Beautiful deer outside the window in Colorado

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Deer outside the window in Conifer, Colorado. Photos by Steve Martin

Time Out

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Time Out

When something unexpected happens and it forces you to “take a time out” I think the Lord has more planned. He wants you to slow down (as He seems to speed things up!) to see the bigger picture.

When I broke my shoulder (three fractures of the scapula) during a church men’s weekend retreat, with less than a half hour to go before the entire gathering ended, it forced me to move around less and pray more.

(By the way, let it be inscribed in the scrolls…we won the “Crocker” game. Same play as baseball but using a soccer ball.)

One can pray while on the move, as the Word says to pray without ceasing, but when we rest our feet to allow our minds to catch up, that does seem to have more distinct results.

“Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God for you in Christ Jesus.” 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18, NASB

I am grateful for the Lord’s grace and mercy in our lives. Where would we be without Him? I for one cannot imagine that.

Ahava and Shalom,

Steve Martin

Love For His People Ministry was founded in 2010 by Steve & Laurie Martin. Charlotte, NC USA

I Stand With Israel by Steve Martin

​I Stand With Israel

When I was in my mid-20s, I heard a message by Derek Prince entitled, “Our Debt To Israel.” Needless to say, it changed my life.

Since the beginning of time the Creator of all, God the Father, with His Son Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit, desired to share their love with more. They created humans, beginning with Adam and Eve.

Through their ongoing plans and purposes to raise up a people to share their love, they then chose a people, beginning with Abraham, to further reveal themselves to the world. The Jews were the ones who were selected to be those. And since that time, they have done so through the ages, even while brutally and maliciously attacked, murdered, and despised in every way imaginable. Including by so-called “Christians” who claimed they now replaced these chosen people.

I stand with the Living God of Israel. I stand with the Jewish people. I have committed my life these past 47 years in standing with our God’s plans and purposes for Israel.

No man can walk with the Lord if they do not carry the same heart as He does. The entire Bible teaches this. We must heed what has been given through the Word, and stand strong against the anti-Semites and those who go oppose the Lord.

We must teach our children this. We must commit to teach others this foundational truth.

Our God reigns. His people, Jews and Gentiles, the One New Man, will be the ones to live eternally with Him in heaven.

Keep Standing by Steve Martin

​Keep Standing

Several war movies will end with the last scene showing the battle to the end, with the leader encouraging his men (and women) to stand strong; to not turn away in fear. How appropriate for men today, to keep standing.

In Galatians 5:1 we are commanded to heed the Word of the Lord.  “It was for freedom that Christ set us free; therefore keep standing firm and do not be subject again to a yoke of slavery.” (NASB)

As we continue to approach the end of days we have to have that inner strength and courage to stand against the evil in our day. The spiritual enemies we face continually seek to wear us down, discourage us, cause us even to want to quit at times.

But we can’t.

With the help of other brothers, leaders and friends committed to walk with us, we will make it, we will succeed, we will overcome and join in the victory with our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, Yeshua HaMashiach. He is the Beginning and the End, the Alpha and Omega.

Our faith starts with Him. Our journey will end with Him as we keep standing.

I encourage you to find men of the same spirit that will walk with you, share the ups and downs, and press on for the goal that is before us.

“Not that I have already grasped it all or have already become perfect, but I press on if I may also take hold of that for which I was even taken hold of by Christ Jesus.” Philippians 3:12, NASB

Our walk does not end until He takes us home. By His Grace and mercy, we will be the men of God that He has made us to be.

Carry on men! Rise up!

“What Are You Made Of” by Steve Martin

What Are You Made Of?

Have you ever found yourself looking at another person and asking, as I often do, “What is their history? What were they like when they were young? What are they made of now?”

Do you wonder the same?

As the Lord considers each of us, for the completion of His plans and purposes, I think He asks (even as He already knows, being God) what are we made of?

Coupled with that is the foundation we have built on in our lives, from which upon we do what we do.

And what foundation have we built on? Will it sustain us when trials and temptations come, as they surely have and will? Can that foundation position us to do what He intended for us to do? Will it stand strong when the forces of the world come against us, in both the natural and spiritual realms?

Derek Prince, whom I have often written in my messages, was one of the best Bible teachers the Lord has given us in this past century, known, among other things, for his foundational teachings.

Based on Hebrews 6, the basic, solid teachings of the Bible have to be understood and practiced by believers, by His disciples, if the Lord’s fulfillment in our lives will be accomplished.

“Therefore leaving the elementary teaching about the ]Christ, let us press on to maturity, not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith toward God, 2 of instruction about washings and laying on of hands, and about the resurrection of the dead and eternal judgment. 3 And this we will do, if God permits.” Hebrews 6:1-3, NASB

In addition to these very foundational bricks in our “building”, how often do we pray beyond the words, “Help me God?”

How regularly do we study, or even read, His Words given to us, from Genesis to Revelation?

When do we seek to build His kingdom rather than just our own?

As men we have been called to be disciples, not just ones who have gotten “saved” and then going from that starting point and live for themselves.

We must be His disciples, not just His  children.

Ahava and shalom,

Steve Martin

Wholeheartedly by Steve Martin

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Wholeheartedly

A lot has been said and written about Joshua, son of Nun, in the Old Testament. He was the disciple of Moses, trained and prepared to take the Promised Land after the 40 years in the wilderness following the Israelites’ departure from Egypt.

But not so much is ever preached on or spoken about Caleb, the other one of the two spies, from amongst the 12, who only brought back a good report of the land they were to possess, along with Joshua.

As we look to see who Caleb was, those of us who have had a good bit of ground pass beneath our feet over the years can identify with this servant of God.

“But as for My servant Caleb, because he has had a different spirit and has followed Me fully, I will bring him into the land which he entered, and his descendants shall take possession of it.” Numbers 14:24

In Joshua 14:14 it says of Caleb, “Therefore, Hebron became the inheritance of Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite to this day, because he followed the Lord God of Israel fully.” Or wholeheartedly.

Caleb had “a different spirit”. He had followed the Lord faithfully, as best he knew how. It emphasizes in Scripture again later that “he followed the Lord God of Israel fully.” Again, wholeheartedly.

That takes some doing. It means he walked faithfully for many decades with the Lord, now being in his 80s. He wasn’t playing the game, “one foot in, one foot out, shake it all about”. He learned the Lord’s ways, gave it his all, and received the reward in the end.

The promise was then received after the faithfulness held to the end. “I will bring him into the land which he entered, and his descendants shall take possession of it.” Numbers 14:24

Wholeheartedly means exactly that, with your whole heart. It means making up your mind to do something and sticking to it, giving it all you have until you don’t have anything left. Even as it was said of another, “He poured Himself out.” (Isaiah 53:12, NASB)

This is as one I want it to be said of, “He gave it all he had until the end, when his time was up.”

I hope that is, or will become, your desire too.

Ahava and Shalom,

Steve Martin

Fathers and Their Children by Steve Martin

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Fathers and Their Children

A promise from God the Father that we will see in the end times, the last days, is the Lord working in the lives of families, especially the fathers and their children.

“He will turn the hearts of the fathers back to their children and the hearts of the children to their fathers, so that I will not come and strike the land with complete destruction.” Micah 4:6, NASB

It sometimes grieves me, or maybe better worded “troubles” me, when you see men and women on TV, or after a big event, and they thank their mother only. For far too many, it is because the father had little or no impact on their growing years. And may be totally out of their life even now.

Or the dad was so focused on his purpose to provide material things that he didn’t or couldn’t give the time his kids so much longed for with his presence.

It is good for the blessed moms who many times raised the kids alone with probably an absent husband and dad. But a very sad heartache and lost life for the dads and their kids.

Knowing what the Lord says is always true, and I truly believe Him, “He will turn the hearts of the fathers back to their children and the hearts of the children back to the fathers.”

That day is fast approaching, if not having already started.

Bring it on, Lord!

Ahava and Shalom,,

Steve Martin

Pictured: Top: Steve with sons Josh and Ben.

Bottom: Steve with daughters Hannah and Christen

Fathers and Sons

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Sons Josh and Ben with Dad. The Lord knows.

“He will turn the hearts of the fathers back to their children and the hearts of the children to their fathers, so that I will not come and strike the land with complete destruction.” Micah 4:6, NASB

Ahava and Shalom,

Steve Martin

Original photo. Steve and Ben April 24, 2026 in the Carolinas.