NOW THINK ON THIS - How They Came About - Steve Martin messages

Feb. 18, 2014

Greetings all.

When the Lord was speaking to me about an "updated" name for my Ahava Love Letters, I wasn't sure what the new name of the articles/messages would be. So I just listed about 20 possibilites on a sheet of paper, and then asked my good wife Laurie to circle one or two. I was hoping, actually, she would select a few that I thought would be good. 

She circled "Now Think Of This." (Now husbands, you need to respect the intuition and wisdom of your wife. She has been given to you as a gift from the Lord, as your soul mate/helper. And she has good input!)

In some ways, I think these words were part of my remembrance from my days at Derek Prince Ministries (the second set of years from 2001-2005.) Derek Wesley Selby, the graphic artist, Director of Communications, and another grandson of Derek Prince, was seeking ways to expand the ministry. Radio, books and the next generation were the emphasis. He came up with the idea of a one-minute message on radio, from his grandfather Derek's vast collection of recorded audio and video messages over the previous 25 years. 

Derek Wesley called it, "Think About This." We tried it for while as a ministry radio outreach, but it didn't reach the level we wanted. So it lays in the archived files now I am sure.

So back here in January, 2014, I was at a junction in this outreach of Love For His People. What was the Lord wanting to call the name of my regularly published messages, rather than Ahava Love Letters? I had really loved the name, still do, but I felt a name change would expand the readership. The first name had been in place since November, 2010. We started using this new name in late January, 2014.

Just today, Feb. 18, 2014, I was reading a word from The Elijah List from Kathie Walters. In it she was describing peppermint refreshing (which has nothing to do with this article) but she wrote something that very well did.

And angel was speaking to her, in a dream.

"'His love has no limits.' Think about that, Kathie. Your mind can't even imagine something limitless."

"'His grace has no measure.' Think about that too...there is no measure at all to even be able to measure Jesus' grace. There's nothing in the world to measure it with."

He went on singing one line at a time, and then telling me, "Think about that," which is what "selah" from the Psalms means ("think on this"). Kathie Walters

I never knew that. Or if I did, I certainly had forgotten. (Another senior moment, at age 59.)

It is good to know that the Hebrew word selah, from the Psalms, means "think on this." 

Now Think On This can thus mean that.  

I love it when the Lord confirms His rhema (now word) to us. 

Now think on this,

Steve Martin
Love For His People

Derek & Ruth Prince - graveyard in Jerusalem

Derek & Ruth Prince graveyard in Jerusalem 

(German Colony district)

Derek & Ruth Prince, residents of Jerusalem for over 20 years, are buried in this German Colony district of Jerusalem.

Lydia Prince is also buried here. She was Derek's first wife, who died about five years before Derek married Ruth. Lydia and Derek had adopted nine Jewish/Arabic/African kids. Lydia had adopted and raised raised eight of them as a single woman. Her incredible book, "Appointment In Jerusalem", tells the story.

I am most appreciative of having had the opportunity to work on staff at their ministry - first from 1987-1990 in Fort Lauderdale, Fl., and then again at the Charlotte, NC location, from 2001-2005. The ministry had already relocated to Charlotte, in 1994.

Derek Prince Ministries staff in Charlotte, NC 2004

The 2006 Vision for Israel staff, where I served as USA Director, is also in the photo above. These two framed photos, of both ministries, are on the top shelf of my current office in uptown Charlotte, NC.

As the Director of Operations and Finance at Derek Prince Ministries, I served with David Selby (Intl. Executive Director), Jack Alongi (Director of Donor Relations), Peter Wyns (USA Outreach Director) and Derek Wesley Selby, (Director of Communications.) Another 22 staff members assisted us in these departments.

For more information on Derek Prince Ministries, please click on the name below.

Derek Prince Ministries

My son Ben Martin (who also worked at DPM for many years) and I are now part of Love For His People, Inc., founded by my wife Laurie and myself in 2010.

Also in 2010, Ben and I initiated this new ministry's annual Ahava Adventures service trip to Israel, when I was able to take the above photo of Derek's burial location through the front gate. (It is a gated cemetery, and wasn't open on that Saturday morning. Shabbat in Jerusalem is highly respected.)


As a side note, I had been inside the gated cemetery where Derek is buried on two previous occasions. Once with Mahesh Chavda Ministries, when I was the Administrator for 14 years, from 1987-2000, and again on tour with Christian Friends of Israel (CFI), as a board member, on several "Meet and Greet" trips.

Come join us on our next Ahava Adventure! 

(Use the search box for "Ahava Adventure" 

on this blog site for current information.)

In addition to this Blog website, Love For His People has another site, with info on our complete work in support of Israel and our friends who live there.

Love For His People

Shalom,

Steve Martin
Founder/President
Love For His People