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Wednesday, March 11, 2026

Where it began...I can't begin to know it. But come and see!

                       

Where it all began...must have been in Lawrence, Kansas, in August of 2025. 

My good wife Laurie and I flew to Kansas City to be with one of my sisters (I have 5), 

Janet, and her husband, Nate. It was a very pleasant time of touring the city, the 

countryside, the small towns, and the parks found in central Kansas.

When Nate told me about his "$4.95 Sip and What Not" (not the real name) at the

 local coffee-and-bagel restaurant, I just had to do it. I was raised looking for the 

"good deals".

When we got back to Charlotte, North Carolina, I checked out the local one. And 

sure enough, every morning I could get a cup of coffee (limit one every two hours, 

mind you), and I liked adding a blueberry bagel just to ease my conscience.

Lo and behold, this website began with that theme. "Morning Place To Be."

I like to write, so this will be one of those "not so heavy with all the news" places to 

go, as you, too, enjoy your coffee every morning.

As they say (sometimes, though it gets worn out), "Enjoy."

Be blessed,

Steve Martin

P.S. Nate in the top photo is on the left. More grayer, though a wee bit younger, 

than I am. Ha!

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"All Hands On Deck" by Steve Martin

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All Hands On Deck

Each of us has been given gifts (talents) as the Lord shared to the listeners in the Gospel. What they did with them (or only one) determines how their reward, or not, resulted.

We each know individuals who are using their gifts from the Lord for the good of His Body. We surely recognize the “more noticeable one” – the pastors, teachers, prophets, evangelists, and even a few apostles in the church.

But I want you each to know, the ones who don’t have those “titles” ( and don’t get me started on “titles” so prevalent these days) that you are just as important.

The main leader in any church, synagogue or ministry, the visionary, certainly needs the administrator to carry out the dream. There may be the engine, but without the wheels that vehicle is not going anywhere fast.

So you having a hospitality gift, or a child development gift, or the one who uses his skills to construct or maintain the properties the Lord has entrusted to us; or even the one who leads worship in the home group of seven – you are just as important.

Not every job is “ministry”. Trust me, I know, after having been with ministries and churches on staff for over 35 years.

The Lord and His Body needs us all, serving together, each sharing his/her talent(s) for His plans and purposes.

“As each one has received a special gift, employ it in serving one another as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.” 1 Peter 4:10

Serve on!

Ahava and shalom,

Steve Martin, Love For His People

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The Movement Centre with Bishop Lathan Wood and Steve Martin

My good friend, Lathan Wood, and his congregation have done an incredible job buying and restoring an older church building in Gastonia.

He gives me a tour of both buildings. Having seen the “before” and now after results, I was amazed. Wonderful Movement Centre team!

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For a bit on the lighter side. My new blog “Morning Place To Be” with Steve Martin

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Check this out! Morning Place To Be with Steve Martin

Have a coffee and a blueberry bagel as you view and watch. For a lighter place to go each day.

Be blessed,

Steve Martin

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Worship Our Lord Jesus with Steve Martin - playlist

 

                                    Worship Our Lord Jesus with Steve Martin

                  - playlist with these six songs sung at Succat Hallel in Jerusalem

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Love For His People Ministry was founded in 2010 by Steve & Laurie Martin. Charlotte, NC USA

Back again soon in the Land

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The week of March 9, 2026 - flying back to Israel to make more videos! Stay tuned.

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"Abraham Lincoln and the Holy Land" - message by Steve Martin

 

Abraham Lincoln and the Holy Land

 

“For the enemy has persecuted my soul; He has crushed my life to the ground; He has made me dwell in dark places, like those who have long been dead.”  Psalm 143:3, NASB

Well, that’s not a Bible verse anyone will put on their refrigerator!

And yet we go through those seasons when we feel exactly that – crushed, forsaken, “Where are You, Lord” times in our lives. So, then what?

Abraham Lincoln, our beloved 16^th American president, was known to have had “melancholy”—or simply depression. We can certainly understand why, amid the Civil War, his young son’s death, and his wife Martha’s health issues.

I have several books on my bookcase and have read most of them. They are not just for show.

Though he was not known as a churchgoer, he did call upon the Name of the Lord Jesus for guidance, courage, and fortitude to stand for righteousness in many political and life situations. Battered, hated, and later assassinated, he did seek the Lord in his times of depression and melancholy.

On his deathbed, it has been written that Lincoln spoke these words to his wife, Martha, as she drew near with her ear.

“A strong case can be made, based on the “Personal Reminiscences of Abraham Lincoln” (kept at the Illinois State Historical Library), a manuscript Noyes W. Miner, pastor of the First Baptist Church in Springfield, Illinois, who wrote of his conversations with Mary Todd Lincoln in 1882, and several other references, that these were Abraham Lincoln’s last words:

“We will visit the Holy Land and see those places hallowed by the footsteps of the Savior. There is no city on earth I so much desire to see as Jerusalem.”

 

These are the words that follow in the manuscript: "and with that word half spoken on his tongue, the bullet from the pistol of the assassin’s entered his brain, and the soul of the great and good President was carried by the Angels to the New Jerusalem & above.” (see here: Abraham Lincoln's Last Words)

There are at least ten fascinating facts about Lincoln and the Jews. Look here for more: Lincoln and the Jews. But that is for another day, another message.

We can all admire President Abraham Lincoln for the life he led and the courage he displayed, even as he fought spiritual and natural battles most of his life. And while I am on the subject, we can also give thanks to the Lord for the great President Donald J. Trump, who is to our country, and his ongoing support for Israel and our Jewish friends in their Land.

Lord, give us courage to also stand against the enemies that seek to destroy them, our friends, the Jews in Israel.

Ahava and shalom,

Steve Martin, Love For His People in Charlotte, North Carolina

Message #8, 2026, “Abraham Lincoln and the Holy Land”, Feb. 26, 2026, 11:30 am

Steve Martin's bookcase - Abraham Lincoln set

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DAVID’s SHIELD Supporting Brave IDF Soldiers, Christian Friends of Israel Jerusalem

Christian Friends of Israel Jerusalem's DAVID’s SHIELD Supporting Brave IDF Soldiers 

Article by Steve Martin, CFI volunteer

 shield@cfijerusalem.org

 

THE WINTER SEASON at any army base can be a bit more brutal than elsewhere in a country. 

Making do with government supplies and equipment just does not make one feel “warm and cozy” at times, while in the realm of protecting one’s country. Especially when the setting is out in the fields of the low country, with winds coming off the sea nearby. Though one does not expect soldiers to have it all “as at home,” we do want them to be alert, prepared, and ready for their active duty when called upon. We want (need) them to have the resources that one would expect them to have. But they always do not. 

So, it was with the IDF soldiers, whom the volunteers with Christian Friends of Israel came to connect with, befriend, and share the love of Yeshua through practical means. We want them to know, being mostly Jewish, that the Father has sent many Christians to “bear them up” and bring some of His provision from the people around the world.

Steve and Laurie Martin (USA) and Elisabeth Oelwein (Germany) did just that in the middle of December, when the sun had set and the cold wind blew. They came to bring His love and warmth. After the two-hour trip to collect the military clothing to Askelon, meeting with our supplier, we drove further south to meet with Avi, commander at a base just near Nahal Oz, the one raided, partially destroyed, and saw the murder of 18 women soldiers monitoring the security system, by Hamas killers. 

With his duties requiring him to be on mission that afternoon, after a three hour wait, we drove to another base 45 minutes away to meet with Noar, a 43-year-old volunteer commanding a force of young soldiers. Noar was excited when he received the warm blankets and supplies, calling them candy for the men. Returning to the base, the two young soldiers who greeted us there, David and his “brother-in-arms,” who had lost a brother on Oct. 7, 2023, were filled with gratitude and acceptance when we unloaded the van full of winter clothing and toiletries. 

These two were younger than some of our grandsons. A father’s heart for them indeed welled up inside me. Just as His heart does daily. Christians, helping Jews, in their Promised Land given to them by the Living God of Israel. David’s Shield is helping to fulfill the mandate given to Christians from the Lord, to lift their arms as they return to, and fight to keep, their Land.

Steve Martin CFI Volunteer 12.17.25

 Lyailya Telgarina, Outreach Coordinator Project David’s Shield; shield@cfijerusalem.org

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"Changing and Shifting Season" - prophetic word to Steve Martin from Jeremy Lopez, Identity Network

 

“Changing & Shifting Season”

Prophetic word to Steve Feb. 17, 2026 from Jeremy Lopez, Identity Network

My son in this time of your life there are going to be a lot of changes. A lot of changes, not from every single day of life living but big changes when it deals with the direction you are headed. Things in your life, people in your life.

You are going to start seeing in this season where truly new spiritual giftings are going to begin to come out. New spiritual giftings, callings, talents coming out of you. In fact, you are going to feel in the next year, year and a half, almost as if you are a brand new person. You are going to start feeling and sensing something new, something vibrant, something has just electrocuted you, as if you stick your finger in a light socket and all of a sudden, “Wow, I got this jolt of energy. I got this big burst of energy coming to me.

You will start getting a lot more feeling of that energy coming to you, like a new way of looking at life and outlook on how you see things. You are going to recognize this season where the way you view life is going to be wholly different for you. In fact, people are going to ask you and they are going to wonder, “Did you do something different to yourself” Different in how you dress, for you seem happier. People are going to start recognizing you are happier. They are going to start recognizing that great things inside of you are coming to the surface.

Things that are in you are going to come out of you. This is a time where you will begin to see where the river will begin to turn. Your river of life will begin to turn into a different place. The direction you think you are headed now is actual not the direction you are going into.

I am going to surprise you. I am going to find you at a place where you will look and you will say, “Man I never thought I would be doing this in my life, just two years ago.” You will discover renewed things are going to happen to you because I am changing your direction.

Whatever you do don’t allow yourself to get your eyes on people. Don’t allow yourself to get your eyes on other people who might try to tell you what to do or try to control you, to tell you where to go and what to do.

Not everybody has the wisdom of the Kingdom in them. Not everybody knows the direction of your life. Not everybody knows exactly where I am taking you. Even though others will look at you and say, “You know what? You have been doing this for a long time and you have been doing that for a long time.”

And God said, “But guess what? The way that they have seen you, the way that you have operated in your life is not going to be the way you are going to operate in this next season of your life. It is going to be new operations, new things coming out of you. So therefore don’t let people pigeon hole you and tell you what you should be doing, where you should be going, because they don’t know.

People around you only see what you have been happy with in the past. People will only look at you and recognize exactly what you did in the past that you were good at doing. People will only look at you and recognize what everybody else thinks you should be doing.

These are not right. None of these are right. What is right is when you do and continue to do what I want you to do no matter if other people agree or disagree. There are those in your past who would love nothing more than to lord over you. And basically get over you, almost like control you, tell you what to do. It is not rebellion to love them, but walk away.

It’s a season in which I am causing you to detach from several people, several mindsets. And it doesn’t mean that these people don’t love you, it just means that they love to control. They love their controlling more than they do you. Wow.

Therefore, son, make sure that you are paying attention to what the Holy Spirit is telling you. I am leading you into all righteousness. I am leading you into more joy. I am leading you into a place where you will discover what truly you are free to be you, and free to do what you want to do and free to do what I want you to do.

This is a new season coming upon you. So make sure this season you set goals. Make sure you set goals, goals, goals on what it is you sense that I am telling you. Because what I am telling you now is going to be different than what you have been doing.

So listen closely to what the voice of the Lord is talking to you about. Once My Spirit in this next MONTH starts talking to you and downloading into you new vision, you are going to be like, “Really? Wow. Me doing this? You are telling me that I need to be doing that?”

You will hear things differently, but that’s the beauty of the Kingdom of God. My Spirit is going to tell you the direction where that river is going. He is going to tell you some different things. Those are going to be your new purposes. Those are going to be your new goals.

Set them this hour. Get before me and allow My Spirit to tell you and download into you how to be able to be successful at the things I have called you to do in this life.

Just remember this season is going to shift more than any other season has in the past five years of your life."

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"Pressing In" by Steve Martin

 

Pressing In

“Brothers and sisters, I do not regard myself as having taken hold of it yet; but one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and reaching forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. Therefore, all who are mature, let’s have this attitude; and if in anything you have a different attitude, God will reveal that to you as well;” Philippians 3:13-15, NASB

 

In 2020, I published my 30th book, entitled Press On!, and wrote the following introduction,

I have written several messages that made their way into my books on the subjects of pressing on, being faithful, being strong in the Lord, and fighting the good fight.

These are the days when it will take more than giving verbal acknowledgment and just words from our mouths in our service to the King Jesus.

It will take blood, sweat, tears, heartache, and determination to press on even if others have stopped and built a home along the road, believing they are finished.

Those of us who have been called, anointed, and commissioned for the King’s service have one thing going for us – we are not alone.

The Holy Spirit, Ruach HaKodesh, has been promised by the Son Jesus Christ, Yeshua HaMashiach, to always be with us. He is our Comforter, our Director, the One Who will lead us on. He is with us along this entire journey of faith.

This book is meant to encourage you to continue seeking the Living God, the One Who left Jerusalem, Israel, and is soon to return to Jerusalem, Israel.

Be encouraged in your walk. Keep seeking the Lord above.

Let Him direct your steps always, as you hear and obey. We both will be happy we did.

 

So, press on, for eternity!

 

It is even more true today. As I receive prayer concerns from others, from family, friends, and friends-to-be, the need to maintain courage, faith, and pressing on into the plans and purposes of our Lord is ever increasing, as the day draws near. For His soon return.

 

Pressing on should be our norm by now. Facing each day is not meant to go it alone. Our Lord has given us His Holy Spirit, Ruach HaKodesh, to go with us, lead us, and embolden us for His eternal glory.

 

Today is another day to show His Hand strong on our behalf. Have courage and keep pressing in.

Ahava and shalom,

Steve Martin

Message #6, 2026, “Pressing In” Feb. 20, 2026, 7:00 am

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Complete catalog of Steve Martin's 40 books - Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Tertulia, BookShop

 

Complete catalog of Steve Martin's 40 books

- Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Tertulia, BookShop

For the complete catalog of Steve Martin's 40 books, now available in hardcover, paperback, audio and ebooks on Amazon and several other sites, please click below:

BOOK CATALOG - STEVE MARTIN, LOVE FOR HIS PEOPLE

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BOOK CATALOG - STEVE MARTIN, LOVE FOR HIS PEOPLE

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Jerusalem at night, early morning, from the Mount of Olives looking west. Steve Martin, Walk With Me

Jerusalem at night, early morning, from the Mount of Olives looking west. Walk with me, Steve Martin

Early morning, as the roosters begin to crow here in Jerusalem, Israel, on the top of the Mount of Olives. Overlooking the Old City and the Temple Mount.

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"A Broken Relationship, or Something Else?" Mesage by Steve Martin, Love For His People

 

(Photo by Linel le Roux in Judean desert south of Jerusalem, Israel 02.06.2026)

A Broken Relationship, or Something Else?

 

“Solomon said, “You were extravagantly generous in love with David my father, and he lived faithfully in your presence, his relationships were just and his heart right.” 1 Kings 3:6, The Message

 

We have all experienced the pain and hurt when a relationship, one we may have long held, no longer continues. Whether it's a misunderstanding, a lie, an incident one or the other doesn't want to “work it out,” or even just weariness from struggles that never seem to end, the friendship is over.

Companies fire employees. Marriages break apart. Parents and their children walk away from each other in bitterness and resentment. People leave churches, synagogues, and communities because of a “wrong word” or an “unforgiving action.” It happens so many times.

I think of those in the Bible who experienced this, as all of us have, where two who have walked together, worked together, did many things together, no longer do so. They no longer want to mend the broken relationship. Over. Done with.

It happened with David. It happened with Jesus. Paul and Barnabas, two apostles set apart from the local church in Antioch to go out together in ministry, parted ways after a big disagreement.

^“Now it turned into such a sharp disagreement that they separated from one another, and Barnabas took Mark with him and sailed away to Cyprus.” Acts 15:39, NASB

Are these always the work of the devil? Is it human nature that we have ongoing problems and can’t seem to get along with people? Is it due to pride, jealousy, wanting our own way, the way we want it? “My way or the highway!”

Sometimes. Sometimes not.

I have had two primary relationships where I considered “my best friend” turned their back on me. And it hurt. Forgiveness on my part, to protect my spirit and soul, was the only way to go to keep me from ongoing resentment, bitterness, anger, and not “burning the bridge”. It has also happened in ministry, which should be of no surprise to anyone by now – that ministries are not perfect, nor the greener grass necessarily.

Before Laurie and I got married in 1977, we told each other that we would never use the “D” word in our marriage. The commitment we made to each other, not having “divorce” as an option, has kept us together by our Lord’s grace, binding us to that commitment. We had to work things out.

A good friend of mine (and still is) recently spoke of how the Lord was taking him and me on separate paths. Is this a broken relationship? No. We both sensed that our time working together, in so many ways, was preparation for what now lay ahead for both of us. We will continue to support one another in His plans and purposes, but the time for each of us to “expand our tents” will lead us to do so on different pathways.

My prayer is for you to go the extra mile when necessary. Persevere in your relationships to keep them strong and lifelong. Families, churches, and synagogues need the Lord's unity to fulfill His Kingdom purposes. You are meant to be a vital part of that.

Ahava and shalom,

Steve Martin

Message #4, 2026, “A Broken Relationship or Something Else?” Feb. 9, 2026, 2:30 pm

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ANNOUNCEMENT: Free E-book Feb. 3 -Feb. 5, 2026. Steve Martin's new book "BACK TO JERUSALEM". (Also available in hard cover $15.95, paperback $12.95, and audiobook $3.99 formats)

          

Free E-book Feb. 3-Feb. 5, 2026. 

New book "BACK TO JERUSALEM"

To get your free e-book (you do not need Kindle to download to your computer or phone) go here:

Click here: Back To Jerusalem free e-book

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INTRODUCTION

From Oct. 16, 2025, to Jan. 12, 2026, my good wife Laurie (48 years of marriage and counting) and I had the most incredible time in Jerusalem and many parts of Israel. We had come to serve with Christian Friends of Israel Jerusalem, as needed.

As I sit on the back veranda of the apartment they provided for us, I watch the sun rise over the southeast as another of His glorious days begins. My heart is full of the love of Yeshua (Jesus) for this, His chosen city, His chosen Land, and His chosen people, the Jews.

We came to bring comfort to His people coming out from a heartbreaking war on the eight fronts the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) were fighting, after the horrendous, murderous, home destruction years since October 7, 2023. The Israelis had been fighting for their lives, their families, their land promised to them by the Living God of Israel. We hoped to bring His love to them as Christians, standing on His Word.

God the Father did not fail them. In so many miraculous ways, He protected them, united them, and caused them to cry out to Him for His salvation.

Over 1200 Jewish civilians were lost that day. Over 1000 young men, women, and reserves have since been lost, destroyed by the enemy who seems never to go away.

“We just want peace,” is the cry of our friends’ hearts here in Jerusalem and the surrounding hills.

But, when the Messiah Yeshua returns to this very city, Jerusalem, they will know Him as their Peace King, their Shalom Most High.

 

Come Jesus! Bo Yeshua!

 

As that time of His return quickly approaches, we joined with several hundred Christians, coming from the nations, to comfort, stand in support, and let the love of the Father work through us for them.

In this, my 40^th book, written during my 30^th trip to Israel since the late 1990s, I share some of my stories. Some chapters are in the “present tense” because I wrote them at the time they occurred.

Many Jews are returning to their Land now, as prophesied centuries ago by Ezekiel, Jeremiah, Isaiah, and Yeshua Himself. Christians are going to Israel to comfort and support them in their return.

And then Jesus (Yeshua) will return as the King of kings and Lord of lords.

I desire that the Lord Himself will touch your heart, and you, too, will join Him in this glorious work, to see His salvation come to the Jews and Arabs of Israel.

Ahava and shalom,

Steve Martin, Love For His People, Jerusalem, Israel, Jan. 7, 2026

Click here: The hard cover $15.95, paperback $12.95 and audiobook $3.999 versions 

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My hand on the Western Wall (Kotel) in Jerusalem.

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