“You Don’t Need ME If You Have Everything Else” – Now Think On This by Steve Martin

March 8, 2020

‘And I will say to my soul, “Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years to come; take your ease, eat, drink and be merry.” Luke 12:19, NASU

What do you mean, “You don’t need ME if you have everything else? Don’t you mean the opposite?

Yesterday in our annual Love For His People ministry board meeting, here in the Charlotte, North Carolina, USA area, where 18 of us gathered together in our home for prayer, rejoicing, and expressing our love for the Lord and each other; where prophetic words flowed, speaking in tongues filled the room, songs of joy were proclaimed to our Lord Jesus Christ, along with testimonies of His goodness shared, I spoke this word, somewhat paraphrased here.

“I want to be at the edge of the cliff, having to go forward over it, knowing only that when I jump in faith in obedience to the Lord, that He will be there to catch me. To me, that is the safest place I could be, rather than to have a full 401(K) to retire on, a big bank account for whatever pleasure I wanted, the perfect home to inhabit in comfort and ease, the latest American (or Hyundai!) car to drive. For then I would know it was Him Who was doing the supernatural leading, providing the full provision at the very time I needed it, and directing the step-by-step direction, then relying on what I had built, accomplished, or would put my trust in.”

And then this morning after I had risen and sat down in my prayer chair, His Holy Spirit spoke this, “You don’t need Me if you have everything else.”

I knew He wasn’t talking about me personally, but He was speaking of those who think they have everything and thus believe they have no need to trust, rely on, have faith in the Living God of Israel, the One Who alone can give us that which we truly need. While the world around us chooses to walk in fear and listen to the enemy of our soul, those who know the ways of the Lord, He Who is seated on high, ruling from above it all, we can rest in His peace and provision in the midst of the chaos, unduly concern and responsive acts of fear.

Read a more fuller account of the one who considers himself rich, apart from God.

“And He told them a parable, saying, “The land of a rich man was very productive.  “And he began reasoning to himself, saying, ‘What shall I do, since I have no place to store my crops?’  “Then he said, ‘This is what I will do: I will tear down my barns and build larger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods.  ‘And I will say to my soul, “Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years to come; take your ease, eat, drink and be merry.”‘ 

“But God said to him, ‘ You fool! This very night your soul is required of you; and now who will own what you have prepared?’  “So is the man who stores up treasure for himself and is not rich toward God.” Luke 12:16-21, NASU

When it comes to faith, faith is what you need. Simple faith. IF you have everything else, you won’t look to the Lord, but you will rather choose to walk on your own, trusting in your “filled barn” which you have built.

But if you have come to realize that all you have is what He has given, and what you need is what He can supply when you need it, then you can rest in His shalom (peace) and ahava (love).

You can choose to walk off the cliff in faith, knowing He will catch you. It is not “blind faith”. It is having the faith that He has done it before, and that He will do it again. He is Faithful.

I have tried both. I would much rather choose Him and walk in His faith that He gives us.

“Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.  “But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys, and where thieves do not break in or steal; for where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” Matthew 6:19-21, NASU

Choose faith. Not in your own ability. Not in your own wealth. But in the Lord, for He knows what we need, when we need it, and is there to reward us for our faith in Him.

Now think on this.

Ahava and shalom,

Steve Martin, Founder/President Love For His People, Inc.

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“You are released to do His will” – Love For His People newsletter, Steve Martin Love For His People

“You are released to do His will” – Love For His People newsletter, Steve Martin Love For His People

Feb. 10, 2020

Greetings friends of Love For His People ministry!

Before I jet off to India in a few days to teach 90 pastors about the importance of blessing Israel and the Jews (2 conferences, Feb. 11-20, 2020), I wanted to share this word with you.

On Friday I spent time with my 4-year old grandson, Levi, who is just a joy to be with. Even at his young age, he has already begun to be concerned about his size, as other kids have already started telling him, “You will be small.”

Of course, he wants to be big, “like his Daddy and Mamma”, he said. “And like you too, Grandpa!”

I spoke into his concern and reassured him that the Lord created him, and he can relax in that fact. Then I said to him, “I too was small when I was your size.” (True! Weren’t we all!)


We all want “to be big”, grow up fast, and then when we get there many look back and say, “Remember the good old days.” But I believe the days are here for us to be big in the Lord.

This depends on whose eyes we are looking through. In God’s eyes, we are already big. We are already there. We have grown up and we are called to put those years of preparation into the game.

With that said, I share this word with you about being Released To Do His Will”.

For some, you still might be thinking that you have to wait until you are “bigger” before the Lord will use you. Sure, there is always the time of growth, development, and maturity each year, but even during the first year of training Jesus had with His disciples, He sent them out into the field.

The Lord is releasing His people forth into their calling. Quit sitting back waiting for “the time to come” for you. It already has come. You need to put faith into practice. And then watch it grow bigger as you do, and doors open, that He will.

Be encouraged. Read Released To Do His Will and get on with being who you have been called to be in our Lord’s Kingdom. The world needs us right now!

Now also is the time to sign-up for the two events we are having in the coming months.GTE – Gathering Together Event April 3-4, 2020. The Body of Christ unifying!

Also coming July 10-11, 2020 is the Aliyah For His People event, with our Israeli friends Nissim and Hadassah Lerner and Kokeb Gedamu joining us from Jerusalem. So come on!

Details for both events are below. Register now before the fees go up.

And as for Levi, the Lord has “big” plans for him, even if he comes in a “small” package. It is the size of the heart, not the outside vessel. He will be quite the soldier in God’s army. That’s our Levi!

Ahava and shalom,



Steve MartinFounder/President

Love For His People ministry
Charlotte, North Carolina

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Released To Do His Will by Steve Martin

“While they were ministering to the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for Me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.” Then, when they had fasted and prayed and laid their hands on them, they sent them away. So, being sent out by the Holy Spirit…” Acts 13:2-4, NASB


With a show of your hand(s), how many of you have ever wondered, “Why did it take so long for me to do what You put in my heart to do, Lord?” As in, I wanted to do this since I was 10 years old, 24, 30, and even 55. Why so long?

Do you know what His Holy Spirit said back to me?

“You had to go through several things so I could trust you when I actually let you do them now.”

Isn’t that a good Father? One who trains us. Grows us. Prepares us. Shows His faithfulness along the journey, and then releases us. To do His will.

Remember telling your child as they were growing up, asking and asking to do things, and your wise response to them was, “When you are grown up, you will.”Let me say this as clearly and as loudly as I can, in writing.

Many of you are now being released to do His will. Not tomorrow. Not 10 years from now. But now.

You graduated from the 12th grade. You had your boot camp training. You succeeded in getting the 4 and 8-year degrees. All in the Lord’s timing. Now you are ready.

The doors are opening. The provision is coming. The preparation has been completed. Jesus is sending you out just as He has always done, after the time of being with Him, learning His ways, knowing His heart, and equipped to be His ambassador to the world.

How long did it take Moses? Joseph? Jesus (Yeshua) Himself? And let us not forget the time Paul had in the desert.

As I am, your hair may not be colored with the darker color now that it could be. (I want to be careful here so as not to offend those who do cover up the silver and gray!)

When people see you, they may now see the wrinkles, or don’t quite understand the memory-filled mind banks that take a bit longer to retrieve information stored over 60-70 years. Yes, it does take longer to go through all those mind data files.

Or if you are as Timothy was and Paul had to encourage him, writing, “Let no one look down on your youthfulness, but rather in speech, conduct, love, faith and purity, show yourself an example of those who believe.” 1 Timothy 4:12, NASB

You too have been through the “training and preparation” years, and even if some may think, “She is not old enough yet”, He says you are.

The time has come. We are being released to do His will. I encourage you to do so.

The world awaits the risen Church, the believers in the nations who are called by His Name and who will respond accordingly. The nations need to see His Light, His Glory, His Healing Power, His Life. Let it come through you as you walk it out in His power and grace.



Love For His People ministry with Steve and Laurie Martin in Charlotte, North Carolina USA

As non-Jews, Gentiles, goyim, Christian Zionists (whatever label we have!), we began the ministry Love For His People in April 2010, to stand strong for the Jewish state of Israel. In this world, with nations continually becoming more anti-Semitic daily, including our own USA, we have been called, as the prophetic word was spoken over us, as a “scepter for Israel.” Ministering for 10 years now!

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“The Lion Roars” – Now Think On This by Steve Martin

“The Lion Roars” – Now Think On This by Steve Martin

Dec. 10, 2019

“…Behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has prevailed to open the scroll and to loose its seven seals.” Revelation 5:5, NKJV

Several times it has occurred, during the height of the praise and worship of gathered people when it reaches a crescendo, I have seen with my spiritual eyes the Lion of Judah roaring. The King, the Lord Jesus, Yeshua HaMashiach, seated high and lifted up on His heavenly throne, roars. When His glory and the honor due His Name is acknowledged in our praise, He moves in power and might on our behalf.

During a room-packed conference several years ago, with almost 1900 people, when the height of the evening meeting worship reached a tremendous level, I first saw Him there in our gathering, as I too was joining in as part of the worship team, singing as loud and strong as I could from the front platform. When I looked up at the very large brown wooden wall in the rear of The Barn, which was built a decade earlier on the Heritage USA property in Fort Mill, South Carolina by Jim Bakker, I saw Him, the Lion of the Tribe of Judah. He was roaring. His mouth, open wide, baring His teeth in fierceness and power, roared across the earth from His heavenly throne.

The Barn in 2019 at Antioch International Church in Fort Mill, SC

Our Lord is not laying in a manger anymore. That was centuries ago when He first came to redeem us as a sinful people, and restore us to fellowship with His Father, God Almighty.

He no longer is a tiny baby, wrapped in swaddling clothes, “cute as a button” as some would say, peacefully lying asleep on the hay.

No, our Lord, the Risen One, the Glorious One, the Lion of the Tribe of Judah, is a Mighty Warrior. And the Lion is roaring.

Though the nations in all the earth themselves are in an uproar, with chaos increasing, unrest never-ending, darkness continuing to cover all the people…the Lion of the Tribe of Judah is roaring. He is fully aware of the situation, and He is doing something about it.

His prophet Isaiah spoke loudly and clear as recorded in chapter 8:9-10,

“You may make an uproar, peoples; but you will be shattered.  Listen, all of you from distant lands: arm yourselves, but you will be shattered; yes, arm yourselves, but you will be shattered; devise a plan, but it will come to nothing; say anything you like, but it won’t happen; because God is with us [Hebrew: ‘immanu El].” Complete Jewish Bible

Though the seasonal song Immanuel continues to be sung during the time Christians have long celebrated His birth, which in many eyes still keeps Him quiet and still in the sweet nativity scene, harmless and in need as a tiny baby, our Lord is indeed with us, Immau-El (Hebrew – God (EL) with us). But now He is a Mighty Warrior and prepared for war.

5D Diamond Painting Nativity – Amazello.com

“God is serious business. He won’t be trifled with. He avenges his foes. He stands up against his enemies, fierce and raging. But God doesn’t lose his temper. He’s powerful, but it’s a patient power. Still, no one gets by with anything.

Sooner or later, everyone pays. Tornadoes and hurricanes are the wake of his passage, storm clouds are the dust he shakes off his feet. He yells at the sea: It dries up. All the rivers run dry.

The Bashan and Carmel mountains shrivel, the Lebanon orchards shrivel. Mountains quake in their roots, hills dissolve into mud flats. Earth shakes in fear of God. The whole world’s in a panic.

Who can face such towering anger? Who can stand up to this fierce rage? His anger spills out like a river of lava, his fury shatters boulders.” Nahum 1:2-6, THE MESSAGE

There is an appointed time when the nations of the world will face their Judge, when God Almighty says enough is enough, for the time will have come for His perfect justice to prevail. His all-encompassing righteousness will sweep across the earth. His plan and purpose for the ages to be fulfilled completely as spoken of through His prophets in ages gone by will have arrived.

When the Lion roars, the peoples will turn from their wicked ways, and acknowledge the King of kings and the Lord of lords. Either that, or they will perish because of their sinful ways done apart from Him, and be banished to hell forever.

No longer will they just see Him as a sweet baby lying in a harmless manger, keeping Him in a lowly place so their lives need not walk in obedience to His commands.

They will then see Him come riding on His white horse, mighty in glory, power and honor.

“And I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse, and He who sat on it is called Faithful and True, and in righteousness He judges and wages war. His eyes are a flame of fire, and on His head are many diadems; and He has a name written on Him which no one knows except Himself. He is clothed with a robe dipped in blood, and His name is called The Word of God. And the armies which are in heaven, clothed in fine linen, white and clean, were following Him on white horses.

From His mouth comes a sharp sword, so that with it He may strike down the nations, and He will rule them with a rod of iron; and He treads the wine press of the fierce wrath of God, the Almighty. And on His robe and on His thigh He has a name written, ” KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.” Revelation 19:11-16, NASU

The time is short, and we must prepare our hearts for the second coming of the King. We don’t have time to do our own thing, walk in our own ways, or be the god of our own life that far too many seek to be.

The Lion is roaring from His throne. It is time we hear Him loud and clear, and be about His work of redemption and salvation, for all who will come to Him.

Now think on this.

Ahava and shalom,

Steve Martin

Founder/President

Love For His People, Inc.

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