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Monday, August 10, 2020

‘Awake, America!” – Love For His People ministry newsletter

 

‘Awake, America!” – Love For His People ministry newsletter, Aug. 10, 2020


(Above photo: Dr. Peter Wyns of Antioch International Church)

August 10, 2020 Charlotte, North Carolina USA

Greetings Love For His People family and friends.

Right at the start, I want to say I really appreciate our pastor, Dr. Peter Wyns, of Antioch International Church in Fort Mill, South Carolina. The powerful message he gave this past Sunday, August. 9, 2020 would have woken the dead if they could have heard it. I truly hope the American church wakes up and hears it. It is TIME for believers, and especially pastors and those who love our country, to stand up and stand against the forces seeking to destroy us from within, and without. We can’t wait until tomorrow.

Please listen to Dr. Wyns message here: Awake! Awake! O Zion!”

In conjunction with his message, during the same church gathering, the Lord gave me a word on what actions we need to take. You can read my latest message, Time To Act: Time to Draw the Sword!

As I have shared before, the ministry of Love For His People is ever increasingly becoming involved with aliyah – helping North American Jews immigrate to Israel and those who have already made the move to the Land. Specifically, Laurie and me have joined forces with a new organization known as CAFI (Christian Agency For Israel). I myself came on staff with the team August 1, involved with administration and financing. A possible move to Florida may be coming within the year.

At the same time, we have been on the Advisory Board of His Lighthouse, Inc. founded by Nissim and Hadassah Lerner near Jerusalem, Israel for the past 5 months. We have known the Lerners for over 10 years now and have become great friends. Here is a word they sent out from last month: His Lighthouse newsletter. Get involved as you can.

Have a good week, knowing that our Lord, Our Savior, Jesus Christ, Yeshua HaMashiach, rules and reigns above all!

Ahava and shalom,


Steve Martin

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Time To Draw the Sword – Steve Martin

“O you sword of the Lord, how long until you are quiet? Put yourself up into your scabbard, rest and be still! How can it be quiet, seeing the Lord has given it a charge against Ashkelon and against the seashore? There He has appointed it.” Jeremiah 47:6-7, NKJV

At the beginning of the Sunday morning gathering on August 9, 2020 at Antioch International Church in Fort Mill, South Carolina, Dr. Peter Wyns brought a huge, decorative sword to the pulpit and held it up. “A sister-in-the-Lord brought this today for me to show you.” (Her name is Nita Brown, our friend from Lancaster, South Carolina.) It was appropriate that he did this, for it went along well with his recent, powerful messages spoken these past months calling forth Christians and the Church to wake up in America.

During the worship time that followed I sensed the Holy Spirit say to me, “I have given my Sword (the Bible) to everyone who has called upon My name. Some carry it, some have put it down. Some no longer think it is valid nor useful in this day. I AM calling them to pick it up again and use it. It is time to draw the sword.”

The full armor we have been given as believers, as found in Ephesians, includes the battle weapon, the sword. We have been called to use it.

“Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of His might. Put on the full armor of God, so that you will be able to stand firm against the schemes of the devil. For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places.

Therefore, take up the full armor of God, so that you will be able to resist in the evil day, and having done everything, to stand firm. Stand firm therefore, HAVING GIRDED YOUR LOINS WITH TRUTH, and HAVING PUT ON THE BREASTPLATE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS, and having shod YOUR FEET WITH THE PREPARATION OF THE GOSPEL OF PEACE; in addition to all, taking up the shield of faith with which you will be able to extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. And take THE HELMET OF SALVATION, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.” Ephesians 6:10-17, NASU

As I considered further as to what the Holy Spirit was saying to me this morning, I got the sense that He was serious. He was not giving us an “option” anymore, as if we had a choice. He was saying this word with a force of power behind it. We have to pick up the sword. It is time to draw the sword He has given us and use it.

Our country needs the prayers that cry out to God. Our country needs the believers in this land of America, still the home of the brave and the free, to start fighting the forces of hell before the forces of hell take our freedom and right to worship the Living God away. The enemy of our souls is not backing down. Why are we standing around as if it continues to be OK for us to do so? It is not all right to be singing, “Que sera sera. Whatever will be will be.”

As Dr. Wyns repeatedly has been saying, and I too have been writing about for a few years in my books (Standing For Truth 2018, Adventures in Courage 2019, Lion of Judah Roars 2020, each available on Amazon in paperback and Kindle versions) it is time for us to stand up, be bold, and not let the devil take this land from us. Fight we must. Use the sword we will.

It is also time we stood strong for Israel and the Jews, and not let the lies of the anti-Semites and the Replacement Theologians continue to direct the narrative that most Christian churches have allowed to be preached from the pulpits and written pages over these past decades. That is the belief that the Church has now received all the promises given to the Jews by the Living God of Israel, taken from them and given to us, is simply not so, but a lie from hell.

Be it to stand against the evil of abortion, same-sex marriage, cultic practices and idolatry, backing down on support of Israel, or allowing our educational and political systems to become more and more liberal and humanistic, now is the time to step up, be counted, and take up the Sword of the Lord to fight back.

Of the full armor of God, the Sword is the one used not only for defensive purposes, but primarily for taking the offense. The mighty Sword is the one weapon used to attack and kill the enemy, before he kills you and the ones you are called to protect.

Are you willing? Are you going to let our children and grandchildren be fed the deceptive and destructive lies that constantly rage against the Word of God and His followers?

Not me. It is time to act. Before it is too late.


Details coming.


Come on! Do some walking with me. WALK WITH ME – Steve Martin
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Press On! No Matter the Cost (Got your copy yet? I didn’t think so. But you will.Yes!)

Those of us who have been called, anointed, commissioned for the King’s service has one thing going for us – we are not alone. The Holy Spirit, Ruach HaKodesh, has been promised by the Son Jesus Christ, Yeshua HaMashiach, to always be with us. He is our Comforter, Our Director, the One Who will lead us on. This book is meant to encourage you to continue to seek the Living God, the One Who left from Jerusalem, Israel, and is soon to return to Jerusalem, Israel. Be encouraged in your walk. Keep seeking the Lord above. Let Him direct your steps always, as you hear and obey.

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Saturday, August 10, 2019

Going Again. - Now Think On This by Steve Martin


Going Again.

“And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a witness to all the nations, and then the end will come.” Matthew 24:14, NKJV


In February of 2010 I made my first journey to India, with the Lufthansa flight landing in the city of Hyderabad in southeast India. Accompanied by my good friend Edgar Persad, I was to spend the next week teaching 70 pastors of the Lord’s purposes and plans for Israel, and their responsibility now as believers.

Accepting the invitation of Pastor John Ebenezer, who donned wreaths of gorgeous flowers around our necks, after we came through the airport gate (they were heavy!), our journey began in the early morning hours.

Having never been to India, the experience was much the same as the time in 2002 when my good wife Laurie and I joined the “smuggling team” of Derek Prince Ministries, carrying stowed Mandarin Chinese Bibles in carry-on bags into mainland China.

It was not so much that Edgar and I were carrying Bibles now, but with the fact that as people were also everywhere in the huge cities, as in China, we were ready to bring the Lord Jesus’ saving and lasting Word to these pastors.

One of the first things that caught my attention in this very populated nation were the street intersections. There seemed to be no working stop lights but rather a lone policeman directing traffic. He certainly had his work cut out for him. Try as he might, very few gave much attention to his waving hands. It was a bit comical, and yet scary, that the taxi drivers just held their hand on the horn and drove right on through. Including our van driver!

After 10 years since that time, I am returning again to these people in February 2020. Though I will be traveling alone this time, with two pastors' conferences on schedule, I too will have a full workload up ahead.

Pastor John Ebenezer with Indian pastors 2010

On August 9, 2019, I received this letter from Pastor John. You can see his heart for the pastors he oversees, to understand the biblical command to bless Israel and the Jews.

Dear Steve,

Shalom. I thank you so much for keeping me at your home in July, and able to share all we needed. Now I have to ask please, in regard to your upcoming trip, to bring this teaching to India church pastors about Israel and the Jewish people, and Yeshua. I want you to explain the meaning of God’s plans to the people because they don’t know much about them of Israel, at least not in a complete picture. So I feel better to encourage them to study more and learn much about Israel pray for the nation of ISRAEL each day in India. once again thank you so much shalom...

I wrote this back to him:

I certainly will, John.

I am going to start at the very beginning, with Genesis and explain God’s plan of redemption and salvation coming through the Jews, starting with Abraham (though he himself wasn’t a Jew, but was a man of faith.).

All the Hebrew patriarchs and matriarchs, prophets and apostles (except Luke) were Jews.

And Yeshua Himself, God in the flesh, was, and still is, a Jew.

Plus. I will teach on how Jews were dispersed, even to India, beginning in 70 A.D., and know how the Lord’s plan is being fulfilled prophetically, right before our eyes, in bringing them back to their Promised Land. It is known as aliyah.

And somehow, I want the pastors to “give” something to bless Israel. Doesn’t have to be money. You can think of whatever. They need to know how to bless Israel and the Jews in the natural, even as they have so given to us, Gentiles, in the supernatural, beginning with the Torah, the Word of God.

Shalom John,

Steve

About two hours later John quickly wrote back, something that he normally is not given to, considering the conditions he lives in, within his simple, village lodging in India. Having been there myself, it is very simple.

As one example, when he is in India, and not traveling throughout the USA, wi-fi, thus email can be challenging to obtain, especially out in the remote villages where we have gone and will go again.

John’s response email, as follows.

Dear Steve,

Thank you for your message which I have seen and it's very good to them and to me too, to teach others in my country, and as you know that you have visited the village Mucherla, in the district of Khammam. the state of Telangana, which is a new state. Formerly it was with the state of Andhra Pradesh. Now we’re separated as of 3 years ago. It’s close to Khammam, a city now with 3 million people. Everything we get from there. Even the hospitals and stores etc. are only in Khammam. There is no other big town nearby to me nor in all around the district.

Servant for the poor,
John Ebenezer

Address:  John Ebenezer
                 Mucherla .Post
                  Khammam Dt. TS 507182
                  INDIA
                 
call +91984 965 7911
       +91770 244 9757

Lighthouse Center, India Pastor John Ebenezer
Cell#984-965-7911
"Great is Thy faithfulness, O God." "Bless the Lord, O my soul!"


Going again, back to India, was not something I had planned on. But as the Lord opens doors to go, we must hear and obey. He wants the nations to know what He is doing. We must be the ones to share it with them. All aspect of the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ, Yeshua HaMashiach. We must preach His Word as much as we can, while the time permits.

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/President
Love For His People, Inc.

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Now Think On This #446 - in the year of our Lord 08.10.19 – “Going Again” – Saturday, 4:55 am

Photos from our 2010 journey to India
and John's work in his country


We provided new garments for the pastor's wives.

 Indian pastors attending the conference.

 Pastor John praying for the pastors he oversees.


 Pastors' wife and their new garments.
 Churches being built in India
 In Muerchela's church building. This flower wrap was heavy! (Notice the strain on my face?!)

 Steve Martin sharing Scripture with the conference pastors, through the translator.

 In the city of Khammam, India 2010

 A gift from Pastor John Ebenezer

My good wife Laurie and I - wearing Indian garments a few years later.

Sunday, June 11, 2017

"The Barn" - 20 Year Anniversary! - 1995-1997 All Nations Church - Charlotte, North Carolina USA, Pastors Mahesh and Bonnie Chavda

The only way - Jesus Christ!
King of kings and Lord of lords!

20 Year Anniversary! 
1995-1997 were the awesome days of "The Barn" 
All Nations Church - Charlotte, North Carolina USA
Pastors Mahesh and Bonnie Chavda

(Top photo: one of the last photos before The Barn was torn down.
Property was sold by Lamb's Chapel to housing developers 1997.)

Inscription painted by All Nations Church Administrator Steve Martin on the front wall 
- for the last church gathering on June 16, 1997.

A month or so later The Barn was torn down, forever remembered by those who experienced "The Watch of the Lord" for two years, every Friday night from 10 pm - 6 am. 

Those were powered-pack nights of eight hours of praise, worship and prayer for our nation, Israel, and for the purposes of the Lord Jesus to be fulfilled in our day. 

Healing came to those seeking His favor, when during those hours we gave ourselves to our Lord and Savior. He met us big time.

Thank you Lord! You are continually awesome!!!

Pastor Mahesh Chavda giving the last message in The Barn on June 15, 1997.

All Nations Church - Charlotte, North Carolina USA
Days of "The Barn"
1995-1997

Pastors Mahesh and Bonnie Chavda

Louis and Lila Martin, Art Maki
                      
Evening dusk before "The Watch of the Lord" started in The Barn
Friday nights 10 pm - 6 am All Night Praise and Worship


Mahesh Chavda
Sunday morning in The Barn church service



The former horse barn had become the location for "The Watch of the Lord".
All night praise, worship and prayer every Friday from 10 pm - 6 am.

Mahesh Chavda, Ed Brigham

                           

 
(L-R In white shirt - Jeff Carroll, Selva Ayempeuromal, Gilbert Crespo, Bob Lafferty

Far left: Jackie Ayemperoumal.  Mahesh Chavda, Ed Brigham, Michael Blade, Leslie Adams

Mahesh Chavda, Louis Martin (my dad), Bonnie Chavda
 - "Outstanding in the Field!"

 Bob Sherrill

Bobby Hussey
 
Standing for Israel was a priority at All Nations Church, 
especially during "The Watch of the Lord" meetings.

Bobby Hussey (keyboard), Bob Smith and Bob Sherrill (guitars).
Tim Tennant in the left hand corner.

On Father's Day, the second to last Sunday service held in The Barn, I honored my father, Louis Martin, for his life and work. He went onto glory two years later (lymphoma cancer).

(After his passing my Mom gave me the special clock I had inscribed to him as a gift, shown holding in my hand. Steve Martin)

                       
Bonnie Chavda


                     

Before the last Watch of the Lord and the Sunday service, we painted the walls of The Barn, with memorial inscriptions and special paintings (which we knew were coming down within it's tearing down later that summer.)

Steve Martin on the ladder. God had met us there many times.


These Scriptures I painted on the walls 
on June 15, 1997 were true then, 
and have been fulfilled even more so 
as these last days 
are being fulfilled in our midst. 

Many of us have become 
lights to the nations, 
to the ends of the earth.

Steve Martin June 11, 2017


Laurie Martin awaits my completion of a wall painting/inscription.

Brother John O'Leary. FAITHFUL Sound Man!!!

Bob Sherrill - worship leader on guitar and later on keyboard

Brian and Karen Johnston - head usher and Mahesh's personal assistant.

Ed Brigham - prayer man and evil spirit deliverer

Rick Hardee
- General Contractor during the re-construction of The Barn.


Josh Martin holding David Lafferty. 
Aaron Adams (or twin Jesse) watching on.


Bonnie Chavda praying over Bob & Mary Smith.
Dan Eppley preparing to catch if slain in the Holy Spirit.

(L-R) Camrin Mar, Laurie Martin, Indira Persad, Michelle Norby. Brian Johnston on the end.



Steve and Laurie Martin leading worship in the old PTL/Heritage USA amphitheater after we had to leave The Barn property upon its sale to developers.



Art Maki and Steve Martin on site during the destruction of
The Barn.

The last pole is brought down (below).


Steve Martin, Laurie Martin, Patti McPherson, Ed Brigham


Steve & Laurie Martin 1999


We were not "snake handlers", but we did/do believe in the Baptism of the Holy Spirit and His gifts to the church. I found this black snake in the front yard of our office - the former three bedroom house on the All Nation Church property in south Charlotte, NC USA. 1995.

The room I had as my office, as Administrator of Mahesh Chavda Ministries and All Nations Church, had been the bedroom of Rick and Julie Joyner (MorningStar Ministries) who moved here from Mississippi, a few years before we moved onto the property.

The property was owned by Lamb's Chapel, with Harry and Louise Bizell, before they moved to Moravian Falls and started the Apple Hill Christian retreat center.


Photos by Steve Martin, unless I am in them. Then I don't know who took them!


You can read more of "The Barn" days, Watch of the Lord, and more in Steve Martin's book.


Paperback $5.95

Go here: THE PROMISE. ONE MAN'S JOURNEY TO SEE GOD'S WORD REVEALED

Throughout our lives, God keeps His hand on our shoulders and nudges us on to more than what we could ever realize. I am excited to share how He did it this with me, and am confident mine will be a story you’ll be able to relate to. 

As I unveil my story, think back to those times when you knew there was some¬thing more but you just couldn’t put your finger on it. You knew deep down that life wasn’t what the TV sitcoms portrayed it to be. In our souls there is the hope, the cry for more, that someday questions will be answered and promises fulfilled if we just kept plugging away at what we know to do. 

In The Promise I share my 40 year journey with you, and show you that dreams do come true. Though Peter Pan isn’t real, the Lord, the One Who created us, certainly is, and He has a plan in place for each one of us. When you are done reading this story, my prayer is that you too will know more of that good plan and His purpose for you.


About the Author

Steve Martin served with three Christian ministries from 1987-2012, all having a national and international outreach focus. During that time he made ten ministry trips Israel, as well as ministering in China, India, Trinidad and Tobago, and the United Kingdom. On his overseas journeys he enjoyed sharing written journal entries with family and friends back home through Internet media. His light-hearted stories gave an up close and personal touch for those reading along. In 2010 Steve and his wife of over 36 years, Laurie, began “Love For His People, Inc.,” a 501(c)3 non-profit humanitarian aid ministry. This work touches the natural and spiritual lives of those around them, and internationally, with needed encouragement and strength. His regular “Now Think On This,” posted both on the Love For His People Blog and Facebook, feature his encouraging letters of spiritual enrichment, plus selected photos and commentary. In addition to The Promise, Steve has also written Leadership Through Love, Ahava Love Letters and Now Think On

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Biography

Steve Martin served with three Christian ministries for over 24 years, from 1987-2010, before establishing the ministry of Love For His People, Inc. in the year 2010.

Through regular writings of Ahava Love Letters, Steve seeks to encourage readers in their daily walk. They are now published in the book of the same title, "Ahava Love Letters", through Xulon Press.

Steve's book, "Leadership Through Love", gives practical guidance for those "on the job" - in the office, ministry settings, or anyone just wanting to "do it right". Even those seeking wisdom in people relationships will be given valuable insights.

His first book, "The Promise - One Man's Journey To See God's Word Revealed" shares the story of one man believing God's promise, until it was fulfilled, 40 years later.

Steve and his good wife Laurie, four adult children and six grandchildren live in the Charlotte, North Carolina area.

Contact info: www.loveforhispeople.blogspot.com


on January 5, 2014
I met this author in a short slice of my life in a trip to China and he impacted me with a steady and strong style 
of leadership. This memoir moves with transparency and grace. There is such power in a story and Steve cranks
it out for us to ponder. I have thought so much about the seasons of life since this read. God is never in hurry; 
He is there to make it happen when the time is right. I am also impressed with the gift of service the is entwined 
throughout this journey. Are we faithful to do the things Our Father tells us to do when we are not speaking in a 
microphone to the masses and making a name for ourselves? Steve, in humility, documented his faithfulness 
to a Kingdom in which rewards are only qualified by the Heavenly Architect.
on September 15, 2013
Knowing Steve Martin, personally, and gone on many exciting adventures with him (both spiritually and in world 
travel) - Needless to say...This is a must read!