Western North Carolina is beautiful! Thank You, Lord, for sharing Your creation with us.
Short videos shared with you that I recorded July 24-25, 2026 in the Bryson City town of North Carolina.
Also recordings from our Great Smoky Mountain Railway ride.
Be blessed,
Steve Martin
My Heart Cries
This past week, as we traveled on the interstate in North Carolina for a weekend in the western mountains, my knowledgeable wife, Laura Jean (I like her full name) told me of a recent poll saying 60% of American youth favor Hamas and the Palestinians (who voted for them) over our friends, the Israeli Jewish people.
I couldn’t believe it. My heart immediately felt the pain. How can this be?
Has deception gotten so bad that since the Oct. 7, 2023 slaughter of 1200 Jews and others at the Nova music festival and surrounding villages (kibbutz), by Hamas from Gaza, who slaughtered our friends, be their choice of support?
If this poll is true, collaborated by others, far too many of our young people here in the USA would actually support killers, rapists, murderers, and barbarians. They just do not know the truth.
Have these, who primarily get their news from supporting liars, now stand with those who would just as well have killed them if they had been there?
I went to the Nova Festival location in southern Israel, just a few miles from the Gaza border, in October 2025. I have seen the memorials displaying the enlarged photos of these hundreds of innocent loved youth, gunned down where they stood.
No mercy. No place to run. No objective by the murderers but to kill and destroy anyone and everyone Jewish.
I need not tell you again how many times I have been to Israel; how many friendships I have established there over these past 30 years and those Laurie and I continue to stand with. They are great people. They love life, and peace.
My heart cries for my Jewish friends, and also the youth here and around the world who know not what these true, decent, honorable, family people are, but would instead support the murderers.
Israelis want to live safely, raise their families, and above all love their God (which, by the way, is the same as mine) and yet anti-Semitism continues to grow as the lies and hatred spreads here in the USA and the nations.
Will it stop? Will the growing hatred of Jews and soon others (i.e. Christians) who stand for Israel, come to an end?
Very sad to say, based on Bible prophetic words written long ago, it will not. Not until the Messiah, Yeshua HaMashiach, comes back to save them and us who stand with them.
“And I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse, and He who sat on it is called Faithful and True, and in righteousness He judges and wages war. His eyes are a flame of fire, and on His head are many crowns; and He has a name written on Him which no one knows except Himself.
He is clothed with a robe dipped in blood, and His name is called The Word of God. And the armies which are in heaven, clothed in fine linen, white and clean, were following Him on white horses.
From His mouth comes a sharp sword, so that with it He may strike down the nations, and He will rule them with a rod of iron; and He treads the wine press of the fierce wrath of God, the Almighty.
And on His robe and on His thigh He has a name written: “KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.” Revelation 19:11-16, NASB
Yeshua the Messiah is coming back. To save His people and to also destroy the enemy.
Bo Yeshua. Come Jesus. Quickly.
Ahava and Shalom,
Steve Martin
A true friend of Israel and His people
Think I Got It
It is a dilemma. Maybe for you too?
For years I have been wanting to have a disciplined, connected life with the Lord, God the Father (Abba as some call Him), Jesus (Yeshua) and the Holy Spirit (Ruach HaKodesh).
Reading my Bible daily, a chapter from the “Old” and “New” testaments, maybe a Psalm, add on one or two devotionals…and pray in tongues for those He gives me. And…listen to my worship song playlist.
The best time for me, for all of this, is before the sun comes up. Quiet. Slow. No distractions.
Often I connect with them, the Three. Sometimes I struggle and think, “Is this just too much routine? Is it really worth it and lasting? Do they really hear me and my heart?”
But most important, do I connect with their heart? Their prayers? Their vision?
Of course I have read many biographies of saints gone by…both in the Bible and those whom followed in their footsteps over the centuries. Even the ones in our day. All the while wanting to be sure I am connecting with the Lord.
I think I got it. After about, say, 50-60 years.
Our Father wants us to spend time with Him. Forgot the news for awhile. Let the emails, texts and all messages stay as they are, waiting on the phone.
Give Him time. Just give them time.
And when you do…the discipline, connection, refreshment, fulfillment will come.
I think I got it. And them too.
Ahava and shalom,
Steve Martin
P.S. Enjoy this song by Leeland on YouTube: Where You Are
“WINE TO MAKE YOUR FACE GLAD”
Times of discipline still come to even “seasoned” believers, as I am a witness. I must say that I resonate with all my heart to the Scripture, “..do not lose heart when He rebukes you...” (Hebrews 12:5)
It’s not easy for me, and probably not easy for you, to receive discipline or rebuke, especially when I know that I have no excuses. It means that I have not obeyed the Lord and need this correction. Because of the feelings of shame, it’s not easy to ask for and receive forgiveness when you know it’s all your fault.
But the same Scripture that talks about His discipline assures us that He only disciplines those that belong to Him. In fact, at the beginning of the verse, it even says that this is for our “encouragement” -
To make the reality of redemption even more filled with grace, the Word tells us that
It’s really true – His mercy endures forever. He redeems and washes us clean and fills us with His holiness, and not only holiness, but His righteousness and His peace. This is just way beyond understanding, but it’s what He promises to us who belong to Him –
It was in this frame of mind that I sought Him today. It took quite some time to receive His correction, His discipline, and to muster up the strength to receive His forgiveness and restoration. But again, the Scripture is so very proven and true – He has compassion on all He has made.
He invited me to His table. It was there that I once again received the fullness of my King Yeshua, His complete restorative forgiveness and redemption and joy. I ate the Bread of Life. It was when I drank the Wine of the new covenant, His precious Blood, that my heart received the fullness of joy.
He was revealing that this is the Wine that makes the face glad. It is the precious Blood of Yeshua, the Wine of the Kingdom, that fills us with eternal joy – our faces shining with the Oil of His Presence– His Spirit filling us – the Bread of His life sustaining us! How I praise Him!
Enjoy watching and listening a full worship playlist of the Christians For Messiah Ministries (CFM) “Glory of Israel” 2026 three day conference.
Hear all of these 20 songs led by Paul Wilbur, Barry & Batya Segal, and the Antioch International Church worship team led by Jesse and Elizabeth Enns.
Zion Dance team led by Theresa Gardner of Charlotte, North Carolina.
Videos by Steve Martin, Love For His People Ministry
Videos and photos (Steve Martin). from the Israel support g conference in the Charlotte, NC area.
