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How do you measure success? Steve Martin, Love For His People Ministry
| June 22, 2022 Charlotte, North Carolina Greetings to my family and friends of Love For His People Ministry. It was a delightful last few days if you consider having some poundage removed due to oversizeness. (A new word!) I am thankful to the Lord for good doctors and very friendly nurses. They have succeeded in their endeavors as far as I am concerned. Speaking of success, some measure it in several ways. I share what the Lord understands success to be. Please read my new message below. Also, check out our YouTube playlist here: Jerusalem, Israel. You will particularly love the one with “George Bush” the camel! It was a joy being in the Land this past April and seeing our friends once again, including George. Ahava and shalom, Steve Martin Love For His People Ministry  Success “They are like trees planted by streams — they bear their fruit in season, their leaves never wither, everything they do succeeds.” Psalm 1:3, Complete Jewish Bible How do you measure success? A large brick house on the inland waterfront? An electric car so that the “greenies” are happy you heed their advice and support their agenda when the rest of us pay triple for the energy the Lord already blessed us with? (So now you know what I think of their policies!) Do you measure success by college degrees? One of my five sisters, Janet, has her masters and a couple of bachelors. She is very humble and lives the Christian walk. She has helped many young students in the public school system because of her knowledge and wisdom applied. She has also been a great pastor’s wife in Lawrence, Kansas, sharing the Gospel truth among a most liberal college city. She doesn’t boast about her success in that area. She knows Who has led her in her walk of faith and endurance, along with her husband Nate. Yes, she has ministered quite well in both the natural and the spiritual, being the challenge that is. What about the star athletes who get paid the big, and ever-growing bigger, bucks, and yet when their careers are over have lost much of the wealth they had accumulated? How far did those years of satisfaction last once the gleam and glitter of the spotlight were over? It is so very sad that so many believe their success in life is due to their own achievements, while at the same time railing at the One True God Who has given us His Only Begotten Son Jesus Christ, Yeshua HaMashiach, to save us from the hell otherwise received. In their hatred for all that is good, they despise the One Who so desires them to know His love and freedom He gives. The Lord doesn’t measure His success by how many planet systems He has created, or the vast realm of different plant, animal, or insect life He has shown us on this planet from His creative hand. He did and continues to demonstrate His love for us out of His fatherly love, to bless mankind, His ultimate creation that shares with His family life now and will forever more. Without the Light of the World in your life, deception abounds, and “success” is very short-lived. When I was growing up, I admired the saints (believers) who gave themselves totally for the Lord’s plans and purposes in their lives. They let all else go to discover and walk in the adventurous life they realized came from the One Who gives life. Saint Francis, Saint Martin de Porres, David Livingston, Eric Lindell, and Joan of Arc, to name just a few godly men and women whose biographies so encouraged me in my teen years. They knew the Savior Jesus (Yeshua), and it was His heart and meaning of success that they were after. Eternity meant more to them than the riches that are too often sought after, and then left behind as dust in the wind. When we understand and look to the One Who alone can satisfy the desires of our hearts, nothing else satisfies. I hope you continually strive to know our Lord better today than yesterday. As my good friend, Art Maki will say to the day he goes on to glory, “It is better today but not as good as tomorrow” when we follow the Lord and experience the success He so desires us to have here, and then in heaven forever with Him. Our Father promised success to Joshua if he would follow after Him. His Word is true. He does what He says He will do. “No man will be able to stand before you all the days of your life. Just as I have been with Moses, I will be with you; I will not fail you or forsake you. “Be strong and courageous, for you shall give this people possession of the land which I swore to their fathers to give them. “Only be strong and very courageous; be careful to do according to all the law which Moses My servant commanded you; do not turn from it to the right or to the left, so that you may have success wherever you go.” Joshua 1:5-8, NASU Ahava and shalom, Steve Martin, Love For His People founder  Encouragement – first from Jerusalem, Israel, and then from Charlotte, North Carolina, USAby Steve Martin (published May 25, 2022) In April 2022 my good friend David Peterman of Lancaster, South Carolina, and I took an Ahava Adventure (“love” in Hebrew) back to Jerusalem as soon as the skies and the Land of Israel opened up again. During those 10 days the Lord Yeshua, Jesus Christ, gave me words to share, which I wrote down each day to share with others. These make up the first part of this book. The next section is comprised of messages inspired by the Holy Spirit from our home in Charlotte, North Carolina, beginning before and after the Israel trip. As the Lord would give me a prophetic word, I would start writing and He would further expand on it. Thus those words are written in the major section of this book. Everyone needs encouragement. Every day. All the negative news spewed out from social media platforms and airwaves needs to be offset by the good news the Lord Jesus (Yeshua) brings to us. From the time He walked the streets of Jerusalem in the first century, to today in this 21st Century, He shares love from heaven and from this home in Charlotte, North Carolina. Until He returns soon, may these messages uplift your spirit, reveal more of His heart, and sustain you as you walk daily in the direction the Holy Spirit gives with the grace and provision that comes with His presence. Steve Martin May 2022 Charlotte, North Carolina USA To purchase on Amazon: Encouragement – from Jerusalem, Israel and then from Charlotte, North Carolina – Paperback $12.95 E-book $2.99  SPECIAL NOTE: Our ministry’s mobile app is available for iPhones and Androids. This is a free app download. Look here: Love For His People free phone app You can sign up for my email messages: Love For His People. The sign-up form is on our ministry website: ministry newsletter You have the opportunity to help support the work of this ministry, including the monthly support we give to these in Israel: His Lighthouse (Nissim and Hadassah Lerner), the Aliyah Return Center (Chaim Malespin), His Heart Ministries (Richard and Carolyn Hyde), Messianic Ethiopian Rabbi Kokeb Gedamu, CBN News Jerusalem (Chris Mitchell and Julie Stahl) and others: Please DONATE online now. You can also send checks to: Love For His People P.O. 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Steve Martin
Wednesday, February 7, 2018
Dream On - Now Think On This by Steve Martin
Dream On
Now Think On This
Steve Martin
"And it shall come to pass afterward that I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh;
your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams,
your young men shall see visions. And also on My menservants and on My maidservants
I will pour out My Spirit in those days.” Joel 2:28-29, NKJV)
The white mini-van was picking up speed as it rolled backward. Soon it would hit the larger hill, making it almost impossible to stop before tragedy struck. But I had to try. I yanked open the driver’s side door and pushed the young boy sitting on the seat aside quickly. Somehow he had put it in reverse. The other kids in the vehicle hung on to whatever they could, as they started screaming with fear.
I grabbed hold of the stirring wheel, trying desperately to pull myself up so I could get a better angle at the brake on the floor with my right foot. Time was running out, and I wasn’t getting pumping the brakes hard and fast enough. I knew that the cases of soda stacked to the ceiling in the van’s backend only added to the problem, as the increased load of weight was only adding to the problem, pulling faster down by gravity.
And then I woke up.
Don’t you wish you could have a complete dream, or remember the ones you do get? This past season I have often prayed before going to sleep that the Lord would give my wife and me good dreams, of the supernatural kind, that would instruct us, or draw us closer to His purposes. I believe they have come, with more on the way.
Though I don’t have full insight into the interpretation of the aforementioned dream, I do believe, as Scripture prophesies, that men (and women) of my age shall experience dreams from the Lord. They will be prophetic and they will increasingly come as we approach these days, with the outpouring of the Holy Spirit. A strategy is needed to fight the enemy, to be aware of his evil movements, and secure methods to resist his actions against us, which will be more necessary. Lives will depend on it. Dreams will be one method used to accomplish this.
In another recent dream my wife and I were on a trip – more recreational than ministerial it seemed – and my best friend showed up out of nowhere to accompany us. He lives in Illinois and we reside in North Carolina, and it surprised me more than anything when he appeared where we were. In this dream too I remember a vehicle of ours involved, which is a sign of movement to accomplish a certain task.
Again, I believe the Lord has plans and purposes ahead that He wants us to be aware of, and get be prepared for. Giving us dreams will be one way of fulfilling that goal He has for us and others.
"In a dream, a vision of the night, when sound sleep falls on men, while they slumber in their beds, then He opens the ears of men, and seals their instruction…” (Job 33:15-16, NASU)
While we sleep the Lord can choose to speak to us. I think it is partly because that is when we have slowed down enough to let Him speak! Our ears are more inclined to be open.
I am determined to continually seek the Lord each night, requesting Him to speak to us in our dreams. I know He wants to share, and I want to listen. I trust you do too.
Speak Lord!
Shalom and ahava (peace and love in Hebrew).
Now think on this,
Steve Martin
Founder/President
Love For His People, Inc.
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Wednesday, October 25, 2017
Dabbling With the Dark Side? The Bible Clearly Condemns Halloween - BEN GODWIN CHARISMA NEWS
Dabbling With the Dark Side? The Bible Clearly Condemns Halloween
BEN GODWIN CHARISMA NEWS
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Darkness is used in Scripture as a metaphor for evil to represent all that is sinful and satanic.
In contrast, light is a biblical metaphor for good to represent truth and all that is of God.
The apostle Paul instructed, "Therefore do not be partakers with them. For you were formerly darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light—for the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth ... And do not have fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness; instead, expose them" (Eph. 5:7-9, 11).
It's a tricky balance for Christians to be in the world without conforming to it.
Jesus prayed, "I do not pray that You should take them out of the world, but that You should keep them from the evil one" (John 17:15).
If we imitate the world, we lose our distinction; if we isolate from the world, we lose our influence. Christians need to engage the culture if we expect to make an impact.
It's perfectly fine for a boat to be in the water, but if too much water gets in the boat, now that's a problem. This brings up the question, "How should Christians treat Halloween?"
The origin of Halloween incorporated a mixture of Christian and pagan practices.
According to World Book Encyclopedia, "Halloween developed from an ancient pagan festival celebrated by Celtic people over 2,000 years ago in the area that is now the U.K., Ireland, and Northern France. The festival was called 'Samhain' (pronounced SOW ehn), which means 'summer's end' and it marked the beginning of the dark winter season and was celebrated around Nov. 1. In the ninth century, the Catholic Church established a new holiday—All Saint's Day, also called All Hallows. 'Hallow' means 'saint' or 'one who is holy.' The evening before All Hallows was known as All Hallow's Eve, eventually shortened to Halloween.
"About 200 years later, the church added All Soul's Day on Nov. 2, a day set aside to pray for friends and family who died. People made many of the old pagan customs part of this Christian holy day. Some put out food for their deceased ancestors, or left lanterns burning in the windows so that ghosts could find their way home for the night. In England, people went house to house 'souling,' asking for small breads called soul cakes in exchange for prayers or songs (thus the origin of trick or treating)."
While I personally don't celebrate Halloween, I'm not a killjoy on a mission to rob people of fun. I do not equate dressing up in a cartoon or superhero costume and collecting candy with devil worship.
Many believers boycott Halloween because of its dark elements. The downside is Christian kids feel like they are missing out. Thankfully, many churches offer alternatives such as trunk-or-treat or fall festivals that provide wholesome fun and safe candy zones to keep kids off the streets.
Some of what happens on Halloween is harmless fun, but anyone with any spiritual discernment cannot deny that there is a sinister side.
"Abstain from all appearances of evil" (1 Thess. 5:22). Sin, like art, starts by drawing a line somewhere! It's an odd contradiction for Christians to dress their kids up as creepy characters they try to teach them not emulate.
At this time of year there is a tsunami of horror movies flooding the airwaves featuring vampires, witches, zombies, monsters, cannibals and savage serial killers. Hollywood and viewers, it seems, have an obscene obsession with and an insatiable appetite for gory violence.
You can't avoid being bombarded by the commercials even if you just watch news or sports. These shows glamorize evil and open the door to demonic influences. Some say it's all just fantasy or harmless entertainment, but, if what people watch doesn't affect behavior, then why do companies spend billions of dollars to advertise to them?
In Greek Mythology, Zeus gave Pandora a box and a key as a wedding gift with a note "Do Not Open." Curiosity overcame her and she lifted the lid releasing all the forces of evil into the world.
The point is there are some doors you really don't want to open.
"Leave no [such] room or foothold for the devil [give no opportunity to him]" (Eph. 4:27, AMP).
Don't open the door to sin's destructive influence. Slam the door shut in Satan's face!
Halloween is a showcase for witchcraft which the Bible clearly condemns (Ex. 22:18; Lev. 19:31, 20:6, 27; Deut. 18:10-14; Gal. 5:19-21), calling it an "abomination"—morally disgusting, detestable, despicable and abhorrent.
Contrary to popular belief, books and movies, there is no such thing as a "good witch." That is an oxymoron. How can someone controlled by evil forces be good?
Paul asked the Corinthians, "For what fellowship has righteousness with unrighteousness? What communion has light with darkness?" (2 Cor. 6:14, MEV).
Christians have no business dabbling in any form of witchcraft: horoscopes, crystal balls, séances, Ouija boards, Dungeons & Dragons, pentagrams, tarot cards, palm reading, spells, fortune telling, mediums, channeling, divination, sorcery, black magic and so forth.
There are only two sources of supernatural power—God and Satan. If something is not of God, where does it originate?
If you are involved in any of these practices, I urge you to repent of it, renounce it and ask God to remove it from your life. Don't gamble with your soul. Satan uses these and other ploys to deceive the masses.
What we need to know about our future is either found in Scripture or can be revealed to us by the Holy Spirit (John 16:13).
Like bugs drawn to a light to their own demise, man has an inexplicable, magnetic attraction toward evil.
Robert Rudolph said it well: "Open minds like open windows need screens to keep the bugs out."
The air may seem clean in a house, but the air filter catches many unseen pollutants. There are many false beliefs and deceptions floating around, but the Bible is our filter. Its radiant light helps us discern and dispel the darkness.
"God is light, and in Him is no darkness at all" (1 John 1:5). Friends, it's not worth the eternal risk of dabbling with the dark side. 
Ben Godwin is the author of four books and he pastors the Goodsprings Full Gospel Church. His weekly telecast, The Word Workshop, airs on TV-16 and Charter Cable No. 10 on Mondays at 9 p.m. and Tuesdays at noon and live streams on TV16HD.com. His website is bengodwin.org.
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