Thursday, August 1, 2013

Grandson Daniel's 13th birthday!

Daniel Louis Martin - now 13!

We all gathered together at Josh and Chelsie Martin's home (son and daughter-in-law) to celebrate their oldest son's 13th birthday. Daniel enjoyed his gifts. His two brothers, Logan and Jensen, and sister Dylan Joy also had a good time seeing him open his presents.

Among the gifts were a New American Standard Bible, an autographed #24 Jeff Gordon (NASCAR) hat (from both granddads), a MineCraft software program, a $50 bill, a nice T-shirt and a Swiss knife. 

Ben (son) and Laurie Martin

Dylan Joy Martin (granddaugher)



(L-R) Logan Martin (grandson), Payton Avalos, Daniel,
Hannah Martin (daughter), Laurie with Zoe

Payton, Jensen Martin (grandson)

Hannah and Lauire
Josh and Chelsie Martin (Daniel's parents)







Reunionize Time! Coming up soon on Saturday - Aug. 10, 2013, Pineville NC

                        

John O'Leary - our faithful sound man 
at All Nations Church,
serving from 1995 to at least 2002!


     OUR FIRST ANNUAL REUNIONIZE TIME!

SATURDAY - AUG. 10, 2013 

2-6 PM


PINEVILLE LAKE PARK 

1000 JOHNSTON DR. 

PINEVILLENC28134


Greetings to all of thee.
Let's get together again! 
("Come together, right now...")


Missed fellowship will all of your old church and ministry friends? The ones the Lord did indeed join you together with? We sure have. 


So let's do something about it.

Let's have a BIG reunion! 

I say it's "Reunionize Time!"

It truly is time to get it back together. We need to stop the enemy from robbing our joy, peace and love for one other, that our Good Father intended, and still does, for us to share with one another.

It is time to come out of our houses, off the couch, and participate once again in His purposes for each of us together. It just is.

So...we are willing to start.

If there are any of our connected e-mailers, Bloggers, Twittervillees and/or FaceBookie friends out there, who either went to church with Laurie and I, or were on ministry staffs or worship teams, or are part of the three main ministries we are currently involved with...did I leave out anyone? (Sure hope not.)


So let's do something about it.

Let's have a BIG reunion! 

I say it's "Reunionize Time!"


Were you (are) on one of these member lists from days gone by?
1. Victory Church - LaSalle/Peru, IL (1977-1980)
2. Shiloh Fellowship/New Covenant Christian Church - East Lansing, MI (1980-1987)
3. Good News Church - Fort Lauderdale, FL. (1987-1994)
4. All Nations Church (founding members) - Charlotte, NC (1994-2001)
5. Cornerstone Fellowship Church - Pineville, NC (2001-2004)
6. St. Giles Presbyterian Church - Charlotte, NC (2004-2006)
7. Morningstar - Fort Mill, SC (2006-2010)
8. Antioch International Church - Fort Mill, SC (2010 - present)

Or was on staff with me at one (or more) of these ministries:

1. Derek Prince Ministries (Ft. Lauderdale 1987-1990) and Charlotte, NC 2001-2005)
2. Mahesh Chavda Ministries/All Nations Church - Ft. Lauderdale and Charlotte (1987-2000)
3. Vision For Israel  - Savannah, GA and Charlotte (2005-2010)
4. Samaritan's Purse - Charlotte, NC (2010, 2011)
5. Covenant Keepers - Charlotte, NC (2011-2012)
6. Charlotte Rescue Mission - Charlotte, NC (2012)
7. Antioch International Church - Fort Mill, SC (2012-present)

(L-R) Bob Sherrill, Doug Goff, Bob Smith 

All Nations Church (1995)


Gilbert Crespo (now with the Lord in heaven)

All Nations Church (1995)



Derek Prince Ministries 2004


Or you are one of our good friends with these networked ministries:

1. Beit Yeshua (since 2006)
2. Christians For Messiah Ministries (since 2004)
3. Christian Friends of Israel (CFI-USA) (since 1994)
4. Highway To Zion (since 2006)
5. Love For His People (since 2010)
6. One New Man (since 2012)

Beit Yeshua's Curtis Loftin 2013


Cathy and Dale Hargett - Highway To Zion 2013

Then it's....

"REUNIONIZE" Time!!!

Saturday, August 10, 2013

Time will be from 2-6 pm. 

Pineville Lake Park 
1000 Johnston Dr. 
PinevilleNC28134 

Each family will need to bring a dish to pass and some cola or water drink. Bring the old kids, young kids, and ones still cookin'. The park provides grills, but bring your own charcoal if needed. Pretend you are going on a picnic, so you bring all you would need.

Haul in the grandkids too, so the grandpas can run them down to get in some "off the couch" exercise.

ALL FOR THE PURPOSE 
OF BEING TOGETHER,
TO HAVE SOME GOOD, 
OLD FASHION BONDING, 
LOVING, 
FELLOWSHIPPING TIME
IN HIS PRESCENSE.


Write me back to get on the Reunionize Time update list - martinlighthouse@gmail.com

Shalom y'all,

Steve & Laurie Martin

P.S. Please pass this onto those who would like to join us but don't communicate through social media or any other modern day technology. (I have to print this out for Laurie!) Or others who need to read a really good blog once in a while.

Who Can Compare - Paul Wilbur (Your Great Name CD 2013)

Paul Wilbur and his wife



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Abbas Declares Future State 'Judenrein'

Abbas Declares Future State 'Judenrein'





JERUSALEM, Israel -- Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas said no Jews, civilian or otherwise, would be permitted to live in the future Palestinian state he envisions.
Abbas made his remarks Monday during a visit to Cairo.


"In a final resolution, we would not see the presence of a single Israeli -- civilian or soldier -- on our lands," he said, according to Reuters.


For a man who wrote his doctoral thesis on Holocaust denial, some analysts say Abbas latest statements calling for a Judenrein (Jew-free) state aren't surprising. 


In his dissertation, Abbas alleged that Zionist leaders inflated the number of Jews killed during the Holocaust.

"It seems that the interest of the Zionist movement, however, is to inflate this figure so that their gains will be greater," he wrote. "Many scholars have debated the figure of six million and reach stunning conclusions -- fixing the number of Jewish victims at only a few hundred thousand."

According to Abbas, Zionist leaders encouraged Nazi persecution first so Jews would immigrate and secondly because "having more victims meant greater rights and stronger privilege to join the negotiation table for dividing the spoils of war once it was over."

Abbas spent some 30 years at the side of the late PLO chairman Yasser Arafat.


Editor's Note: Finally telling some truth!

Stakelbeck on Terror Show: Exclusive Interview with Pastor John Hagee

Stakelbeck on Terror Show: Exclusive Interview with Pastor John Hagee


On this week's edition of the Stakelbeck on Terror show, we sit down with Pastor John Hagee, founder of Christians United for Israel (CUFI), for a wide-ranging discussion about his organization's rapid growth, his personal journey into Christian Zionism, and the gathering threats against America and Israel.
Click play below to watch.

Erick Stakelbeck

CBN News Terrorism Analyst

Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Kevin Subra Shares History of Family - back to Civil War days with Steph...

My cousin Kevin Subra shares ancestral history
(Father of 15 children)
-son of Glen and Ardyce Subra




Published on Jul 31, 2013

At the annual Subra family reunion (Everett Willard and Lucy Yarwood Subra family) on July 27, 2013 in Winona, Minnesota, grandson Kevin Subra (my cousin) shares some history of the family, beginning during the Civil War days with Stephen Subra. He then follows it through to days in Minnesota and onward.

Seven of the original nine children of Everett & Lucy were able to attend this year. Many of their children also, including myself from Charlotte, NC.

Videos filmed and shared by Steve Martin - to give appreciation to and love for those we support, through Love For His People, Inc.

Seven of of the original none, 
with Marlyn Subra on right 
(husband of deceased Roger Subra)

Cousins (a few...)

(L-R) Steve Martin, Tom Martin (brother), 
Loren Subra (uncle), Don Bicknese (cousin)

Cousin Wanda

(L-R) Lila Subra Martin Parker, 
Lavonne and George Hermann

Standing - Lorraine Monahan
(Seated) George & Lavonne Hermann daughters

Kevin Subra (father of 15)
- my cousin, son of Glen and Ardyce Subra 
of Marion, IA

Bill Yount - Firebrands In God's Hand

Firebrands In God's Hand





The enemy is about to hear from our children and grandchildren beginning this season. 

Watch and expect the passion for Christ to run wild like a raging fire inside of them. The Lord has allowed them to be placed in strategic locations in the earth and even in some unusual places where we might think they shouldn’t be. 

Even in prisons, homeless on the streets, or wherever they are being held in satan’s grip. 

They have now been divinely positioned to become a firebrand in God’s hand to ignite and explode like dynamite inside the camp of the enemy! This is why the enemy forever has fought against marriages. He feared concerning the Godly seed that was about to come upon the earth to do him in! 

And here they come! Genesis 22:17 ( Message Bible ) “Your descendants will defeat their enemies.”

If a coin was found in a fish's mouth, maybe there is a connection between our mouth and
our money. 

How many times have we said, "I'm broke, I'm sick, I'm catching a cold," and watched it come to pass? Little do we realize that when we open our mouth we are prophesying either good or bad! 

Why not say, "I have all the money I will ever need! I'm being attacked by healing! Healing runs in my family! I heard a saying once that even a fish would stay out of trouble if it learned to keep its mouth shut!

Blessings,

Bill Yount

          


Subra Family Reunion in Winona, Minnesota - seven siblings and their children

Subra reunion in Winona, MN July 27, 2013

On July 27, 2013, the Subra family of Everett Willard Subra and Lucy J. Yarwood Subra (both have passed on) held their annual reunion in Winona, MN. Of the original nine siblings, seven were there. These were Doris, Violet, Lavonne, Lila (my Mom), Glen, Lorraine (the reunion host this year), and Loren.

Roger Subra has passed on (but his wife Marliyn, daughter Cheryl and son Jim were there) and Irene, the oldest, was unable to attend.

In this video, each sibling had their children, who were present with them, to come and stand with them for photo opportunities.

Videos filmed and shared by Steve Martin - to give appreciation to and love for those we support, through Love For His People, Inc







Tom, Mom and Steve