The Red Scarf - Now Think On This message by Steve Martin, Love For His People, Inc.

Dec. 31, 2018 Greetings in the name of the Lord Jesus, Yeshua. The new year is upon us, according to the Gregorian calendar, after having the biblical new year begin in October. With another year passing, I can honestly say it was a very good year in many aspects personally. I hope you can say that too. As always, thank you, Lord, for hope You instill in us, for what is coming according to Your plans and purposes for each of us! Thank you also to you who read these emails and then go onto the Love For His Peoplewebsite to see what else has been posted. Very encouraging. (I see the reports.) My recent Now Think On This message, The Red Scarf, actually came about after a request by my Charlestonian sister to re-send a photo I had taken in Dublin, Ireland this past May. At the time it was just another photo ("another photo" - Facebook has 40,000 of mine now over the past 10 years) but doesn't the Holy Spirit use everyday things to speak to us? He sure does! And remember, in this new year, giving thanks for the little things, everyday moments in our lives leads us to even greater opportunities to see the Lord work on our behalf. Give thanks today! Be blessed with ahava (love) and shalom (peace), Steve Martin Founder/President P.S. My book Jerusalem and Friends shares a few important reasons why we support the chosen people of Israel. This coming May 2019 my good wife Laurie and I will be again visiting those families we support monthly in Jerusalem and Tiberias. You can order online through the link below, and help support them too. Please do so! Now Think On This ‌ The Red Scarf Now Think On This Steve Martin "…then how much more the blood of the Messiah, who, through the eternal Spirit, offered himself to God as a sacrifice without blemish, will purify our conscience from works that lead to death, so that we can serve the living God!” (Hebrews 9:14, Complete Jewish Bible) When my Charleston sister Mary requested a photo I had taken in Ireland in May 2018, of her wearing a red scarf as we walked the Dublin city park, the Holy Spirit quickened me to write about the blood. The red blood that flowed from the Savior’s body. For us. The red blood that saves us from our sin. Remember the Christian hymn (so ancient by some terms these days) we used to sing in church? “What can wash away my sins? Nothing but the blood of Jesus.” (Robert Lowry (1826-1899 – See below for the full lyrics from 1876.) How many still believe in the blood of Jesus? How many still believe in sin? If there is no sin, then why the big deal about the blood? Some would say there is no longer any need to preach about the blood of the Messiah, to teach about the necessity of His sacrificial death on the Roman cross, that rugged tree. Does it matter what others would say about something they have dismissed, to do away with “sin”, “guilt”, “shame”, “forgiveness”? If there is no God, then it would not matter. But because there is the One and True God, then it most certainly does. To use a now worn out cliché’ in another way, “Sin matters.” To put this in simple terms, we needed a restoration, a redemption, a way to return to the Creator of all life, the One Who sets the rules. Because of sin committed back in the Garden of Eden (and yes, Adam and Eve really did exist) there became a separation from God the Father for all mankind. But down through the many centuries He patiently and consistently revealed, first to the Jews, and then the Gentiles, how to get that relationship restored. There must be a cleansing from the wrong. There had to be Someone to become the Passover lamb, the one who knew no sin, to fulfill the requirement that the Holy God had properly put in place. Only the Son of God, Yeshua, met that established law, and only He could fulfill the prophetic promises of His coming with exactness. Only He could meet the requirements of perfection, to bring about the forgiveness of sin. It was sin that removed us from God the Father, being His Holiness does not permit sin in His presence. It was the unblemished blood that could bring us back. Only the blood of the Messiah would meet that requirement. Without spot. Without blemish. The Perfect Lamb of God. He was the substitution for us, to forever cover the sin that would have kept us from the eternal relationship God the Father so desires with us, His creation. “And if you call on the Father, who without partiality judges according to each one's work, conduct yourselves throughout the time of your stay here in fear; knowing that you were not redeemed with corruptible things, like silver or gold, from your aimless conduct received by tradition from your fathers, but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot. He indeed was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you who through Him believe in God, who raised Him from the dead and gave Him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God.” (1 Peter 1:17-21, NKJV) For those of us who believe, who have repented and received Jesus Christ’s sacrificial death on our behalf, in order for us to be restored to God the Father, for eternity we will give thanks. For those who have yet to acknowledge that their sin has separated them from God, and can only be forgiven when they call on the Name of Yeshua (Jesus), may your heart be opened to the truth, and may you too receive the gift of eternal life that comes only through confessing and believing. (Be sure to read the rest: The Red Scarf) Jerusalem & Friends by Steve Martin Those who stand with Israel, and particularly Jerusalem, will receive the promised blessings given to those who do so. The ones who oppose the purposes of God for this people and land will receive the eternal judgment He also promises He will hand out. Sharing this book, containing some of my experiences in Jerusalem, is a joy, and also a promise to always stand with Israel.  You can get it in paperback or Kindle. Amazon Paperback $7.95 Kindle $1.99 Love For His People, Inc. P.O. Box 414 Pineville, NC 28134 USA loveforhispeople@gmail.com Love For His People  ‌  ‌  ‌  ‌  ‌  ‌ Visit our website Donate

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5 Years Ago, Kim Clement Prophesied Exactly What Would Happen When Billy Graham Died

3/7/2018 Charisma News

Five years ago, Kim Clement prophesied about the aftermath of Billy Graham's death.

"At this very moment in time, there's a transferring of mantles," Clement says in the 2013 video. Church figures like Oral Roberts, Dick Mills and R.W. Schambach have gone on to glory.

"These were great prophets, apostles and evangelists. The final one to go will be Billy Graham, and let me tell you something about it. Those mantles won't be cast to you, so it's not a temporary thing. These mantles are being cast upon you so that you can operate in them with a double portion," Clement prophesied.

Watch the video here to see more.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara met in Rio de Janeiro with Brazilian Christian friends of Israel.

The Prime Minister of Israel

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Dec. 31, 2018

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara met in Rio de Janeiro with Brazilian Christian friends of Israel.

Prime Minister Netanyahu:
"My wife Sara and I are delighted to be with you in Brazil.
We have no better friends in the world than the Evangelical community, and the Evangelical community has no better friend in the world than the State of Israel.

If you are a Christian in the Middle East, there’s only one place where you are safe. There’s only one place where the Christian community is growing, thriving, prospering. That’s in the State of Israel. Because everywhere else, if you’re a Christian, you have to be very careful, or you have to leave. Not in Israel. You are pour brothers and our sisters and we protect the rights of Christians as we protect the rights of all religions.

But this isn’t only a matter of justice, and it’s not only a matter of value. It’s a matter of the deepest sympathy in recognizing our common traditions, our common heritage.

Israel and Jerusalem are one. And Jerusalem, from the time of King David, 300 years before King Hezekiah, was the capital of our people, has remained the capital of our people, and will remain the united, eternal capital of the Jewish people for all time. You don’t need this reminder because you know our history, and you know our common roots.

Our histories are intertwined, our faith is intertwined, our values are intertwined. And so every time that we dig with a shovel in our land, we find ancient synagogues or ancient churches. And sometimes we don’t even have to dig.

And when you come to Israel today, you see a country that welcomes you as brothers and sisters. You see a country that values religious freedom. You see a country that is pride of our past and carries our values to the future. You see a country where the ideal was that every person is born in the Image of God. This is the original idea of equality, in the ancient world, thousands of years ago.

These are the values that produced our modern civilization. And they’re anchored in the faiths that we hold dear. These are also the faiths, the values that create the future. Israel is seizing the future. We now have an opportunity in Brazil to seize it together. President Bolsonaro says, 'We are brothers,' he says. We are brothers, and we are going to seize the future together.

You know that President Bolsonaro’s first name in Hebrew is Yair, which is also the name of our son. But Yair means something in Hebrew: He who brings light. And I think that we have now an opportunity together to bring a lot of light to the people of Brazil and the people of Israel. This is an alliance of brothers.

So I want to invite all of you next year in Jerusalem. I want to invite all of you to come to Israel, next year, it’s only two days away. We shall welcome you with all the love and warmth that we reserve for family. You are part of our family and we are part of yours.

I look forward to seeing you in Jerusalem, my brothers and my sisters."

-13:19