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Thursday, July 20, 2023

Through It All - message by Steve Martin, Love For His People Ministry

 

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July 20, 2023
Charlotte, North Carolina

Greetings to my family and friends of Love For His People Ministry.

I enjoy sitting on our front porch, early in the morning before the sun gets too hot, and praying, reading the Word, and watching the Lord's creation move about me.

This morning as I rocked in the chair, I noticed a huge tree, across the road behind the neighbor's house, with its large leaves swaying in the wind. I couldn't feel the breeze, nor were any other trees blowing in the wind. Just this one, with its very large leaves, as if they were individuals, moving and speaking.

My thought was, "They remind me of the crowd of witnesses, looking down from heaven and cheering us on." I thanked the Lord for the reminder, as He speaks to us in many ways so often. We just need to stop and see Him. Even His creation cries out.

Please take the time to read my new message, "Through It All" below. May it encourage you too! (And then let me know how you are doing as you walk on...)

Ahava and shalom,

Steve Martin
Founder, Love For His People Ministry

P.S. The above photo was one I took in the Christian Quarter of Jerusalem's Old City in September 2022. I was walking in the narrow street on my way to the Jewish Western Wall. Sometimes I like to take the "not so beaten" path.
Through It All
 
"Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our affliction so that we will be able to comfort those who are in any affliction with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.” 2 Corinthians 1:3-4, NASU
  
Many of us are familiar with the story of the person walking the beach and seeing two footprints in the sand. And then one set stops and only one is seen. The person seems to complain to the Lord that they believed the Lord had left them. But it wasn’t as one would think.
 
Many of us walk with afflictions, torments, physical sickness or conflicts all around us in family, neighbors, on the job, or even in church. It wears us down and the weariness in the battle can set us “on the sideline” after a while. We may even wonder where the Lord is through it all.
 
Remember the song by Andre Crouch Through It All, written and sung in 1971? “Though it all, I learned to trust in Jesus, I learned to trust in God.” It became a very popular expression of seeking and relying on the One Who could and would take us daily through that which we face.
 
Even more so do we need to rely on the Lord’s promises today, as we walk through this life, facing temptations, trials, and the many cares of this world. As the story goes, we need to realize that the Lord is carrying us, and we “walk in His shoes” even as He carries us. There is no other way to do it.
 
When I have others share their burdens with me, sometimes I can relate to them and am able to share my experience in getting through it, for I too have walked through similar episodes of life. But at other times I am not quite able, for I have not walked in their shoes. I have not experienced that which their life’s journey has taken them on and can’t yet fully understand all the pressures put on them.
 
My part may just be to encourage them to stand strong, to keep looking up, to let their faith be solid in the Lord, Who knows all and sees all. It may be my role to comfort them with what I have in the past been comforted with, as much as possible. And if I haven’t had their experience (yet), then I need to be in prayer for them, not in any way be judgmental, and allow the Holy Spirit to move on their behalf as only He can.
 
The full lyrics of the song, Through It All:
 
I've had many tears and sorrow
I've had questions for tomorrow
There've been times I didn't know right from wrong
But in every situation
God gave me blessed consolation
That my trials come to only make me strong

I've been a lot of places
And I've seen millions of of faces
But there were times that I felt so all alone
But in my lonely hour
Yet those precious lonely hours
Jesus lets me know that I was His own
That's the reason I say that

Through it all
Through it all
Oh, I've learned to trust in Jesus
I've learned to trust in God
Let me tell ya that
Through it all
Oh, through it all
I've learned to depend upon His word

So I thank God for the mountains
And I thank Him for the valleys
And I thank Him for the storms He's brought me through
For if I'd never had a problem
I'd never know God could solve them
I'd never know what faith in His word could do
That's the reason I say that

Through it all
Oh, through it all
Oh, I've learned to trust in Jesus
I've learned to trust in God
Oh let me tell you
Through it all
Oh, through it all
Oh, I've learned to depend upon His word
Oh, let me tell you right now that
Through it all
Sometimes through the fire
Through it all
My, my, my Lord
Oh, I've learned to trust in Jesus (oh, I've learned)
I've learned to trust in God (and I can trust in God)
That through it all
Let me tell you that
Through it all
Oh, Lord, Lord

I've learned to depend upon His word
Oh, through my sickness and pain
I've learned to depend upon His word
Oh, through sorrow and shame
I've learned to depend upon His word

Source: LyricFind
Songwriters: Andrae Edward Crouch
Through It All lyrics © Capitol CMG Publishing

You can listen to Andre sing it here: Through It All
 
I trust you have those around you who you can turn to, that can bring you comfort and support in your trials and tribulations. But even more so I pray that you will find comfort in the Lord Jesus, Who knows all, is all, and is always there to bring you through it all.
 
 
Ahava and shalom,
 
Steve Martin
Founder, Love For His People
 
Message #145 in this series – in the year of our Lord 07.20.23 – “Through It All”  Thursday, 9:15 am in Charlotte, North Carolina
The Promise - Journey of a Lifetime

In 2004 I wrote an autobiography, sharing 40 years of life
with ministries, the search for the Lord's purposes,and how I got connected to Israel and His People.

In January 2023, 19 years later, I added 114 photos.

Click here:
Why We Do What We Do
by Steve Martin (published 2022)

This book contains five months of messages I shared with subscribers to my email, and then posted on our website www.loveforhispeople.com and other social media platforms.

For each of us to accomplish the Lord’s will, plans and purposes for our individual life we must know what we are to do, and do it. We will then understand the “why we do what we do” question, as we walk out His ways.

Be inspired and encouraged as you read, either as a daily discipline or as a book with examples as to how to walk the Christian faith in your own life.

And as you know the “why”, your courage, boldness, and firmer commitment to live for Jesus Christ, Yeshua HaMashiach, will be evident to many. You may not even have to say a word.

I have also included the six messages I wrote from Jerusalem, between Oct. 24-Nov. 11, 2022 when I was there on my 26th journey to the Land. Since 2010 I have called them “Ahava Adventures”. “Ahava” is love in Hebrew.

Blessings on ye head.

Steve Martin, Founder
Love For His People Ministry

Love For His People Ministry. is a charitable, USA humanitarian ministry started in 2010 to share the love of the Father in the nations, especially to and within Israel.
 
If these letters minister to you, please consider sending a charitable gift of $5-$25 today, and maybe each month, to help us bless known families in Israel, whom we consistently help through our humanitarian ministry. 
 
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Todah rabah! (Hebrew – Thank you very much.)
 
Please share this encouraging message with your friends.
 
 
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Sunday, March 24, 2019

"All Nations" - Love For His People, Now Think On This message by Steve Martin

March 24, 2019

Greetings my friends.

Thank you for reading my messages. I send these out to the email list for those who have signed up, about every two weeks. (You can too by going here: Love For His People email list

Knowing you probably have a full InBox from all over on a regular basis, and the junk mail too, and yet take the time to open these words from Love For You People, it brings encouragement this way! Now having a 50%+ open rate, that is very high in the reach realm. Again, thank you.

I wrote All Nations a few weeks ago, after receiving a prophetic word during our church gathering, while part of the worship team that day. As we give thanks and raise up the name of Jesus, Yeshua, He speaks to us words of triumph and what is to come in the nations. I for one highly anticipate and appreciate His words, both written and spoken.

The most recent message I wrote last week, Walk On Water, came while traveling to visit a friend who had been in a golf cart accident (and he wasn't golfing. But is recovering...) We may not have walked on water yet, but the time is coming when we will. Walk On Water

Enjoy the rest of the week. Be blessed, even as you are a blessing to others today, with ahava (love) and shalom (peace),

Steve Martin
Founder
Love For His People ministry

P.S. My latest book, published in March, is only $9.95 paperback. Buy it now: All Together Now

Now Think On This
Steve Martin

“All nations whom You have made shall come and worship before You, O Lord, and shall glorify Your name. For You are great, and do wondrous things; You alone are God.” (Psalm 86:9-10, NKJV)


If you consider the current status of the nations of the world, more than likely you would not say that they will ever magnify or acknowledge that Jesus Christ is the King of kings nor the Lord of lords. In fact, if you just for a moment think of those represented in the United Nations, your confidence that this will ever happen decreases even more. Very few nations, if even a handful, call upon the Name of the Lord at this present time. Personally, I might consider two at most. Guess which ones?

And yet…the Scriptures state in many verses that ALL NATIONS will one day come and worship the Living God, this One and Only Living God of Israel.

During one of the songs, as we were lifting up the name of Jesus, the Lord gave me a prophetic word. At the appropriate time, during an instrumental break, I loudly proclaimed that “All nations will come the Lord, for He is the King of kings and the Lord of lord. Even as the flags of the nations here wave above you (the near-ceiling walkway perimeter of the assembly room of The Barn is lined with a multitude of national flags from around the world) know that all nations will come and acknowledge Me as their Lord and King.”

Read the rest: All Nations
by Steve Martin

I am a man who likes to see people connected. If I meet one person here, who can help another person over there, I enjoy putting them in contact with each other. If they are in Jerusalem, and I know someone in Iowa that can meet a need they clearly have, I will “reach out” (overworked words I know, but you understand it) for the benefit of both. Makes common sense to me.

The Lord’s heart is certainly for that too. He is all about connecting, to having those He has created to get together and fulfill His purposes and plans for each. For that matter, He has intended it to be this way for us to use what each has been given, to “bring it to the table”, and fulfill the big picture that He has, not us.It is not about me doing my thing and you doing yours. Separately.

It is about coming together and building together. When that happens, then the world will see the Lord’s body of believers as we were meant to be seen. Until now, the world thinks very little of Christians and Jews. In many cases, we are both despised people. And no wonder. Most often all they see is fighting, arguments, name calling, and rejection of what the other “church” or “synagogue congregation” is doing. I don’t blame them. If I was in the “unbeliever’s camp”, so would I.

Guess what? Our God, the same One Who is bringing back the Jews to their promised Land of Israel, right now, even more so than what He has been in the last 70 years, is also speaking clearly to the other group, “the grafted in ones”, Christians, to come back to His plan, and start working together, in unity, as one.

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