LEADERSHIP THROUGH LOVE - updated book edition by Steve Martin

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Leadership Through Love: Both Are Needed In Order To Properly Administrate & Appreciate Those Who Serve Together in His Kingdom

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“Leadership Through Love” by Steve Martin

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Leadership Through Love

Having been an administrator for decades, having to hire and fire staff, has given me a few insights into people and who they are.

Once I hired a young man some months before his wedding date, and then had to fire him due to lack of incentive and commitment to the job. Tough for him. And me. (John was still a very good softball player. He could hit it a mile.)

Looking for the right skills and character in a candidate for the position has its challenges. Can they do the job? Do they respect authority? Do they want to learn or will they already “know it all?” (i.e They have a college degree. I did my one semester only. True.)

You do all the right, somewhat proven and taught methods of selecting the right one, man or woman. But then I found the way that worked the best for me.

Hold on. I will tell you. For both my secular and ministry leadership positions.

I prayed. Yes, I  asked the Holy Spirit Who He knew was the one to fit. Sure, I got it wrong once (maybe twice) as above, but I can honestly say that the ones He showed me worked. And fit. And did the job.

I loved my staff. I appreciated them. I honored them. They knew they were really part of the team, and not someone I “used” to further my achievements or my goals. They were just as important as I was. And they knew it.

Relationships have to start with a love for the people, for the ones the Lord has you walk with, serve with, and accomplish His goals together.

It is not about “my ministry, my accomplishments, my spotlight” opportunities.

It is about Him and His people. Love them. Serve them. Achieve together with them.

This also applies to the many volunteers who serve faithfully,  often “beyond the call of duty”, with churches, ministries, and many other organizations.

For His glory and honor. Yeah Lord!

“Now may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself and God our Father, who has loved us and given us eternal comfort and good hope by grace,17 comfort and strengthen your hearts in every good work and word.” 2 Thess.. 2:16-17 NASB

Ahava and shalom,

Steve Martin

One of you.

Thanks for the Memories...Charlotte Center City Partners staff

Steve Martin, CCCP Accountant 2013-2017

Thanks for the Memories
- Charlotte Center City Partners staff

On this, my next to last day, the time has now come;

I say goodbye to thee and thou, and then a good some.

Memories are good. They often stay with us quite long.

I say adieu to you and finish with my poetic song.

"In this journey of life, while walking on our way,

We often meet ones who share many days.

On the road from home, near, or distance quite far

They touch our lives - like sweet honey in a jar.

Thanks to all, for the memories we often shared;

A joy I will cherish, with those who cared.

With BBQ, and Vision, First Night and Parade;

May the good Lord be known, with this farewell bade."

Steve Martin

Oct. 30, 2017

Monday, 3:00 am 

And now a few photos, chosen from among my 40,000 posted on Facebook over these years.
Yeah God!

Eleni Saunders -my Greek boss lady. 
VP of Finance (and HR!)
I hope the flowers keep a long time.

My good friend Meir (Douglas) Jones. 

Glad you were on staff for my last few months,

and sharing your Jewish heritage!

 Thanks for the retirement clock Eleni! 
(Which I will get tomorrow. I enjoyed picking it out.)

 Cherie Grant. One of the best - at the front desk.

 Chris Hemans - my Chicago son. You can always call me "Dad".

 Eleni, Moira Quinn and Jessica Jones.
One of the few lunches we shared.

 Eleni, Jovanna Mozeak and I. Jo's last day (I think. Or thereabouts.)

 If only Eleni was in the photo! 
She is the REAL Panther Queen!

 At one time I really did have an office with a door. But that was then...
And so I wore headphones most of the time thereafter.

 Sam Bethea - the Jesus Man on our office streets - Tryon, Trade....
Keep crying out the love of Jesus, Sam !
He loves us. Jesus really does!!!

I worked with all but one...
(L-R) ???, Ted Boyd, Cheryl Myers, Michael J. Smith, Moira Quinn Klein, 
Robert Krumbine (aka Grandpa K), Allison Billings, Darlene Heater

Board members at December meeting 2015
Thanks ladies for the photo op! Now I am famous too!

My accountant's desk at Charlotte Center City Partners (CCCP)

Charlotte, NC   September 2015 - October 2017
(Notice the headphones. It was a good corner though. Thanks, Moira.)

My original retirement letter to management - May 30, 2017

May 30, 2017

Tuesday, 8:24 am

Charlotte, NC

Greetings fellow crew members,

I have good news to share!

Effective Dec. 31, 2017, my "Retirement of Employment" here at Charlotte Center City Partners will occur. As my becoming “even more senior” happens on November 23, with 63 candles inflaming the double chocolate, extra frosting cake I will have, there are a few other things yet assigned for me to do before I am heaven bound.

What a blessing those days to come will be! Think of this - all of Charlotte and TV land will be celebrating my birthday and retirement too, as I drive another dignitary up Tryon during the Thanksgiving Day Parade (unless Grandpa K has Steve Martin as the Grand Marshall and I ride along as his mini-Grand!) 

Leaving this ever-changing 501 ©4 after four years, eight months on staff (and eight months as a contractor prior to April 29, 2013) as the accountant for all three organizations Eleni and I account for, will give Megan a new neighbor at some point, while Klint will be seeing a different hair color other than silver across the cubicle from him. (Maybe he likes blonde, brunette or red better?) I am sure Eleni and her HR department will find a good replacement to fill my numbers chair.

My heart's desire has always been to be back once again in Christian ministry most hours of my day. After serving 24 years, from 1987 - 2010, with three international ministries (Derek Prince Ministries, Mahesh Chavda Ministries /All Nations Church with Bonnie Chavda) and Vision for Israel and The Joseph Storehouse (Barry & Batya Segal) in Fort Lauderdale and Charlotte, as the USA Director or the Director of Administration and Finance, I have prayed for it to happen. It has always been my passion to reach the nations with His Good News. (I like Sam, the “Jesus Shouter” on the Charlotte Center City streets! He certainly has Good News!)

When Laurie, my good wife of 40 years (Oct. 7, 2017) and I founded our ministry, Love For His People, Inc. in April of 2010, I was believing that that would be my life’s work from that point on. But for the last seven years, the good Lord took me on a side journey, which is why I am grateful to Moira, Eleni and Jovonna for allowing me to serve with you at CCCP, CCCP-Community Trust and the 7th Street Public Market. But now the time has come to complete the plans set before me. 

After my 14th journey to Israel this month of May, with previous adventures to China, England, France, Germany, India, Canada, Spain and Trinidad and Tobago...I will once again be adding frequently to my frequent flyer miles’ travel log. Good thing I have a valid new 10-year passport with plenty of visa pages to again be imprinted!

Before I finish this “book”, I want to give you each a special gift. If you like to read good books, I will leave behind a copy of each of my 14 books in Eleni’s personal library of mine, sitting atop her cabinet in her office. (I would give her more but I know space is a premium in there and I don’t want her to be crowded out.) But check in and see the choices. Or you can get them all on Amazon and Kindle. (All purchased book proceeds go to Love For His People, Inc., but you could get a free copy from me.)

It has been a joy in serving my Lord Jesus Christ while I have been with all of you, and at the same time being a blessing to the good people of Israel and the nations. Maybe on the way to the airport sometime I’ll stop back in and greet you.

Until then, you still have me here for another seven months. (Note: Later changed to five months.)

Be blessed in your calling,

Steve

My contact info:

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

USA Non-profit 501(c)3   
Fed. ID #27-1633858

Email: loveforhispeople@gmail.com 

             martinlighthouse@gmail.com

Facebook pages: Steve Martin, Love For His People, Now Think On This       

Twitter: martinlighthous,  LovingHisPeople, LoveHisPeople

Blog: http://loveforhispeople.blogspot.com
WordPress: loveforhispeople.blog        

YouTube: Steve Martin (loveforhispeopleinc)

Website: www.loveforhispeople.org

Steve Martin, Author and Publisher - my first 1, from 2010 to 2016

 Published May 2017

 Published July 2017

Published October 2017

Founded by Steve & Laurie Martin - April 2010

501(c)3 ministry

And now I am off into the wind!

Ahava and shalom,

Steve Martin

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

USA Non-profit 501(c)3. April 2010   
Fed. ID #27-1633858

Email: loveforhispeople@gmail.com 

             martinlighthouse@gmail.com

Facebook pages: Steve Martin, Love For His People, Now Think On This       

Twitter: martinlighthous,  LovingHisPeople, LoveHisPeople

Blog: http://loveforhispeople.blogspot.com
WordPress: loveforhispeople.blog        

YouTube: Steve Martin (loveforhispeopleinc)

Website: www.loveforhispeople.org

Israel to Declare Drought as Sea of Galilee Barely Rises - Israel Today Staff

Israel to Declare Drought as Sea of Galilee Barely Rises

Thursday, February 04, 2016 |  Israel Today Staff

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The Israel Water Authority (IWA) has determined that Israel is suffering from yet another year of drought, the third in a row, after the Sea of Galilee (known locally as the Kinneret) rose by only a fraction of its typical winter increase.

The IWA reported that this winter has been one of the worst on record in terms of rainfall. As a result, the Kinneret has risen a mere 22 centimeters (8.66 inches) this winter.

In a year of average rainfall, the Kinneret rises by about 1.6 meters (63 inches). With the relatively dry weather expected to continue in February and March, Israel’s primary fresh water reservoir will be woefully understocked for the parched summer months.

Even with average rainfall, the Kinneret still sits many meters below its optimal water level due to a previous seven-year drought that only ended in 2013.

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Glenn Beck Instructs Staff to Prepare for End-of-Days Move to Jerusalem - by Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz BREAKING ISRAEL NEWS

TV and radio personality Glenn Beck. (Photo: Luke X. Martin/Wikimedia Commons)

Glenn Beck Instructs Staff to Prepare for End-of-Days Move to Jerusalem

By Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz February 1, 2016  BREAKING ISRAEL NEWS

“But go thou thy way till the end be; and thou shalt rest, and shalt stand up to thy lot, at the end of the days.’” (Daniel 12:13)

Glenn Beck, the popular TV and radio personality, announced on his television show “The Blaze” last Thursday that his studio’s next location may be Jerusalem. He said that, due to a conviction that the end-of-days is imminent, his show would need to find a place outside the United States from which to broadcast when its current location, Texas, inevitably became inhospitable.

He related how he had recently instructed his staff, “We have to pick up our pace on finding another place to broadcast.” Beck told them, “I need to know if I can get to Jerusalem, where they won’t shut this down and we can be able to broadcast into the United States. This could end quickly.”

He said that when his young daughter, who was in the room, heard him propose the move to the Holy Land, she was a bit shocked. Beck tried to reassure her by saying, “Jerusalem is a suburb, next to Fort Worth.” Nonetheless, he said he did not regret her overhearing, as the burden of repairing the damaged world would fall on the next generation. “[The kids] are the giants that are going to fix this. They have to know,” he said.

The startling announcement came after a question from a woman in Beck’s studio audience. The woman had relocated from California to Texas in response to Beck’s dire warnings of social collapse. Beck’s announcement comes as a result of his conviction that we are nearing the end of days, and many of his listeners have taken his warnings seriously and relocated. He maintains his claims, saying he has been advised by several experts that social and economic conditions are on the verge of failing.

Beck is a strong supporter of Senator Ted Cruz in his bid for the Republican nomination, purportedly because of his end-of-days convictions.

His desire to move operations to Jerusalem doesn’t come from a hypothetical concept of the Biblical city; he is an active supporter of Israel and her capital.  In 2011, he headlined his “Restoring the Courage” events in Jerusalem, at which he encouraged more than 1,000 of his supporters to “Stand with the Jewish people”. Apparently, the feeling is mutual as that year, Beck received the first Zionist Organization of America’s “Defender of Israel Award”.

Glenn Beck Considers Moving Studio to Israel

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8 Trends in American Churches in 2016 - THOM S. RAINER CHARISMA NEWS

Here are eight American church trends you might expect to see in 2016. (Facebook )

8 Trends in American Churches in 2016

 1/11/2016 THOM S. RAINER      charisma news

I have been writing on trends in churches for two decades. I certainly don't have a perfect record with my predictions, but my overall record is pretty good.

My methodology is simple: I observe emerging issues in some churches and extrapolate them into major trends.

This year I take this approach with a higher level of confidence than previous years. I have seen most of the following issues grow month by month in 2015, so I don't have to be the brightest person in the world to project them as major trends in 2016.

Here are the first eight trends. Later, I will write about eight more:

1. Church security as the fastest growing ministry. Shootings in churches and sex abuse of children mandate this unfortunate trend. No church can afford to be without serious security measures, policies and equipment. It will evolve into a major church ministry.

2. Decrease in worship center size and capacity. The large worship gathering is not as popular as it has been. Through multiple services and multiple sites, churches will follow this preference with smaller capacity worship centers.

3. Increase in successfully revitalized churches. More church leaders sense a call to lead revitalized churches. Because of this desire and intentionality, we will see more success stories of churches that have experienced significant revitalization.

4. Rapid growth of coaching ministries for pastors and church staff. The current trend is anecdotal, but it will soon be verified and obvious. Pastors and staff who have the humility to be led, and the willingness to invest resources in coaching are becoming the most effective church leaders.

5. Increase in the numbers of churches in gentrified communities. Thousands of older urban communities are becoming revitalized. Churches are following the increased numbers of residents to these communities.

6. Increased emphasis on practical ministry training. Church leaders in America have seen a much needed two-decade renewal of training in classical disciplines and doctrine. That need remains, but more leaders are crying for training in leadership, relational skills, and other practical ministries.

7. Increasing emphasis on groups in churches. Church leaders are getting it. When church members are a part of some type of group, such as a small group or Sunday school class, they attend more faithfully, evangelize more frequently, and give more abundantly.

8. Fewer segregated churches. For most of American history, 11:00 a.m. on Sunday was the most segregated hour of the week. That is changing. A church that is not racially and ethnically diverse will soon become the exception instead of the norm.

Stay tuned for eight more trends for 2016. 

Thom S. Rainer is the president of LifeWay Christian Resources. For the original article, visit thomrainer.com.

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Joel Rosenberg on 'Apocalyptic Islam' | Israel Today Staff

Joel Rosenberg on 'Apocalyptic Islam'

Friday, January 08, 2016 |  Israel Today Staff

Acclaimed Messianic Jewish author Joel Rosenberg has written several books relating biblical prophecy to current events. He spoke with Israel Today reporter David Lazarus about the pressing issues of our times.

The full article appears in the January 2016 issue of Israel Today Magazine.
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