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KKLA and FRANK PASTORE

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Recently, Frank Pastore and KKLA 99.5 FM asked me to guest host for a couple of nights and I anxiously agreed. Many people don’t know that I hosted my own radio program during my college days at Ozark Christian College in Joplin MO.

There is something about radio, television and technology and social media that warms my heart in regards to sharing Jesus with the world. You see anyone, at anytime could just happen to tune in and could hear the gospel and be the difference in eternity for that individual. In fact, if you look at the “counter” in the right side of my blog you will see that over 7730 different visitors have logged on to this blog from 92 different countries. AMAZING!
Yes, I still love the proven “old school” technique of sharing one on one with someone but to ignore the potential opportunities that media brings is to ignore the promises and hopes of a great harvest for the Lord. I say….. Let’s do BOTH! Let’s talk face to face with everyone we know and share our faith daily and then also use our resources of time, talent and treasure to reach the masses through modern technology.
For that purpose I want to continue to ask you to support KKLA 99.5 FM Los Angeles and the Frank Pastore show, heard nightly from 4 to 7 p.m. Who knows but this very night God might touch the heart of someone that you have been witnessing to earlier in the day.
And now “here’s Rapid-Traffic from the Azusa Pacific University Traffic Center!”

The MOST important Birth Certificate in the World

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I am amazed at all the press concerning Obama’s Birth Certificate. My humble opinion is that he should have released this thing 2 years ago. But He has his own reasoning for doing so today and I hope that it allows more time to be spent on our economy.

The whole 14 trillion dollar debt thing and the gas price surging thing concerns most Americans. Hearing Trump and Obama talk back and forth today about the Birth Certificate made me laugh. I hope that doesn’t offend you, but I’m just saying…. it made me laugh. I know that there are those who care a LOT about this issue and there are those who could care less. I get that. I understand that. I’m NOT HERE to TALK about THAT.

But I was thinking about the ONE Birth Certificate that is SO MUCH MORE IMPORTANT than Obama’s Birth Certificate. It is the Birth Certificate of the Saviour of the WORLD, the Lord Jesus Christ found in Matthew 1:1-16.

I will list it below and I hope that you will read through it and check it out. While not many people are talking about this certificate I wish they would. Because verse 16 shows us IT IS THE GENEALOGY of JESUS. And if you were to study through the details starting with Abraham in verse 2 and following through the entire genealogy you would learn that Jesus is indeed the Messiah and comes from the lineage of David.

This discovery would then matter to each and every one of us in helping us to name him as the Lord of our lives.

And the bottom line is… in another 2000 years from now, NO ONE will care or be talking about Obama’s certificate. Yet 2000 years from NOW the Certificate of Jesus’ birth will still be found, the history and record of his birth in Matthew Chapter 1.

Only ONE is qualified to be the Lord and Saviour of the World. It is Jesus Christ and you can read all about his birth and get all the details starting in Matthew 1.

Matthew 1:1-16
1This is the genealogy[a] of Jesus the Messiah[b] the son of David, the son of Abraham:
2 Abraham was the father of Isaac,
Isaac the father of Jacob,
Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers,
3 Judah the father of Perez and Zerah, whose mother was Tamar,
Perez the father of Hezron,
Hezron the father of Ram,
4 Ram the father of Amminadab,
Amminadab the father of Nahshon,
Nahshon the father of Salmon,
5 Salmon the father of Boaz, whose mother was Rahab,
Boaz the father of Obed, whose mother was Ruth,
Obed the father of Jesse,
6 and Jesse the father of King David.

David was the father of Solomon, whose mother had been Uriah’s wife,
7 Solomon the father of Rehoboam,
Rehoboam the father of Abijah,
Abijah the father of Asa,
8 Asa the father of Jehoshaphat,
Jehoshaphat the father of Jehoram,
Jehoram the father of Uzziah,
9 Uzziah the father of Jotham,
Jotham the father of Ahaz,
Ahaz the father of Hezekiah,
10 Hezekiah the father of Manasseh,
Manasseh the father of Amon,
Amon the father of Josiah,
11 and Josiah the father of Jeconiah[c] and his brothers at the time of the exile to Babylon.

12 After the exile to Babylon:
Jeconiah was the father of Shealtiel,
Shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel,
13 Zerubbabel the father of Abihud,
Abihud the father of Eliakim,
Eliakim the father of Azor,
14 Azor the father of Zadok,
Zadok the father of Akim,
Akim the father of Elihud,
15 Elihud the father of Eleazar,
Eleazar the father of Matthan,
Matthan the father of Jacob,
16 and Jacob the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary, and Mary was the mother of Jesus who is called the Messiah.

Is Jesus the Messiah? You tell me!

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I looked up some of the 300 prophesies that Jesus fulfilled, which prove He is the Messiah. But all the facts in the world won’t cause a person to believe. It might lead you to faith and it might open up your heart to the possibility of faith, but faith is when you trust in Jesus fully and completely even when you don’t have all the facts.

To me, examining fulfilled prophecy is similar to the “doubting Disciple” Thomas requested to see the nail-marked hands of Jesus before he would believe. Thomas needed to see for himself, and Jesus provides this opportunity for him in John 20:24-31.

Jesus provides that SAME opportunity for us through studying the Scriptures within the Word of God. I hope and pray that you will at least take a look at some of these verses in the Bible, search for yourself, and decide whether or not Jesus is the Son of the Living God.

I am praying that these fulfilled prophesies will cause you to fully trust in Jesus as the Messiah. May your heart cry out and cause you to say “I believe… I believe.”

His pre-existence – Micah 5:2 John 1:1, 14

Born of the seed of a woman – Genesis 3:15 Matthew 1:18

Of the seed of Abraham – Genesis 12:3 Matthew 1:1-16

All nations blessed by Abraham’s seed – Genesis 12:3 Matthew 8:5, 10

God would provide Himself a Lamb as an offering – Genesis 22:8 John 1:29

From the tribe of Judah – Genesis 49:10 Matthew 1:1-3

Heir to the throne of David – Isaiah 9:6-7 Matthew 1:1

Called “The mighty God, The everlasting Father” – Isaiah 9:6 Matthew 1:23

Born in Bethlehem – Micah 5:2 Matthew 2:1

Born of a virgin – Isaiah 7:14 Matthew 1:18

His name called Immanuel, “God with us” – Isaiah 7:14 Matthew 1:23

Declared to be the Son of God – Psalm 2:7 Matthew 3:17

His messenger before Him in spirit of Elijah – Malachi 4:5-6 Luke 1:17

Preceded by a messenger to prepare His way – Malachi 3:1 Matthew 11:7-11

Messenger crying “Prepare ye the way of the Lord” – Isaiah 40:3 Matthew 3:3

Would be a Prophet of the children of Israel – Deuteronomy 18:15 Matthew 2:15

Called out of Egypt – Hosea 11:1 Matthew 2:15

Slaughter of the children – Jeremiah 31:15 Matthew2:18

Would be a Nazarene – Judges 13:5; Amos 2:11; Lam. 4:7 Matthew 2:23

Brought light to Zabulon & Nephthalm, Galilee of the Gentiles – Isaiah 9:1-2 Matthew 4:15

This weekend in church (http://www.theshepherd.org/ or http://www.callonjesus.com/) we will be looking at one more prophecy that Jesus fulfilled. It’s simple but powerful.

Pastor Dudley www.twitter.com/pastordudley

SIGNATURE OF JESUS

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Most people begin the new year with a plan, whether it is as simple as a resolution, or as comprehensive as a multi-step strategy to keep you on track for improvement. Similarly, Shepherd of the Hills Church operates on a plan, in order to focus on a common theme that comprises the activities, events, and sermons of the entire year. This vision or theme helps us maintain our focus and purpose as well as ensure progress throughout the year.

If you think keeping your personal schedule organized is difficult, imagine planning for an entire church with 10,000 members. As the Senior Pastor, I’m humbled by the responsibility of developing the direction for our congregation year by year. So how do I decide on a theme? Typically, I take two weeks in August to seek God’s direction for the next year. I plan the schedule based on that guidance, and I usually begin by looking at last year’s theme. Our theme for 2007 was “Stewardship,” which dealt with being accountable for the blessings God has given us, such as our treasure (finances), talent, time, and truth (the Gospel of Jesus Christ). The previous year’s theme becomes a stepping-stone to take us as a church to another place that the previous year did not.

Furthermore, I try to get a feel of the spiritual pulse of our church. Because I spend so much time watching over and praying for our church, I develop a sense of where our church is spiritually, and the Lord impresses upon my heart the direction in which we should go. In addition, even as I strive to plan for the coming year, I am very sensitive to what the church might be doing for the year after. So, it is almost like working two years in advance.
For 2008, our theme is “The Signature of Jesus,” which was inspired by the book of the same title written by Brennan Manning. Just as we all have signatures that we use to verify our identity, Jesus Christ’s signature—the cross—bears His. It is the symbol of our salvation through His death and resurrection to pay for the penalty of our sins. It is also the pattern for our lives in which Jesus calls us to love and bless others, even if it means sacrificing our own comfort. We invite you to join us this year as we walk through a series of messages focused entirely on Jesus: The Person of Jesus, The Power of Jesus, The Parables of Jesus, The Passion of Jesus, The Preaching of Jesus, and The Prophecy of Jesus. (Please visit www.callonJesus.com for the sermon schedule for this year.)

In addition to learning about Jesus each week, we will commence new projects that will translate these messages from words to action in the community and world. On March 15 and 16, we will kick off the first of our Community Days in which we hope to make Jesus’ love known to the community through acts of service, such as trash and graffiti removal and cleaning, for our local schools and businesses. Moreover, we want to bless individuals on a personal level, just as Jesus did during His ministry here on earth. Through the Signature Project, we hope to show people who don’t know Christ, the signature of Jesus by extending His love and care to them. This includes serving in any way from fixing up the yard of an elderly neighbor, to making a dream come true for someone who is ill. (Please visit www.signatureofjesus.com to learn more about these projects and how to get involved.) We will also trace the very steps of Jesus as I, and one hundred other people from our church, travel to Israel in May, as well as carry His love to the reaches of the world as a large group of us sets off for China in August.

We invite you to join us as we embark on this new adventure of knowing, experiencing, and living out the signature of love that Christ Jesus desires to place in our hearts—throughout the community and the world!

Who is Standing at the Door??

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My father sent this to me, and I thought I would post it…. It is powerful….

I stand by the door. I neither go too far in, nor stay too far out. The door is the most important door in the world – it is the door through which people walk when they find God. There’s no use for me to go way inside and stay there when so many are still outside, and they, as much as I, crave to know where the door is. And all that so many ever find is only the wall where a door ought to be. They creep along the wall like blind people, with outstretched, groping hands, feeling for a door, knowing there must be a door, yet they never find it … So I stand by the door.

The most tremendous thing in the world is for people to find that door – the door to God. The most important thing any person can do is to take hold of one of those blind, groping hands, and put it on the latch – the latch that only clicks and opens with the person’s own touch. People die outside that door, as starving beggars die on cold nights in cruel cities in the dead of winter – die for want of what is within their grasp. They live, on the other side of it – live because they have not found it. Nothing else matters compared to helping them find it, and open it, and walk in, and find Him … So I stand by the door.

Go in, great saints, go all the way in. Go way down into the cavernous cellars and way up into the spacious attics. It is a vast, roomy house, this house where God is. Go into the deepest of hidden casements, of withdrawal, of silence, of sainthood. Some must inhabit those inner rooms, and know the depths and heights of God, and call outside to the rest of us how wonderful it is. Sometimes I take a deeper look in, sometimes venture in a little farther; but my place seems closer to the opening … So I stand by the door.

There is another reason why I stand there. Some people get part way in and become afraid, lest God and the zeal of His house devour them, for God is so very great, and asks all of us. And these people feel a cosmic claustrophobia and want to get out. “Let me out!” they cry, and the people way inside only terrify them more. Somebody must be by the door to tell them that they are spoiled for the old life, they have seen too much: once taste God, and nothing but God will do any more. Somebody must be watching for the frightened, who seek to sneak out just where they came in, to tell them how much better it is inside. The people too far in do not see how near these are to leaving – preoccupied with the wonder of it all. Somebody must watch for those who have entered the door, but would like to run away. So for them, too, I stand by the door.

I admire the people who go way in, but I wish they would not forget how it was before they got in. Then they would be able to help the people who have not yet even found the door or the people who want to run away again from God. You can go in too deeply and stay in too long, and forget the people outside the door. As for me, I shall take my old accustomed place, near enough to God to hear Him, and know He is there, but not so far from people as not to hear them, and remember they are there, too. Where? Outside the door – thousands of them, millions of them. But, more important for me, one of them, two of them, ten of them, whose hands I am intended to put on the latch. So I shall stand by the door and wait for those who seek it. “I had rather be a door-keeper …” So I stand by the door.

The truth of the Matter

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I kept wanting to write another post, but the truth of the matter is that I sooooooooooooooo
loved the Maranatha picture below that I didn’t want to write anything else.

The picture of the sky is so beautiful, and it fit so well with what we’ve been talking about the past few Sundays, but if I were to post articles thereafter, then that picture is no longer front and center.

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm…. What shall I do????????????????????????????

I think I might just keep posting that picture!!! Yes… that is an excellent idea!

I do hope everyone had a chance to reflect upon the life of Dr. Martin Luther King.

God changed a nation through the words and life of this great leader, and I believe that if he were alive today, he would LOVE our church because it’s a partial fulfillment of his Dream.
I say partial because we still have a long, long, long way to go, but I believe that our church is on the forefront as far as people from different races worshipping together in the name of Jesus.

Galatians 3:26 says, “You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus, for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are ALL ONE in CHRIST JESUS“.

That says to me that we are all equal in the sight of God. With the diversity of Shepherd of the Hills Church, we are able to tell the world that it’s possible for people of all walks of life to come and worship together in Jesus’ name.

Way to go, church!! You make me proud!! Keep on letting that light of yours shine brightly!!

Maranatha!! (Our Lord comes)