Tuesday, December 10, 2013

“No More Namby Pamby Christians” - Ahava Love Letter (Steve Martin)

“No More Namby Pamby Christians”

“Up on your feet! Take a deep breath! Maybe there’s life in you yet. But I wouldn’t know it by looking at your busywork; nothing of God’s work has been completed. Your condition is desperate. Think of the gift you once had in your hands, the Message you heard with your ears—grasp it again and turn back to God.” (Rev. 3:2-3 The Message)

Dear family of friends,

Some call it “fire in the bones”. Some say “I’m steamed up” or that "burns me up." Others use words I was raised not to even think about saying. But however you express the attitude of “I am just tired of it”, that will move you to move, that will be better than to waste your God-given life away as the world dies away.

On the way to work this morning, having again donned my “Jeff Gordon NASCAR helmet”, for the trip north on I77 in Charlotte, NC even at 6 am, I was flashed twice with the bright lights from behind, for no apparent reason. But then I knew it must be because of the Israel flag sticker on my left rear window, or the “I Love My Wife” one on the opposite side. Facts that I stand for. Loves that I will die for.

My car's rear window.

You know, I have had enough of those who keeping telling me, and our country, and the world, that historic truths are lies; that standing for righteousness is pushing my beliefs on others; that sharing a word of hope and love on the job isn’t permitted, because it might offend someone else. Really? Well then so be it.

Christians around the world are being hammered, murdered, tortured for their beliefs, and many of us in the USA are just content to sit in the Sunday pew, hear a nice song, and then join the rest of them as if we ourselves have never “seen the light”, or have been saved from the lukewarmness that has engulfed so many of us these past twenty years. We have been fogged over.

Becoming so content to just lay around waiting for the rapture, when the King of kings and Lord of lords, who saved us from that dead beat life we had, has already given us the command to “Get up and get out there” to the dying world. (Just as a side note: General George S. Patton knew how to get the job done in World War II. I know the Lord used him and pray He gives us leaders again who are willing and able to do the right thing as required.)

How we have chosen to just pass the days, night after night, watching TV shows that leave you with no meaning and no purpose, while at the same time just letting the ungodly thoughts come into our homes and numb our minds without us thinking twice about it. How we have become namby pamby*, afraid to speak a word, declare His truth, or spread the gospel to those who need to hear it before eternity hits them tomorrow.

“I know you inside and out, and find little to my liking. You’re not cold, you’re not hot—far better to be either cold or hot! You’re stale. You’re stagnant. You make me want to vomit. You brag, ‘I’m rich, I’ve got it made, I need nothing from anyone,’ oblivious that in fact you’re a pitiful, blind beggar, threadbare and homeless.

“Here’s what I want you to do: Buy your gold from me, gold that’s been through the refiner’s fire. Then you’ll be rich. Buy your clothes from me, clothes designed in Heaven. You’ve gone around half-naked long enough. And buy medicine for your eyes from me so you can see, really see.

“The people I love, I call to account—prod and correct and guide so that they’ll live at their best. Up on your feet, then! About face! Run after God!

“Look at me. I stand at the door. I knock. If you hear me call and open the door, I’ll come right in and sit down to supper with you. Conquerors will sit alongside me at the head table, just as I, having conquered, took the place of honor at the side of my Father. That’s my gift to the conquerors!

“Are your ears awake? Listen. Listen to the Wind Words, the Spirit blowing through the churches.” (Revelation 3:15-22)

As for me and my house, I for one am going to talk louder, share more often, help those who want help, and do that which I have been called to do. Feeding my self-love is not the answer I want. I hope you are so moved to do what you have been saved from, and called to do. If you don’t, we all will suffer from your inaction.

The world doesn’t need any more namby pamby Christians. They need God-fearing, not man-fearing, disciples of the Lord Jesus Christ to do what He has already commanded us to do. Get up and get going.

Ahava to my family of friends,

Steve Martin

Founder, Love For His People

NOTE: This was published on Dec. 10, 2013, before the Duck Dynasty/A&E issue over Phil Robertson's stand on Biblical beliefs. It is good to see believers and families speaking up in support of our right to share the truth.

Phil Robertson of Duck Dynasty on A&E TV

*Namby Pamby is a term for affected, weak, and maudlin speech/verse. However, its origins are in Namby Pamby (1725), by Henry Carey. Another: lacking in character or substance

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Monday, December 9, 2013

Online University Confronts Anti-Israel Bias

By Julie Stahl and Chris Mitchell, CBN News Jerusalem Bureau

Monday, December 09, 2013

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JERUSALEM, Israel -- In today's Middle East, it seems that fewer young people stand up for Israel. A new online university hopes to changed that by providing both Jewish and Christian students with a better understanding of the Jewish state.

Israel is under siege at American universities and at campuses around the world.

"Israel really doesn't meet the requirements of a legitimate state," Keren Redleaf, founding member of the Coalition for Palestinian Rights, said.

Now a course from Jerusalem Online University gives students and others the tools to fight back.

"We are trying to give a perspective on not just the history of the ancient modern State of Israel, but also on the biblical, prophetic connection between the modern Jewish people and the Bible, how the ancient history connects with the modern, where it's going," Rabbi Ken Spiro told CBN News.

"The Israel Course, the Biblical, Historical and Modern Perspective," is a seven-part movie course that condenses the history and contribution of the Jewish people.

"We're dealing with such a complex situation and people tend to have very little information on and we know the media can be very, very biased," Spiro said.

Rabbi Ken Spiro, one of the film's creators, says they're taking a holistic approach on politics, religion and philosophy.

"We show one of our movies, "Israel Inside: How a Small Nation Makes a Big Difference," it's such a dynamic, creative, positive force in history, yet why Israel has been, the Jewish [people] have been, the most hated people in human history…."

"When people think about Israel, they think about war or religion or even falafel," Dr. Tal Ben Shahar, filmmaker and former Harvard University lecturer, told CBN News.

The Israel Inside course focuses on modern Israel, its advances and contributions to the world.

"But to me, when I think about Israel, I think about the triumph of the human spirit. Israelis, surrounded by enemies, turned the desert -- with hardly any natural resources -- into a flourishing, caring and productive society," Shahar said.

"In recent years, the Jewish people's connection to the Land of Israel has become somewhat of a contentious issue," Spiro explained. "But in fact every year more and more archaeology is unearthed that clearly demonstrates the Jewish people's connection to the Land of Israel."

Spiro said one of his favorite in the series is "The Edge of History."

"That's about prophecy and the end of days," continued. "It not only gives the whole sweep of what Jewish history is about, but what it focuses on is current events, what's going on now."

The final class teaches students how to stand up effectively on Israel's behalf.

"Every individual has the ability to communicate for Israel, to inspire people about Israel and to educate people about who Israel really is," the film explains.

Spiro believes using truth and little facts about Israel will help people make their own decisions about Israel and the Jewish people.

Don Potter - "Moving on" - Rick Joyner's 30th Year in Ministry Celebration

Published on Dec 9, 2013

Don Potter - "Moving on" - Rick Joyner's 30th Year in Ministry Celebration - Friday pm Dec. 6, 2013

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Julie Joyner - "Christmas Memories" - Singing at Rick Joyner's 30th Year in Ministry

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Julie Joyner - "Christmas Memories" - Sung at Rick's 30th Year in Ministry Anniv. Celebration. Sat. pm Dec. 7, 2013 at MorningStar in Fort Mill, SC.

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"Wartime Consigliere - You are in a war and you cannot afford to “forget about it”" - Jim Croft

Wartime Consigliere - You are in a war and you cannot afford to “forget about it”

Jim Croft

A consigliere is a trusted advisor or counselor to a La Cosa Nosta Don, a Mafia family boss. The term was first popularized through Mario Puzo’s 1969 mafia crime novel The Godfather. Robert Duval played the part of the Corleone mafia family’s consigliere, Tom Hagen in the Godfather series of movies.

With some reluctance, I have come to realize that a significant portion of my ministry as a Bible teacher might be described as serving as a type of wartime consigliere for the Body of Christ. It not easy to focus on this aspect of ministry as my jovial predisposition wants to forget about the war to concentrate on the more pleasant aspects of the faith.

Experience has proven that victory is more likely to be apprehended by those whom I serve if I occasionally emphasize the biblical fact that we are in a war with evil. To fulfill my calling, I am obligated to encourage all at becoming proactive in talking the battle to the enemy. This article is a brief reminder of the emphasis the New Testament places on the realities of our war.

Wartime Mentality is Biblical

All avid Bible readers know that the first step of Jesus’ launch into ministry was a mind battle with Satan. Christ overcame the devil by rebuking him with the Word of God. That was a single battlefield skirmish and it did not end his war with the evil one. The Scriptures infer that Satan returned for conflict with Jesus after departing from him for a season. (Lk 4:13)

Jesus trained a total of 82 disciples to assist him in engaging the demonic forces of Satan on the frontlines of the battle for the souls and bodies of mankind. For the 3.5 years of his ministry, and that of his men, they expelled evil spirits of every sort and healed those who had been wounded by the sicknesses of the enemy.

The Early Churchmen and Christians followed suit and believers will continue to do so until the final battle at the end of the Millennial Reign of Christ. The Apostle Paul refereed to Christians as soldiers who had been enlisted into God’s army by the Lord. (2Tim 2:3-4) Throughout the New Testament there are over 325 single verse references that mention Satan and various aspects of our war with him and the schemes of his minions.

Many of the references extend into further verses to explain the nature of the battlefields. The New Testaments of most Bibles, not counting commentators’ introductory book outlines, have less than 380 pages. This plus the number references to the Devil and our war with him strongly suggest that a prominent
theme of the New Testament is spiritual warfare.

In a manner of speaking, it might be said that warfare appears on most every page of the New Testament. As a wartime consigliere, I must tell you that you are in a war regardless of whether you feel called to armed service or not. Do not be alarmed by this. Acknowledgement that there is a war is not a peculiarity of Christians that flows with Satan’s whispers that emphasis on this spiritual dynamic is weird. Without understanding who the war is with, the people of world demonstrate daily that they are in a fearsome battle for their lives.

Mankind’s War Footing

As learned behavior performed unconsciously by rote, homemakers purchase anti-bacterial wipes and household disinfectants to protect their families.

Many public thoroughfares have intermittent hand cleansing stations. The entirety of the Medical and Pharmaceutical industries would be out of work were it not for concerns about every form of disease. Obama-Care would not have ever been passed were it not for the populations’ preoccupation with the likely-hood of becoming disease stricken.

Insurance companies make billions to hedge against fears of loss of income by death. Pest control companies exist to keep disease carrying insects and rodents away from homes. The number of police related TV shows and movies point to mankind’s fascination with the solving of hurtful crimes. All of this demonstrates that the people of the world wittingly and unwittingly indicate that they are in a war.

Believers should not be shy about expressing strategies to overcome the invisible forces that are the instigators of the war with the unsaved as well as the born-again.

Satan Prefers to Kill You Softly

Jesus spoke about how the enemy comes to steal, to kill and to destroy. (Jn 10:10) Many Christians make the mistake of not becoming proactive in battle until it is obvious that the thief is at work. Too many wait for some sort of tragedy to happen. It is my observation that more often than not, Satan prefers to subtly rob and destroy the joy in believer’s lives slowly rather than to bring about instant death. It is his delight to bring reproach to the name of Christ by making it appear that faith in Jesus has no benefits.

The destroyer saps away peace and joy by seemingly routine life events. The car needs more work after it just came from the shop. The kids go berserk on a night that mom and dad anticipated freedom from childcare hassles. Cyclical yearly ailments strike precisely on time and so forth etc, etc.

The Bible declares that believers will undergo tribulations for righteousness sake. It is godly to bear up under that type of persecution. It is quite another to take it patiently when battered by endless events that are solely due to the Devil’s destructive nature.

Jesus gave us instructions in the Lord’s Prayer about how to minimize demonic strategies that are designed to burglarize the Kingdom’s peace and to kill our daily pursuit of reasonable enjoyment of life. We are to pray for deliverance from evil. It requires preemptive thought about all of the arenas of life from which the subtle attacks might come. This wartime consigliere suggests that you list all issues of life important to you.

Systematically call for protection from evil in each one at least one time weekly. Think of it as your use of anti-satanic disinfectant wipes for cleansing possible harm from each area. I am speaking of the likes of your relationships; your and your children’s health; your employment and savings; accident free motoring; and the function of work and household appliances.

Disinfect Your Mind

The Bible prophesies that during the end-time battles many will become offended and will depart from the faith. (Matt 24:10-14) As a wartime consigliere, I have observed that a main way that it happens is when things happen to circumspect Christians that are not supposed to be able to happen. One is the devastating sicknesses that strike some homes. The general innuendo of much teaching is that if all spiritual bases are covered, protection from wasting disease happenings are a given.

I think there is a reason for this presumption to often be proved wrong. The restoration of revelations about divine healing has come in bits and pieces over the past century. Upon the arrival of a new revelation, whether it is the baptism in the Holy Spirit; breaking curses; deliverance from demons; or whatever, it is preached as though it is a cure all to end all with finality. The failures that we have all witnessed and that too many have experienced are disheartening.

The secret to not becoming offended is to disinfect your mind with realities from life and the Word of God. There are casualties in all wars. God has chosen to release revelations about the weaponry of our warfare in a progressive manner through periods of refreshing from his presence. (Acts 3:19-21)

The failures are due to the fact that we claim possession of an entire truth when we have only received the initial revelations about that particular area of warfare. God is not at fault when we prematurely propagate revelations as complete that are half-baked with incomplete revelations.

Divine healing is not an exact science. In due time the Lord will divulge the lacking ingredients to give glorious victories where there were once too many failures. Disinfect your mind with the decision to continue in strong confidence in God’s wisdom. Those who endure till the end will be saved to see the victories in this life or from heavenly banisters.

Do the best you know how with present revelation and correct and adjust as the Spirit gives clarifying insights that were there all along in the Scriptures. In Christ, you have an eternal win, win situation. That is the advice of this wartime consigliere and I am sticking to it.

Be blessed and be a blessing,

Jim Croft

Editor's Note: Artwork of Warrior Lady on the white horse was added by me. It is not part of the original article by Jim Croft. Steve Martin

"If I forget you O Jerusalem..." Alex Levin artwork of Jerusalem

"If I forget you, O Jerusalem,

let my right hand forget her cunning."

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Jerusalem of Gold - Land of Promise

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Mariah Carey ft Whitney Houston When You Believe

I never get tired of this song, and listen to it often for encouragement.

When we believe...we see Him. Yeshua the Messiah. Christmas time. All the time.

Blessings on ye heads,

Steve Martin
Love For His People, Inc.

P.S. I turn it up real loud too, and on "repeat". Something about "hearing is believing..." :)

“As the Deer Longs (“Ka’ayal Ta’arog”)” performed by Nomi Teplow

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Moving on from Jabez by Ian Johnson

Moving on from Jabez

by Ian Johnson

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A few years ago people were praying the prayer of Jabez made popular by Bruce Wilkinson's book "The Prayer of Jabez" based on 1 Chronicles 4:10

And Jabez called on the God of Israel saying, "Oh, that You would bless me indeed, and enlarge my territory, that Your hand would be with me, and that You would keep me from evil, that I may not cause pain!" So God granted him what he requested.

It works because God desires to "Bless you" "Expand your Territory" "have an intimate relationship with you" and "keep you free from evil."

There are a number of folk who have prayed this prayer for a number of years who are now wondering what has happened to the initial outpouring of blessings, or the receipt of things, they received as a result of asking for blessings..

Questions arise in their heart like has God now abandoned me? The answer is of course not, He is taking us into His ultimate blessing and expansion of our territory. Into the realm of Glory, into the full revelation of the love of the father for His Children. The natural outcome of a prayer asking for blessings is that God will take us into His rest..

God's Multi-dimensional Love

Programs and religion don't transform. Only a revelation of the multi-dimensional love of God as expressed in Jesus truly brings transformation in our world and in our surroundings. This is a season when we will get beyond our earthly requests and desires, to a place that starts to shake us free of one dimensional mindsets and remove things that are in the way of a radical revelation of the love of God. It's time to change your seasonal clothes.

How many times have you had a breakthrough and then reverted back to the way things were? We worry about receiving the approval of man rather than expanding beyond our current limits. But expand we must, into the freedom of rest in the Father. Freedom from religious mindsets and heavy yokes of dead works.

God's word is clear. Isaiah 54:2 Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thine habitations: spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes;

Religion hates it when anyone is set free. Present things are being challenged by the eternal Father. "Let them stretch forth the curtains of His habitations" Make room for the heart of the Father and enter His rest, be seated in heavenly places with Jesus our savior.

You can't qualify for further expansion, because the love of God has already qualified you as a Son or Daughter. The expansion of territory opens our eyes to the love of God, and the love of God reveals blessing untold. The love of God Transforms and draws us into His breast, to a place where the heartbeat of God is heard, so that our heartbeat and Gods heartbeat, beat as one.

Eph 3:17-18 And I pray that Christ will be more and more at home in your hearts as you trust in him. May your roots go down deep into the soil of God's marvelous love. And may you have the power to understand, as all God's people should, how wide, how long, how high, and how deep his love really is.

Expand Your Thinking

Many know about the love of God from an intellectual point of view; but few experience it because we get stuck in the limitation of our mind. We have set ideas of how our world works and where we fit into the scheme of things, however today is the time to expand our thinking. To move our tent into the glory cloud to the place of infinite provision, a place of supernatural food and supernatural drink that satisfies our hunger and quenches our thirst.

The biggest weapon the enemy of our souls has is to make us think that we have somehow failed God. Our adversary the Devil knows that if he can keep us pre-occupied doing "things", even if these "Things" appear to be Godly. He will prevent us from entering the chambers of glory, into the Fathers love, where we fall in love with Jesus.

Even if we don't mean it to be, much of modern Christianity is based on us "Doing Stuff". These are called dead works. The Lord is calling us out of the "Stuff" and into intimacy with Him! When Jesus died on the cross, He won for us everything that we will ever need. Satan's plan is to make us believe we are missing the mark! and then become pre-occupied trying to find the mark, and never enter a place of intimacy and rest with the Lord!

When Satan, tempted the woman in the garden, (Gen 3:6) it wasn't with great theological issues or points of doctrinal difference that he spoke to her about. Rather it was an appeal to her senses. He said; "Look! Doesn't that fruit look good! And the taste! Surely a loving God wouldn't keep something this good from you! You must have misunderstood his instructions!"

He used that strategy then and he uses it today! Satan says, "If you work hard for God and do everything with Excellence he will accept you" it's an appeal to your emotions and your senses and sounds good, but it keeps you from entering the rest found in the Glory cloud.

We need to expand our territory by abandoning ourselves to the purpose of God, and enter the rest Jesus has won for us.

Gal 2:20-21 I myself no longer live, but Christ lives in me. So I live my life in this earthly body by trusting in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. I am not one of those who treats the grace of God as meaningless. For if we could be saved by keeping the law, then there was no need for Christ to die.

Hebrews 4:8-10 This new place of rest was not the land of Canaan, where Joshua led them. If it had been, God would not have spoken later about another day of rest. So there is a special rest, still waiting for the people of God. For all who enter into God's rest will find rest from their labors, just as God rested after creating the world

Romans 4:4-5 When people work, their wages are not a gift. Workers earn what they receive. But people are declared righteous because of their faith, not because of their work.

It's All About Faith

If you believe your evil works can disqualify you from God's blessing, then you must believe that your good works qualify you! However nothing can qualify you! Jesus has made the way for you, not one bit of your work will stand on the day of judgment. It's not about works it's about faith in what Jesus has done for us!

I know this is hard to swallow in our "He that works hard gets a lot" world But asking for blessings will bring you to this place of rest. Don't fight the blessings, but abandon yourself to His blessings and dwell in His love.

Many are afraid to enter this place of rest because they somehow think that if they don't do some "works" God will consume them. You must learn to trust the fathers love and compassion for his sons and daughters.

Because of the LORD's great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. I say to myself, "The LORD is my portion; therefore I will wait for him." The LORD is good to those whose hope is in him, to the one who seeks him; Lamentations 3:22.

Overwhelm us Lord in your love, a heart overwhelmed is transformed, a transformed heart loves, Love overwhelms our surroundings, Transformation continues, Our territory is expanded and Blessings flow

Ian Johnson

ianjohn@xtra.co.nz

www.hisamazinggloryministries.org

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