We Carry Them - Steve Martin, Love For His People

 

                 Photo: Jaffa Street in central Jerusalem, Israel Sept. 14, 2023 (Steve Martin)

We Carry Them

“Thus says the Lord God: "Behold, I will lift My hand in an oath to the nations, and set up My standard for the peoples; they shall bring your sons in their arms, and your daughters shall be carried on their shoulders;” Isaiah 49:22, NKJV

Ancient prophecies proclaimed and then recorded centuries ago by the Hebrew prophets in the land of Israel are being fulfilled today. Do you want to hear a good prophetic word? Heed the words that came forth from those who were in the Land and spoke by the urging of the Holy Spirit.

We are a fulfillment of those words, who are now helping the Jewish people return to their land, making aliyah (“going up” in Hebrew). The Promised Land. The Land was given to them since the days of their patriarch Abraham when he heard God’s voice saying to him,

“Now the Lord said to Abram, "Go forth from your country, and from your relatives and from your father's house, to the land which I will show you; ad I will make you a great nation, and I will bless you, and make your name great; and so you shall be a blessing; and I will bless those who bless you, and the one who curses you I will curse. And in you all the families of the earth will be blessed." Genesis 12:1-3, NASU

Gentiles, non-Jews, goyim in Hebrew, who know the Bible, believing the written words from the first book of Genesis to the end when Jesus (Yeshua) returns to Jerusalem, Israel, will act on those words, and do what we have been called to do. Carry the Jews back as we assist in support through prayer, finances, encouragement, and whatever provision has been given to us at our disposal, to be used in this divine act of God.

Today, we are standing with feet on the ground in Israel, ourselves a part of helping bring the Jews back to their land and manifesting the eternal truth as we too proclaim along with Isaiah, “they shall bring your sons in their arms, and your daughters shall be carried on their shoulders.” Isaiah 49:22

Love For His People Ministry, founded in 2010 for this very purpose, to bless Israel and His people, is walking it out in the Land of Israel, as we have again come to bring Yeshua’s (Jesus’) love and life, His encouragement, His faith and hope to these who have already returned and inhabiting the place which has been given to them, since the days of Abraham.

“Walk with me”, as I like to say in my videos, as we again experience the goodness of the Lord among His people. “Come and see”, as The Chosen TV series likes to say, as I share in these messages and through the sights and sounds that come your way, the marvelous acts of our God being done in our day.

What a day we are living in! Even so, “Bo Yeshua”. Maranatha! Come Jesus!

Ahava and shalom,

Steve Martin

Love For His People, Founder

 Love For His People Ministry. is a  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 $10-$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.)

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We stand with Israel. Eternally. As does Yeshua HaMashiach, the Living God of Israel.

We stand with Israel. Eternally. 

As does Yeshua HaMashiach, 

the Living God of Israel.

 

Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, Israel - Walk With Me, Steve Martin

 Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, Israel - Walk With Me, Steve Martin

Come see where Jesus was crucified as believed by many in the Christian world. Recorded 09.11.23 in Jerusalem. Videos filmed and shared by Steve Martin, Founder, Love For His People Ministry in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA.

City of David, Walkway To The Top To Be Opened in Jerusalem. Walk With Me, from Pool of Siloam

City of David, Walkway To The Top About To Be Opened for All in Jerusalem - Walk with me, Steve Martin, Founder Recorded Sept.14, 2023 in Israel Videos filmed and shared by Steve Martin, Founder, Love For His People Ministry in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA.

Love For His People - The Next Generation

 

Love For His People - The Next Generation Sept. 11, 2023 Greetings once again from Jerusalem. Our time here has been filled with discerning the guidance of the Holy Spirit as to be where He wants us to be, and when. That has taken us up and down Jaffa Street on the light rail train multiple times. Today, Monday Sept. 11, my son Josh and me will travel on a bus for an all-day trip to Masada, the Dead Sea, and Qumran, where the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered around 1947/1948. One of my personal aspirations is to connect the next generation with the people and Land of Israel. Bringing my 40-something son Josh is part of that. Introducing him to several friends I have been connecting with over the last three decades has been very important to me and I know will be for him. He has been amazed at the number of people on the streets most of the time, and at one point said “how respectful” they are to one another. When is the last time you heard that in the media about Israel, and Jerusalem specifically? Totally opposite the garbage the news articles and reports would like you to see and hear daily in their reports. Our support for the Jewish people, and more importantly the Messianic believers, is vital to Christians as much as for ourselves as for them. It has always been on the heart of God the Father that His people would be restored, and saved, and that Christians would be instrumental in supporting them by “bringing them on their shoulders” (the prophet Isaiah) back to their Land. Thus my many trips here, to bring home that point to them, and to you who also know Yeshua as Messiah. As a side note, I am always filled with strength and joy when I am able to attend the King of Kings worship service on Sunday nights in Jerusalem. Last night was no exception. May that which is on the Lord’s heart in these last days become more so on yours. Until next time, shalom from Jerusalem. Steve Martin P. S. Above photo: Uri Shlakim with Steve and Josh. Uri has the best quality hoodies and t-shirts on Ben Yehuda Street. On the Jerusalem train once again. This time there was even room to sit! SHARE Making another new friend, Jacque, the restaurant owner in the Old City Christian Quarter. A good place to go on Shabbat! The King Solomon’s Quarry, or Zedekiah’s Cave, just east of the Damascus Gate is literally a “cool” place to go on a hot day. “I Love Jerusalem” on the way to the Old City near Jaffa Gate. At least the gray hairs are getting less. Disappearing! Ein Gedi and the ibex The small waterfalls of Ein Gedi where David fled from King Saul. (The large waterfalls further on was closed. Someone had fallen in and died 3 weeks ago.)

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We Bless - Steve Martin, Love For His People Ministry

 

                                              (Steve Martin with Danny Boy in Jerusalem April 2023)

We Bless by Steve Martin

"Yes, they were pleased to do so, and they are indebted to them. For if the Gentiles have shared in their spiritual things, they are indebted to minister to them also in material things.” Romans 15:27, NASU

Every time the Lord gives me the opportunity to go to Israel as part of our Love For His People Ministry, I greatly enjoy spending time with our good friends among the Jewish people. Some we have known for 15 years now. Blessing them, as the good Lord has instructed us as Christians, has been on my heart now for over 46 years, beginning when I was first given the understanding of our debt to Israel and the Jewish people. Because of their faithfulness to the living God of Israel in spiritual things, we now have an indebtedness to them in material things.

Because of His faithfulness to them above all, the Jews, we Gentiles, now believers, have been grafted into the olive tree as well.

“And if some of the branches were broken off, and you, being a wild olive tree, were grafted in among them, and with them became a partaker of the root and fatness of the olive tree, 18 do not boast against the branches. But if you do boast, remember that you do not support the root, but the root supports you.” Romans 11:17-18, NKJV

Standing with the Messianic believers in the Land and befriending the “pre-believers” has enriched my spiritual life for many years. These connections the Lord has made continue to grow, as we see the days becoming darker and His light shining even more.

Being friends with Nissim and Hadassah, Nouri, Avraham, Uri, Danny Boy, Chaim and Deanna, Richard and Carolyn, Koken and Menalu, Tuly and staff, and the several ministries we have stood with and supported over the years allows the Holy Spirit to do what He has given us to do as our part in the restoration and salvation of Israel and His people re-gathered there once again, as He prophesied centuries ago.

I have written previous messages of the debt Christians owe the Jews, as I first heard and learned from the great Bible teacher Derek Prince. Because of the Lord’s granting them as a people the knowledge of Him and His Word, the Torah, through whom our Messiah Jesus has come, Yeshua HaMashiach, we are now too grafted into the olive tree, and can partake of their salvation and inheritance, among all Who call upon the Name of the Lord.

Understanding this basic, vital foundation in the life of believers is necessary for further unity in His Body, as He joins Jew and Gentile into the One New Man, the Bride that is being prepared for the return of the Son of God, Yeshua (Jesus).

Thank You, Father, for Your great plan of salvation, which has been laid out in completion through the Word of God, from Genesis through Revelation. Seeing Your fulfillment of prophecies and plans from Your heart encourages us to press on as we now do our part through faith and obedience.

Bless the people of Israel, Lord, and may those be blessed who realize the debt we owe them and seek to bless them also.

Ahava and shalom,

 

Steve Martin (with Avraham Saiden of Jerusalem)

Founder, Love For His People

 

Message #147 in this series – in the year of our Lord 09.01.23 – “We Bless” – Friday, 9:00 am in Charlotte, North Carolina

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. 

Go here for safe donations using major credit cards with PayPal.

Provision Comes - Steve Martin, Love For His People Ministry

 Provision Comes

 

 

"In vain do you get up early and put off going to bed, working hard to earn a living; for he provides for his beloved, even when they sleep.” Psalm 127:2, Complete Jewish Bible

 

When I clearly heard the Lord back in mid-2009 to give my usual six-month notice that I was leaving my position at that time as the USA Director of an international ministry, I was sincerely seeking the Lord for what would be the provision going forward. He had finally given me the go-ahead to start our new ministry after years of wanting to do so, and my faith was founded on Him and the funds to make it happen.

 

Assuming that money would “just come” to cover the ministry costs, and our own personal expenses, being I was obediently following His leading, I was not overly concerned. After all, I was doing as He said, and it was often heard, “Where the Lord guides, He provides.” I believed it.

 

But after a few months, things got a bit uncertain. And we didn’t have a savings account or dollars stuffed under the bed to cover the mortgage, car payments (2), and regular monthly bills that still came. With my income dropping from $70,000 per year to just over $11,000 (I still have all my accurate tax returns for those years and following so as not to “exaggerate”), my good wife was greatly encouraging me to do something. Even if it meant for me getting a job at McDonalds if I had to.

 

Thankfully, her part-time job as a child caretaker provided food and some other needed income for the home.

 

In my heart, I knew the Lord was going to provide. I waited for His clear direction. In the meantime, He did lead me to seek a part-time accounting job, which I did.

 

And then He spoke. “Use what I have already given you.”

 

“What?” I asked.

 

He responded further. “Your home. The extra bedroom.”

 

Being our four kids had moved out, we had two extra bedrooms in our home, basically unused. That was 13 years ago, and we have had a renter ever since, providing income for the ministry and more.

 

In addition to that, with the accounting contract services jobs He has provided over those 13 years, it covered all ministry expenses for frequent Israel trips, and gave us additional monthly support for our Messianic Jewish friends living in the Land.

 

With that being said, we had decided to no longer have a renter, to take a “break” from it. This August 2023 was to be the end of it. And I thought, “There goes my Israel ministry trip funds” as I had known. I even began to think that there would be no trips to Israel in 2024. And so, I again put it in the hands of the Lord to see where His next means of provision were to come from, for He hadn’t removed the calling and ministry that He had first given 13 years ago.

 

And then on Aug. 7, 2023, I got a voice message from someone responding to a “room rental ad” I had placed in January of this year (2023) but had placed the ad on “pause” in February. How did that happen - that it was seen?

 

When I mentioned the call to Laurie, she responded rather positively, surprisingly to me, after I had already told the person we no longer were renting the room.

 

And then Laurie had the person come over that same night…and now we are going to be back having a renter here near the end of the year, after giving it a few months break. And the rent income will be double what we were getting from the last one! Ministry income!

 

The Lord does provide. He is always faithful to enable us to fulfill what He has called us to do. Each one of us, if we but keep our eyes fixed on Him.

 

As He promises to each of us in faith, “…and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith…” Hebrews 12:1-2, NASU

 

What He has called you to do, continue doing it. Even when it looks like it may be “done and over”, He will still make a way, until it is really done and over, and we have reached our eternal reward in heaven.

 

Ahava and shalom,

 

Steve Martin

Founder, Love For His People

 

Message #146 in this series – in the year of our Lord 08.08.23 – “Provision Comes” – Tuesday, 12:40 pm in Charlotte, North Carolina

 

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. 

 

Go here for safe donations using major credit cards with PayPal.

 

Contribution checks can be sent to: 

 

Love For His People Ministry  12120 Woodside Falls Rd.   Pineville, NC 28134

Todah rabah! (Hebrew – Thank you very much.)

Being Faithful to the End - new book by Steve Martin

Standing in support of Israel, Jews, and believers in all the nations, in the Name of Jesus (Yeshua) Our regular communication to share the Love For His People with our friends. Blessings on ye head! 

 Aug. 4, 2023 Charlotte, North Carolina 

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

I am grateful to the Lord that He continues to give me words of encouragement and inspiration to share with you. And then once I have accumulated a good many I like to publish in a book, making it easier to read as a morning devotional or to pick up anytime and hear what He may be saying again. 

That said, I have now published my 37th book, Being Faithful to the End. 

Being faithful to the end is what each of us has been called to do, by the One Who created us and gives us all we need to complete the tasks set before us. As it is written in Hebrews 3:14-15: “For if we are faithful to the end, trusting God just as firmly as when we first believed, we will share in all that belongs to Christ.” 

As you read the chapters I have written over a period of several months, I pray you will continue to take the next steps necessary to hear the Lord daily, understand His Word, and obey Him as He leads you into new and amazing ways. 

Whether you are a new believer or one who has known the Lord since your youth, as I have, may His ongoing love and encouragement guide you in all things, as you continue to be faithful to the end of your life. 

The messages in this book: 

1. Keep On Keeping On 

2. When All Else Fails 

3. When No Becomes Know 

4. Pioneers 

5. Giving Life

6. Heart of Compassion 

7. When You Have Nothing 

8. Enough 

9. Oppressed 

10. How I Learned To Give 

11. Justice – It Will Come 

12. Carry Them On Your Shoulders 

13. Remember the Markers 

14. In the Heart of God 

15. Next Step 1

16. The King and His Bride 

17. Searchin’ 

18. Trust and Forgiveness 

19. Through It All 

20. Messiah 

21. Final Word 

For the next 5 days, beginning tonight, Saturday, Aug. 5, 2023 at 12 am PDT, the Kindle version will be free for download (normally $2.99). This will end on Aug. 9 at 12 am midnight PDT. You don't have to have a Kindle iPad to download. You can get it on your mobile phone or laptop. 

My new book is also available in hardcover ($17.95) and paperback ($7.95) To purchase on Amazon: Being Faithful to the End - Hard cover $17.95 Paperback $7.95 Kindle $2.99 (Note again - the free download of Kindle begins Saturday, Aug. 5, at 12 am PDT).

Ahava and shalom,

Steve Martin Founder, Love For His People Ministry

 

Being Faithful to the End by Steve Martin (published 2023) 

Being faithful to the end is what each of us has been called to do, by the One Who created us and gives us all we need to complete the tasks set before us. As it is written in Hebrews 3:14-15: “For if we are faithful to the end, trusting God just as firmly as when we first believed, we will share in all that belongs to Christ.” 

As you read the following chapters I have written over several months, I pray you will continue to take the next steps necessary to hear the Lord daily, understand His Word, and obey Him as He leads you into new and amazing ways. 

Whether you are a new believer or have known the Lord since your youth, as I have, may His ongoing love and encouragement guide you in all things, as you continue to be faithful to the end of your life. 

Blessings on ye head. 

Steve Martin, Founder Love For His People Ministry  

To purchase on Amazon: Being Faithful to the End - Hard cover $17.95 Paperback $7.95 Kindle $2.99 (Note again - the free download of Kindle begins Saturday, Aug. 5, at 12 am PDT).

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. 

Contribution checks can be sent to: Love For His People Ministry 12120 Woodside Falls Rd. Pineville, NC 28134 Todah rabah! (Hebrew – Thank you very much.) 

Please share this encouraging message with your friends. 

Email: loveforhispeople@gmail.com martinlighthouse@gmail.com 

YouTube: Steve Martin/Love For His People 

Love For His People Ministry 12120 Woodside Falls Rd. Pineville, NC 28134 USA 

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

 

Standing in support of Israel, Jews, and believers in all the nations, in the Name of Jesus (Yeshua) Our regular communication to share the Love For His People with our friends. Blessings on ye head! 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: The Promise - Journey of a Lifetime - Hardcover $19.95 Paperback $12.95 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  To purchase on Amazon: Why We Do What We Do - Hard cover $12.95 Paperback $8.95 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.    Go here for safe giving using major credit cards through PayPal.   Contribution checks can be sent to:    Love For His People Ministry 12120 Woodside Falls Rd.  Pineville, NC 28134 Todah rabah! (Hebrew – Thank you very much.)   Please share this encouraging message with your friends.   Email: loveforhispeople@gmail.com   martinlighthouse@gmail.com   YouTube: Steve Martin/Love For His People  Love For His People Ministry 12120 Woodside Falls Rd. 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