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Saturday, February 6, 2016
Exclusive Testimonies of Christian NFL Super Bowl Players - FAITH DRIVEN CONSUMER
Tuesday, February 2, 2016
The Panther Prophecy (Bob Jones) - Prophetic Perspective with Rick Joyner
The Panthers Prophecy
Rick Joyner
Monday, February 1, 2016
In this episode, Rick shares Bob Jones’ prophecy from the 1980's about panthers coming to Charlotte and how it would be a sign of something that was to break out and impact the world.
Key words: Bob Jones, BreakOut, Carolina Panthers, Charlotte, impact the world, North Carolina, Prophetic Perspective, Rick Joyner, The Panther Prophecy, SuperBowl, NFL, revival, lumberyard
Stephen Curry (NBA Golden State Warriors)
and Cam Newton (NFL Carolina Panthers)
before a Carolina football game in Charlotte, NC
(Photo added by Love For His People editor - Steve Martin)
Monday, October 19, 2015
Make It Count - Now Think On This by Steve Martin
Make It Count
Now Think On This
by Steve Martin
“But it's trouble ahead if you think you have it made. What you have is all you'll ever get. And it's trouble ahead if you're satisfied with yourself. Your self will not satisfy you for long. And it's trouble ahead if you think life's all fun and games. There's suffering to be met, and you're going to meet it.” (Luke 6:24-25, The Message)
High above the city streets, comfortably living in the multi-millionaire condo, the pro NFL quarterback rests on his laurels. After achieving his early notoriety by leading his football team to the playoffs, he has it made. Now his $20 million a year contract, good for the next five years, has put him in a category few will ever know outside his bubble. The fans rave him. The advertisers laud him. The rest of the world lives on, scrapping by with what little they have. They live on the street below, with nowhere to go.
I will spend nine hours on the job today, among the same towering office buildings. I see it for what it is worth, breaking my heart in the process. Bustling with overachievers, the good life is just waiting to be had. Chasing after the gold, the glory and the girls motivates the majority. In America, wealth is. Get it. Spend it. Get some more of it.
But myself, having left a Christian ministry top administration job in 2010 (after a total of 24 years with three ministries) in order to start a new humanitarian ministry that same year (Love For His People, Inc.), I had to go back to a full time accounting job. I still had to pay the home mortgage and car payment, while keeping the water running and lights on. Typical American.
My good wife at that time had completed 10 full years on her daycare job. Now she is on her 16th year as of this writing. She continues to buy the food and other necessities.
During my office day, on occasion as I sit at my desk, I observe those around me. Several are earning the big bucks (easily $100,000 and much further up the scale each year) and spending company money like there is no limit. Makes no difference if it is today or tomorrow (with our USA government printing it freely, there isn’t.)
In my heart I cry out to the Lord. “Help us raise $150 to buy a sewing machine for a woman in a foreign land, so she can feed her family in the coming days.”
There has always been within me a sense of what Francis of Assisi must have felt like, when his soul became disgusted with the luxury life, and threw it off. These days that reality has become more prominent in our culture. Live like there is no end in sight.
While He walked the earth, coming to save mankind from their lost way, Jesus told the true story of a man named Lazarus. It is, as is true for all of Scripture, still very relevant to us today.
“Now there was a rich man, and he habitually dressed in purple and fine linen, joyously living in splendor every day. "And a poor man named Lazarus was laid at his gate, covered with sores, and longing to be fed with the crumbs which were falling from the rich man's table; besides, even the dogs were coming and licking his sores.
"Now the poor man died and was carried away by the angels to Abraham's bosom; and the rich man also died and was buried. "In Hades he lifted up his eyes, being in torment, and saw Abraham far away and Lazarus in his bosom. "And he cried out and said, ' Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus so that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool off my tongue, for I am in agony in this flame.'
"But Abraham said, 'Child, remember that during your life you received your good things, and likewise Lazarus bad things; but now he is being comforted here, and you are in agony. 'And besides all this, between us and you there is a great chasm fixed, so that those who wish to come over from here to you will not be able, and that none may cross over from there to us.' "And he said, 'Then I beg you, father, that you send him to my father's house — for I have five brothers — in order that he may warn them, so that they will not also come to this place of torment.'
"But Abraham said, 'They have Moses and the Prophets; let them hear them.' "But he said, 'No, father Abraham, but if someone goes to them from the dead, they will repent!' "But he said to him, 'If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, they will not be persuaded even if someone rises from the dead.'" Luke 16:19-17:31 (NASU)
I have decided to quit watching pro football and NASCAR. (Never did like pro basketball or hockey. NASCAR occupied too much time in the past 20 years of my life.) Yes, I have been among those who got into it when young, cheering for the home team to beat the arch rivals. But knowing the vast amounts of money that those very few now make, while others go without, convicts and prevents me from adding to their rich coffers, to play the games people play.
When I stand before my Lord and He asks me, “What did I do with the time and money entrusted to me?” I want to be able to respond as Jesus did and say, “I was about my Father’s business.”
Each of us, having been given allotted time and resources entrusted to us, must choose how we will use them. What we do with what we have, during our remaining life here on earth, will be made known when we each will give an account, standing before the throne of the Almighty God. All things will be revealed when the books are opened.
What are you doing with your time and energy? I encourage you to make it count for eternity.
Now think
on this,
Steve
Martin
Founder
Love For
His People. Inc.
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and the hurting ones here in the USA. Please give out of the abundance you have
been given.
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For His People, Inc. is a charitable,
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of the Father in the nations.
If
these messages minister to you, please consider sending a charitable gift of
$5-$25 today, and maybe each month, to help us bless families we know in
Israel, whom we consistently help through our humanitarian ministry. Your
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Now
Think On This #192 “Make It Count” by Steve
Martin
Date:
In the year of our Lord 2015 (10.19.15) Monday at 7:25 am in Charlotte, NC
All
previous editions of Now Think On This can be found on this
Blog, and on the website: Now Think On This
Sunday, October 11, 2015
You Are The One - Now Think On This by Steve Martin
You Are The One
- Now Think On This
by Steve Martin
Hanging
in our former car garage, which is still attached to our house, though not used
for the original purpose intended, is what some would call a “man cave”. (No,
there is not a husky man with furry fur on his body and meatless bones sticking
out of his mouth living there.) And within this cozy dwelling hangs an NFL
football jersey. This specific piece of clothing sticks out among the other
shirts I have hanging from one of the also former garage door rails. (It is
still a rail, but now serves with a different purpose, as noted.)
This
specific blue, orange and white team shirt, with the number 15 sewn onto it, also
bears the name of Tim Tebow. Because I admired the courage and skill Tim had
while playing for the Denver Broncos (and for another undisclosed reason), I
purchased it in April of 2014 on eBay. It was a bit cheaper at that time, being
he no longer played with the Broncos.
Going
back to his Heisman Trophy winning days while a Florida Gator, Tim Tebow
exemplified someone I wanted to imitate, in the realm of using what you have
been given by your Creator to do. Even though some would say his playing style
didn’t fit the traditional drop-back quarterback mold, he was faithful to use
the talent, discipline and heart that God had given him. He was the one his
teams needed to win the games and a championship.
There is
not another Tim Tebow. Our good Lord only created one of him. Our Father put
within Tim his unique spirit, soul and body. With that came desire, commitment
and connection to the Lord, giving Tim the ability to accomplish his purpose at
that moment in his football life. He achieved the goal because of the grace
given to him, and his acceptance of that fact, to faithfully use that grace.
Thus the college team, and later the big boys’ team, achieved spectacular
heights. In that world of sports, as a team they together made it to the top of
their game.
Now the
percentage of us who have played sports, and then who later filled a role at
the professional level, is very, very small. My guess would say that probably
99.99% of you reading this have never qualified for the starting position of a
sports team. But being that is beside the point, you and I have been called to
a higher calling, to fill a position that no one else but you can fill.
We are
each unique. We have each been created in such a way that if we don’t do what
we have been called to do, not only will we ourselves be hurting in our spirit,
soul and body, but our families, friends, co-workers, and even the people of
the world will be missing out.
No one
else can be the person you and I have each been called to be. You have to be you. You are the one the good Lord has created to fill a specific
plan and purpose in His eternal plan and purpose. Yes, you are the one.
The Lord
isn’t expecting you to be another Tim Tebow. There already is one. He isn’t
expecting you to be another “high profile” person who gets a lot of news
coverage, unless He has intended that
you were created for that purpose. But He is expecting you to use the gifts,
talents and every created cell in your being, beginning with the day you were
conceived in your mother’s womb, to be what you are to be.
The
nations are desperately in need of people who know who they are and are simply,
but obediently, walking in His plan, which has been carefully crafted for His
creation. These are ones like you and I, who are willing to give themselves in
obedience to His calling.
As
Christians, seeking and keeping our eyes
on Jesus (Yeshua), who have been chosen along with our friends the Messianic Jews,
we will rise up in Messiah’s power and strength, fulfilling our purpose as the
Lord’s Body of believers. We will, as One New Man doing our part together as a
team, manifest His glory on the earth. We will be the light to the
nations.
And each
of you are the one to help do it.
Now think
on this,
Steve
Martin
Founder
Love For
His People. Inc.
Love
For His People, Inc. is a charitable,
not-for-profit USA humanitarian organization started in 2010 to share the love
of the Father in the nations.
If
these messages minister to you, please consider sending a charitable gift of
$5-$25 today, and maybe each month, to help us bless families we know in
Israel, whom we consistently help through our humanitarian ministry. Your
tax deductible contributions receive a receipt for each donation. Fed. ID
#27-1633858.
Click
here for safe ONLINE
GIFT GIVING THROUGH OUR WEBSITE using major
credit cards: Love
For His People. If you don't have a
PayPal account you can also use your credit card or bank account (where
available).
Contribution
checks can be sent to:
Love
For His People, Inc. P.O. Box414 Pineville, NC 28134
Todah rabah! (Hebrew
– Thank you very much.)
Please
share Now Think On This with your friends.
Email: loveforhispeople@gmail.com
martinlighthouse@gmail.com
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website: Love
For His People
YouTube: Love For His People
Inc.
Now
Think On This #186 “You Are The One” by Steve Martin
Date:
In the year of our Lord 2015 (10.11.15) Sunday at 5:30 am in Charlotte, NC
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Saturday, September 5, 2015
Tim Tebow cut by Eagles before regular season
Two full seasons after he last appeared in a meaningful NFL game, Tim Tebow 's playing career is back on hold.
Tebow was among the Philadelphia Eagles ' final cuts to their 53-man roster Saturday, placing the quarterback back on a market that has been reticent to give him a chance.
Eagles coach Chip Kelly elected to keep two quarterbacks - Sam Bradford and Mark Sanchez - but said he plans to bring on a third. Matt Barkley , a fourth-round pick in 2013, was traded Friday to the Arizona Cardinals .
“We felt Tim has progressed, but we didn’t feel he was good enough to be the (No.) 3 right now,” Kelly said.
An NFL team still could sign Tebow after teams set their 53-man rosters, but it's unclear whether there's any interest in the signal-caller.
Tebow was inconsistent throughout the preseason after reworking his oft-criticized throwing motion with former MLB pitcher Tom House . In four games of limited action against backups, he completed 58.6% of his passes.
“He really improved his throwing motion from when he was throwing a couple of years ago,” Kelly said. “He worked extremely hard on it and deserves a lot of credit for that. I talked to him a little earlier (Saturday) when we released him.
“He just needs to get more playing time. Get out there and get actual reps. Because he has done a ton on his own from an individual basis, but it is about taking that next step and playing (in) the game.”
Tebow's last shot in the NFL ended at the same stage, with the New England Patriots cutting him in 2013 before the regular season. Unable to land another job in the NFL in 2013, Tebow worked as a college football analyst for ESPN in 2014.
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