Shabbat Shalom O Israel!!!
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The Living God of Israel reigns!
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Showing posts with label Love For His People Ministry. Show all posts
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Friday, October 10, 2025
Thursday, October 2, 2025
"It was there for the last 22 years." New message from Steve Martin, Love For His People Ministry
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The luggage strap of Bible teacher Derek Prince (died in 2003 in Jerusalem, Israel)
“He reveals deep and secret things; He knows what is in the darkness, and light dwells with Him.” Daniel 2:22, NKJV
On Sept. 30, 2025, as I was looking in my bedroom closet to see what else I had in our travel storage bins, for anything I could yet use on my 30th trip to Jerusalem, Israel, I was “shocked” when I found an extra luggage strap among several in the third bin from the stacked top. When I looked at the tag under the plastic area to make sure it had my current information (our address hadn’t changed in 30 years) Derek Prince’s name and address were on it! Wow! This luggage tag is over 22 years old. I must have forgotten that this strap had been his and I now have it.
To have served on Derek Prince’s international home base office with Derek Prince Ministries, as Director of Operations and Finance, for a total of eight years, first in Fort Lauderdale, Florida for three years (1987-1990) and then again in Charlotte, North Carolina (2000-2005), this has special meaning to me.
The luggage tag has his Jerusalem address written on a yellow piece of paper, enclosed under the plastic cover. It appears to be his handwriting. (See comparative photos below.)
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When we are in Jerusalem for three months, Oct. 16-Jan. 12, 2026, we will be living in an apartment just a mile from his final home of 15 years in Jerusalem. He passed on to glory in 2003.
When I then turned the name tag over, just to see what was on the other side, if anything, it had a USA home address in the Fort Lauderdale area (Plantation, FL), where he also resided during the 1980s. The address written was 201 SW 38th Ave. in Plantation, Florida, a suburb. (This may have been David and Anna Selby’s home address, for security reasons.) It also appears to be printed in Derek’s handwriting.
When we moved from Michigan to Florida in August of 1987, we lived in a rental home in Plantation on 17th Ave, not too far from this address printed on the back.
David, the International Director of Derek Prince Ministries, son-in-law of Derek, and my boss for a total of eight years, must have given me Derek’s luggage strap after his passing. I will save this strap!
(The printed name appears to be in Derek’s handwriting, when I compare it to the other autographs I have of him. His greeting and signature to me in his Foundation Series book in 1988 also matches, as does the office memo to David Selby, the International Director, regarding an edit.)
Derek also had a condominium in Hawaii that he and his wife Ruth used when he taught annually in January at YWAM (YOUTH WITH A MISSION) for a month. He must have bought this strap there, for it has “Hawaii” on the end.
The state of Hawaii embossed at the end of the luggage strap.
So, what is the big deal?
First, to have in my possession a piece of history, a luggage strap used by my favorite Bible teacher, Derek Prince, whom I served on his staff, is priceless to me. To know that this strap went with him all over the world, and especially to Jerusalem, Israel, is a “sign” to me of the Lord’s hand on my life too, as I also travel to Jerusalem often. A part of his legacy I am living.
Second, to know that the Lord directs our steps, each of us, is heartfelt. The One who is so gracious to show us “small signs” of His blessings through directive actions, as ordained and carried out by the Holy Spirit, means a lot to me.
I bless and honor the legacy of Derek Prince, especially his love for the Land and people of Israel. He blazed the trail for many of us in the 1970s-2000s, in biblical understanding and especially the truth about God’s chosen people, as he lived what he believed as Bible truth.
I bless the Lord Yeshua for allowing my good wife Laurie and I to serve in Eretz Y’israel (Land of Israel is Hebrew) as we have and will continue to do, even as the Lord leads.
Ahava (love) and Shalom (peace),
Steve Martin
We welcome your prayers and support as we together bless Israel and His people in their Land.
Contributions are welcome online by clicking HERE on our webpage. Look for the little DONATE button on the right-side column. DONATE HERE.
Love For His People Ministry P.O. Box 1113 Pineville, North Carolina 28134 USA
Message #19 in my series (2025): “It was there" – Oct. 1, 2025
Derek Prince - photos on the Charlotte, NC office
An official portrait of Derek Prince - late 1990s.
Steve Martin leading worship at the Derek Prince Ministries office 2001. David Selby on the right.
Steve Martin stopping by the DPM office in Charlotte, NC 2023
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Saturday, September 27, 2025
"Always On Time" by Steve Martin, Love For His People Ministry
Always
On Time
“…and He made from one man every
nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth,
having determined their appointed times and the
boundaries of their habitation, that they would seek God, if perhaps they
might feel around for Him and find Him, though He is not far
from each one of us; for in Him we live and move and [exist…” Acts 17: 26-28, NASB
A wise man I have always respected once said, “There are no emergencies in the Kingdom of God”. His name was (is) Derek Prince, who passed on to glory in 2003. For me, he was one of the best Bible teachers I have ever known. He would teach the Word of God in ways I and others could fully understand. Thank you, Derek.
As I listened to the wonderful worship song by Elevation Worship, “Always On Time”, thinking back to what I have been taught, our Lord God the Father, His Son Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit, proved that there are no emergencies in the Kingdom of God, and they truly, the Holy Trinity, are always on time. When there seems to be an emergency, or even a time of indecision or “nothing happening”, the Lord proves He has us right in the palm of His hand.
He has always been on time when I needed some encouragement, a decision made, a way to go when the going looked bleak, the seemingly impossible, “never going to happen” moments. And I know you have had those times too. As you look back, you can say “Yes, You were there.” Right?
Our Good Lord has always been faithful. He can be no other. He can do no other. He knows all, sees all, will give faith for all, as we call on His Name. We will find, as we seek Him, the amazing Lord He is, the One Who is worthy of our life that we give to Him, that He has the best for us. And as we offer up our life to Him in faith and trust, we can know His will for us more fully. And later we will look back and say, “You were always on time.”
“Never been a minute, never been a moment, that You weren’t in it. There’s never been a time that You didn’t see me through God, so I worship You.” (Some of the lyrics to the noted song as sung by Bello Cordero. I share the full lyrics below.)
Trust Him. Continually give yourself to Him. The One Who loves you is always on time.
Ahava (love) and Shalom (peace),
We welcome your prayers and support as we together bless Israel and His people in their Land.
Contributions are welcome online by clicking HERE on our webpage. Look for the
little DONATE button on the right side column. DONATE HERE.
Love For His People Ministry P.O. Box 1113 Pineville, North Carolina 28134 USA
Message #18 in my series (2025): “Always On Time" –
Sept. 27, 2025
“I remember how You provided, how You held me through
the night. I remember how You sustained me when You stepped in to save my life.
If I knew then what I know now I would be still, and let You
work it out. Jesus, I was tossed in the water, but I never went under. You were
always on time. Jesus, when I went through the fire. You were right there
beside me. You were always on time.
You are always, always, always on time. I remember how You
carried me when I couldn’t take a step. I remember how You loved me when I
couldn’t love myself. There’s never been a day, never
been a minute, never been a moment that You weren’t in it.
There’s never been a
time that You didn’t see me through God, so I worship You.”
Written by Steven Furtick, Jonathan Smith, Pat Barrett, Leeland
Mooring ©Music by Elevation Worship Publishing, Cashagamble Jet Music / Be
Essential Songs, Housefires, Sounds / Capitol CMG Genesis, Little Ruddy Fellow
Songs CCLI# 7235820
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Wednesday, September 24, 2025
"You Are Not Abnormal" - Steve Martin message, Love for His People Ministry
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Tuesday, September 23, 2025
"You Are Not Abnormal" - Message by Steve Martin, Love For His People Ministry
You Are
Not Abnormal
“But you are the ones chosen by God, chosen for the high calling of priestly work, chosen to be a holy people, God’s instruments to do his work and speak out for him, to tell others of the night-and-day difference he made for you—from nothing to something, from rejected to accepted.”1 Peter 2:9-10 The Message
There are times when we think we are the only ones experiencing a trial, a bad moment, a situation that no one else has had or has gone through before.
You are not abnormal. We are often in spiritual warfare. Where do you think Satan and his demons always attack first? The marriage. The family. The mission. The Lord’s chosen ones, in Israel and throughout the nations.
The Word tells us, prophetically, that in these last days we will experience trials, tribulations, roadblocks, temptations, and ongoing attempts by our enemy to curtail us from completing the mission set before us. Our enemy is not brilliant, but he is not dumb either. He has had enough experience to know what will keep us from pressing on, if we fall to his schemes.
A well-known prophetic man once said, “There are the three things that will be set before you in temptations. Gold, glory, or girls.” He was right.
(Or
as Scripture puts it, in 1 John 2:16, "For all that is in the world, the
lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and
the boastful pride of life, is not from the Father, but is
from the world."
It is supernaturally natural for those who are seeking to hear and obey the call of the Lord Jesus (Yeshua), as He leads us through His Holy Spirit (Ruach HaKodesh), to be opposed by the one who hates God the Father and all those who are His children, Jew and Gentile. And if he can’t get you in one area, he will use another. Or those close to you, who may be more vulnerable.
Is it no surprise then that we, Laurie and I, have been warned by those abiding in Israel and others who have gone before, to be “prayed up” with intercessors covering our backs, as we go forward into His call and purpose for Israel.
“Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of
His might. Put on the
full armor of God, so that you will be able to stand firm against
the schemes of the devil. For our struggle is not against [f]flesh and
blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world
forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of
wickedness in the heavenly places.
Therefore, take up the full armor of God, so that you will be
able to resist on the evil day, and having done everything, to stand
firm. Stand firm
therefore, having belted your waist with truth, and having put on the
breastplate of righteousness, and having strapped on your feet the preparation of the
gospel of peace; in addition to all, taking up the shield of faith with which
you will be able to extinguish all the flaming arrows of the
evil one. And take the helmet of
salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.
With every prayer and request, pray at all times in the
Spirit, and with this in view, be alert with all perseverance and every request
for all the saints,” Ephesians 6:10-18, NASB
As you too face
opposition in your own daily walk, call upon the Name of the Lord, and as I
often say, and you can too, “My times are in Your hands.” Lead us and
protect us, Lord.
We can thus press forward and complete the assignments He has given to each of us with faith and courage.
Ahava (love) and Shalom (peace),
Steve Martin
P.S. In less than three weeks Laurie and I head to
Jerusalem, Israel for three months. Read all about it: Steve
& Laurie - Time Coming for Jerusalem Volunteers.
We welcome your prayers and support as we together bless
Israel and His people in their Land.
Contributions are welcome online by clicking here on our
webpage, when you look for the little DONATE button on each side
column, on the Love For His People website. DONATE HERE.
Love For His People Ministry P.O. Box 1113 Pineville, North Carolina 28134 USA
Message #17 in my series (2025): “You Are Not Abnormal"
– Sept. 22, 2025
#YouAreNotAbnormal #MessagebySteveMartin #LoveForHisPeopleMinistry #Jesus #Yahweh #Yeshua #chosenbyGod #HolySpirit #RuachHaKodesh #spiritualwarfare #courage #helmetofsalvation #faith
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