Love Broke Through by Steve Martin

 

Love Broke Through by Steve Martin

“The amazing grace of the Master, Jesus Christ, the extravagant love of God, the intimate friendship of the Holy Spirit, be with all of you.” 2 Corinthians 13:14, THE MESSAGE 

 

When I returned to the place where I had once been, it was different. Or maybe my heart had been changed, coming back with a different one, or rather, one that had been enlivened once again, and prepared better to shine again. 

I know Danny Gokey sings about that. Both Keith Green and Phil Keaggy had also. 

Love had broken through, and now the Lord had given me once again a place to share His love, which I may not have done quite so well before. So now I have been given the opportunity to be there once again. 

There are places, people, opportunities in your life where the Lord once had you, and then you left, thinking that that wasn’t the way it was supposed to be, that if only you had done better, been wiser, or simply let His Holy Spirit lead as He can, your impact may have been a bit more everlasting. 

I want to assure you that even when you think it didn’t go right, when you thought you had messed up, that surely goodness could have been more good in the place of your footprint…the Lord had made His mark with the light you did share, and it was going to be better because of you. 

Love had broken through. When it seems most dark, the small flame which did come forth from your heart did shine; the seed was planted, and life did grow as a result. 

We don’t always know what is going on in the minds of those around us, who have been through a lot, seen a lot, and experienced a bit more than at times they could handle. But when we share the love of God, through a simple smile, a caring word, an act that otherwise might go unnoticed, our Lord Jesus Christ uses that to touch lives. And if you get the opportunity to go back, you will see just how much your life did affect them. If you don’t, then let it shine where He has you now. 

“…in all these things we are superconquerors, through the One who has loved us. For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor other heavenly rulers, neither what exists nor what is coming, neither powers above nor powers below, nor any other created thing will be able to separate us from the love of God which comes to us through the Messiah Yeshua, our Lord.” Romans 8:37-39, Complete Jewish Bible 

By the love of the Father, through the outworking of the Holy Spirit, we have been given a measure of His grace and mercy to share to a dying world, a world which many not even want His love. But there will come a time when they certainly realize they need it, and Him Above All (another great song as sung by Michael W. Smith.)  

Opportunities will come today to share the love of God. Walk with open eyes, an open heart, and think a bit less about yourself, your needs, and give some of His grace and mercy to the one next to you on the job, in the school, or as you shop. 

Let the love of God break through. The world needs you. The nations need you now. And so does that one He gives you to show Himself to them. 

Now think on this and see what good things the Lord has in store for you and those around you. 

 

Ahava and shalom, 

 

Steve Martin 

Founder

Love For His People Ministry

 

 

Thank you for reading! 

 

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Originally published in the series: Now Think On This #453 - in the year of our Lord 08.29.19 – “Love Broke Through” – Thursday, 6:00 am 

 

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Steve Martin, Love For His People

(Thank You, Holy Spirit!)

Apprehended and Recharged by Steve Martin

 

Apprehended and Recharged by Steve Martin

(Original Message #67 – in the year of our Lord 04.23.2022 – “Apprehended” – Saturday, 3:00 am in Charlotte, NC USA)

 

“My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.” Psalm 73:26, NASU

Returning from Jerusalem had not happened in quite some time for me. As you all know, one must go and come back for there to be a “returning.” And that hadn’t happened in two and a half years, since October 2019, because governments around the world chose to shut down everything in sight, when a deliberate and planned pandemic struck, believing they were in ultimate control of all things.

I certainly am glad that our God, the Lord Jesus Christ, Yeshua HaMashiach, is the One Who sits on the highest throne. He always has the final say. In time, all will bow their knee to Him alone.

“And every created thing which is in heaven and on the earth and under the earth and on the sea, and all things in them, I heard saying, "To Him who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb, be blessing and honor and glory and dominion forever and ever." Revelation 5:13, NASU

When Israel finally permitted non-vaccinated individuals to enter the nation, with a proclamation in March 2022, it took less than 3 days for me to book my next flight. The Lord had called me to support Israel and the Messianic Jews, and I was not about to let Satan and his henchmen keep me any longer from fulfilling that call.

Back in 2002, when I was being ordained as a Minister of the Gospel through Cornerstone Church (Pastor Mark DeVito, apostolic authority Ron Hill, and the five elders) in the little town of Pineville, North Carolina, which I call the “Bethlehem of Charlotte”, the Lord spoke deep into my soul, setting me apart for His plan and purposes. At the same time during that ordination, He also used the prophetic voice of Terry Kelson, renamed Ahava Hadassah of the Aliyah Return Center in Tiberias, Israel once she made aliyah from the USA to Israel, to speak forth a word over me. (She rejoices in heaven now!)

“You have been called as a scepter for Zion,” she said from among the small group of gathered believers.

That eternal word was deeply planted into my spirit. Since that time the Lord God of Israel has enabled me to walk it out. I am an ambassador for Israel.

Eight years after that special day our ministry named Love For His People was birthed, and both my good wife Laurie (aged 50 at the time) and I (aged 55 way back then) have given ourselves to further pursue what is the full understanding of His call on our lives, being one together for His plans and purposes. These 12 years since then have been one of slow growth, but the foundation is strong, built on the Solid Rock.

But, when I couldn’t get to Israel for those two years, my faith, hope, and love wavered. I was being held back from doing that which I had been apprehended to do. The enemy of our souls wanted to keep me from walking out God’s purposes given for me. In fact, I know that was what the evil one had intended.

Those of you who have walked for the Lord for any number of years know what I am talking about. These are battles we must go through, to further prepare us for what the Lord has redeemed us for. Remember the simple but true word, “No pain. No gain.”

The apostle Peter describes it very well in his Epistle to us.

“Keep a cool head. Stay alert. The Devil is poised to pounce, and would like nothing better than to catch you napping. Keep your guard up. You're not the only ones plunged into these hard times. It's the same with Christians all over the world. So keep a firm grip on the faith. The suffering won't last forever. It won't be long before this generous God who has great plans for us in Christ — eternal and glorious plans they are! — will have you put together and on your feet for good. He gets the last word; yes, he does.” 1 Peter 5:8-11, THE MESSAGE

The appointed time for the return to Jerusalem finally came. David Peterman joined me. While in the Land, we completed the tasks the Lord had given to us – to encourage, further connect, and build up His Messianic body and other Jews yet to believe on His Son Yeshua. No big meetings. No grand entrances. Just one on one with those who He has joined us.

Upon my return to my home, for a week or more I felt I had drunk 4-5 cups of cappuccino every morning. (And I am not a coffee drinker due to stomach issues.) Energy that I had lost over that previous period had been restored. New life. New hope. New vision for the things of the Lord.

The power of the Holy Spirit, much like that given at Pentecost (Shavuot) had come upon and within me once again.

I know now, with the attestation of Laurie who lives with me day by day, that this basically happens every time the Lord gets me to Israel and back. Walking in His calling in faith and obedience will do that. He is the One Who gives us the grace and strength to accomplish His strategies.

“Not that I have already attained, or am already perfected; but I press on, that I may lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus has also laid hold of me. Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead, I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.” Philippians 3:12-14, NKJV

You too have been apprehended to do His good works. You, too, have been given a call that only you can walk out. It is vital that you are in proper alignment with Him – whether through your job, home location, church membership, or synagogue congregation – and that you stay connected so that you can allow Him to speak and direct your life.

Walk out the “mission from God”, just as the Blues Brothers did, to accomplish your God-given role in the Body of Christ. We all need you and me to do that. Our God will make a way for you to succeed in it.

Ahava and shalom,

Steve Martin, Love For His People founder

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

E-mail: loveforhispeople@gmail.com 

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Message #67 – in the year of our Lord 04.23.2022 – “Apprehended” – Saturday, 3:00 am in Charlotte, NC USA

Animals found in Israel

Lion in Jerusalem, Israel zoo

 

Israel's rock badger in the Ein Gedi National Park

Deer in Ein Gedi National Park

A camel on the way from Jerusalem to the Dead Sea.

I am Israel.

 

Do Not Be Silent - Morris Ruddick

Posted on May 25, 2025

Do Not Be Silent

Despite Elijah fearing for his life at the cave … God instructed him to resume his assignment.

God’s command? GO!

It followed one of the boldest and most dramatic exploits of judgment performed at the hand of one of God’s servants.

Calling down the fire was only the prelude. Closely following was the execution and elimination of the wicked priests, whose vile practices were at the core of the spiritual seduction of Israel. Yet, despite the intense drama, the spiritual shift released was not complete.

This resumption of Elijah’s assignment is what needs to be seen when discerning the process/ the response to Israel’s October 7th Massacre and the Global Intifada that have erupted since that time. Despite the accomplishments in conducting a war on seven fronts, the shift is not yet complete.

There is more, proactively more being required as Jew and Gentile are mobilized on a grand-scale.

For all his protests in the cave, the Lord ignored Elijah’s desire for a safe place and sent him back ….. to put in place the follow-up to the removal of the prophets of Baal and Asherah after calling down the fire.

That command involved setting things up for the next generation. It began with: “And the LORD said to him, ‘Go, return to the wilderness of Damascus. And when you arrive, anoint Hazael to be king over Syria. And Jehu you shall anoint to be king over Israel, and Elisha you shall anoint to be prophet in your place.’” 1 Kings 19:15-16

Indeed, something viral is being released from the heart of God advancing the judgment that will transcend the generations. So Elijah went. He fulfilled that task … and went on to grapple with more immediate power skirmishes and judgments contained within his own time-line.

Strategically, that command from the cave contained the judgment that would decimate the deep roots of embedded, wicked leadership. It included Ahab falling at Ramoth-Gilead and Elisha serving as the final agent in the chain of those destroying the House of Ahab and worshippers of Baal.
”The one who escapes from the sword of Hazael shall Jehu put to death, and the one who escapes from the sword of Jehu shall Elisha put to death.” 1 Kings 19:17

The Eruption of Entrenched Entanglements
So, these entrenched trans-generational entanglements were targeted in the Lord’s command to Elijah at the cave. So will be the impact of words imparted by Daniel, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Jesus and John the Revelator regarding the eruption of deep-rooted entanglements bearing on what manifested on October 7 and the more recent heartless murder of the two Israeli embassy staffers.

There is a distinct demarcation between God’s sacrifice in His love to woo the world and the separation of the sheep and the goat nations to judge the ingrained wickedness erupting globally. 

From the sharp command to Elijah at the cave to the sequel of backlash being experienced by Paul, came another command, pertinent to the response we now face with the seeming amassing eruptions of wickedness and clamor.
“Do not be afraid, but speak and do not be silent, for I am with you and no man will attack you in order to harm you, for I have many people in this city.” Acts 18:10-11

The Response: Do Not Be Silent
Do not be silent …. for I have many people in this city. Do not be silent …. for many people will be awakened. Many will be mobilized.

Trans-generational judgment begins with the simplicity of obedience. Do not be silent. Wickedness must be called out for what it is. God’s judgments begin with a track record of cooperative efforts with His people.

That means embracing the standard of our identity in Him. Many years ago, my wife and I were in Minsk, Belarus for one of our workshops. The timing coincided with the sixtieth anniversary of the 1943 German slaughter of 4000 Jews from the Minsk ghetto.

In remembrance of this travesty, we were privileged ….. wearing yellow arm-bands as had the members of the ghetto …. as we marched across the city with the Jewish community.

As believers, we’ve reached a time …. a time of not being silent ….. a time of identifying with the Jewish community and Israel. Embracing the common ground of our spiritual heritage. Taking a stand against the wicked, perverse voices erupting in our cities. The wicked voices calling black white and white black. Voices of perversion proclaiming peace, peace …. despite the reality of the underlying death and destruction being promulgated.

Raising righteous voices to awaken the many people the Lord has in these places.

The Embedded Death-Cult
The setting today is not unlike the assignment the Lord entrusted to Elijah targeting the death-culture nurtured by Ahab and Jezebel …. and the Minsk ghetto slaughter …. and the death-cult that has been given voice globally in this hour …. penetrating seats of power. Isaiah took a stand and would not be silent, using his authority to strip back the voice of the death-cult penetrating the leadership seats-of-power in his day.
“Therefore hear the word of the LORD, you scoffers, who rule this people in Jerusalem! Because you have said, ‘We have made a covenant with death, and with Sheol we have an agreement, when the overwhelming whip passes through it will not come to us, for we have made lies our refuge, and in falsehood we have taken shelter.’” Isaiah 28:14-15

The Accounting
The back-story during the days of Elijah is about those whose blood had been shed because of their stand for the Lord. The Lord has always had an accounting for the manifestation that the death-cults have had on His people. It is no different today with the Messianic Jewish couple martyred for their identity in Washington on May 21st.

When conditions align with God’s people taking their identity-stand …. not being silent …. then as one, they can with authority resonate the cry of the Psalmist:
“Oh God, do not be silent and do not be still. For Your enemies make an uproar and those who hate You exalt themselves. They make shrewd plans against Your people. They conspire together against Your treasured ones. They say, ‘Come, let us wipe them out so that the name of Israel be remembered no more.’ They conspire together with one mind. Against You they make a covenant. O my God, make them like the whirling dust. Like the fire in the forest, so pursue them with Your tempest and terrify them with Your storm. Fill their faces with dishonor that they may know that You alone, whose name is the Lord, are the most High over all the earth.” Psalm 83:1-5, 13-18

The Courage Needed for Times of Change
Understanding the times, to know what to do. That’s the focus of SIGN. Prophetic forerunners with the courage to take a stand and push back from what overwhelms …. to pause sufficiently to catch the glimmers and in simplicity and obedience, do their part.
“For judgment I have come into the world, that those who do not see may see and those who see may be made blind. He who does not receive my words has that which judges him, the word that I have spoken will judge him.” John 9:39, 12:48

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The young man murdered in Washington, DC, along with his new fiance, were Messianic Jews. Testimony.

 

Yaron Lischinsky's testimony shared years 

prior to his murder.

2019 Yaron Lischinsky had shared his testimony and Israel to the church in Japan.  (His part begins around 31 mins).

Why do I go to Israel so much? Steve Martin, Love For His People

 

Meal in Abu Ghosh (5 miles west of Jerusalem) with friends.

Why do I go to Israel so much?

I have been to Israel 29 times (as of May 2025) since 1989 (36 years now) and have been asked the question, “Why do you go so much?”

My simple, quick response is, “Because I want to visit my friends, to encourage and support them in their Land.”

And then they typically ask, “But couldn’t you take that money instead (i.e., $1500 for a plane ticket, another $1,500 for lodging, food, transportation, etc., for 10 days) and send it to them for needs they have?”

So I ask them, and now you (if you similarly think as they do)…

Do you give your spouse, kids, or friends just money, for their needs, and never actually be with them, to eat with, talk with, in person, or do things enjoyable together? Are your relationships built on money only?

I have thought about how Yeshua (Jesus) walked from the Galilee (in northern Israel) to Jerusalem (central Israel in Judea) on several occasions during His earthly ministry. For one reason, among others, to be with His friends. Lazarus, Mary, Martha, and more who lived in that area.

Have you ever walked the distance between Capernaum, His Galilee base, and Jerusalem (125 miles on foot, taking at least 30 hours one way, while climbing the hills all along the way? Could not Yeshua just send money on someone’s donkey and let it be at that?

He didn’t have a car, nor an airplane option of course, but He did “pay the way” to go in person Himself.

His actions were about relationships. He encouraged people with words and in person, giving hugs, blessings, and meals together. True, faithful, long-lasting friendships were developed and maintained.

That is why I spend the money (my own) to go to Israel so often. (And at this time, our friends in Israel need our encouragement even more. You can talk the talk, but walking the walk is far better.

Ahava and shalom (love and peace),

Steve Martin

Love For His People

Rings of the Lord

I bought these rings in Jerusalem, Israel, two weeks ago. The ones who now wear them (my sister and her grandson) really like their rings. I bought all the Messianic One New Man rings David Saidian (my 84-year-old friend Abraham’s oldest) had in his shop on Ben Yehuda Street, near Danny Boy’s shop and Uri’s.

I bought eight for $28 each. I didn’t want a discount, but he gave me one anyway. I am supporting my Jewish friends in Israel as much as I can.

Steve Martin

Love For His People Ministry

May 26, 2025

(L-R) Steve Martin, Josh Martin, Avraham Saidian

Ben Yehuda Street in Jerusalem, Israel

 

Get Back On The Boat - Steve Martin

 

“Get Back On The Boat”   “ Then, without warning, a furious storm arose on the lake, so that waves were sweeping over the boat. But Yeshua was sleeping.  So they came and roused him, saying, “Sir! Help! We’re about to die!”  He said to them, “Why are you afraid? So little trust you have!” Then He got up and rebuked the winds and the waves, and there was a dead calm.” (Matt 8:24-26 CJB Complete Jewish Bible)

There has been a lot of rain in our state of North Carolina this summer. The local weatherman reported that the 12” above normal level has been the highest in the 75 years of their records. Cutting my grass between the falling bullets just hasn’t been working right, and I can attest to that fact.

 

As I drove in the pouring rain to my former boss’ house during the latest downfall to hear his wise counsel about book publishing, I was speaking to another on the cell phone. Flooding was occurring in her home. She conveyed that she felt she had been under spiritual attack lately, and the excess water was the latest incident, indicating that.

 

After listening for about 15 minutes, my response wasn’t just a quip to “come up with a quick solution,” as they say men do, so we can get on to being the answer to the next problem.

 

“Seems like you are in a lifeboat, connected by only a lifeline to the big boat. So get back on the boat.”

 

It wasn’t meant at all to be a pun, as the rain outside my speeding car might suggest, or as her house foundation continued to seep water through it. I believe I was moved by Holy Spirit, Ruach HaKodesh (Hebrew). She really seemed to be hanging on, connected in her little raft on the mighty ocean, by a single lifeline. She needed to get into the boat, get on the ship, where the rest of the people were safely being cared for. I am speaking about the local body of believers.

 

Some of you may say, “I am connected,” as her response was.

 

What? You no longer belong anywhere as a member, due to some incident? But now you do watch your favorite TV teacher/preacher on TV? Or you have a long distance phone conversation with an older saint in your former congregation, and you call that “being connected?”

 

Explain that logic to me from the Scriptures, which basically commands we are to be “joined and fitted together” in His Body. As one would say, “How is that working out for you?”

 

Sometimes being direct, in your face, sharing tough love as James Dobson wrote decades ago, needs to be just that – a realistic look at where you are at, now and where He actually wants you to be, in experiencing His purposeful life.

 

We all have excuses why we can or cannot do something. If your spiritual, and possibly natural life depended on it, what is your excuse to just stay in your little raft? Does that hold water with Him?

 

If you are one floating in a raft, hanging onto to the Father Ship by a lifeline, I highly suggest you really ask the Father where you are supposed to be connected, and start pulling on the line in that direction.

 

The TV man or woman, or the cell phone person, won’t quite make it in the days ahead for you, when the real spiritual floods come. That hand extended through the airwaves can’t be the one you will need right at hand.

 

It is best to be connected, within a ship, with those the Lord intends for you to be connected with. He said so. It can happen.

 

Ahava (love in Hebrew) to my family of friends,

Steve Martin

Founder, Love For His People Ministry

(Originally published on Aug. 3, 2013 as an Ahava Love Letter.)

A beautiful quiet night in Jerusalem, Israel

 

A walk down Jaffa and Ben Yehuda Streets in Jerusalem, Israel

May 9, 2025

Steve Martin, videographer

Shabbat Shalom!

Time for our departure from Jerusalem, Israel, on this trip...

 

Steve Martin and David Peterman speak on their last day in the city of Jerusalem, Israel.

I was flying out the next day, May 13, 2025, while David was staying on another week.

“El Gibor v’ El Elyon” (Mighty God, Most High) - King of Kings worship in Jerusalem, Israel