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Showing posts with label martyrs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label martyrs. Show all posts
Wednesday, September 17, 2025
This got our attention. "Expecting the Possibility" - New message from Steve Martin, Love For His People
Monday, September 4, 2017
Hope - Now Think On This by Steve Martin
Hope
Now Think On This
Steve Martin
“We give thanks to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you, since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and the love which you have for all the saints; because of the hope laid up for you in heaven, of which you previously heard in the word of truth, the gospel which has come to you…(Colossians 1:3-6, NASU)
While growing up in the Midwest state of Iowa, and being raised a Roman Catholic, I enjoyed reading biographies of several martyrs. Given the name of Steve, and the surname of Martin, I would read of St. Stephen, the first martyr in Acts, and Saint Martin de Pores of Lima, Peru. There was also Saint Martin of Tours, a bishop in France, who is said to have become “one of the most familiar and recognizable Christian saints, sometimes venerated as a military saint. He was born in what is now Szombathely, Hungary, spent much of his childhood in Pavia, Italy, and lived most of his adult life in France. He is considered a spiritual bridge across Europe.” (Wikipedia)
Desiring to then become a missionary doctor (for if I would have chosen to be a missionary priest I couldn’t have gotten married!), I read many books on David Livingstone and his adventures and trials in Africa, “the Scottish Christian Congregationalist, pioneer medical missionary with the London Missionary Society, an explorer in Africa, and one of the most popular British heroes of the late-19th-century in the Victorian era.” (Wikipedia)
Inspiration came from men like Eric Liddell, the Scottish Christian whose story is depicted in the movie Chariots of Fire - the famous Olympian who observed the Lord’s Sabbath Day and would not run on that day, but went on and won the gold medal in a later event - who then took his solid rock convictions of trust and hope to the people of China, to share the Good News, the Gospel of Jesus.
Brother Sun, Sister Moon, the 1972 beautiful motion picture of the life of Saint Francis of Assisi, implanted the purpose of leaving the riches of this life behind, in order to pursue the One who has eternal treasures and homes stored up in heaven for us who believe.
These men of God inspired me, along with my teachers at St. Patrick Elementary School in Cedar Falls, Iowa, several of whom were nuns, wonderful women of God.
Given the hope they had in eternal life, and wanting to share that committed belief in the Savior Jesus Christ, they endured, whatever came their way, with the grace and encouragement of the Living God. They held strong when it was hope against hope, darkness against light, attacks of the enemies coming at them in their spirit, soul and body. They held on until the end.
Our hope can be founded on nothing less. The Solid Rock on which we stand, Who alone can and will enable us to stand, when all that surrounds us falls apart, has proven Himself over and over again as the Faithful One, the Guardian of Israel, the Eternal Son whose death, burial and resurrection gives us the historical foundation which cannot be shaken, when all else is being shaken.
“So don't turn a deaf ear to these gracious words. If those who ignored earthly warnings didn't get away with it, what will happen to us if we turn our backs on heavenly warnings? His voice that time shook the earth to its foundations; this time - he's told us this quite plainly - he'll also rock the heavens: "One last shaking, from top to bottom, stem to stern." The phrase "one last shaking" means a thorough housecleaning, getting rid of all the historical and religious junk so that the unshakable essentials stand clear and uncluttered.
Do you see what we've got? An unshakable kingdom! And do you see how thankful we must be? Not only thankful, but brimming with worship, deeply reverent before God. For God is not an indifferent bystander. He's actively cleaning house, torching all that needs to burn, and he won't quit until it's all cleansed. God himself is Fire!” (Hebrews 12:25-29, THE MESSAGE)
Hope in the Lord Jesus, Yeshua HaMashiach, will bring you through the shakings that have come, and those that have been prophesied in the Bible, which are yet to come. Put your trust in Him. Keep it there. And keep looking up when it seems that all else is going down.
Shalom and ahava (peace and love in Hebrew).
Now think on this,
Steve Martin
Founder/President
Love For His People, Inc.
If these messages have ministered to you, please consider sending a charitable gift of $10-$25 today, and maybe each month, to help us bless families in Israel whom we consistently help monthly through our humanitarian work. Your tax-deductible contributions receive a receipt for each donation. Fed. ID #27-1633858.
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Now Think On This - in the Year of our Lord 09.04.17 - #312 – “Hope” – Monday, 8:30 am
Friday, August 5, 2016
Watching Turkey (Day 2) - Joel Richardson on the Jim Bakker Show
Joel Richardson
Jim Bakker Show 2016 | Show# 3049 | Aired on August 4, 2016
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Saturday, October 31, 2015
When It’s All Been Said and Done - Now Think On This by Steve Martin
When It’s All Been Said and Done
Now Think On This
Steve Martin
“And He who sits on the
throne said, "Behold, I am making all things new." And He said,
"Write, for these words are faithful and true." Then He said to me,
"It is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. I
will give to the one who thirsts from the spring of the water of life without
cost. "He who overcomes will inherit these things, and I will be his God
and he will be My son.” (Revelation 21:5-7 NASU)
When it’s all been said
and done, when the times of the end have been completed, there will be One Who
sits on the throne, having accomplished His Father’s will, fully established
and in good order.
The Lamb of God, the
Lion of the Tribe of Judah, the Alpha and the Omega, Him who has risen from the
dead – Jesus the Christ, Yeshua HaMahsiach - will rule and reign in His glory,
power and majesty.
The One who gave all,
who left heaven to become flesh and dwell amongst us, who walked with man for
those years on this planet before His cruel, sacrificial death on the cross and
His mighty resurrection – He will have received His Bride, dined at the
Marriage Supper, and begun the celebration with the biggest party ever put
together. With joy, peace and awesome love for all eternity, Jesus will have
received His long awaited reward.
The King of kings and
the Lord of lords – our Almighty God, is even now seated on His righteous
throne. The royal crown sits gloriously on His head, as He rules and reigns
forever.
With all those redeemed
by His blood, who have given their lives for Him, from the times of Adam,
Abraham, Moses, Peter and Paul; through the centuries with all the prophets,
patriarchs, matriarchs, saints of God saved from all the nations, they too will
receive their crowns and experience the eternal life that has awaited them in
heaven. They too will rule with righteousness and honor.
In this heavenly realm,
abiding in this New Jerusalem, there will no longer be any sickness or death.
The persecuted and once heavy burdened will have been given new spiritual
bodies, never again to experience lack, need or suffer through ridicule and
being bullied.
Those martyred during
the Great Tribulation, slain for standing for truth, believing in their Living Redeemer
even as the sword fell down upon their head; who kept looking up to the One who
gave courage and strength during their time of life, and then through their
appointed time of death, will too join the heavenly ranks. They also will be
clothed with white robes, washed in the Blood of the Lamb, and then seated with
crowns on their restored heads.
Whatever we are going to
go through in these times, the end of days, it will all have been worth it. The
promises promised will have been kept.
When it’s all been said
and done, our eternal reward will be to have our Lord and Savior Jesus (Yeshua)
share His majestic home with us. What a glorious time that will be.
And it will never end.
Now think on this,
Steve Martin
Founder
Love For His People.
Inc.
P.S. We sure could use
your help to bless the families we do in Israel, India, Pakistan, Vietnam and
the hurting ones here in the USA. Please give out of the abundance you have
been given.
In May, 2016, my wife
Laurie and I will be traveling to Israel to spend time with our friends. We
support them in word and deed.
Love For His People,
Inc. is a charitable,
not-for-profit USA humanitarian organization started in 2010 to share the love
of the Father in the nations.
If these messages
minister to you, please consider sending a charitable gift of $5-$25 today, and
maybe each month, to help us bless families we know in Israel, whom we
consistently help through our humanitarian ministry. Your tax deductible
contributions receive a receipt for each donation. Fed. ID #27-1633858.
Click here for
safe ONLINE GIFT GIVING THROUGH OUR WEBSITE using major credit cards: Love For His People. If you don't have a PayPal account you can also
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Contribution checks can
be sent to:
Love For His People,
Inc. P.O. Box414 Pineville, NC 28134
Todah rabah! (Hebrew
– Thank you very much.)
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Think On This with your friends.
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Now Think On This #200 “When
It’s All Been Said and Done” by Steve Martin
Date: In the year of our
Lord 2015 (10.31.15) Saturday at 7:00 am 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
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