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A DEMON NAMED JERRY

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I don’t know how to fully explain this to you but this past weekend while I was preaching about Warfare Praying we had a woman in her 40’s come to the Westside Campus and she had a demon in her by the name of Jerry. She was shaking violently and you could hear the demon actually speak. The demon said that he had been controlling this woman for 10 years. That he loved her and that he would not let her go. The voice sounded like a demon and she had this evil look in her eyes when she spoke. The woman had come to church because she wanted to be saved. She stepped forward during the invitation and began to convulse and our counselors took her outside and began to pray over her in the name of Jesus. Danny Furukawa and a host of people gathered around her. Danny asked the demon what his name was and the demon said “Jerry”. Danny prayed in the name of Jesus and kept saying “the blood of Jesus” over and over again. Danny told the demon that this woman belonged to the Lord and told the demon that he would not have any power over her if she invited Jesus into her heart. The demon finally said, “Ok, I will leave. But I will come back”. The lady then fell to the ground and when she got up she seemed extremely normal. But when everyone was hugging this woman the demon whispered in Danny’s ear, “I’m back”.

Now some of you might think this is a bunch of hogwash but I saw this woman and I know this is real. Do you think this is a bit ironic that this happened on the weekend that I preached on Warfare Praying? I don’t think it’s an accident that this happened on this particular weekend. It is a vivid reminder that Ephesians 6:10-12 is a reality. We MUST be careful. We must be people of prayer. Satan is pulling out all the stops trying to disrupt and destroy.

I looked it up in the Bible this morning and there are OVER 70 different times in the New Testament where you find the word or words “demons” or “demon-possession”.

The Gospels are filled with stories of demonic warfare. Read Mark 1:32-34, Mark 5:1-20, and Luke 8:26-39. I am NOT trying to alarm anyone but I am trying to get you to arm yourself with the full armor of God. These are all signs that we are making a difference in Los Angeles and the devil would prefer for us to fail. Will you not read again the declaration to Satan from yesterday’s post. Our enemy is alive and real according to I Peter 5:8. Let’s continue to be faithful to the things of God. Understand who our enemy is and read again the notes from our sermon this past weekend.

In love,

Dudley

If you missed the sermon from this past weekend you can watch it at www.callonjesus.com

A Declaration to Satan

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Satan, take note and listen well!
We are the Church of the Living God.
We are bought with blood, charged with power, married to Jesus,
indwelt with His Spirit, destined for victory, immune from destruction.

We’re part of the company of the committed,
the crowd of the covenant,
the congregation of the courageous.
We’re a fellowship of the faithful, a battalion of believers,
a regiment of the redeemed,
a division of the devoted, an army of the approved,
a team of the triumphant, and a platoon of the powerful.

Satan, you will not conquer me.
For I am blood-washed, daily-delivered, strongly-sanctified,
Spirit-soaked, in-Word, and indwelt.
You are wasting your energy on me.
My fate is set. My victory is assured.
I am linked with a sovereign and eternal power.

You are a deceiver, but you will not deceive me.
You are a roaring lion, but I am not devourable.
You are extremely subtle, but I am on to your ways.
You parade as an angel of light, but I walk in a stronger light.
Your days of deception are over with me.
I won’t be detoured, derailed, distracted, distorted, discouraged, or disillusioned by your schemes.

I am off limits to you now. My doors are closed and locked and I’ve thrown away the keys.

You won’t walk in, crawl in, slither in, sneak in, pry in, or barge into my life.
I have permanent and precious friend who lives inside of me, and He will not share this temple with anyone, especially you.

His name is Jesus.

He and I know that you know your time’s almost up.

You may lie, lure, linger, lurch, and laugh, but you won’t get in.
Your days are numbered; your designs are dwindling; your evil is eroding; your devilishness is dissolving; your progress is poisoned; your success has been subverted.
So get off my property; get off my porch.
Get out of my sight.
For He who is in me is greater than he who is in the world.
Leave my family alone; leave my children alone; leave my church alone; and leave my friends alone.

God is on my side. Rather, I’m on God’s side.
I have the same power that delivered Jesus from temptation and sin.
I have the same power that raised Him from the grave.
I have been promised the victory, and I have claimed that victory.
You can summon all your hosts, but you will lose the battle!

We are the Church of the Living God! Blood-washed, Spirit-filled, battle-scarred, unrelenting and indestructible. And in the blessed words of Jesus Christ, the gates of hell will not prevail against us.

In Jesus’ name.
In Jesus’ name.
In Jesus’ name.

Are you listening?
In Jesus’ name.

Amen and Amen!

READY AND PREPARED FOR BATTLE

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This weekend at the Shepherd/Westside Campuses we will be discussing WARFARE PRAYING.

I don’t know about you but there have many times where I know I am fighting the Devil himself. Jesus told us in John 8:44 that when Satan speaks that “there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of all lies.”

I want to help prepare you for the battle. If you are living for Jesus you are going to have to face him. He will NOT leave you alone. He is not going to just let you follow Jesus. He is going to try to derail you from serving Christ.

This weekend, Lord willing, we are going to study different ways to defeat the devil. It’s time we walk and excel in VICTORY.

Please Join us this weekend.

Porter Ranch Campus
Sat 5:00 6:30
Sun 8:30 10:00 11:30
www.theshepherd.org

Westside Campus
Sun 11:00
www.mywestsidechurch.com

Or watch it live at www.callinjesus.com

PRAYING IN THE SPIRIT

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I will be preaching a message this weekend on the topic of Praying in the Spirit.
It will be a very important sermon for every Christian, and I want to encourage you to FORWARD this blog to someone you know that needs to be in church this weekend.

In love,
Pastor Dudley
www.theshepherd.org
www.mywestsidechurch.com

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360 Degree View of the Western Wall

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Many of you have seen the 1/3 replica of the Western Wall that we used for our Day of Prayer and Fasting. For an incredible actual 360 degree view of the Western Wall in Jerusalem please check out this link. http://www.panoramas.dk/fullscreen2/full25b.html I hope to make a return trip to Israel sometime in the spring of 08. Please consider making this journey of a lifetime with me in 2008. As the scriptures teach us in Psalm 122:6 “Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: May those who love you be secure”.

Religion and Politics

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I know, I know, I know! A pastor always runs the risk of offending folks when it comes to politics… but I could NOT HELP MYSELF…. I loved this picture taken by our armed forces regarding Sen. John Kerry’s remarks. I wanted to post this picture just to remind us all that we need to PRAY diligently for the men and women in the service. These BRAVE and extremely intelligent soldiers desperately need our prayers of support. Why not take a moment right now and thank God for all of the men and women stationed around the globe that willingly serve and defend the United States of America? May God’s hedge of protection be around each and every soldier.