"The Promise" - Released on Amazon.com

My first book The Promise has now been released on Amazon Kindle in e-book version. Just $0.99!

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PRODUCT DETAILS File Size: 381 KB Print Length: 203 pages Publisher: Martin Lighthouse Publishing  (September 6, 2013) Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc. Language: English ASIN: B00F1JL4XW Text-to-Speech: Enabled  X-Ray: Not Enabled  Lending: Not Enabled

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Throughout our lives, God keeps His hand on our shoulders and nudges us on to more than what we could ever realize. I am excited to share how He did it this with me, and am confident mine will be a story you’ll be able to relate to.

As I unveil my story, think back to those times when you knew there was some­thing more but you just couldn’t put your finger on it. You knew deep down that life wasn’t what the TV sitcoms portrayed it to be. In our souls there is the hope, the cry for more, that someday questions will be answered and promises fulfilled if we just kept plugging away at what we know to do.

In The Promise I share my 40 year journey with you, and show you that dreams do come true. Though Peter Pan isn’t real, the Lord, the One Who created us, certainly is, and He has a plan in place for each one of us. When you are done reading this story, my prayer is that you too will know more of that good plan and His purpose for you.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Steve Martin served with seven Christian ministries from 1987-2012, all having a national and international outreach focus. During that time he made ten ministry trips Israel, as well as ministering in China, India, Trinidad and Tobago, and the United Kingdom.

On his overseas journeys he enjoyed sharing written journal entries with family and friends back home through Internet media. His light-hearted stories gave an up close and personal touch for those reading along.

In 2010 Steve and his wife of over 36 years, Laurie, began “Love For His People, Inc.,” a 501(c)3 non-profit humanitarian aid ministry. This work touches the natural and spiritual lives of those around them, and internationally, with needed encour­agement and strength.

His regular “Ahava Love Letter,” posted both on the Love For His People Blog and Facebook, feature his encouraging letters of spiritual enrichment, plus selected photos and commentary. In addition to The Promise, Steve has also written Leadership Through Love and Ahava Love Letters, the first edition having 52 of his letters.

“Have your delight in the Lord,

and He will give you

the desires of your heart. 

Trust also in Him,

and He will do it.” 

Psalm 37:3,4

DEDICATION

To all those who have a desire and a dream that is yet to be fulfilled, but continue to hang onto the promise the Lord has given you – I dedicate this book.

In agreement with the Bible verse that I have printed on a note card standing upright on my home computer desk, “Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up” (Galatians 6:0, NIV), I declare that He will do it.

As surely as the Lord God of Israel lives,He will bring it to pass!!!

We’ve Only Just Begun…

                                              

Back in the ‘70’s, when music was still decent, and you could really understand the words, a brother and a sister, the Carpenters, came out with a popular song,  We’ve Only Just Begun.  For those of us around at that time, songs like this gave us some hope, as we made our way through grade school or high school.  Deep in our souls, whether we realized it back then or not, something, or Someone, was calling after us, and songs on the radio helped draw us on.

Not sure which way to go at times, we knew something was still possible, even as our parents sought after the “Almighty Dollar”, and the Sunday service was at least a place the family, which still looked like one, went to on Sundays.  Friday night football games, followed by the sock-hop (finally realized that we had to wear socks, not our shoes, because of the gym wooden floor), gave us potential stability, after coming out of the ‘60’s and before the ‘80’s hit.

Through it all, Someone kept His hand on our shoulders, and nudged us on to more than what we would ever realize, before now.  And then…boom! The answer comes in an unexpected way.

As I unveil this story, think back to those times that you knew there was something more, but you just couldn’t put your hand on it.  You knew, deep down, that life wasn’t just what Walter Cronkite said it was every night on the CBS news, or that the faith and love shown by John Boy to Grandpa, Jim Bob, and the other twenty Waltons wasn’t just for their family.  Deep down in our souls, the hope, the cry for more, would someday be answered and fulfilled, if we just kept plugging away at what we did know.

I want you to share my journey with me, as I look back over the last forty years, and you see that dreams do come true, and that though Peter Pan isn’t real, the Lord, the One Who created us, is, and He has a plan in place for each one of us.  And when you are done reading this story, you too will know that…we’ve only just begun.

  

Book Chapters

Going To Africa

Father Thomas Purtell

Columbus High School

“I am a Christian”

Laura Jean

The Dream

Hasselbring-Clark

Bonnie, Derek & Mahesh

Heritage USA

The Barn

Worship The Lord God of Israel

The Beginning of the End

Jerusalem & The Western Wall

This Season Completed

The Incredible Journey

New Beginnings

Steve Martin & The Raiders

“Carry My Bags” – The Great Wall

A Season of the Soul

I Thought It Was Over

Roll Call of Honor

Editor's Note:

It was very exciting to know that my book came out during Rosh Hashanah, the new year of 5774, on Sept.4-6. This is a new beginning in the Lord's purposes and fulfillment of promises given to Laurie and I.  I hope you read my book!  Steve Martin

Steve & Laurie 2013

You can purchase The Promise now: Amazon.com

"Ahava Love Letters" Book - 1st print order placed

We ordered our first 500 book print of the "Ahava Love Letters" book today, through our publisher Xulon Press. I'll let you know when we have a shipment date, once the full production process has been completed.

The formatting and layout is next, now that the manuscript has gone through the editing process. We have included 30 photos with the 52 letters that make up the book. Both front and back cover designs will be done, and then I can show you what that will look like.

We know this book will be of great encouragement to you.

Ahava (love in Hebrew),

Steve 

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Benjamin James Martin

Our son Ben Martin, graphic artist/website designer/all around good guy, created and regularly maintains our full website of Love For His People, Inc. 

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Ahava Love Letter - "The Cities"

“The Cities” “When He approached Jerusalem, He saw the city and wept over it,  saying, "If you had known in this day, even you, the things which  make for peace! But now they have been hidden from your eyes.” Luke 19:41-42 NASU

Dear family of friends,

Mondays are a normal day of prayer and fasting for me. I am grateful Bible teacher Derek Prince taught that in the 1970's. I have tried to adhere to it these many decades, though sometimes I didn’t succeed.

Derek Prince - 

"Shaping History Through Prayer and Fasting"

As I recently walked that normal prayer lunch time, the uptown city sidewalks became my partnering moments with the Lord, interceding in tongues through His Holy Spirit (Ruach HaKodesh in Hebrew.)

Many were going to their mid-day appointments, concentrating on conversations with co-workers. Others sat on benches, only caring about where their next meal was coming from.

Charlotte, NC - Tryon Street. On my way...

I just kept praying, knowing Jesus' (Yeshua’s) love was for all of them. The sense of knowing He was grieving along with many, whose real hurt was maybe hidden behind the smiles, touched my heart.

Some I hoped were rejoicing and giving thanks for this day, believing that their Savior had good plans for them each day. But I think those numbers were few among the crowd. And so I walked on. Praying on.

Inhabitants of cities around the world need the Lord. They need to know of His salvation, mercy and love. The vast majority of cities know nothing of His real nature. They only see and believe the lies having been passed down through the centuries. The lies telling them that “The Man upstairs”, as some call Him, has little to do with their life. 

Or that if God is so loving, why are all the wars, hatred, and evil going on daily in the cities world-wide? “Can’t He do something about it?” they might even ask.

The clear message of the Gospel is that God is a loving Father, who sent His only Son Jesus to live among us, die in order for us to live, and rose from the grave, to alone be the only Savior of the world.

Isaiah 53:5

“There is salvation in no one else! For there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by whom we must be saved!” (Acts 4:12 Complete Jewish Bible)

The truth shared, to each as he or she will listen, can break the bonds that entangle so many, and give freedom to the spirit, soul and body. As we pray daily for our families, our cities, our nation, and those in Israel, we will see His Kingdom established.

I believe my regular fasting and prayers are having an effect, and so I will continue to do so. Maybe you will join me? See some results for yourself.

Ahava (love in Hebrew) to my family of friends,

Steve Martin

Founder/President

Love For His People, Inc. truly appreciates your generous support. Please consider sending a monthly charitable gift of $5-$25 each month to help us bless Israel. 

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Ahava Love Letter #65   “The Cities”  ©2013 Steve Martin 

Date: In the year of our Lord 2013 (08/07/13 Wednesday at 6 pm in Charlotte, NC)

All previous editions of Ahava Love Letter can be found on this Blog:

 http://loveforhispeople.blogspot.com 

       

Here are the last few:

How can You Mend A Broken Heart (#64)

Anxious (#63)

Hidden (#62)

Get Back in the Boat (#61)

Need Money? (#60)

Rejected? (#59)

In Your Building – Guard Against Distractions (#58)

Connections (#57)

Your Name (#56)

Lost, But Not Forgotten Friends (#55)

Ahava Love Letter (#53) - "We Speak To Nations"

“We Speak To Nations” “So I give thanks to you, Adonai, among the nations; sing praises to Your name.” (2 Sam 22:50 CJB  Complete Jewish Bible)

Dear family of friends,

When my good wife Laurie and I went to China in 2002, we were representing Derek Prince Ministries, along with a small USA group smuggling in Chinese Bibles and Derek's teaching books. These particular treasured nuggets had been translated into Mandarin Chinese. In my personal carry-on I had also brought along the latest Integrity Music's CD of the Month. 

The disc had just come in the mail a few days before we left on this adventurous journey, so I was as excited as ever to hear this new one. It had become the newest edition in my 14 year long subscription collection of Integrity's Hosanna! Music. (Thank you Michael Coleman for your leadership at Integrity!)

That specific praise and worship CD, then rotating in my portable player, was Lakewood's "We Speak To Nations". (IPods had just come out the year before. Steve Jobs' latest Apple big tech craving was a bit above my budget.) The title song was also "We Speak To Nations."

As I sat on the 22 hour train ride from Guangzhou to Beijing, I played this song over and over again. The repeat button just stay on. And during that literal full day stretch of time, the Holy Spirit (Ruach HaKodesh) made sure the sound and words would sink deep into my spirit. I am grateful He did.

During those long hours on the tracks (both train and CD - pun intended) I literally had tears running down my face, while I sat listening with ear buds on. I didn’t want to awaken the others as they slept.

The sound of the nations was calling out to my heart.

We can speak to nations in many ways. These days it is primarily through social media. But even still, a main format can still be by singing, in person.

As worship leaders who love Jesus (Yeshua), and thus the nations, my wife and I are committed to sing in and to the nations. Our hearts and eyes are especially lazar focused on Israel, whom we especially love.

And...Lord willing too, we plan on taking the Ahava Love Band with us to Jerusalem in 2014 - to do just that – sing His praise and worship in Eretz Yisrael (Land of Israel)!

Maybe there will be other locations the Lord will send us to, in addition, as we speak to nations.

Ahava (love in Hebrew) to my family of friends,

Steve Martin

Founder/President


P.S. To hear the song "We Speak To Nations", the YouTube link is further down this page.

We Speak to Nations album for sale by Lakewood Church was released May 28, 2002 on the Epic label. Personnel: Derrick Horne (guitar); The Nashville String Machine (strings); Randy Allison (saxophone); Robert A. We Speak to Nations buy CD music Martin , Gary Weldon (trumpet); Jay Henry (trombone); Aaron Lindsey (piano, organ, synthesizer); Israel Houghton (piano); Steve Allison (drums); Marvin Sparks (percussion); Raymond Boyd (drum programming). We Speak to Nations songs Audio Mixers: Chuck Harris; Reed Hall; Sanchez Harley. We Speak to Nations album for sale Recording information: Lakewood Church, Houston, TX; Quad Studio A, Nashville, TN. Lakewood Church includes: Cindy Cruse-Ratcliff (director, vocals); Israel Houghton (vocals, acoustic & electric guitar); Tim Parkinson (guitar); Randy Allison (saxophone); Derrick Horne (programming); Lakewood Church Choir, The Nashville String Machine. We Speak to Nations CD music contains a single disc with 14 songs.
 

Israel Houghton & Cindy Cruse-Ratcliff

"We Speak To Nations: is also found on Israel Houghton's album:

Love For His People, Inc. truly appreciates your generous support. Please consider sending a monthly charitable gift of $5-$25 each month to help us bless Messianic Jews in Israel. You can send checks to the address below. Todah rabah! (Hebrew - Thank you very much.)

©2013 Steve Martin      Love For His People, Inc.  12120 Woodside Falls Rd. Pineville, NC 28134      

E-mail: loveforhispeople@gmail.com martinlighthouse@gmail.com

Facebook pages: Steve Martin  and  Love For His People       

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Love For His People, Inc. is a charitable, not-for-profit USA organization. Fed. ID#27-1633858.  Tax deductible contributions receive a receipt for each donation.

Ahava Love Letter #53   Date: In the year of our Lord 2013 (05/09/13 Thursday 5:30 a.m. Charlotte, NC)

Yeshua's eyes are on the nations.

YouTube video: We Speak To Nations

Heart for the nations.

Blow the shofar in Israel!

What's on your desktop?

What's on your desktop? 

This one is mine. 

Steve Martin

(Painting is by Israeli Tel Aviv artist Alex Levin.)

Ahava Love Letter (#50) - “Come & Behold Him”

“Come & Behold Him”      "I see him, but not now; I behold him, but not near;  a star shall come forth from Jacob,  a scepter shall  rise from Israel,  and shall crush through the   forehead of Moab, and tear down all the sons of Sheth.” (Num. 24:17 NASB)

Dear family of friends,

It must have been around 2 a.m. that Friday night, way back in 1998, at least fifteen years ago. 

Our worship team, gathered again for The Watch of The Lord in Charlotte, NC, at All Nations Church (then meeting at Westinghouse Blvd. and Granite Street), had just finished playing a full four hours of non-stop worship songs.

Mahesh and Bonnie Chavda, along with several dedicated, rotating worship and prayer teams, loved meeting with the Lord Yeshua (Jesus) and Ruach HaKodesh, His Holy Spirit. He came each time.

We had been “doing” The Watch since 1994, meeting every Friday from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m., with full praise and worship times (I mean hours!), praying for all needs, our nation and Israel, laying hands on the gathered sick, sharing communion, and maybe getting a wink or two on the two inch pads of green, yet cold steel, church chairs.

We loved it. We had become addicted to His Presence.

But there was something special about this moment, 2 a.m. that morning. I could “hear” the silence in the room after we had stopped singing. And then waited.

John O’Leary, back at the 24 channel sound board, put in a CD, as routine. (Sometimes people get nervous when they aren’t being stimulated by surrounding noise, or movement. So we start “doing” something. Afraid He will speak to us?)

The song that played was very familiar to me. Being a foundational subscriber to Integrity’s “Hosanna! Music”, since its monthly cassette inception in 1984 (and always wearing out every tape), was John Chisum’s “Come and Behold Him.”

Vicky Rose, a beautiful, full of grace and humility worship dancer, got up in the far southwest corner, in front of our “Western Wall”. It had been mounted on the room's wall, constructed of strong cardboard and painted with brown and gray rocks and crevices, modeled after The Kotel in Jerusalem. 

She started swirling around in her white, full length dress, arms uplifted in praise and admiration to our Lord, her face beaming with emotional gratitude.

I looked over. My heart leaped. Tears started coming to my eyes. His Presence was filling my entire being with tenderness, mercy, grace, goodness, love and compassion. I was overwhelmed with Him too.

After three minutes, the song finished. Vicky quietly sat down. 

I also took a seat, after walking off the platform, and continuing to experience a moment in the Lord’s arms that I will never forget. I was beholding Him. In some of His glory.

My friends, those days are coming back. We are going to come into His Manifested Presence and behold Him. All else around us will be as nothing, as we see Him for Who He is – Our Father, our Lover, our Redeemer and Comforter.

And we will also know Him as the Roaring Lion of Judah, the King of kings and the Lord of lords, the Mighty One of Israel, Who will conquer all fear, discouragement, despair, injustice, even while just holding us in His arms.

“Come and behold Him, come see His glory, come with an honest heart to see all He is.

We will discover all of His beauty. His light will burn away all the darkness we’ve known.

Come and behold Him. Come see His mercy. Come find His tenderness reaching to you.

Just as a mirror shows our reflection His Word and Spirit come now reflecting His love.”

Come Lord Yeshua. Maranatha! Come!

Ahava to my family of friends,

Steve Martin

Founder/President

For the full song on YouTube: 

John Chisum singing Come And Behold Him

    John Chisum 

Full lyrics:

Come and behold Him

Come see His glory

Come with an honest heart

To see all He is.

We will discover

All of His beauty

His light will burn away

All the darkness we’ve known.

Chorus:

Come and behold Him,

Come and behold Him.

Come with an honest heart

See all He is.

Come and behold Him

Lay down before Him.

Come with an honest heart

See all He is.

(V2)

Come and behold Him.

Come see His mercy

Come find His tenderness

Reaching to you.

Just as a mirror

Shows our reflection

His Word and Spirit come

Now reflecting His love.

Chorus

(Hosanna! Music)

Love For His People, Inc. truly appreciates your generous support. Please consider sending a monthly charitable gift of $5-$25 each month to help us bless Messianic Jews in Israel. You can send checks to the address below. Todah rabah! (Hebrew - Thank you very much.)

©2013 Steve  Martin      Love For His People, Inc.  12120 Woodside Falls Rd. Pineville, NC 28134      

E-mail: loveforhispeople@gmail.com martinlighthouse@gmail.com

Facebook pages: Steve Martin  and  Love For His People       

Twitter: martinlighthous, LovingHisPeople and ahavaloveletter 

Websites: http://loveforhispeople.blogspot.com         www.loveforhispeople.org

YouTube: loveforhispeopleinc

Love For His People, Inc. is a charitable, not-for-profit USA organization. Fed. ID#27-1633858.  Tax deductible contributions receive a receipt for each donation.

Ahava Love Letter #50   Date: In the year of our Lord 2031 (04/251/13 Thursday 5:00 a.m. Charlotte, NC)