Sunday, November 24, 2013

Amy Grant - Saved By Love [live]

MUSIC

CAREER BIO

FACT SHEET

ALBUM FACTS:

Over 30 million albums sold worldwide, including 1 Quintuple Platinum album, 1 Triple Platinum, and 1 Double Platinum album, as well as additional 4 Platinum and 6 Gold albums.
- (2013) How Mercy Looks From Here
- (2010) Somewhere Down The Road
- (2008) The Christmas Collection
- (2008) Lead Me On 20th Anniversary Edition
- (2007) Greatest Hits
- (2006) Time Again…Amy Grant Live
- (2005) Rock of Ages…Hymns & Faith
- (2004) Greatest Hits 1986 — 2004
- (2003) Simple Things
- (2002) (GOLD) Legacy…Hymns & Faith
- (1999) (GOLD) A Christmas To Remember
- (1997) (GOLD) Behind the Eyes
- (1994) (2xs PLATINUM) House of Love
- (1992) (3xs PLATINUM) Home For Christmas
- (1991) (5xs PLATINUM) Heart In Motion
- (1988) (GOLD) Lead Me On
- (1986) (PLATINUM) The Collection
- (1985) (PLATINUM) Unguarded
- (1984) (GOLD) Straight Ahead
- (1983) (PLATINUM) A Christmas Album
- (1982) (PLATINUM) Age To Age
- (1981) Amy Grant “In Concert. Vol. II”
- (1981) Amy Grant “In Concert”
- (198O) Never Alone
- (1979) (GOLD) Father’s Eyes
- (1977) (GOLD) Amy Grant

VIDEOS:

“Simple Things” (2003)
“Takes a Little Time” (1997)
“Things We Do For Love” (1996)
“Say You’ll Be Mine” (1994)
“House of Love” (1994)
“House of Love” (With footage from the motion picture, Speechless) (1994)
“Big Yellow Taxi” (1994)
“Lucky One” (1994)
“Grown-Up Christmas List” (1992)
“I Will Remember You” (1992)
“Good For Me” (1992)
“That’s What Love Is For” (1991)
“Every Heartbeat” (1991)
“Baby Baby” (1991)
“Lead Me On” (1989)
“Stay For Awhile” (1989)
“Next Time I Fall” (1988)
“Wise Up” (1986)
“Find A Way” (1986)
“It’s Not A Song” (1985)
“Angels” (1985)

TELEVISION APPEARANCES: (partial list only)

Three Wishes on NBC (Host)
Oprah
Good Morning America
The Today Show
CBS This Morning
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Late Night with David Letterman
Late Night with Bob Costas
Larry King Live
Live With Regis and Kathie Lee
The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson
The Phil Donahue Show
Arsenio Hall
The Grammy Awards
The American Music Awards
Entertainment Tonight
Christmas In Washington
The Patti LaBelle Special
The Prince’s Trust Concert
Tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr.
Amy Grant: Headin’ Home for the Holidays
CBS: A Christmas To Remember
ABC: Christmas with the Stars
Lifetime Television Special
“Women Rock!: Girls & Guitars”

FULL LENGTH VIDEOS & DVDs:

Time Again…Amy Grant Live DVD (2006)
Building the House of Love (1994)
Amy Grant’s Old Fashioned Christmas (1992) (GOLD)
Heart In Motion (1992) (GOLD)
Find A Way Video (1986)
“In Concert” The Age to Age Tour (1983)

MOVIES

A Song From the Heart (1999) CBS “Movie of the Week” (Starring Amy Grant, Keith Carradine, and D.W. Moffett)

GRAMMY AWARDS & NOMINATIONS

1994 — Nomination — Children Spoken Word — Lion & the Lamb
1992 — Nomination — Album of the Year — Heart in Motion
1992 — Nomination — Song of the Year — Baby Baby
1992 — Nomination — Record of the Year — Baby Baby
1992 — Nomination — Pop Performance Female — Baby Baby
2006 — Award — Best Southern, Country, or Bluegrass Gospel Album — Rock of Ages…Hymns & Faith
1988 — Award — Best Contemporary Album — Lead Me On
1986 — Award — Best Gospel Performance – Unguarded
1985 — Award — Best Gospel Performance – Angels
1984 — Award — Best Gospel Performance — Ageless Medley
1983 — Award — Best Contemporary Album — Age to Age

OTHER SPECIAL AWARDS & ACHIEVEMENTS:

26 Dove Awards — Including 4 Time Artist of the Year
2007 Authored and published the book Mosaic: Pieces of My Life So Far (Random House)
2006 Inducted into the Hollywood Walk of Fame — Hollywood, CA
2003 Inducted into the Gospel Music Association Hall of Fame
2003 Seminar in the Rockies Summit Award
2001 ”Nashvillian of the Year”
1999 The Nashville Chamber of Commerce, Nashville Symphony and Tennessee Performing Arts Center: “An Evening with the Arts” Honoring Grant’s Contributions to the Nashville Performing Arts Community
1999 The Target House — The Amy Grant Rose
1996 TNN Awards — Sarah Cannon Humanitarian Award
1996 Columbia Hospital — Minnie Pearl Humanitarian Award
1996 ASCAP Award — Voice of America
1996 Academy of Achievement — Golden Plate Award
1994 St. John University — Pax Christi Award
1994 Nashville Symphony — Harmony Award
1992 Junior Chamber of Commerce — Outstanding Tennessean
1992 Nomination — American Music Awards — Best Rock/Pop Performance by a Female
1992 Nomination — MTV Awards — “Baby Baby” Video

RADIO HISTORY

# 1 “Baby Baby”
# 1 “Every Heartbeat”
# 1 “That’s What Love Is For”
# 1 “I Will Remember You”
# 1 “Lucky One”
# 1 “Next Time I Fall”

TOP 5

“Good For Me”
Top 5 “House of Love”
Top 5 “Takes A Little Time”
Top 5 “Like I Love You”
Top 10 “Big Yellow Taxi”
Top 10 “I Will Be Your Friend” On the
1991 Year End

Saturday, November 23, 2013

A Blessed Man, 'Tis I

I am a blessed man...

To have two fathers in heaven who love me

- my heavenly Father and my Dad.

To have a Savior who has forgiven me of my sins,

and loves all as no other can.

For having my Mom for over 59 years now,

who cheers me on. And with Bill too.

To have a good wife for 36 years, and counting.

My helpmate through and through.

For my four adult children, their spouses,

and our six grandchildren...

whom they are now raising

in a godly manner.

For having many brothers and sisters too.

One right after another!

Giving thanks for Laurie's Mom Lorraine,

and good sister Linda.

And remembering Otto, my father-in-law,

a godly man, what a wonder.

I am a blessed man,

to have faithful friends

who stand with you,

while others have
come and gone.

Such as these, Peter & Joy Wyns,

who held us up in transition times,

when ministry desires seemed thin.

For worldwide bonds

in Israel,

Canada, the UK;

and even far beyond.

Daily I see His

purposes and plans

being worked out here.

Accomplished they are!

For these I give thanks

to the Lord on High;

A blessed man, 'tis I.

Ahava,

Steve Martin
Nov. 23, 2013

And for our pet Dachshund Zoe,

who loves her daddy too!

"“Expectations & Hope” - Ahava Love Letter (Steve Martin)

“Expectations & Hope”

“It all accords with my earnest expectation and hope that I will have nothing to be ashamed of; but rather, now, as always, the Messiah will be honored by my body, whether it is alive or dead. For to me, life is the Messiah…” (Phil. 1:20-21, CJB Complete Jewish Bible)

Dear family of friends,

On the early morning during my time with the Lord, on my 59th birthday Nov. 23, 2013, I was again thinking of the enormous thanksgiving that was welling up in my heart the past few days. It was the same sense I get when the Lord is wanting to use me to express a prophetic word - that moment when my heart beats faster, my stomach starts to whirl, and I know His Holy Spirit, Ruach HaKodesh (Hebrew) is moving. Usually I just get a word or two, and know He wants me to step out in faith, trusting He will give me more as I obey His prompting.

It is when He says to my spirit, “Speak, for I am giving you something to say right now.” Or in this case, to write now.

This time He again just gave me two words - expectations and hope. And so I started to write this Ahava Love Letter, believing more would come as I wrote.

Expectations can really give us hope, for something exciting to happen, or believing a turn is coming in the road ahead that will bring a better situation in our life. Expectations can last a day, or even a lifetime. They can give us something good to look forward to, as we walk through the daily life we have.

Or they can result in a crash when the event or desire we are seeking to bring fulfillment doesn’t come about as we had hoped. That particular thing we were looking to falls below our anticipated expectation, and disappointment results. By God’s grace we can get over it quickly and move on. Other times it will cripple us and wound our spirit more than we even realize, even for the long term.

You and I both know that there have been many times when we were expecting someone to do something on our behalf, or a big event was to occur, but the end result was far short of what we had thought it would be. We had “high hopes”, but then felt the sting of another “it happened again as I really thought it would” which we had secretly considered.

I can look back at previous expectations and hopes, and believe I have learned a thing or two to share with you. When I stop and think about what my hope and expectation was founded on, there is indeed a lesson taught. I realized that when my hope was on something temporary, or in someone who really didn’t have the capacity to fulfill it, the glitter and glory was just a shadow. We experienced the failure, because the capacity to fulfill the hope wasn’t there to begin with. When that which we hope in is less then what it could be, then disappointment always happens.

By this time you may know where I am going with this.

It is great to dream, to expect, to hope for a better future. We are meant to be that type of people, who look forward to a better tomorrow. That is something the Lord puts in our hearts, to help in our motivations, to keep us pushing forward, to reach the mark set before us by our Father.

I have come to the point now that I regularly declare, “My times are in Your hands.” (Psalm 31:15) Putting my trust in His purposes and plans has given me a strong foundation on which to place my expectations and hopes. He is strong. He is able. He is the One who will never fail us or lack in His ability to fulfill His promises. Because He is God, and because only He can.

Days are ahead, and actually here now, when our need to depend on Him for all things will greatly be tested. If our hopes and expectations are put on that which can and will crumble, our faith will fail us and we will lose our way. IF we keep our eyes fixed on Jesus (Yeshua), the Author and Finisher of our faith, we will be able to stand, have our hopes fulfilled, and see desired expectations completed.

My trust is in Him. I hope yours is today also, and grows stronger in each forth coming day.

Ahava to my family of friends,

Steve Martin

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Date: In the year of our Lord 2013 (11/23/13 Saturday at 7:30 am in Charlotte, NC). The day of my 59^th birthday!!!

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Friday, November 22, 2013

Jerusalem Old City streets at night...

Published on Nov 16, 2013

As part of our Love For His People "Ahava Adventrures" trip, my son Ben and I walked to the Western Wall on a Monday night on Nov. 4, 2013.Beautiful night! And safe!

Come along, as we head to the Kotel (Western Wall) and record along the way.

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Time to Accept Messianic Jews?

Israelis Ask: Time to Accept Messianic Jews?

Friday, November 22, 2013 | Israel Today Staff

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Messianic Jews

At least two Israeli news agencies on Thursday ran the same story wondering whether it was time for the mainstream Jewish community to finally accept Messianic Jews as a legitimate and vital part of the tribe.

The article by the Jewish Telegraphic Agency (JTA) highlighted former US President George W. Bush's recent keynote address at the annual conference of the Messianic Jewish Bible Institute in Dallas.

Mainstream American Jewish groups were incredulous that Bush would provide such legitimacy to a movement they view as a deceitful ploy to convert Jews away from Judaism.

But Messianic Jewish leaders told the JTA that while the "gatekeepers" of mainstream Judaism are often "overzealous" in their approach to Jewish believers in Yeshua (Jesus), most average Jews are welcoming.

Indeed, Israel Today has noticed much the same in our reporting from the Jewish state over the past decade. As mainstream Orthodox Jewish leaders become more vocal in their opposition to the Messianic community, mainstream Israeli society has actually become far more accepting.

Two years ago, Israel's government-controlled Channel One News broadcast a special segment that harshly criticized anti-missionary Orthodox groups for harassing Messianic Jews.

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Joseph was seventeen years old
and he was a shepherd with
his brothers by the flock.GENESIS (37:2)

יוֹסֵף בֶּן שְׁבַע עֶשְׂרֵה
שָׁנָה הָיָה רֹעֶה אֶת אֶחָיו בַּצֹּאןבראשית לז:ב

yoe-SAFE ben she-VA es-RAY sha-NA
ha-YA roe-EH et eh-KHAV ba-TZONE

Shabbat Inspiration

This week's Torah portion (Genesis 37-39) describes

Joseph tending to his sheep. It is no coincidence that

so many of our Biblical heroes were shepherds.The

simple profession was ideal for two reasons.

On the one hand, the abundance of time for quiet reflection

and meditation allowed the shepherd to develop an

intimate relationship with the Lord. Additionally,

shepherds who excelled in their work acquired a deep

sensitivity to the needs of each and every sheep in

his flock.

What he learned as a young shepherd

influenced Joseph to become a paradigm for all future

generations in the service of God and the service

of man.

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