Steve Martin’s updated classics with new covers, additional chapters and more photos.
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Ahava Adventure: https://a.co/d/05qxWLeV
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Steve Martin’s updated classics with new covers, additional chapters and more photos.
All available on Amazon in hard cover, paperback, audio and e-book versions.
Ahava Adventure: https://a.co/d/05qxWLeV
Leadership Through Love: https://a.co/d/05BapCRN
Why Israel? https://a.co/d/0c1o96Yr
Teach Them – Young Men and Women
As older men and women in the Faith, the Bible teaches that we are to teach those who come after us, to train them, entrusting to them that which the Lord has taught us.
Experience goes a long way. I would rather follow someone who has been on the rocky trail before me, rather than follow the one who has just read about how to walk on a trail in the mountains.
For me, give me someone who knows what to do, probably has fallen a few times and yet got back up, then one still “learning the ropes”, so I won’t make the same mistakes myself and go the wrong way.
As Paul spoke to his young disciple Timothy, so do I want for those I am given to lead.
“You therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. The things which you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses, entrust these to faithful people who will be able to teach others also.” 2 Timothy 2: 1-2 NASB
Many times I have prayed to be a good example, to heed the words of Jesus (Yeshua) so I might be a good witness, and carry His Name in a worthy way.
I remember as a young boy I wanted to be a good example to my brothers and sisters. It is even so today, with two brothers and five sisters in our family.
As I continue to be a good example, others will see, and hopefully watch or listen, to walk in the same way as our Lord did, and does.
“Do as I do” is better done than, “Do as I say and not as I do.”
I enjoy encouraging young men in particular in the faith. With my own two sons, along with others that the Lord has given me to build up in the faith – Moses in Pakistan, Yeshudas in India, Duncan in Kenya, I enjoy being one to follow.
May the good Lord continue to guide my steps so I can be one with solid faith and good leadership.
And may you too be one who others look to for guidance and walk in faithful obedience to our our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
Ahava and Shalom,
Steve Martin
July 28, 2026 Jason Macedo, Facebook
Today I finally understood something about Donald Trump that I had been missing this entire time. And when it hit me — it hit me completely. Because, look at who this man chose to surround himself with.
Not billionaires.
Not people born into power.
Not people who had everything handed to them.
Karoline Leavitt — 27 years old. Ice cream shop girl from New Hampshire.
Trump looked at her and saw something the entire world missed.
Made her the youngest Press Secretary in American history.
Susie Wiles — a woman who has spent her whole life quietly strategizing from the background.
No fame. No spotlight. Just pure brilliance.
Trump looked at her and said — you will be my Chief of Staff. First female Chief of Staff in American history.
JD Vance — a soldier. A boy from Appalachia who served his country in uniform before he ever served it in office.
Trump looked at him and said — you will stand beside me.
Pete Hegseth — a soldier who gave everything on the battlefield. Two Bronze Stars.
Trump looked at him and said — you will lead our military.
Marco Rubio — the son of a bartender and a hotel maid. Two immigrants who came to America with nothing.
Trump looked at their son and made him the first Latino Secretary of State in American history.
My wife heard all of this tonight and said, "Do you understand what Trump actually did?
He did not build a powerful administration.
He built an unbreakable one."
Because every single person in it knows what it feels like to have nothing. And people who came from nothing never take anything for granted.
Tonight, say one prayer for this entire administration. And say a bigger one for the man who chose them.
Then pass this to every American who needs to understand why this administration hits different from every single one that came before it."
July 28, 2026
Greetings to all.
My wonderful wife Laurie (*she said when I use the word “good” she thinks there’s also a “bad” one!) and I had a wonderful weekend in the Bryson City, North Carolina area over the last weekend of July 2026.
(*So being the good husband that I am…I listen and learn, even after almost 49 years of marriage!)
She had a ride on the Great Smoky Mountain Railway on her “bucket list.” Isn’t that saying from some movie of old men before dying? Just asking.
It was an enjoyable 4.5 hour journey through the Smoky Mountains. (They are called “smoky” due to the fog each morning covering them. Or so I think.)
Lakes, the main river, rafters, house boats…all could be seen as the 20+ rail cars followed the steam locomotive pulling us over the tracks.
Enjoy the videos! And a few of the 100 photos I probably took.
Shalom,
Steve Martin
P.S. I also enjoyed watching g the hummingbirds at our lodging location. The owner says there were 35 feeding the hour after I left my observation seat, when I watched 4-5. Wow! Such a delightful little bird, Lord! Thank You!
I love this song by Passion, “My Heart is Yours.” Watch the cardinals and hummingbirds as you listen.
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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.
Be Not Unaware, Nor Discouraged
Have you ever gotten an email, phone call, text and asked, “Where did that come from?” Out of the blue you receive something that throws you, and you wonder, “What did I do to deserve that?”
It is not uncommon these days to get reactions, opinions, even hatred thrust your way, as if it is the “assigned duty” of the one sending it to do so.
Well, with some of those messages sent it is their job, when you consider the ultimate source.
“Be of sober spirit, be on the alert. Your adversary, the devil, prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.”1 Peter 5:8, NASB
However these attacks come, they are meant to wear down the believers, stop them in their tracks, keep them from pursuing and fulfilling their calling.
But they cannot. They must not.
It used to be that it would take me days to get over a hurtful word, spoken or written. It would simmer in my head, my heart, and I would battle to rid myself of it.
Over the years that time period has dropped down to about an hour or so.
After repenting of any action on my part, seriously considering if I was at fault, I move on in the grace and love of the Holy Spirit, recognizing the attack for what it was.
We certainly are not perfect. Sometimes these actions against us were from our own initial instigation. See it as another teaching moment to watch our mouth and our words that we give out.
We must not be unaware that attacks will come.
Even as our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, Yeshua HaMashiach, wrestled, battled, fought them off through prayer and daily walking with the Father, we too, as His children, are not left alone.
Even as in the natural Israel is lambasted every day it seems, as the Scriptures tell us, so be it is in the spiritual.
“46 However, the spiritual is not first, but the natural; then the spiritual. 47 The first man is from the earth, earthy; the second Man is from heaven.
48 As is the earthy one, so also are those who are earthy; and as is the heavenly One, so also are those who are heavenly.
49 Just as we have borne the image of the earthy, we will also bear the image of the heavenly.” 1 Corinthians 15:46-49 NASB
The devil hates us. His legions war against us.
But we will stand and accomplish that which we are given to do. Our Lord’s promise to to us.
As an extra note, I have found listening to worship music gets my heart and head, and spirit, back to good order!
Ahava and Shalom,
Steve Martin
Walk With Me as Leland sings, “Where You Are.” Beautiful, Lord.
Steve Martin
Charlotte, North Carolina
A Jewish from a video screenshot. Beautiful lady.
Another blueberry bagel this morning as the day begins here in Charlotte, North Carolina.
I made a phone call to India to bless my 46-year old friend Yeshudas for this birthday today. Along with his pretty wife Pritima, we continue our daily messages and weekly calls first began in 2019 when I met him at his church in Konta, India, southeast of the 17 million populated city of Hyderabad. Together they have two boys, 12 year old Daniel and 6 year old Joseph.
(Phone screenshot of Yeshudas and Pritima July 15, 2026)
Yeshudas has been trying to finish the house next door so they can move in from the one-room at the back of their church. So far the project has taken almost 10 years, since I last saw it. Funds are scarce.
Someday we will meet again. These long distance friendships are good, but being in person with one another is always better!
Be blessed,
Steve Martin
Under 50?
Listening to Tucker Carlson, Candice Owens, and others on TikTok or YouTube will give you a strong opinion about world events. Especially about Christians and Christianity. And even more so about Israel and the Jews.
A strong biblical foundation is necessary if one is to have a good perspective of this world and the direction it is going. And those who call themselves “Christians, and yet speak vehemently against biblical truth, are not. They simply are not Christians.
You can call yourself something you are not, but your walk tells others who you really are. Remember, “You will know them by their fruit.”
15 “Beware of the false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly are ravenous wolves. 16 You will [p]know them by their fruits. Grapes are not gathered from thorn bushes, nor figs from thistles, are they?
17 So every good tree bears good fruit, but the bad tree bears bad fruit. 18 A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit. 19 Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. 20 So then, you will [know them by their fruits.” Matthew 7, NASB
I grew up under the teaching of Derek Prince, an Englishman who came to the USA in his 60s and later started Derek Prince Ministries in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. I was on staff a total of eight years with his ministry. His strong stance and clear, solid teaching on deliverance, gifts of the Holy Spirit, and especially Israel gave me the biblical foundation I needed.
His message, “Our Debt To Israel” which I first heard in 1979, changed my life forever. I was 25 at the time.
When modern day teachers, prophets, podcasters and “influencers” speak lies and half-lies of Israel, in time the One Who knows all will remove them. He always has judged those who oppose His plans and purposes. Study world history and see for yourself.
I pray daily for my children and grandchildren, as a good father and grandfather should. They are under 50 (yet) but they too need the strong, biblical truths buried deep in their hearts, so when the “liar of all lies” spews out his words, from those among us, they too will know the truth and stand strong on His Word, not theirs.
Ahava and shalom,
Steve Martin
A Gentile
Loveforhispeople.blogspot.com
Wealth of the Nations
For a long time I would often quote the Bible verse, “The wealth of the nations will come to you.” Isaiah 60:5, NASB And use it for “me.” After all, I was taught that all those “positive verses” in what we have called the Old Testament, and put on our refrigerators (at least we have) were for us as believers. And we would/could “claim them” for us.
Maybe so. Maybe not.
If you read the chapter of Isaiah 60 in full context, Jesus (Yeshua) quoted it when He walked through Israel between 30-33 A.D. as we understand the time (give or take a few years.) And who did He quote these Isaiah verses to? His people, the Jews. In their synagogues.
And yet we as Christians have often dismissed that accurate part of the Bible and say it is only for us.
Really? I think not.
Have you ever thought of the billions of dollars that the nations of the world have invested in Israel these past decades? I “googled” that question and was amazed at just how much it has been, especially from the USA, from tech giants like Microsoft, Meta, and more.
Check it out for yourself. It is true.
And it goes on to say this, in Isaiah 60 this amazing verse, which we see literally happening in our day too. For Israel. For the JEWS.
“Foreigners will build up your walls, and their kings will minister to you…the wealth of the nations, with their kings led in procession.” (Isaiah 60:10, NASB)
Have you been to Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Haifa, even Tiberias on the Sea of Galilee lately? How about Beersheva and the Negev Desert? I have. For the 30th time this year, 2026. Have you seen all the building going on; the desert blooming?
The fields near Ashdod and down the Med Sea coast literally reminded me of Iowa and Illinois, where I grew up, with their John Deere tractors in the field. Wow!
Mark Twain wrote in the late 1890s on his visit to this land that the place was desolate. Well it certainly isn’t anymore after the multitudes of Jews have made aliyah, coming back to their homeland. And the Living God of Israel pouring out His blessing on them. As He promised.
Reading Scripture with open eyes, and not based on replacement theology, reveals a whole lot of what and how the Lord, the Living God of Israel, is moving in these last days.
I hope you are taking notice.
Ahava and shalom,
Steve Martin
