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Friday, December 12, 2025

Rebuilding the kibbutz Nahal Oz near Gaza.

An old plow used in the early days of Kibbutz Nahal Oz in Israel near Gaza.

Dec. 12, 2025 Jerusalem, Israel

Shalom,

On Dec. 8, 2025, I had the opportunity to travel to Kibbutz Nahal Oz, next to the IDF Army post across the highway, just a few miles from the Gaza border. On the way there we could see Gaza City. And it wasn't destroyed as the international press (American press included) would have you think. But the Jewish lives across the border, and the army base, had many murdered people on Oct. 7, 2023, when Hamas and multitudes crossed over into Israel from Gaza. Hamas and the Palestinians are the ones who started the horrific war in their attempt to destroy Israel from many fronts.

But the Living God of Israel intervened, as He always does.

My friend Gert from Christian Friends of Israel Jerusalem and I traveled the several hours to the kibuutz to help bring restoration and much needed repairs. During the six hours there we laid new laminate flooring in a bedroom. The teenager who had occupied the room would not go back to the room as a result of the destruction and his memories during that horrible time. We pray the Lord heals those memories and shows Himself strong on his behalf.

Following are a few photos I took.

Ahava and shalom,

Steve Martin

Love Fro His People Ministry

From Jerusalem, Israel

Nahal Oz community center with busted out windows.

The bedroom being restored.

The shelter which did save some lives.

Insect nests inside the shelter.

A German church group was there for the week also helping with restoration.

Restoration in progress.

Tomas (Germany), Gert (Netherlands), Steve (USA)

A member of the Nahal Oz kibbutz who helped direct the projects.

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Monday, December 1, 2025

“Comfort” by Steve Martin

Steve and Laurie Martin with Danny ben David (Danny Boy) and Yosefa on Ben Yehuda Street in Jerusalem, Israel (Nov. 28, 2025)

Holocaust survivors from 1945

Comfort My People

“Comfort, comfort My people,” says your God.” (Isaiah 40:1, NASB)

Most Christians have never been taught the responsibility we have been given to bless the Jews. Some are even told from the pulpit that the Old Testament is not for us to read, being it is “only about the Jews.” Some would even think that Yeshua (Jesus) is no longer a Jew, but a Christian.

Well, I totally disagree with that.

Yeshua Himself said He was a Jew and agreed with those He walked amongst.

"So the Samaritan woman *said to Him, “How is it that You, though You are a Jew, are asking me for a drink, though I am a Samaritan woman?” (For Jews do not associate with Samaritans.)” (John 4:9, NASB)

And so, because our Lord and Savior is a Jew, and continues to be a Jew, when the Bible tells Christians to comfort His people, He is speaking about His people from whom He came through, the Jews.

The books of Matthew and Luke in the New Testament clearly give His Jewish lineage.

Comforting the Jewish people seems to have been totally lost in the history of the Christian church. Even before the time of Constantine (300 A.D.) when he tried to eliminate “all Jewishness” from the church, Christians have spoken against, led crusades against, performed pograms (“an organized massacre of a particular ethnic group, in particular that of Jewish people in Russia or eastern Europe in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.” Oxford dictionary) and murdered millions, as Hitler did “in the name of Christ.”

As we ask for their forgiveness, and indeed seek to comfort the Lord’s people, May He guide us into their friendship, their support, and a repayment in many ways for all they have given us, and the world.

“So now says Adonai, who formed Me from the womb to be His servant, to bring Jacob back to Him, to gather Israel back to Him.

For I am honored in the eyes of Adonai

and My God has become my strength.

So He says, “It is too trifling a thing that You should be My servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob and restore the preserved ones of Israel. So I will give You as a light for the nations, that You should be My salvation to the end of the earth.”

Thus says Adonai, the Redeemer of Israel, their Holy One, to the One despised to the One the nation abhors, to a servant of rulers:“Kings will see and arise, princes will also bow down, because of Adonai who is faithful, the Holy One of Israel who has chosen You.” (Isaiah 49:5-7 Tree of Life Bible)

If you know a Jew, befriend them. If you can give to their well being through good ministries, do so.

Support Israel and the people here. You will then be doing our Father’s will. It will go well with you too. I like that.

Steve Martin, Love For His People Ministry in Jerusalem, Israel

Friday, October 10, 2025

Nations Sukkot Celebration 2025 | Live from Jerusalem | Worship Night. Solu, Joshua Aaron, King of Kings

Nations Sukkot Celebration 2025 | Live from Jerusalem | Worship Night

Solu, Joshua Aaron, King of Kings

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🎶 Bilingual Worship (Hebrew & English)
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💬 Testimonies and Celebration in His Presence

From the heart of Jerusalem, we declare: “All the nations will go up to worship the King, the Lord Almighty!” (Zechariah 14:16)

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00:00 Greetings & Verses
02:19 Mountain Of The Lord (feat. Joshua Aaron)
06:32 Hakhi Tov(The Best)
11:53 Praise (Shevakh)
16:45 Hodu La'adonai (Give Thanks)
17:19 Al Kol Hanisim (For All The Miracles)
22:17 Goodness Of God (Tuvo Shel Elohim)
29:52 David Dance - Arabic & English (feat Nizar Francis, Joshua Aaron)
32:26 Elohim Lanu(God is Our Refuge) - Hebrew & Arabic
37:05 Kol Rinah (Shouts Of Joy)
41:35 Sukkot Blessings
52:43 Kavod (Glory)
58:34 Shma Israel (Hear Oh Israel)
03:50 You Deserve The Glory(Ribon Olam) - Hebrew, Arabic & English
10:50 Way Maker / Porets Derech (feat. Thais Schucman)
20:10 Shaar (Gate Of Heaven)
25:55 Prayer For The Nations
28:08 Prayer: South America
29:14 Prayer: North America
30:05 Adonai by Paul Wilbur - English & Spanish
35:52 Prayer: Africa
37:45 Prayer: Asia
38:48 Adonai (Psalm 113:3) By Nathaniel Bassey - English & Korean
44:54 Prayer: Australia & Oceania
46:02 Prayer: Europe
46:58 Offering
55:14 Beshem Adonai (In The Name Of The Lord)
02:17 Prayer: Middle East
03:33 Prayer: Israel
05:53 The Blessing (Hebrew, Arabic & English)
11:35 Closing Thoughts
16:16 Bamidbar (In The Desert)
21:37 Closing Prayer

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Monday, October 6, 2025

Happy Feast of Tabernacles (Chag Sameach Sukkot) to all our Jewish friends, Steve & Laurie Maritn, Love For His People

Happy Feast of Tabernacles (Chag Sameach Sukkot) to all our Jewish friends.

Steve & Laurie Maritn, Love For His People

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A Letter To My Christian Brethren - Dennis McCleod, New Zealand

A letter to my Christian Brethren by Dennis McCleod

After much criticism from Christians on protest lines and more, I will never apologise for standing with Israel. Here is why. To do so would be to go against the call of the Lord on our lives. About this time in 1992, after much prayer, the Lord had us give up everything, and I mean everything. So many miracles, too many to mention here, cleared the way to release us for what the Lord had planned for our future work for Him. He called we followed. [Matthew 16:24-26] Penny and I left New Zealand on the 22nd of December 92, with no church support or backing, not knowing when we would return. [Psalm 25:4-11]

After a very eventful trip, an IRA bomb exploded near Oxford Street, London, just after we walked by, and an emergency in the plane shortly after leaving Heathrow, requiring the aircraft to return to the airport, we finally arrived in Israel four hours late. We could find no one to meet us, which made us wonder, were we right? On exiting the terminal, there was my name on a piece of torn cardboard, under the circumstances, the greatest sign I have ever seen. [Psalm 33:4-5] Our first stop was Bethlehem, where we were employed as House Parents to around a dozen special needs children, some of whom were blind.

Here, we encountered our first experience with open antisemitism from many Christian Arabs and expats from various countries. [1 Peter 5:8] We also had first-hand experience with terrorism and people being used as human shields, which included my Penny. On my removing the threat, I ended up facing a situation where only calling upon the Lord saved me from serious injury. [Psalm 91]

During our whole time in Israel, we lived by faith, totally relying on the Lord alone, never asking anybody for anything, including finances. We were given a very small amount of pocket money in Bethlehem, plus food and board. The Lord also supplied us with a car, and as a mechanic, I repaired it for our general use.

After sixteen months, our next stop was Jerusalem, with nothing on the horizon for our future. In a few days after much prayer, we had a roof over our head, food, and soon even another vehicle. [Philippians 4:19] Then we started working for a ministry called Christian Friends of Israel, a Jerusalem-based ministry helping the Jewish people of the Land. The Lord again answered our prayers, with a flat with the rent paid, of course, there were other costs we had to pay, but the Lord took care of all our needs. At the Distribution Centre of this ministry, I was the manager.

After a month or so, the Lord spoke very clearly to me with the words, ‘You are living Bible prophecy.’ Scriptures, such as I will bring the people back to the Land, [Jeremiah 30:3] Build up the ruined cities, [Isaiah 58:12] Gentiles will help the blind, the lame, the mother with child, [Isaiah 49:22-23] we saw the Bible coming alive. We even had an occasion to see the supply of the loaves and fishes, [Matthew 14:13-21] so many miracles occurred before us.

When it was time to return home, we had no funds to do so. We either walked or prayed; we chose the latter. Within two weeks, we had our fares and money for the trip home. Once home. Our future was bleak, no home, or car, no food, and with the question of how we were to make a living, again the Lord stepped in, supplying our needs, including my old job opened for me to return. It was a journey of miracles and obvious evidence that God was with us all the way. From living in Bethlehem and Jerusalem, we learnt much and grew in our understanding of the word of God. [2 Timothy 3:16-17].

For me to now turn my back on the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, would be to say He was wrong about His promises to Israel, and the path He took Penny and me on. It was a road of learning about the Word of God and the mindset of the Middle East. Are the Israeli people faultless? Of course not, none of us are. [Romans 3:23] But for Christians to condemn, without knowing their Bible, or the past and present history, or the hurt that the terror has caused by the countless antisemitism attacks that have occurred throughout history. Can never understand the hurt that October 7th brought to the surface.

Yes, to stand with the enemies of Israel is to stand against Elohim Himself. Again, I will never turn my back on the Lord, and the journey He took us on, the miracles we witnessed, the lessons learnt. To do so would be to deny my Lord and Saviour. To call for the destruction of Israel, as many do with their chants, would be to go against the Lord Himself. For the experience we had in serving in HaEretz, The Land, and continue to serve Him within Bible prophecy, all glory goes to the Lord.