Showing posts with label belief. Show all posts
Showing posts with label belief. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 6, 2015

Do You Believe In God? - Now Think On This by Steve Martin

Do You Believe In God?
- Now Think On This
by Steve Martin


"Therefore whoever hears these sayings of Mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on the rock:  and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it did not fall, for it was founded on the rock.  "But everyone who hears these sayings of Mine, and does not do them, will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand:  and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it fell. And great was its fall." (Matt. 7:24-27 NKJV)


Do you believe in God?

No, really. Do you, who say you are a Christian, possibly born in a Christian home, maybe raised by Christian parents, and claiming all along that you ARE a Christian, really believe in the Lord God of heaven and earth? Or do you just say you do? Do you really know Him?

How do you answer or respond to these questions or statements? (Please answer them as truthfully as you can. Only you will really know if you do or not.)

1.      I pray daily, believing that God hears my prayers and will answer in His way, His time, and for my greater good and those I love. Yes or no?

2.      When something goes wrong in my life, I often think that God is punishing me. Yes or no?

3.      If a health crisis occurs, I first call the doctor to get an appointment.

4.      The Bible is God’s Word, and I seek to know more truth by reading that before the daily newspaper or watching the morning news show. Or checking Facebook.

5.      There is a lot of bad stuff happening in the world right now. If God is Who He says He is, it wouldn’t be so. Yes or no?

How you responded to these every day questions or statements can well indicate if you really believe in God or not, or specifically, if you believe in the God of the Bible or not. How DID you respond?

I know there are times when we have doubts in our faith, in our walk with the Lord, and do question why and what, but is that a normal pattern in your walk, or more often than you realize? What would happen if something really traumatic occurs tomorrow? Or how did you respond when the last one did?

Having played on a sports team in my youth, through my teenage years, preparation for the upcoming games, with daily practice on the fundamentals and also unique situations that will arise in a game, made us ready. When real game situations did happen, that time given for the proper and needed time in anticipation, had made us ready. At least to the point that our ability and maturity had taken us in those years.

The many hours of hard work and effort paid off in the hour of the contest. We had put in the necessary time, making ourselves ready for the times ahead. And it indeed paid off, as it was a thrill playing in the state baseball championship games as a reward.

Putting the same scenario in our spiritual walk, as Jesus taught in the Matthew 27 Scripture quoted above, the one who built his house upon the rock, and made himself ready for the storms that would surely come, stood when the rough times came. The one who didn’t, well, he couldn’t, and didn’t stand.

The God Whom we say we believe in knows all, sees all, and is over all. If He says we must ready ourselves for the days ahead, for surely they will become dark and the love of many will grow cold because of it, then we must heed and obey His words.

“Because lawlessness is increased, most people's love will grow cold.  But the one who endures to the end, he will be saved.” (Matt 24:12-13 NASU)

How will we endure? How will we stand?

We will be able to because of His grace, while most certainly because of the time we now give in preparation for those times – reading His Word, praying daily, strengthening our inner man in the Holy Spirit for such a time as those which are certain to come.

I hope this reminder encouragers you to keep during the basics in your Christian walk. Believe in God by doing what He says. Then you will be ready in season and out.

Now think on this,

Steve Martin
Founder
Love For His People. Inc.

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Now Think On This #171 “Do You Believe In God?” by Steve Martin 
Date: In the year of our Lord 2015 (05.06.15) Wednesday at 5:30 pm 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

Saturday, April 12, 2014

Giving thanks...as we reach another milestone on the journey.


Giving thanks 
to the Lord Jesus (Yeshua)

as we reach 250,000 pageviews 
on our 
LOVE FOR HIS PEOPLE blog
...on April 12, 2014.


Even as the Lord commanded the Israelites to place stones and altars along the way, as markers on the journey to remember His grace, leading and provision, so do we follow in those footsteps. 

Thank you you Lord for this milestone, as we look back to what YOU have done, and look forward to what You will yet do through His Holy Spirit (Ruach HaKodesh) working through us.


Trusting as the journey continues...

Steve & Laurie Martin
Love For His People
April 12, 2014
Sat. at 9:05 am



Thursday, September 12, 2013

The Promise: One Man's Journey to See God's Word Revealed (My first book now available)


Promise: One Man's Journey to See God's Word Revealed


Book Description

September 6, 2013

Throughout our lives, God keeps His hand on our shoulders and nudges us on to more than what we could ever realize. I am excited to share how He did this with me, and am confident it will be a story you’ll be able to relate to. 

As I unveil my story, think back to those times when you knew there was some thing more but you just couldn’t put your finger on it. You knew deep down that life wasn’t what the TV sitcoms portrayed it to be. In our souls there is the hope, the cry for more, that someday questions will be answered and promises fulfilled if we just kept plugging away at what we know to do.

In The Promise I share my 40 year journey with you, and show you that dreams do come true. Though Peter Pan isn’t real, the Lord, the One Who created us, certainly is, and He has a plan in place for each one of us. When you are done reading this story, my prayer is that you too will know more of that good plan and His purpose for you.



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(Both paperback & Kindle versions)


Product Details

  • File Size: 381 KB
  • Print Length: 203 pages
  • Publisher: Martin Lighthouse Publishing 
  • (September 6, 2013)
  • Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
  • Language: English
  • ASIN: B00F1JL4XW
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(Steve Martin)

  


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“Have your delight in the Lord,
and He will give you
the desires of your heart. 
Trust also in Him,
and He will do it.” 

Psalm 37:3,4


Dedication


To all those who have a desire and a dream that is yet to be fulfilled, but continue to hang onto the promise the Lord has given you – I dedicate this book.



In agreement with the Bible verse that I have printed on a note card standing upright on my home computer desk, “Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up” (Galatians 6:0, NIV), I declare that He will do it.


As surely as the Lord God of Israel lives, He will bring it to pass.


We’ve Only Just Begun…
                                              
Back in the ‘70’s, when music was still decent, and you could really understand the words, a brother and a sister, the Carpenters, came out with a popular song,  We’ve Only Just Begun.  For those of us around at that time, songs like this gave us some hope, as we made our way through grade school or high school.  Deep in our souls, whether we realized it back then or not, something, or Someone, was calling after us, and songs on the radio helped draw us on.

Not sure which way to go at times, we knew something was still possible, even as our parents sought after the “Almighty Dollar”, and the Sunday service was at least a place the family, which still looked like one, went to on Sundays.  Friday night football games, followed by the sock-hop (finally realized that we had to wear socks, not our shoes, because of the gym wooden floor), gave us potential stability, after coming out of the ‘60’s and before the ‘80’s hit.

Through it all, Someone kept His hand on our shoulders, and nudged us on to more than what we would ever realize, before now.  And then…boom! The answer comes in an unexpected way.

As I unveil this story, think back to those times that you knew there was something more, but you just couldn’t put your hand on it.  You knew, deep down, that life wasn’t just what Walter Cronkite said it was every night on the CBS news, or that the faith and love shown by John Boy to Grandpa, Jim Bob, and the other twenty Waltons wasn’t just for their family.  Deep down in our souls, the hope, the cry for more, would someday be answered and fulfilled, if we just kept plugging away at what we did know.

I want you to share my journey with me, as I look back over the last forty years, and you see that dreams do come true, and that though Peter Pan isn’t real, the Lord, the One Who created us, is, and He has a plan in place for each one of us.  And when you are done reading this story, you too will know that…we’ve only just begun.

  


Book Chapters


Going To Africa
Father Thomas Purtell
Columbus High School
“I am a Christian”
Laura Jean
The Dream
Hasselbring-Clark
Bonnie, Derek & Mahesh
Heritage USA
The Barn
Worship The Lord God of Israel
The Beginning of the End
Jerusalem & The Western Wall
This Season Completed
The Incredible Journey
New Beginnings
Steve Martin & The Raiders
“Carry My Bags” – The Great Wall
A Season of the Soul
I Thought It Was Over
Roll Call of Honor


Editor's Note:
It was very exciting to know that my book came out during Rosh Hashanah, the new year of 5774, on Sept.4-6. This is a new beginning in the Lord's purposes and fulfillment of promises given to Laurie and I. I hope you read my book! Steve Martin

Steve & Laurie 2013

You can purchase The Promise now:Amazon.com

If you do not want to order online, we will have copies to mail out from our office. Please mail a check, made out to Love For His People, Inc. for $14 (includes the $4.00 postage and $2.00 package cost) to:

Love For His People
P.O. Box 414
Pineville, NC 28134

As an added bonus, all mailed copies from our office will be signed. (Wow, by Steve Martin himself. Isn't that nice??!!)  :)

OR...

Order both of Steve's books 
(AHAVA LOVE LETTERS and The PROMISE) 
direct from Love For His People, Inc.
Both for ONLY $29
(WHICH INCLUDES S/H - USA orders only)
...and they will be autographed!

Sent a good check to:

Love For His People, Inc.
P.O. Box 414
Pineville, NC 28134

The Promise - Steve's first book