“Love Letters” by Steve Martin

​Love Letters

 

Discovering what makes you “tick”, or energizes you, may be a good indicator of your calling in the Lord. Even if you are retired and wondering, “What next, Lord?”

 

That happened to me earlier in my life (and several times since), as I was seeking the Lord and His will. But it was not easy.

 

Reading His Word; asking others for counsel and advice; receiving prophetic words…I was for sure looking for that next part of the journey as best as I knew how.

 

“What next, Lord?” had been an ongoing question.

 

In 2010, after coming back from another Israel trip, having just started Love For His People ministry, that question was foremost in my mind.

 

I am sure you too have been at that crossroads along your path before.

 

His response, which came as clearly in my mind as I again write about it here, was quick and unexpected.

 

 “Write love letters.”

 

And thus began by ongoing love for writing about Him, about what He was revealing to me, and how to encourage others.

 

I knew I wasn’t a Bible theologian. Nor was I one to stand up in front of others and expound on the 88 reasons why Jesus was coming back when others said He was. (I’ll let others do that.)

 

My task, which has become my joy, was to write words of encouragement, as if they were love letters from the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.

 

And you know that has been a real joyous gift He has given me.

 

What are your gifts? Are you using them to bring about His Kingdom, share His love, reach out to a dying world?

 

He will direct your path to and with them as you ask Him to.

 

“What next, Lord?” May be your question too. So, keep asking Him until He shows you.

 

“The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, be with you all.” 2 Corinthians 13:14, NASB

 

Ahava and shalom

Steve Martin

“Back To Jerusalem” - now in the Pakistani language Urdu. Watch the interview of Steve Martin with Moses Julius

Moses Julius, Founder of Light TV in Pakistan, interviews Steve Martin with the publication of his book in Pakistan, “Back To Jerusalem” in Urdu.

📖 Back to Jerusalem — Book Introduction. English and Urdu (Pakistan)

In this video, we explore Back to Jerusalem, a Christian missions book that presents a vision of taking the Gospel beyond traditional mission fields and reaching peoples across Asia and toward Jerusalem.

We’ll look at the book’s main ideas, its historical and missionary context, and the message it presents about faith, missions, sacrifice, and reaching unreached communities.

🙏 Watch the video, share your thoughts, and let us know what you learned from Back to Jerusalem.

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

Back To Jerusalem. Soon.

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Back to Jerusalem. Soon.

Yeshua (Jesus) and those who follow Him.

(Video by Ben Martin. Screen shots by Steve Martin.) Thank You, Lord, for Your creativity You share with us!

Buy here: https://a.co/d/0042d3P6

Jesus (Yeshua) is returning soon.

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Jesus is returning soon. Yes Lord!

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

Shabbat Shalom to all our Jewish friends

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Shabbat Shalom to all our Jewish friends.

Ahava and shalom,

Steve Martin in Charlotte, North Carolina

Animated shorts of Jesus and angels. Steve Martin

Animated playlist shorts for your encouragement.

Steve Martin

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“When His Grace Comes On You” by Steve Martin

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When His Grace Comes On You

 

Remember those times when you get “in the groove” - you feel like baking a whole lot (some people do, like Laurie in the winter); you have extra energy to finish three loads of laundry (ugh!); you mow the yard for an hour and you can do it again, as the sweat pours through your soaked t-shirt…

 

 

Well friend, that is how it is with me in writing or designing new book covers. The Holy Spirit gives you that grace to push on and do more.

 

 

Particularly after I have spent some time praying in tongues.

 

 

When The Grace Comes On You is a special time.

 

“For the Lord God is a sun and shield; The Lord gives grace and glory; He withholds no good thing from those who walk with integrity.” Psalm 84:11

 

There are certainly “seasons of the soul” – those times in the spiritual which seem like a spring time of refreshing;  summer months of growth and sun;  a fall of coolness and colorful beauty; and a winter of dry days and maybe even darkness within and without.

 

Each of us have had them, and continue to. They help us keep our spiritual balance and seeking our Lord.

 

Not every day can be a mountain top experience, nor will we have ongoing desert periods, similar to what Yeshua (Jesus) walked through before His major anointing  came down.

 

When His grace comes on you, it is do accomplish His will, His purpose, for your good and those He has sent you to share it with. His abundant and available grace comes because of His Love, His provision, His ongoing care for people.

 

He wants to, and does, use us, enables us, challenges us even to do so.

 

When His grace comes to you, do what He blesses you to do. Share His Grace with others, and experience part of His manifest love He has for His world.

 

“For God so loved…” Yes He did, and daily continues to pour out His grace upon you and me.

 

For the sake of others.

 

Ahava and Shalom,

Steve Marin

A grateful man for His grace.

Lion of Judah. King Yeshua.

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

“The Messaiah in Genesis 5” - Moses Julius in Pakistan teaches in Urdu

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My good friend Moses Julius in Pakistan teaches the Word, in the Pakistani language Urdu.

Muslim. Jewish. Then Jesus.

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We worked with Elias at Christian Friends of Israel in Jerusalem. Good man!

Steve Martin

Love For His People

“Leap of Faith” message by Steve Martin

​The Leap of Faith

Laurie and I have loved the series, The Chosen, airing its sixth season in the fall of 2026. It will be impacting and life touching, as Yeshua (Jesus) is crucified.

In the first episode of The Chosen in the Wild,  a Prime Video series starring Bear Grylls, a retired British military man, and cast members from The Chosen, Bear speaks of “taking a risk”.

I remember those words given to the both of us a few years ago in a prophetic word, before deciding to volunteer three months in Jerusalem with Christian Friends of Israel.

Both being retired, the rocking chair on the front porch just didn’t seem the place to be, at least for me.

I was “going for it” and Laurie, though hesitant at first (ok, for awhile) agreed. We took the leap.

“ But as for me, I trust in You, Lord,
I say, “You are my God.” Psalm 31:14, NASB

 

For each of us, you included, we must walk in faith and trust if we are going to experience all that the Lord desires of us. If we say, “Yes, Lord”, at times it will take a leap of faith on our part. Trusting in His provision, His faithfulness, His protection, His overall care will be necessary.

We will walk through valleys of green, and ones not so much. We will climb many mountains, and even fall a few times. We will look back with what could have been, but must move forward with what can be as we keep our eyes fixed on Him.

Personally, I am not much for living in the “comfort zone.” I want everything the Lord has for me, for us, and as I give myself to His ongoing calling and leading, the leaps of faith become exciting adventures.

May your faith be the same in Him. Go where He takes you. It is an ongoing walk of faith, but the rewards are so much greater.

Ahava and shalom,

Steve Martin

Back To Jerusalem Lord - new blog

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New blog: www.BackToJerusalemLord.blogspot.com

Back To Jerusalem Lord - new blogspot

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A new logo and blog. Aug. 1, 2026

LOOK HERE: Www.BackToJerusalemLord.blogspot.com

Steve Martin

“My Heart Cries” by Steve Martin

My Heart Cries

This past week, as we traveled on the interstate in North Carolina for a weekend in the western mountains, my knowledgeable wife, Laura Jean (I like her full name) told me of a recent poll saying 60% of American youth favor Hamas and the Palestinians (who voted for them) over our friends, the Israeli Jewish people.

I couldn’t believe it. My heart immediately felt the pain. How can this be?

Has deception gotten so bad that since the Oct. 7, 2023 slaughter of 1200 Jews and others at the Nova music festival and surrounding villages (kibbutz), by Hamas from Gaza, who slaughtered our friends, be their choice of support?

If this poll is true, collaborated by others, far too many of our young people here in the USA would actually support killers, rapists, murderers, and barbarians. They just do not know the truth.

Have these, who primarily get their news from supporting liars,  now stand with those who would just as well have killed them if they had been there?

I went to the Nova Festival location in southern Israel, just a few miles from the Gaza border, in October 2025. I have seen the memorials displaying the enlarged photos of these hundreds of innocent loved youth, gunned down where they stood.

No mercy. No place to run. No objective by the murderers but to kill and destroy anyone and everyone Jewish.

I need not tell you again how many times I have been to Israel; how many friendships I have established there over these past 30 years and those Laurie and I continue to stand with. They are great people. They love life, and peace.

My heart cries for my Jewish friends, and also the youth here and around the world who know not what these true, decent, honorable, family people are, but would instead support the murderers.

Israelis want to live safely, raise their families, and above all love their God (which, by the way, is the same as mine) and yet  anti-Semitism continues to grow as the lies and hatred spreads here in the USA and the nations.

Will it stop? Will the growing hatred of Jews and soon others (i.e. Christians) who stand for Israel, come to an end?

Very sad to say, based on Bible prophetic words written long ago, it will not. Not until the Messiah, Yeshua HaMashiach, comes back to save them and us who stand with them.

“And I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse, and He who sat on it is called Faithful and True, and in righteousness He judges and wages war. His eyes are a flame of fire, and on His head are many crowns; and He has a name written on Him which no one knows except Himself. 

He is clothed with a robe dipped in blood, and His name is called The Word of God. And the armies which are in heaven, clothed in fine linen, white and clean, were following Him on white horses.

From His mouth comes a sharp sword, so that with it He may strike down the nations, and He will rule them with a rod of iron; and He treads the wine press of the fierce wrath of God, the Almighty.

And on His robe and on His thigh He has a name written: “KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.” Revelation 19:11-16, NASB

Yeshua the Messiah is coming back. To save His people and to also destroy the enemy.

Bo Yeshua. Come Jesus. Quickly.

Ahava and Shalom,

Steve Martin

A true friend of Israel and His people

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

Responses shared from Facebook July 27, 2026

Jay Fuss( SC) “If only people would read the history of the PLO and the Palestinian organizations that followed. The Black September Movement, and the culture established and perpetuated by Yasser Arafat, they would understand that the Palestinian Cause is fraudulent. It is manufactured by thugs and opportunist seeking power and wealth. Arafat aside from being a pedophile, stole billions. Countries that allowed Palestinian refugees in were rewarded by attempts to overthrow their government. 

Not one Middle East country will currently allow Palestinian refugees to enter their country. Jordan had to kill 40,000 Palestinian combatants to save their government. Kuwait expelled all Palestinians for taking sides with Iraq’s Saddam Hussein when their country was invaded.”

Deborah Kline-lantorno:

“Yes brother.  And it’s also coming from some Christian groups that USED to support Israel.  I got a nasty (very ugly threat) from my website. It stunned me honestly.  Last night I read something and finally broke down in tears (I think you know I am a Jewish believer) I guess I never thought I would see in my lifetime what my Polish grandmother saw, and my dad saw in my lifetime. 

 I am so grateful to my non Jewish wonderful husband who comforted me, and loves the Jews. I am so grateful to all who are supporting us, and hopefully through their love and kindness, shoes the Jewish Messiah to my people, like someone did to me.  

God bless you, your wife, and ministry.  Awaiting our Messiah, and praying so hard that many more Jews come to Messiah first!”