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Thursday, August 31, 2017

Introducing Our New Blogger! My daughter Hannah Avalos! - "Worship While You Wait"

Special Note from the Editor:

What a joy it is to have your children grow in the love of the Lord and then reach that place where they too become an encouragement to others, sharing His love for people.

I am so blessed in my heart, spirit, and soul. Today we are introducing to you, the Love For His People blog readers, my oldest daughter Hannah Elizabeth Avalos. (You may have seen a few of her pictures along the way!)

Knowing her desire to be one in also encouraging others, as she has been encouraged in her walk with the Lord, I believe her messages will touch the hearts of her generation, and even us older olders!

Thank you, Hannah, for hearing the call of the Lord on your life, living for Jesus, and stepping out in faith to share His Word in love to those looking to Him also.

Mom and I are proud of you!

With our love,

Dad

(Steve Martin)

Worship While You Wait

Hannah Avalos

Aug. 31, 2017

How many times have we been eager about something? Scared? Anxious? I have been thinking about this a lot! When I pray and ask the Lord to reassure me He is with me, I hear a whisper "worship while you wait".

Worship while you wait?! Yes, give "weight to worship." You have all the time to worry, so instead, I want you to worship!

Why worship you ask? Because the peace of God passes all understanding. (Philippians 4:7) All short comings. All confusion. All fear. All anger. All Anxiety. We worship not to dismiss our anxiety but to release it to the Lord. We worship to feel his peace. We worship to magnify Him and not our problems!

When we are in the midst of a trial, we must believe that the author, the Maker of our faith, is in every situation we are up against!! He doesn't ordain the things that happen to us, but He is with us through them.

I often realize the more "weight" we give to worship the less time we have to analyze our circumstance. This doesn't allow our circumstance to go away. It allows us to persevere through our circumstance with God's help. Often times we find Him most in the deep trenches of our struggle.

Our worship can strengthen us and encourage us for something more important than just our Monday struggles. As we go through our circumstance with our son Levi, we know the most important thing, God is still God and He is STILL Good.

As we face these trials with our son and for his upcoming surgery, the enemy still has a small window to put in our minds of fear and anxiety. It's like we are driving straight into oncoming traffic, but I know that we are going to swerve and not hit anything at all. It's kind of like the Christian faith when you're under attack! You have to know God is in the car and He will protect you!

Sometimes there is a question of, "He is going to show up? Is He going to get us through this? Will we be ok?"

Yes. The answer is YES!

"And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love Him, who have been called according to His purpose." (Romans 8:28)

So I encourage you as I also encourage myself to "worship while you wait." I ask the Lord to give you and I a peace that passes all understanding - no matter what you're facing today.

Be blessed. He is with us.

Hannah

P.O. Box 414

Pineville, North Carolina USA

loveforhispeople@gmail.com

Hannah with her family

Parents and siblings - 2015

Jonathan, Payton, and Hannah

- before their wedding 2012

Hannah and husband Jonathan - 2017

Hannah - 1985

Hannah at her grandparents Otto and Lorraine Unzicker's house

- Peru, Illinois (1986 maybe?)

Tuesday, July 25, 2017

Love For His People - Arms of Love - video series. Coming August 2017

Love For His People

Arms of Love

Video Series

Coming August 2017

July 27, 2017

Charlotte, North Carolina

USA

Greetings to our friends now, and new ones coming along.

Beginning in the month of August 2017 (the month #8 - "new beginnings" in the Bible), Love for His People will launch our new ministry outreach, a video series we are calling, "Arms of Love".

After sensing the Holy Spirit's nudge to do such a project, and knowing the additional time and costs involved, we are moving out in faith. It will be a small beginning, but we believe the Word of God, which states in Zechariah 4:10, "For who has despised the day of small things?" (NKJV). We won't!

When the Lord then says "Now is the time", I don't often ask how will I do it, or when do I start, or say, Now may not be the best time." I respond, "How high do I jump Lord!" in obedience to Him. His timing is always perfect.

This photo depicts where we will do our main production. Right here in our former two-car garage, which was then transformed into a NASCAR man's cave back in the '90s, and then got saved and now has become the "Martin Museum of Moments", the prayer room, and the grandkids hang out den when they come over to Grandpa and Grandma's house.

The "new" Love For His People Arms of Love studio!

So why not now make it the Love For His People studio? As my good UK English friend Martin Berger (GODTV representative) would say, "Brilliant!"

We will feature "story-telling" by myself. Maybe even reading a chapter or two out of my book

Arms of Love (now translated in Urdu/Pakistan and soon to be in the Nigerian Yoruba language).

My good wife Laurie will be featured, as she speaks of life from a woman's point of view. Having raised two boys, two girls, and also with seven grand kids (along with me), she has some great wisdom and practical mentoring words to speak forth. Laurie has also "raised" literally hundreds of two-year olds, being she has served with the Calvary Child Development Center in Charlotte, North Carolina for the past 16 years. You want to know how to raise a two-year old? Well, I know one who can help you!

My oldest daughter Hannah Avalos will come on at times and tell her encouraging stories learned from being a newly-wed several years ago, as she joined hands with her husband Jonathan Avalos and then helping to raise his then 5-year old son Payton. (As an ordained minister, I got to be both Father-of the-Bride, just like the comedian actor Steve Martin in the movie of the same title, and officiating pastor! I don't think that Steve Martin has the ordination papers though.)

Maybe we can also get Hannah's spouse Jonathan to share about his life in being a Physical Trainer, and do a few exercises "live" to get us all in shape! Check him out! Personal Trainer For You

By the way, this day that the Lord has made, July 25, 2017, is Jonathan's 34th birthday! Send a greeting to his Christian Strength Coach Facebook page or his personal one Jonathan Avalos.

Hannah and Jonathan Avalos

Hannah will have many great stories to share of miracles, and of our Lord Jesus' (Yeshua's) work being outworked through those experienced blessings, especially with their now 19-month-old son Levi Zachary. Born with TAR syndrome (missing both forearms and having needed blood work done weekly the first full year), we all have seen the Lord's arms of love around Levi's arms of love.

Grandson Levi - he likes the "toys" found in our kitchen.

But wait! This commercial isn't over yet! Our pet Dachshund Zoe Girl Martin just might wobble in on the set at times. She thinks she can go anywhere and do anything anytime, being a full-grown woman now at 11 (that is 77 years old in human years!) With her small arms of love, I guess we will let her make her presentation...how to eat 3x daily, and then sleep for 20 hours a day.

I guess I am a bit excited! Knowing what the Lord has done with the ministry, and now this, taking another big step forward, has to get one excited.

Thank you Jesus! Stayed turned...

Be blessed in your blessing others today,

Steve Martin

Founder/President

Love For His People, Inc.

Charlotte, North Carolina USA

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Wednesday, December 21, 2016

How to overcome your limitations and perform above expectations - Christian Strength Coach Jonathan Avalos

How to overcome your limitations and perform above expectations.

Jonathan Avalos

Ephesians 3:20 The Message (MSG)

20-21 God can do anything, you know—far more than you could ever imagine or guess or request in your wildest dreams! He does it not by pushing us around but by working within us, his Spirit deeply and gently within us.

Did you know that you can take any tree and turn it into a bonsai tree?

All you have to do is train the tree to stay small – prune it on a regular basis, wrap wire around the branches, and restrict its growth by planting it in a confined environment.

I believe that God blessed my wife Hannah and me with a child that would be born with limitations; so that we would be reminded not to live with a limited mindset.

Our son Levi was born with a condition called TAR syndrome which is a rare genetic disorder that’s associated with both bone and blood abnormalities.

He’s missing his radius bone in each arm (one of the bones in your forearm that extends from your elbow to your thumb), and he has low platelets (which helps your blood clot and stops bleeding).

The great thing about babies is that they don’t know that they are supposed to feel sorry for themselves. Levi doesn’t have a victim’s mentality rather he has a positive perspective and childlike faith that allows him to test boundaries, push through barriers, and set new PR’s (personal records) daily.

Imagine if we chose to get better and not become bitter if we looked at life not as what happens to us but rather what happens for us and in us; if we looked at every obstacle and saw it as an opportunity to grow our roots, strengthen our faith, and develop our relationship with God.

DNS training (Developmental Neuromuscular Stabilization) has gained some traction in the fitness and physical therapy community. In short, it assesses your movement based on that of an infant.

Can you do basic movements that a baby can do – crawl, get off the ground, and move without pain or dysfunction?

It sounds silly, but I think that this is a great way that we should not only train but live. If we would return to our roots and learn to move, think, and live without limitations, then we can operate out of love, freedom, and holiness.

The problem that most Christian and fitness enthusiasts have: isn’t that they aren’t saved or aren’t showing up to the gym – it’s that they aren’t growing in their faith or aren’t properly progressing in their training program.

It’s interesting to see how some people will allow their situation to stunt their growth while others will find strength in their struggle.

We were not created to live or train like a bonsai tree.

So guard your roots, remove your restrictions, and condition yourself to overcome every challenge by reminding yourself that – you are a child of God, created in his image, and given unlimited potential – the Holy Spirit.

For more: Christian Strength Coach website

Love For His People Editor's Note: This website is by our son-in-law Jonathan Avalos (Hannah). His son (our 7th grandchild) Levi is featured in the video. Steve Martin, President