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Jan21
Only TWO “I ♥ Baghdad” shirts left! Get yours now!
Now’s your chance! Get your very own “Hey, what does your shirt say?” shirt. And join the outrageous hope movement for beautiful, precious Iraq. The shirts are $20 each and you can order them…
HERE
Aug3
the Baghdad trip recipe: 99 people giving $40
I’m going to Baghdad this fall to meet leaders and deliver paintings to them; and to cast vision and prepare for my semi-move there next year. You can take part in this opportunity at this specific moment in history to see a nation flourish. Beyond the news, beyond the statistics, there is a beautiful nation full of amazing people in need of advocacy and courage on their behalf. Will you believe with me for outrageous hope for Iraq?
From heaven’s perspective this is already a done deal, but here on earth I still need some money. Every bit matters, even one dollar is part of the fulfillment.
It is as easy as 99 people giving $40. So, if you think this is a beautiful, wonderful, blissful, historical moment in history for Iraq and you’d like to toss some happy agreement money in my direction, click the link below and easily give online. Goooo team!
Imagine a year from now: Baghdad is more stable, children are more free to play, more families picnic by the Tigris River, the Iraqi dinar is stronger, the Middle East is more peaceful, and YOU had a part in it! haha! THAT will be gorgeous!
Please share the opportunity to cheer for mothers, fathers, and children in Iraq by sharing the link below on facebook, twitter, your blog, your website, via email, and via word of mouth. Let’s stand together and champion the people of Iraq and the restoration of their dreams and their lives.
THANKS for believing in me and investing in HOPE for the Middle East! I love Baghdad SO much! One glimpse of the city or the mere mention of its name and my heart beats with the passion of a thousand hearts, a thousand happy, smitten hearts. Baghdad will flourish.
http://upsidedownbethlehem.wordpress.com/want-to-get-me-to-baghdad/
HOPE’s anthem, a song to get your hope-beat pitter-pattering faster: http://www.box.net/shared/6iaibkby45j5j4ym043b
And one of my favorite new songs, “Jesus, You Have Won Me,” go to minute 16:50
http://www.ibethel.tv/preview/1142/sunday-night-worship/2011/07/31
Jesus has already WON Iraq. He paid for it. And her heart is turning to Him. She’ll sing along very soon. : )
She’ll also sing along to this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2pw3rJvif8&feature=related
Jul12
Baghdad, THERE I come!!! (hee hee hee!)
Sometimes I feel I’ve been pregnant for 15 years. Other times I am sure of it.
The child is a vision, a passion, a calling. The vision is for the Middle East: to thrive, to be at peace, to be madly in love with the Savior.
Much of that vision centers on Iraq.
In 2001 I had a dream I was in one of Saddam Hussein’s former palaces in Iraq. I was leading a secret church meeting. I knew Saddam’s regime had fallen and he was dead. I knew it was a prophetic picture of a scene which would be fulfilled.
In 2003 Saddam’s regime fell. In 2006 he was killed. In 2008 I was told about a man named Canon Andrew White who was leading church meetings in one of Saddam’s former palaces, a mutual friend told him about me. We began emailing. On March 23, 2011 Andrew was in Redding and we had dinner. He invited me to work with him in Baghdad.
In 2012 I plan to semi-move to Baghdad to be part of rebuilding and transforming the nation.
For preparation and vision-casting, I’m going to visit Baghdad this November. I’ll spend 2 weeks in England and visit FRRME’s home office; then 2 weeks in Baghdad where I will get to know the land, the people at St George’s Church, the folks at FRRME’s medical clinic, the Tigris River. I will also deliver paintings to high-profile leaders in Iraq.
To say I am excited would be to say the sun is handy or shoes are helpful for hiking; it is decidedly an understatement. Setting my feet upon Iraq is a moment I’ve burned for, lived for, prayed for with a zeal and a compassion that still electrifies my heart and beckons my soul. Iraq and I are a match made in heaven.
For my trip this fall I need $4,000.
If you’d like to contribute toward transforming this nation, do so here:
http://dawnrichardson.chipin.com/dawns-trip-to-baghdad
THANK YOU! / ! شكر
Jul3
“I ♥ Baghdad” shirts
hello everyone,
I’m selling “I ♥ Baghdad” shirts.
Spread the word via facebook, blogs, email, word of mouth, websites.
And join the hope revolution.
THANKS!!!!!
http://www.etsy.com/shop/gammarays?ref=pr_shop
Jun28
The Destiny of Islam in the End Times
“The hour has come for the Muslim people to see Jesus and know the Father. We as a Church must discern the times we are living in and hear the sound of Heaven. We must intercede for the Muslims like a mother would for her dying child. Some of us have walked away from Ishmael, just like his own mother did, because the condition of Ishmael seems so hopeless in many ways; but we must yield to the Spirit of God and pray that God will awaken the cry that is in the hearts of the Muslim people . . . God will hear the cry of the Muslim people in this hour. God named Ishmael before he was born, in His wisdom, because one day he knew there would be 1.6 billion Muslims in a spiritual wilderness. Church, get ready – an entire generation of Muslims is going to come into the Kingdom. I believe that all of a sudden, 800 million to 1 billion Muslims will enter the Kingdom of God.”
(p 28-29)
I merrily, passionately, hopefully encourage you to let your compassion blaze for the Muslim world and READ THIS BOOK! It’s wonderful!
http://www.amazon.com/Destiny-Islam-End-Times/dp/076842593X
Jun15
The Reformation Manifesto
Today I read 214 pages. An entire book. Just ask the Sacramento River, my reading buddy for most of it. My feet in the river’s heart, my heart warmed via my cold feet in its chilly water. My heart electric with passion for the nations – particularly one nation: Iraq. I’d wanted to read The Reformation Manifesto by Cindy Jacobs for about a year, but over the last few days the want became undefiable. Today I set off to work on my book, the one I am writing, but the metaphorical key was not working in the lock. I could not stop thinking about this other book. I was famished for some vision-casting for nation-building. Thus, I opted to look for The Reformation Manifesto at Barnes & Noble, no avail; next stop: Bethel Church’s bookstore. FOUND. While there I got to jumpstart someone’s car, fun! I love people.
Onward! Into the book!
Not only did the metaphorical key work in this lock, the lock of book reading, but inside this house are billions of rooms for me to explore and play in. The front room had the pillows from my bed when I was seven. The kitchen had the orange tiles from the kitchen of my family’s first house. There was even a weeping willow tree in one room – the same tree in my parents’ yard now. The windows were huge. I could see the Tigris River from most of them.
Page after page Holy Spirit poured truckloads of Legos, Lincoln Logs, and wooden blocks into my hands, around my cross-legged posture; building materials from heaven getting caught in my hair like ribbons, on my eyelashes like snowflakes, and on my feet like glory freckles. God pushed me on a gigantic swing, up through the clouds. I laughed and giggled with delirious joy.
There is something about transforming nations that melts me through-and-through.
All my life this has been the case. When the Holy Spirit talks about bringing nations into wholeness, I get carbonated and shaken, ready to explode.
AAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!
(Please read this book.)
This is why I read this whole book today. These ideas are precisely what I have been thinking about with more detail and contemplation than ever this last year of ministry school – particularly since March 23 when I was invited to work in Baghdad, Iraq – which I am planning to do after May 2012. I’m learning economic principles as I pray for the Iraqi Dinar to be revalued. I’m watching films on Iraq, learning more about the current war. There is a map of Iraq on my wall and a wooden carving of Iraq on my desk – a precious gift a friend brought me from Iraq. On the top shelf of my closet are 12 paintings for leaders in Iraq – gifts I am planning to hand deliver this fall when I visit Baghdad. And in every crease in my hands as I play guitar, there is hope for Iraq.
I believe Jesus’ words, “Your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.” (Matthew 6:10)
He wanted His Father’s kingdom to cover the earth. So do I.
I want every single nation to be alive and flourishing. For too long the church has focused too much on the return of Jesus and thus expected Him to bring that reality with Him. He will bring that reality 100% with Him. Until then WE are supposed to be moving toward that reality by making “disciples of all nations.” (Matthew 28:19) Not IN all nations, not merely individuals following Jesus in every nation. Yes, we want that, but ultimately we want WHOLE nations to follow Jesus. We want NATIONS to be discipled. Can you imagine? A whole nation? A whole government devoted to God? Every area of society devoted to the King and His glory?
hahahahahahahahaha! (The delirium is setting in again. I get positively drunk on Jesus thinking about it!)
It’s going to be beautiful beyond anything we’ve ever seen when nations are head-over-heels in love with Jesus!
And this is what this book is heralding: a generation of people with reformers’ hearts and a vision to TRANSFORM nations!
Here are some significant excerpts from The Reformation Manifesto:
“We need to care for our nations like Jesus cares for them. He loves the nations of the earth – He created them! God cares that people are hungry, that babies are being aborted. Not only that, but on the macro level, He has the answers to systemic poverty, the AIDS epidemic, and other massive, mind-boggling problems. He wants to involve each of us in creating solutions and will show us what we need to do to be reformers and revolutionaries in our society.” (36)
“Fear cripples innovators. While we all may deal with it at times, as those called to be world changers we can’t let it stop us. We have to be willing always to speak the truth in love and stand up for the biblical convictions God has put in our hearts.” (60)
“Jesus wasn’t looking for converts to a new religion; He was inviting people into a new kingdom, with a new government and a new King. He was inviting people to live heaven on earth.” (63)
“Another example is Almolonga, Guatemala. Almolonga was a disaster area at one time. Alcoholism was rampant,a nd it was a center of idolatry. The indigenous people of the village were in despair. Few had more than a sixth-grade education. Then a few brave souls got a hold of God’s Word and took on the process of the spiritual transformation of the area.
One of the miraculous signs that the city was changing was in the land itself. Once dry and unyielding, it became fertile and started to produce giant vegetables. I have been there myself, and all I have to say is whenever the tourists want to get their pictures taken holding the broccoli, cauliflower, and carrots, you know they are huge!
The villagers started selling their vegetables all across Central America and became wealthy enough to afford to buy – for cash – Mercedes trucks to haul their produce! The jail shut down and became a restaurant. The idol worship center closed down because of lack of participants. Ninety-five percent of the population is now born again!
As you drive through Almolonga today, you see street signs with names like Glory to God. Mike and I know some of the leaders of that movement, and they are genuine and wonderful believers. What is happening in Almolonga gives us great hope for what can take place elsewhere if we would just apply prayerfully the principles of God’s Word as the foundation for our societies.” (76-77)
“God has a plan for the nations; we need to care enough to find out what it is.” (100)
“one quality I have found to be a hallmark of reformers – perseverance. Sometimes we think we need a massive amount of faith to function as change agents; however, I am convinced that faith comes to the faithful. While ‘the just shall live by faith’ was the cornerstone verse of Luther’s Reformation, to me, that means ‘the just shall live by faithfulness.’ Great faith is best exemplified by the simple act of getting out of bed every morning and obeying God no matter how our bodies feel, what emotions we are battling, or what people are saying about us. The great reformers – Wilberforce among them – kept going even though they were terribly tempted to quit at times.” (140-141)
“In fact, the last letter written by John Wesley, in 1791, was to Wilberforce, supporting his anti-slavery campaign. Here is a portion of the letter the famous revivalist wrote to encourage Wilberforce:
‘Unless God has raised you up for this very thing, you will be worn out by the opposition of men and devils; but if God is with you , who can against you? Are all of them stronger than God? Oh, be not weary in well doing. Go on, in the name of God and int he power of His might, till even American slavery, the vilest that ever saw the sun, shall vanish away before it. That he who has guided you from youth up, may continue to strengthen you in this and in all things, is the prayer of
dear Sir, your affectionate servant
John Wesley (24 February 1791) ‘”
(142)
“We as Christians also know that scarcity began with the curse of poverty that was released by the fall. However, Jesus paid the price to redeem us from the fall, so we have been delivered from the curse of scarcity into abundance. Abundance is the antonym (or opposite) of scarcity. Thus we live according to a new principle in Christ: ‘Everything in our lives and the society we represent should produce increasing abundance.’”
(165)
“I believe it is possible to see the kingdom of God so manifested in a nation that there is no need for a welfare system at all – especially for any believer!”
(175)
“The Creator has not run out of ideas or solutions, and there are people whom God has especially gifted with the ability to tap into supernatural intelligence to start the reversal of the Genesis curse. God will help us to ‘steward the house’ by releasing His anointing to give supernatural solutions.
This will be done by those who have their minds renewed through God and receive the calling of God to be economists. A mind anointed by God sees things through the belief that there is nothing impossible to God. A challenge is only an opportunity to see the power of God move in a supernatural way.”
(176)
“The good news is that a new generation of Josephs, whom God has anointed to be monetary scientists, will connect with the Daniels – God’s political scientists – and work together to change the earth.”
(179)
“While most evangelicals still keep the light of Jesus Christ bright in the area of preaching salvation, many no longer see it as their Christian duty to extend that saving grace beyond the four walls of their church. For the most part they opted out of the civil rights movement, remained silent about domestic abuse, and rushed to the suburbs.”
(203)
“Another area in which the church could help is adoption. On July 7, 2007, a Youth Prayer Day was held here in the United States called The Call Nashville. One of the speakers challenged people to be willing to adopt children who were born to mothers who are involved in drug abuse.”
(204)
“Here are some things you can do to make a difference:
1. Ask God whom you can personally help.
2. Don’t be silent when things are wrong and you see God’s laws broken in your culture.
3. The world will try to conform you to its pattern – don’t let it!
4. Study God’s Word diligently and regularly.”
(205)
“The call to become a reformer is about living your life each and every day in a way that God’s will is done ‘on earth as it is in heaven.’”
(211)
“First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out – because I was not a Socialist. Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out – because I was not a Trade Unionist. Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out – because I was not a Jew. Then they came for me – and there was no one left to speak for me.”
(Dietrich Bonhoeffer, 213)
“I will be silent no more. I must speak, and I must speak now. Our times demand it. Our history compels it. Our future requires it. And God is watching.”
(Rod Parsley, 213)
Take your place in history. READ THE BOOK!
Like this:
May31
“The Children of Iraq Have Names”
The Children of Iraq Have Names
by David Krieger*, November 1, 2002
The children of Iraq have names.
They are not the nameless ones.
The children of Iraq have faces.
They are not the faceless ones.
The children of Iraq do not wear Saddam’s face.
They each have their own face.
The children of Iraq have names.
They are not all called Saddam Hussein.
The children of Iraq have hearts.
They are not the heartless ones.
The children of Iraq have dreams.
They are not the dreamless ones.
The children of Iraq have hearts that pound.
They are not meant to be statistics of war.
The children of Iraq have smiles.
They are not the sullen ones.
The children of Iraq have twinkling eyes.
They are quick and lively with their laughter.
The children of Iraq have hopes.
They are not the hopeless ones.
The children of Iraq have fears.
They are not the fearless ones.
The children of Iraq have names.
Their names are not collateral damage.
What do you call the children of Iraq?
Call them Omar, Mohamed, Fahad.
Call them Marwa and Tiba.
Call them by their names.
But never call them statistics of war.
Never call them collateral damage.
*David Krieger is a founder and president of The Nuclear Age Peace Foundation.
(“Suffer the Children: Dispatches to and from the Front Line” by Andrew White, page 33)
Like this:
May30
www.hopeiraq.com
I have a website! www.hopeiraq.com
It will probably be months before flesh is put on its bones,
but you can stop by anytime.
May27
“I ♥ Baghdad” shirts! ~~~ Help me get to Baghdad! ~~~
“The person with the most hope
has the most influence.”
- unknown
Well folks, I am selling
“I ♥ Baghdad” t-shirts!
Each shirt is $20, but if you buy one by Wednesday, June 1 you get 10% off by using this coupon code: ISAIAH668
You can also save money per shirt by buying TEN SHIRTS for $180, which saves $2 per shirt. So, if you have a group of friends, a class, a church, a prayer group, a book club, etc who want to support the HOPE Revolution for Iraq, it’s a beautiful opportunity to do so!
I’m planning to visit Baghdad this October in preparation for semi-moving there some time in 2012. These shirts are raising money for that trip. I want to be part of rebuilding the nation and filling Iraq with OUTRAGEOUS HOPE. Things are not what they seem. Beneath the ground is a well of hope churning and stirring to explode across the land. I am drawing together a momentum of people who will stand with me and with heaven and declare, “I LOVE BAGHDAD WITH OUTRAGEOUS HOPE.” Take your heart off the “news”, the dread, the negative expectations, and dare to believe for Iraq’s flourishing. There’s nothing special or helpful or loving about believing for a negative outcome, THE PERSON WITH THE MOST HOPE HAS THE MOST INFLUENCE. If we are going to transform the world, we’ve got to stop looking at the physical and obvious, and tap into heaven’s plans for nations. God LOVES the nations. And through Him we have the ability to BRING HEAVEN TO EARTH, like Jesus prayed in the Lord’s prayer, “Your kingdom come, your will be done, ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN.”
Also, I need your help selling these shirts. Would you help publicize these shirts and the HOPE movement for Iraq by sharing the link below via email, facebook, twitter, blogs, personal websites, word of mouth, etc? THANK YOU!
http://www.etsy.com/listing/79715167/i-heart-baghdad-shirt-blank-back?ref=v1_other_2
