Wednesday, April 20, 2022

Know your place and walk in it. Steve Martin, Love For His People

 

Know your place and walk in it. Steve Martin, Love For His People

Sometimes ambassadors gotta do what they gotta do… (Jerusalem, Israel April 2022) Steve Martin, David Peterman
April 19, 2022 Charlotte, NC

Greetings to friends and family of Love For His People.

My wise restaurant boss/owner Russ Rollinger would tell me and the crew, when I was in 8th grade back in Cedar Falls, Iowa, around 1968, “When the food is hot, get it out.”

He made a spiritual point even though I am sure he wasn’t thinking along those lines.

When the Lord gives you something to say, say it. The Apostle Mark liked to often use the word “immediately” in his Holy Spirit anointed gospel writings. He had a very good reason for doing that. The Lord wants people to respond when He speaks.

Too many times we sit on what we hear, waiting forever to get “one more” confirmation before we get up off the couch or nice reclining chair and act in obedience. How much gets done when we do that?

When the Army sergeant says, “GO!” you better not look at him and think, “DId he mean now? Shall I ponder on this for a moment or two?”

When the Commander speaks, do it.

And so I share this message with you. My first thought was that the people would get tired of seeing these messages from me in their InBox, but then I was corrected by Him and was told to give it out when it is hot.

I hope you are encouraged as you read it.

Ahava and shalom,

Steve Martin, Love For His People ministry

P.S. If you missed the earlier published 10 messages I wrote during my adventure in Jerusalem you can read them on our website Love For His People.

Also watch some, if not all, of the 45 short videos I recorded too as I walked the streets of Jerusalem, Tiberias, Jaffa, and Tel Aviv. I certainly enjoyed making them – primarily to share with you so you can be a part of what the Lord is doing in His Land, Israel. Look here: Walk With Me in Jerusalem

P.S.S. Like the pomegranate photo above? I took it with my small Canon camera in the Jerusalem open market on April 5, 2022, in what is called the “shouk”. The official name is Mahane Yehuda. The photo reminds me of the many individual parts of the Body the Lord is gathering together. You, me, and so many more! 

Know Your Place 

“As a vessel of snow in a day of harvest, [So is] a faithful ambassador to those sending him, And the soul of his masters he refresheth.” Prov. 25:13, Young’s Literal Translation 

Isn’t it just like the Lord? After I got up from my prayer/ministry workspace rocker in the wee hours of the night, either from jetlag after the most recent Israel trip, or having been recharged once again, to let go of the tea earlier consumed within, or as the Jewish tour guide said years ago on one of the many early year adventures in the Land, – “Coffee in. Coffee out” as we made another bus stop along the route, the Word of the Lord came to me. (Sorry for the long sentence.)

But as we learn to know His voice, we can hear the Holy Spirit speak to us, sometimes at the most unexpected times.
He said to me, “You are an Ambassador for Israel.”

And my response to myself, as I shouted within was “Yes! And I love my job!”

What a marvelous assurance it is that the Lord gives to each of us, as He continually unfolds His plans and directs our steps. It amazes me at times. It scares me at times. It renews my hope, love, and faith at all times.

This recent Ahava Adventures of Love For His People ministry in April 2022, alongside my good friend David Peterman, once again “recharged my batteries” as Mahesh Chavda of All Nations Church used to delightfully speak 22 years ago. A recharge was certainly needed for me after 2.5 years of waiting and waiting, and waiting through 6 canceled trips to Israel due to evil lockdowns and false narratives delivered by Satan and his henchmen (spiritual and natural) to further frighten and instill more fear in the nations of the world.

But God! God delivers!

So, when that word came, “You are an Ambassador for Israel”, I got excited. Thank You, thank You, Holy Spirit!

Each of us has been created for a distinct, specific, meant-to-fulfill mission from our heavenly Father. As we seek His face, walk in His ways, and say no to the world and its temptations about us, He is faithful to show Himself strong on our behalf. He delights to reveal, connect, and put each of us in our eternally ordained place, to bring forth His Body, His church, which is made up of believing Jews and Gentiles, One New Man, to reveal His glory in all the earth.
And don’t we all need Him so desperately right now to do just that? Go God!

Expect the Lord to speak to you. Long for His voice. Open your spirit up and allow Him to bring comfort, assurance, and a quiet but firm word, “This is the way. Walk in it.”

An ambassador for Israel is what I am. (Even Popeye knew what he was.)

“Now you are the body of Christ, and members individually. And God has appointed these in the church: first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, administrations, varieties of tongues. Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Are all workers of miracles? Do all have gifts of healings? Do all speak with tongues? Do all interpret? But earnestly desire the best gifts.” 1 Corinthians 12:27-31, NKJV

Discover your place in His Body that Yeshua (Jesus) has given to you, and then walk it out faithfully every day, with all the grace, love, and shalom (peace) He alone can bring to you and others as you do.

Ahava and shalom,

Steve Martin, Love For His People 



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Message #12 of the “Ahava Adventures” series – in the year of our Lord 04.19.2022. – Know Your Place” – Tuesday, 3:10 am in Charlotte, NC



Time To Act. What Are You Waiting For? by Steve Martin (Published 2020)

It is time to act, for that which we have been anticipating and waiting for so long is now upon us. Yes, the Lord God Almighty, the One seated on His heavenly throne, had His Hebrew prophets speak centuries ago to His people of this time.

So, what is happening that you and I need to be so observant of?

The nation of Israel was reborn in 1948. The city of Jerusalem was united in 1967. The Holy Spirit has been poured out on the nations, as signs and wonders reveal His power and glory in our time. The One New Man is coming together, as Jews and Gentiles, believers in Jesus Christ, Yeshua HaMashiach, unite. And Jews from around the world are returning to the promised land, Israel, making Aliyah.

Prophesied through Jeremiah, Isaiah, Ezekiel, and more…they are coming home by the thousands as it is becoming a priority for them, prompted by the Lord God of Israel Himself. Yes, it is time. It is time to act.

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Friday, April 15, 2022

Jerusalem - Watch my short videos when I was there. In the Land. Steve Martin, Love For His People


April 15, 2022 Love For His People "Ahava Adventures" - Walk with me, Steve Martin, in Israel. Jerusalem, Tiberias, Haifa, Tel Aviv, Jaffa...

Watch here: Jerusalem videos - "Walk With Me", Love For His People


Watch here: Jerusalem videos - "Walk With Me", Love For His People


We Must Understand His Heart For Israel and the Jews – Love For His People, Steve Martin

 

We Must Understand His Heart For Israel and the Jews – Love For His People, Steve Martin

Around the table in Ein Gev on the Sea of Galilee: Rabbi Kokeb Gedamu, Menalu Gedamu, David Peterman, Steve Martin April 8, 2022

April 13, 2022 Love For His People ministry in Charlotte, NC

There is a saying that “All good things come to an end.” But I say – that depends upon whom you ask.

As for me, though this latest Love For His People ministry “Ahava Adventures” journey to Israel finished for David Peterman and me on April 13, 2022, after 11 days and 10 nights in Jerusalem, it will continue to go on as the Lord unveils further what He is doing. He is the Alpha and Omega, and when He says the end is here, it is here.

For those who have eyes to see and ears to hear, His Holy Spirit is speaking much. We only need to hear and obey.

It is vital for every believer, Jew and Gentile, to understand the extreme importance of their role and responsibility towards Israel and the Jews. It is not just for me and the Love For His People ministry, or the other ministries whose work primarily focuses on Israel, to know this.

It isn’t as if, “Yes, that is their thing and I have my thing and someday it will all work together thing.”

No, each believer needs to comprehend the importance of Israel and what is now, especially in these end times, happening to the Jews.

Carolyn Hyde, Rabbi Kokeb Gedamu – April 8, 2022 above the Sea of Galilee. (Photo by Steve Martin)

This is God’s work. It is His thing. And if we are to be about His business, and not out there building our own little kingdom, whether it is by having a “secular” job or “full-time ministry”, we must know His heart for that Land and His people and become involved with it.

It isn’t to be an “us Christians and them Jews” type of thinking.

Each one of us, you, and I must understand what the Bible expressly reveals, from Genesis to Revelation, as to how the Lord demonstrates and shares His father’s love. By giving the nations a people, the Jews, they were and are to be a demonstration, clearly and fully, of His love. He is now bringing them back, after centuries prior to His return to Jerusalem, to complete that demonstration.  

As Jesus, Yeshua, came as a Jew the first time, He will be coming back, as a Jew, to set up His kingdom, in person, as He spoke of through His prophets the Jews, down through the centuries.

He is coming back to Israel to set up His throne in Jerusalem. Literally. It will be quite evident to all.

It is absolutely vital for each of us to understand if we are to really know the Father’s heart and His love for His people.

For the Body of Christ to walk in the complete calling, plans, and purposes of the One Who gave us the Plan, the Bible, we must understand Israel and be a part of His work there.

And I will say this, as clearly and as urgently as I can – for the Church to fully be what we are called to be, there must be a solid connection between Christian believers and Jewish believers for it to happen. Trying to get by without that will not work out very well.

As Dr. Phil so often says to ones who haven’t done it the right way. “How is that working out for you?”

Most of you reading this get it. You know the importance of Israel, understand what the Lord is doing with aliyah (bringing the Jews home from all the nations), and are doing what you understand you can do.

Some of you may need to have a further understanding so you too can play the key role you were created to be doing. Now. In your lifetime.

Again, “Israel and the Jews and Christians” is not just another once-in-a-lifetime sermon that the pastor should be preaching and teaching. It is the complete redemption story laid out, from start to finish, as to how the Lord is doing it. All of us need to have a clear vision and focus on this.

With Passover happening this week, it is a major annual sign to the Jews, which someday soon the Lord will open their eyes to see all along it is Yeshua, the perfect Passover Lamb, they are gathering about. They will soon know it is of the One they speak forth with their Seder meals.

With Good Friday and Resurrection Day also occurring this week, Christians rejoice and give eternal thanks for salvation which comes only through Yeshua the Messiah, Jesus Christ, with the Last Supper, and as we gather on Sunday normally with a big meal, it is further declaring to the world the Father’s love with eternal truth.

In time it will be one table we sit at together, because by then we will have come to know He has only one family.

And do you know what that table is called?

“Then he said to me, “Write: ‘Blessed are those who are called to the marriage supper of the Lamb!'” And he said to me, “These are the true sayings of God.” 10 And I fell at his feet to worship him. But he said to me, “See that you do not do that! I am your fellow servant, and of your brethren who have the testimony of Jesus. Worship God! For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.” Revelations 19:9-10, NKJV

Yeshua (Jesus) welcomes His Bride, to sit at the table. Marriage Supper of the Lamb

Let us pray that we start doing it now.

Ahava and shalom from Jerusalem,

Steve Martin, Love For His People

P.S. The photo above demonstrates part of what the Lord is doing – showing black Messianic Jews sitting at a table with two white Gentile believers, enjoying a nice fish dinner. I ask that the Lord will multiply this “picture” worldwide.

P.S.S. If you had been reading the previous messages, in one of my “P.S.” I wrote of David Peterman’s luggage not making it to Israel. Well, just TWO HOURS before we left the Abraham Hostel in Jerusalem to fly back to the USA, it came! Only 11 days late.

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

Please sign up for my email messages: Love For His People. The sign-up form is on our ministry website: ministry newsletter

You have the opportunity to help support the work of this ministry, including the assistance we give to families in Israel: DONATE online now. You can also send checks to:

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

E-mail: loveforhispeople@gmail.com

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Message #10 – in the year of our Lord 04.13.2022. – Last Day – His Heart for Israel and the Jews: – Wednesday, 10:30 pm in Charlotte, NC

Sharing a meal with the Messianic Ethiopian Jewish congregation in Haifa, Israel April 8, 2022
Hadassah Lerner of His Lighthouse, Inc., David Peterman, Steve Martin – Talpiyot (Jerusalem) 04.08.22
Nissim & Hadassah Lerner, Steve Martin (north of Jerusalem) April 4, 2022
Avraham Saiden, David Peterman – Jerusalem restaurant April 7, 2022 (Photo by Steve Martin)

Steve Martin

STEVE & LAURIE MARTIN - LOVE FOR HIS PEOPLE FOUNDERS My good wife Laurie and I (45 years in October 2022!), through the ministry of Love For His People we founded in 2010, give love and support for our friends in Israel and in other nations with friendship, humanitarian aid, and social media support, along with Steve's messages, and our Ahava Adventures trips to Israel. Steve has also authored and published 33 books. We live in the Charlotte, NC area. We have four adult children, spouses, and eight grandkids.

O we certainly do praise Him! Good Friday, Passover – Yeshua, Jesus – The Passover Lamb

 

O we certainly do praise Him! Good Friday, Passover – Yeshua, Jesus – The Passover Lamb

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The Passover Lamb. For you and me.

 

The Passover Lamb. For you and me.

April 15, 2022 Passover, Good Friday – Love For His People in Charlotte, NC

He did this for us. Yeshua HaMashiach, Jesus the Messiah, Jesus Christ