard and low cost youth hostel style lodging available) +46 522-250 56
Hotel Carlia, Uddevalla +46 522-141 40
Dagsholms Hotell, Färgelanda +46 73 5514450, +46 76 1066103
Hotell Stenungsbaden, Stenungssund + 46 303 - 72 68 00
For help with practical questions
Please contact Sven-Erik Berg svenerikberg61@gmail.com +46 761-066103
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