Love For His People

Monday, June 1, 2026

"The Lord directs our steps." Message by Steve Martin

The Lord directs my steps.

The Lord promises to walk with us. He directs our steps as we commit ourselves to His plans and purposes.

On my way to Texas, June 1, 2026, at the Charlotte North Carolina Delta counter, a nice, short black lady, named Brenda, came up to me at the kiosk and helped me tremendously. This was at the start of my month-long journey to be with three from Jerusalem, Christian Friends of Israel staff.

She got my luggage all set to eliminate the bag fees I had already pre-paid (guitar at $100!); signed me up for a special card to eliminate any future luggage fees; went and got my boarding passes through Atlanta to Dallas; and put “Expedite” on my 2 checked bags.

She asked about my trip to Texas so I told her, and then showed her photos of Jerusalem. She praised the Lord.

And then she proceeded to tell me of her family. So I prayed for her right by the counter as people walked by.

And SHE was then blessed. Yeah Lord!

Steve Martin June 1, 2026

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“Remembrance, Multiply, Educate, Bless, and have return” - prophetic word

Prophetic word from Jeremy Lopez to Steve Martin July 7, 2025

Note: I believe in receiving personal, prophetic words. I encourage you to also do, as they hopefully are given to you by respected, anointed prophetic people using the gift of prophecy.

Steve Martin, Love For His People Ministry in Charlotte, NC

“Remembrance, Multiply, Educate, Bless, and have return”

“Son, I want you to know something that in this hour I am calling you to call back your

resources. You have a lot of resources in you, you have a lot of knowledge in you, and son I am

taking you back, believe it or not, I am taking you back to the past. I am taking you back to the

place in the past where there were things you utilized that were empowering to you and I am

bringing those things back up to the surface for you.

Meaning there is some knowledge and education you once had that you don’t utilize anymore but

I am going to see to it that you are going to use that again because I have great plans for you to

begin to start bringing more of your knowledge and wisdom up to the surface.

In this hour you will begin to find yourself in a place where these things will start coming back

up to you and you will begin to understand more about you utilizing your whole brain. I am

going to cause all your knowledge and wisdom to be utilized in this hour because there is

strategies that need to be given.

There are so many things you have with inside you that need to be given out to people. In this

season you will begin to find yourself in a place where literally people begin to say, “Do you

remember what you told me a couple of years ago” and you are going to say, “Actually I do

remember.”

You are going to have such a mind of remembrance, a mind of remembrance. I am going to cause

you to remember to remember to remember. What that means to you is that I am going to cause

you to begin to go back and remember things from years ago. Even some things from your

childhood, I am going to cause you to remember. Nothing bad by far but all good. Because that’s

how sharp a brain I am bringing to you.

I am giving a sharp mind of things that you won’t forget about.

I am going to cause you to use your mind for many years to come on strategies but also know

how to begin to divide things, knowing how to begin to multiply things. Knowing how to begin

to bring additions to things.

We are not talking about mathematics; we are talking about the game of life. The game of life

where you will find yourself at a place where you will begin to know how to divide, you will

know how to add things to people’s lives. You will know how to subtract and pull things out of

people’s lives that don’t need to be there. You will find that where you will begin to try to help

people and teach them how to multiply. Multiply their seed for sowing. Multiply their money.

Multiply their anointing. Multiply their relationship with God. Multiply their prayer life with

God.

You will teach people all these different techniques because you have wisdom in you to know

how to cipher through what is blocking them, and yet what is needing to be released in them.

This is an hour where I am going to cause even the working of your hands to be anointed. I will

cause the working of your hands to be anointed. Anointed with power.

You are anointed. You are anointed to break yokes off of work places, and even your finances.

In this hour you will see that I will literally break a pattern that has been a cycle over your

finances for a number of years. I am going to break that cycle this hour to where you are able to

see the power of multiplication, the power of productivity.

In this season get ready to see things beginning to change with you and beginning to see even

changes and siftings going on with relationships around you of people you are going to begin to

empower because you are going to give them knowledge and it’s going to begin to cause them to

reward you back and bless you back.

So, get ready to see these things happen. Because as you bless others you are going to see a

multitude of people come back to bless you as well.

Get ready to see these things begin to happen for truly you are in the right season where things

are ripe and ready for harvest.

Last season was not the best for you. You didn’t see a whole lot of productivity. But in this

season I will cause things to be ripe and ready for harvest.”

Jeremy Lopez, Identity Network

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After 44 years, Israel recaptures Beaufort Castle – Why the Crusader fortress is a strategic stronghold in southern Lebanon J. Micah Hancock | Published: May 31, 2026

The Beaufort Castle as seen from an IDF drone (Photo: Screenshot)

After 44 years, Israel recaptures Beaufort Castle – Why the Crusader fortress is a strategic stronghold in southern Lebanon J. Micah Hancock |

Published: May 31, 2026 All Israel News

Following the IDF's announcement of the capture of Beaufort Castle this morning, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called it “a dramatic change” in Israel’s policy regarding Lebanon.

“Last night, our heroic fighters captured the Beaufort castle. They proudly raised the flag of the State of Israel and the flag of the Golani Brigade there,” Netanyahu told the Israeli public.

“I remind you that 44 years ago, this place was a symbol of a heroic battle by our fighters, but it was also a symbol of deep division among us,” Netanyahu continued, referring to the IDF's capture of the fort during Israel’s 1982 incursion into southern Lebanon, which was launched to combat Palestinian militant groups operating from the area.

“Today, we returned to Beaufort differently,” Netanyahu said. “We returned united, determined, and stronger than ever.”

The prime minister said that since the start of the Oct. 7 war, Israel has “eliminated 8,000 Hezbollah terrorists.” He said that 3,000 of those Hezbollah operatives were killed during Operation Roaring Lion, with 700 eliminated in the past month alone.

Israeli soldiers heading toward the Beaufort Castle in southern Lebanon (Photo: IDF)

“This is more than everyone we eliminated during the Second Lebanon War,” he stated, referring to Israel’s conflict against Hezbollah in 2006.

“Our forces have crossed the Litani River. They took dominant terrain. They captured the Beaufort ridge,” the prime minister stated. “And now my instruction is to deepen and expand our hold on places that were under Hezbollah's control.”

“The capture of Beaufort is a dramatic stage and a dramatic change in the policy we are leading,” he continued. “We have broken the barrier of fear. We are taking the initiative, we are operating on all fronts – in Syria, in Gaza, in Lebanon; we have established security zones beyond our borders to protect our communities.”

Netanyahu also promised to bring security to the northern communities, saying, "It will take time, but we will complete the mission.”

Defense Minister Israel Katz also mentioned the history of Beaufort Castle, noting the IDF Golani Brigade’s work in capturing it 44 years later.

“I salute the Golani fighters and all IDF fighters who wrote another chapter of Israeli heroism in the place where our heroes fell for the homeland,” Katz wrote on his social media account.

The recapture of the historical site raises the question: What makes Beaufort Castle so strategically important?

The IDF first seized the fortress on June 6, 1982, after Palestinian militants had occupied it. In the early 1980s, thePalestine Liberation Organization (PLO) took control of the castle and used it to launch attacks into Israeli territory as part of its insurgency campaign. When Israel launched Operation Peace for Galilee, marking the start of the First Lebanon War, the IDF conducted a large-scale assault to seize the fortress and the surrounding high ground as part of its opening maneuvers.

While ultimately successful, the attack led to the death of six IDF soldiers, including officers, who were among the Golani forces assigned to capture the fort.

The fortress, a Crusader castle, features natural defenses and is situated atop the rocky Beaufort Ridge, making it an ideal defensive position.

Sitting at more than 700 meters (2,300 feet) above sea level, control of Beaufort provides Israeli forces a critical observation point over most of southern Lebanon and northern Israel. The castle is located about two kilometers from the town of Arnon in southern Lebanon, and directly overlooks the Israeli community of Metula, less than 4 kilometers (2.5 miles) away.

From the walls of the fort, soldiers can see into the Hula Valley and the Galilee plains, in Israel, as well as much of the Litani River and the Nabatieh–Marjayoun corridor in Lebanon, making it an ideal location for surveillance and reconnaissance.

This geographical position has given the castle strategic importance for centuries, making it the focus of repeated battles and military fortifications.

In addition, the fortress, just a few kilometers from the city of Nabatieh – which the IDF describes as a Hezbollah stronghold in southern Lebanon – holds symbolic significance because it was previously captured and occupied by Israeli forces for many years.

After securing the removal of most of the Palestinian militant groups from Beirut, Israel withdrew to the South Lebanon Security Zone, which it maintained until 2000.

Israel ultimately withdrew from Beaufort Castle and the nearby fortifications it had built as part of its withdrawal from southern Lebanon in 2000. This withdrawal was seen as a victory by Hezbollah and is cited as a reason for the group's confidence and standing, encouraging further attacks on northern Israeli communities that eventually led to the 2006 Second Lebanon War.

J. Micah Hancock

J. Micah Hancock is a current Master’s student at the Hebrew University, pursuing a degree in Jewish History. Previously, he studied Biblical studies and journalism in his B.A. in the United States. He joined All Israel News as a reporter in 2022, and currently lives near Jerusalem with his wife and children.

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“Gracefully Broken” - Matt Redman & Tasha Cobbs Leonard

Matt Redman and Tasha Cobbs Leonard - “Gracefully Broken” live from the 2017 GMA Dove Awards.

Lord, we commit ourselves to You daily.

Acceptance? Amir Tsarfati

As an Israeli, I do not seek to be loved or accepted by the world. In a profoundly prophetic declaration concerning Israel, we were told:

“A people dwelling alone, not reckoning itself among the nations.”

— Numbers 23:9 (NKJV)

As a follower of the Messiah, I also do not seek the world’s acceptance. In His prayer to the Father, Yeshua said of His disciples:

“They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.”

— John 17:16 (NKJV)

He also warned:

“If the world hates you, you know that it hated Me before it hated you. If you were of the world, the world would love its own. Yet because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.”

— John 15:18–19 (NKJV)

So, as an Israeli believer, I have a twofold reason to understand that popularity and acceptance in this world are not goals to pursue. In fact, being embraced by a world that rejects God and His chosen people, Israel, may well be an indication that we are on the wrong path, seeking the wrong things.

The same world that rejects Yeshua the Measiah increasingly rejects His earthly brethren as well. It is impossible to truly love the Jewish Messiah while harboring hatred for the people through whom God brought Him into the world. The world’s hostility toward Christ and its hostility toward Israel are often two sides of the same spiritual reality.

Our calling is not to fit into this world, but to faithfully represent the One who called us out of it.

If you love the King of the Jews, you can’t hate the Jews of the King!

Watchman’s Prayer Letter June 2026 - Jewish Year 5786
 
When experiencing anything that runs smoothly — whether it’s a music concert, a lovely restaurant meal, or walking into a clean venue after a huge wedding party — I always wonder, “Who was responsible for this?”
In Israel, there are a lot of people working behind the scenes, often to get things ready, or more often these days, to help with clean-up operations after missile impacts.
 
This month, I’d love to take you “behind the scenes” to meet some of the volunteers in Israel — and they’re not necessarily who you’d expect to see…

“The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me… to comfort all who mourn; to grant to those who mourn in Zion— to give them a beautiful headdress instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, the garment of praise instead of a faint spirit; that they may be called oaks of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that He may be glorified. They shall build up the ancient ruins; they shall raise up the former devastations; they shall repair the ruined cities, the devastations of many generations. Strangers shall stand and tend your flocks; foreigners shall be your plowmen and vinedressers.”
Isaiah 61:1-5 ESV

Living in Israel gives you the privilege of seeing the Scriptures come to life, even in everyday moments. Recently, this passage about comforting those who mourn in Zion has become more and more tangible. Not only because the war with Iran has allowed us to enter homes damaged and destroyed by missiles, but also because it has given us opportunities to work alongside local communities.
 
Even with travel becoming more difficult — whether because of cancelled flights or fear keeping people away — there is still a handful from the nations here in Israel: a remnant of believers who choose to stay. So when the opportunity to serve knocks on our door, we don’t simply open the door and invite it in. In times of devastation, there is more to be done. When you hear that knock, you leave the comfort of your own home and step into spaces where homes are no longer liveable, because you know God’s heart is for people to find a home in the Father’s house.

But the rebuilding — and the “foreigners being your plowmen” — is not what this month’s prayer letter is about. I’d love to introduce you to some of the volunteers we’ve had the pleasure of serving alongside: joyful young people who have just finished school and are preparing to join the army. Many have only heard of Christians before — and not always in a positive light — but now they are working alongside believers from many nations: “You are from so many different countries! Thank you for coming and for standing with us.”
 
One of the volunteer organizations we’ve had the privilege of serving alongside is the “One Heart Civilian Volunteer Organization.” It was founded by graduates of the Ein Prat Leadership Academy, one of Israel’s pre-army preparatory programs. At Ein Prat, they “aspire to help repair the world (‘Tikkun Olam’). Since its founding in 2005, One Heart has mobilized over 100,000 volunteers for emergency relief efforts across Israel and around the world. Throughout the Swords of Iron war, the organisation has played a key role in providing civilian emergency services nationwide.” Most of these young people are between 18 and 19 years old.

As you look at these faces, pray with us for:
 
The young people preparing to defend their country.
May they know: “The LORD of hosts is with us;
The God of Jacob is our refuge.” Psalm 46:7
 
Fathers and sons serving together.
May they grow in relationship with one another as they serve together, just as the Father and Jesus do:
“The Son can do nothing of Himself, but what He sees
the Father do; for whatever He does, the Son also does in
like manner.” John 5:19
 
The variety of young people serving.
May they, through these volunteer programs and through studying the Torah together, pursue His righteousness: “Fear not, for I am with you; Be not dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, Yes, I will help you, I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.” Isaiah 41:10
 
The soldiers, often away from their wives and children for long stretches of time. May they know that God is with them and with their families: “Be strong and of good courage, do not fear nor be afraid of them; for the Lord your God, He is the One who goes with you. He will not leave you nor forsake you.” Deut 31:6
 
The nations who come and serve.
May we be sensitive to the Holy Spirit as we listen to and care for the people of Israel.

Thank You, LORD, that even in times of devastation, You call us to love because You loved us first (1 John 4:19), and to be an encouragement
“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort those who are in any trouble, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.” 2 Cor 1:3-4
 
Blessings,
Linel

Ps.
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