"Never Quit" by Steve Martin, Love For His People Ministry

Aug. 20, 2025 Greetings to you once again. Most of us can recite the famous words of Winston Churchhill, speaking to a war-torn and weary people of Engand. "Never, never, never give up." Living the Christian walk is always a challenge, but we too must never quit. Read my new message below, "Never Quit." It will encourage your heart today. Ahava and Shalom, Steve Martin Love For His People Ministry P.S. Short and sweet, that is what we like.

Israel Photo of the Week: Oskar Schindler's gravesite in the cemetery on Mount Zion. Across the valley is the Mount Zion Hotel, where I had dinner with Cathy Hargett's Highway To Zion ministry tour. (See related message below.)

Don’t Quit     “So let’s not allow ourselves to get fatigued doing good. At the right time we will harvest a good crop if we don’t give up, or quit. Right now, therefore, every time we get the chance, let us work for the benefit of all, starting with the people closest to us in the community of faith.” The Message, Galatians 6:9     Discouragement and wanting to quit rarely happen. Not!   Even the “Pioneers of Faith” wanted to call it quits at times. Ever read about David in Psalms on the run from Saul? Sure, you have. But we can learn from him. David knew what to do when he got weary, ran out of steam, or got discouraged at the thought of what may lie ahead. And he learned how to continue, to not quit.   In the spring of 2018 I was in Jerusalem, by myself, seriously believing it was my last time coming to the Land. The ministry of Love for His People seemed to be “petering” out. I wasn’t sure if this was it. In fact, I believed it was. There would be no return, for that which I had lived for in many aspects was ending.   Cathy Hargett, Highway To Zion founder here in Charlotte, North Carolina, had a tour in the Holy City at the same tim. She invited me to their evening meal at Mount Zion Hotel, across the valley from Oskar Schindler’s (1908-1974) gravesite on Mount Zion. I felt like this was ending too, but not in the “glory” Oskar had been shown. (Watch this YouTube: Oskar Schindler)   I spoke to Cathy. “This is it for me. This is my last trip to Israel.” I really believed it.   When I left the dinner, walking back to my lodging, the Holy Spirit spoke to me and said, “This is not your last trip. In fact, you will be coming two times a year.”   “What??!!” The usual, skeptical response many of us have when the Lord tells us something. (We need to be more like Mary when she was spoken to.)   “For nothing will be impossible with God.” And Mary said, “Behold, the Lord’s bond-servant; may it be done to me according to your word.” And the angel departed from her.” Luke 1:37-38, NASB   The Lord has more faith than we do. In fact, He is the author of faith, for He Himself is Faithful and True.   As we give ourselves to His plans and purposes, we will find grace to keep going, to never quit, to finish the work He has set before us.   Carry on in love, faith, and with much hope. This is no time to quit.    Ahava and Shalom,   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, when you look for the little DONATE button on each side column, Love For His People uses. DONATE HERE.   Are you new to these messages, or has another shared them with you? Sign up here to receive it directly in your email InBox. Go to our website and click on the nice, “full of brewed coffee mug” with the Love For His People logo on it, found on either side column of the webpage. You will be glad you did! Sign Up for Steve Martin's Messages Please request to have your name added to our Signal group “Love for His People” for regular updates, especially when we are in Jerusalem. Email Steve here to connect more: Love For His People   Love For His People Ministry 12120 Woodside Falls Rd. Pineville, North Carolina, USA   Message #12 in my new series (2025): “Don’t Quit" - Aug. 16, 2025

My newest book was published on Aug. 1, 2025. "Come and Go - Hear the Word of the Lord" Steve Martin When the Lord calls each of us to “come, follow Me”, He does so because He has a great plan and purpose for each of our lives. He knows what our desires are, but most importantly, He is the one who puts those desires in our hearts. As you seek Him, He will lead you to places you have never dreamed of, giving you missions you had never thought possible, and will direct your steps to complete the total picture He has for you, as you take your place in His Body among the peoples of the nations. Each must hear the word to “Come”, and then listen to the word of the Lord to “Go.” May that be in your heart also, from the Father Who gives us the desires of our hearts. Buy now on Amazon, Paperback $6.99, Kindle $1.99 Special note: You can get the ebook version FREE from Aug. 20-23. No Kindle needed. Click here: FREE "Come and Go" Aug. 20-23, 2025 only. We certainly are grateful for your support, which we will use for our volunteer months in Jerusalem. Contributions are welcome online by clicking here: DONATE HERE ON OUR WEBSITE

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"Don't Quit" - message by Steve Martin, Love For His People Ministry

 

Don’t Quit

“So let’s not allow ourselves to get fatigued doing good. At the right time we will harvest a good crop if we don’t give up, or quit. Right now, therefore, every time we get the chance, let us work for the benefit of all, starting with the people closest to us in the community of faith.” The Message, Galatians 6:9

Discouragement and the desire to quit rarely occur. Not!

Even the “Pioneers of Faith” wanted to call it quits at times. Ever read about David in the Psalms on the run from Saul? Sure, you have. But we can learn from him. David knew what to do when he got weary, ran out of steam, or got discouraged at the thought of what may lie ahead. And he learned how to persevere, not to quit.

In the spring of 2018 I was in Jerusalem, by myself, seriously believing it was my last time coming to the Land. The ministry of Love for His People seemed to be “petering” out. I wasn’t sure if this was it. In fact, I believed it was. There would be no return, for that which I had lived for in many aspects was ending.

Cathy Hargett, Highway To Zion founder here in Charlotte, North Carolina, had a tour in the Holy City at the same tim. She invited me to their evening meal at Mount Zion Hotel, across the valley from Oskar Schindler’s (1908-1974) gravesite on Mount Zion. I felt like this was ending too, but not in the “glory” Oskar had been shown. (Watch this YouTube: Oskar Schindler)

I spoke to Cathy. “This is it for me. This is my last trip to Israel.” I really believed it.

When I left the dinner, walking back to my lodging, the Holy Spirit spoke to me and said, “This is not your last trip. In fact, you will be coming two times a year.”

“What??!!” The usual, skeptical response many of us have when the Lord tells us something. We need to be more like Mary when she was spoken to.

“For nothing will be impossible with God.” And Mary said, “Behold, the Lord’s bond-servant; may it be done to me according to your word.” And the angel departed from her.” Luke 1:37-38, NASB

The Lord has more faith than we do. In fact, He is the author of faith, for He Himself is Faithful and True.

As we give ourselves to His plans and purposes, we will find grace to keep going, to never quit, to finish the work He has set before us.

Carry on in love, faith, and with much hope. This is no time to quit.

Ahava and Shalom,



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, when you look for the little DONATE button on each side column, Love For His People uses. DONATE HERE.

Are you new to these messages, or has another shared them with you? Sign up here to receive it directly in your email InBox. Go to our website and click on the nice, “full of brewed coffee mug” with the Love For His People logo on it, found on either side column of the webpage. You will be glad you did! Sign Up for Steve Martin's Messages

Please request to have your name added to our Signal group “Love for His People” for regular updates, especially when we are in Jerusalem. Email Steve here to connect more: Love For His People

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12120 Woodside Falls Rd. Pineville, North Carolina, USA

Message #12 in my new series (2025): “Don’t Quit" - Aug. 16, 2025

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I Understand Schindler - Now Think On This by Steve Martin

I Understand Schindler

Steve Martin

“All the others gave what they'll never miss; she gave extravagantly what she couldn't afford — she gave her all."  (Mark 12:44, THE MESSAGE)

Oskar Schindler was a German industrialist and a member of the Nazi Party who is credited with saving the lives of 1,200 Jews during the Holocaust by employing them in his enamelware and ammunitions factories in occupied Poland and the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. He was born April 28, 1908, in Svitavy, Czech Republic, and died October 9, 1974, in Hildesheim, Germany. (Wikipedia)

His grave is included among those of the Righteous Gentiles, in a cemetery upon Mount Zion in Jerusalem, Israel. Seeing the tomb covered with many, many memorial stones, as is a customary tradition for Jews visiting family and friends’ grave sites, to leave their mark of visitation with a stone, indicates the love and respect he still receives to this day. (*see photos below.) I have seen the cemetery many times, and his gravesite among many. It causes one to strive even more in committing to fulfill one’s destiny in the Lord’s commission He has given each one of us.

Seeing the movie Schindler’s List in 1993, depicting his final years in saving the lives of those 1,200 Jews during the Holocaust murderous years of World War II, caused a deep stirring personally in my life. I believe I can speak the same for many others who sat in those American and worldwide theaters, witnessing these dramatic salvations. (Schindler was portrayed by Liam Neeson, with the movie directed by Steven Spielberg (a Jew). The production won the Academy Award for Best Picture of the year.)

Finally, after these 26 years since the movie has been released, I am now understanding Schindler more fully. I get it. I “see the big picture” more fully.

I realize the deliberate passion he had, the divine purpose he lived, and the definite plans the Lord gave him to fulfill. Oskar Schindler was given a mission, and comprehending it fully or not, he gave all he had within and without himself, to the very last. He finished the race. He saved others from certain death.

The Apostle Paul, himself laid hold of, apprehended, by the Lord Jesus, Yeshua the Messiah, wrote this regarding who you and I are, in our respective calling.

“For just as there are many parts that compose one body, but the parts don’t all have the same function; so there are many of us, and in union with the Messiah we comprise one body, with each of us belonging to the others. But we have gifts that differ and which are meant to be used according to the grace that has been given to us.

If your gift is prophecy, use it to the extent of your trust; if it is serving, use it to serve; if you are a teacher, use your gift in teaching; if you are a counselor, use your gift to comfort and exhort; if you are someone who gives, do it simply and generously; if you are in a position of leadership, lead with diligence and zeal; if you are one who does acts of mercy, do them cheerfully.” (Romans 12:4-8, Complete Jewish Bible)

Each of us has been given an eternal purpose. Each of us were created, specifically molded in our mother’s womb (not to be murdered before delivery) to walk in the Creator’s awesome realm. We are not just living here on planet earth for our own happiness and pleasure. We have been wonderfully created and given a high calling, a diving strategy, a significant opportunity to live out that which we too have been apprehended for.

As Paul again says, and we certainly can too, “Not as though I had already attained, either were

already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus. Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.” (Philippians 3:12-14, KJV)

Oskar Schindler finished the race. He took what he had been given and gave it his all. In the end, the deep, deep cry in his heart was to see more and more Jews freed from being herded onto the death camp trains, that would take them to the murderous gas chambers. He gave everything he had. And yet he so wanted to give more.

We too have a Savior. He Himself gave everything He had, coming from His throne in heaven, to give His life, even to the point of death on a horrible tree, experiencing a crucifixion of pain and suffering for you and I, to give us salvation and freedom, for eternal life with Him in heaven.

Don’t waste the life you have been given here on your own pleasure and self-seeking love. Give your life for the eternal purpose for which you too are to accomplish, in laying it down for others. You have a tremendous part in the salvation of others, giving and sharing the saving knowledge of the Gospel, through the life you live.

Your calling is great. The goal is there. It will take much effort and commitment to reach it. Even as Schindler gave all he had; even as Yeshua Ha Mashiach, the Ultimate and Only Savior of the world, gave all He had; so, we too must give all that we have.

But the eternal reward is so much worth it all.

Shalom and ahava (peace and love in Hebrew).

Now think on this,

Steve Martin

Founder/President

Love For His People, Inc.

*Oskar Schindler died on 9 October 1974 and is buried in Jerusalem on Mount Zion,
the only member of the Nazi Party to be honored in this way.

 Cemetery on Mount Zion in Jerusalem, Israel where Schindler is buried.

 Cemetery entrance to the grave site of Oskar Schindler in Jerusalem, Israel
(See his name at the top of the gate.)

Oskar Schindler's grave site on Mt. Zion in Jerusalem, Israel
- covered with stones left by visitors. To honor him and his deeds.

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