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There is a whole lot of shofaring going on in heaven! Steve Martin, Love For His People Ministry
| July 14, 2022 Charlotte, North Carolina Greetings to my family and friends of Love For His People Ministry. Sometimes we have mixed emotions when our loved ones pass on to their eternal reward. We want to rejoice and celebrate because they sure are now having a great time. While those left behind, family and friends, rightly grieve for the loss they feel when the one who used to sit in their favorite chair is no longer there. Life in this world comes to an end for all of us at some time. I hope you read my thoughts on Shofaring in Heaven below, based on the lives of our two friends Ahava Hadassah (Terry Kelson Wallach) and Nita Brown. They are blowing their shofars in heaven! Ahava and shalom,  Steve Martin, Love For His People Ministry Photos below: 1. Terry Kelson Wallach (Ahava Hadassah) and Steve Martin (far right) at the 2009 MorningStar HarvestFest in Fort Mill, South Carolina 2. Nita Brown 2022 3. Nita Brown’s shofar and talitt, with artwork displayed at her memorial service    Shofaring in Heaven by Steve Martin “All you inhabitants of the world, you who live on the earth: when a banner is hoisted on the mountains, look! When the shofar is blown, listen!” Isaiah 18:3, Complete Jewish Bible Anyone who knew Nita (Frances Juanita) Brown and Ahava Hadassah (Terry Wallach) could tell when they were present in the gathered meeting. Their two shofars blew. And they each were very good at it! Within a year of each other, with Ahava passing on to glory in August of 2021, and Nita in June 2022, they left this earth, and are now sounding their shofars in the glory of their Redeemer, their Messiah, the Glorious One, Jesus Christ, Yeshua HaMashiach. How do I know? The Bible tells me so. “Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of His godly ones.” Psalm 116:15, NASU These two precious women of God were not only joyous in their worship of the Lord, but they were warriors who knew when to battle and used the shofar to call forth the rest of us. They had many victories over the enemy and his cohorts, and they weren’t afraid to get in the thick of it and stand while pressing forward in the victory of the Lord.I met both in 2001 at Cornerstone Church in the wee town of Pineville, North Carolina. The church itself had maybe 30, 40 people at most, but with a wonderful worship team, the presence of the Lord was known often. Nita would give praise on the keyboard, using the 9 fingers she had. (The only other musician I knew with nine fingers was guitarist Phil Keaggy). Terry would wave colorful flags. And together they would sound the blast of the shofar, declaring victory for our families and nation. My good wife Laurie and I had the joy of being with Ahava (Terry) after she made aliyah (immigrated as a Jew) to Israel by her 70th birthday, for a day trip into the Golan in 2019. We were going to be with her again in 2021, but covid shut the world down, and that time never occurred. We miss her to this day. David Peterman and I were last with Nita at her home in Waxhaw, North Carolina, a few weeks before her passing on June 26, 2022, to share time with her and pray for the Lord’s goodness upon her head. Up through the week when she went from this world to the next, she was proclaiming the Lord’s faithfulness and her hope in His upcoming promises. Her sister Mary Brown told us this fascinating story after Nita’s memorial on Wednesday, July 23, 3033 at Antioch International Church in Fort Mill, South Carolina. I truly believed it when I heard her speak. “The day after she passed, I was sitting in our living room. Then I sensed both Nita and Terry (Ahava) dancing on the streets of heaven and blowing their shofars. What a wonderful sight!” And rightly so. The One they served so continuously and through it all had given them their heavenly reward and they have now joined with the numerous other saints preceding them. And all others who call upon the Name of the Lord in this life will also follow to receive their promised rewards. I look forward to heaven. I look forward to personally meeting Messiah Yeshua, the saints of old, and the many families and friends that have gone on ahead. Having proclaimed the goodness of the Lord, with His saving grace and forgiveness received in this life, eternal life will never end. “Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.” Hebrews 12:1-2, NKJV Ahava and shalom, Steve Martin, Love For His People founder Message #91 in this series – in the year of our Lord 07.14.2022 – “Shofaring in Heaven”, Thursday, 5:05 pm in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA  Watch the video: HOPE IN THE LORD with David Peterman and Steve Martin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTjlaYYrg-s&list=PLlRsYroaU_0CyZNv7LlYBU99oZ163mozX&index=15  Encouragement – first from Jerusalem, Israel, and then from Charlotte, North Carolina, USA by Steve Martin (published May 25, 2022) In April 2022 my good friend David Peterman of Lancaster, South Carolina, and I took an Ahava Adventure (“love” in Hebrew) back to Jerusalem as soon as the skies and the Land of Israel opened up again. During those 10 days the Lord Yeshua, Jesus Christ, gave me words to share, which I wrote down each day to share with others. These make up the first part of this book. In April 2022 my good friend David Peterman of Lancaster, South Carolina, and I took an Ahava Adventure (“love” in Hebrew) back to Jerusalem as soon as the skies and the Land of Israel opened up again. During those 10 days the Lord Yeshua, Jesus Christ, gave me words to share, which I wrote down each day to share with others. These make up the first part of this book. The next section is comprised of messages inspired by the Holy Spirit from our home in Charlotte, North Carolina, beginning before and after the Israel trip. As the Lord would give me a prophetic word, I would start writing and He would further expand on it. Thus those words are written in the major section of this book. Everyone needs encouragement. Every day. All the negative news spewed out from social media platforms and airwaves needs to be offset by the good news the Lord Jesus (Yeshua) brings to us. From the time He walked the streets of Jerusalem in the first century, to today in this 21st Century, He shares love from heaven and from this home in Charlotte, North Carolina. Until He returns soon, may these messages uplift your spirit, reveal more of His heart, and sustain you as you walk daily in the direction the Holy Spirit gives with the grace and provision that comes with His presence. Steve Martin July 2022Charlotte, North Carolina USA To purchase on Amazon: Encouragement – from Jerusalem, Israel and then from Charlotte, North Carolina – Paperback $12.95 E-book $2.99 SPECIAL NOTE: Our ministry’s mobile app is available for iPhones and Androids. This is a free app download. Look here: Love For His People free phone app You can sign up for my email messages: Love For His People. 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