Videos and photos (Steve Martin). from the Israel support g conference in the Charlotte, NC area.
Sunday, July 19, 2026
Friday, July 17, 2026
Thursday, July 16, 2026
“Be Not Unaware, Nor Discouraged” by Steve Martin
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
Wednesday, July 15, 2026
Travel on until you get there. Walk With Me, Steve Martin (Song by Leland)
Walk With Me as Leland sings, “Where You Are.” Beautiful, Lord.
Steve Martin
Charlotte, North Carolina
Another blueberry bagel…
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
Tuesday, July 14, 2026
“Under 50?” Message by 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
Monday, July 13, 2026
“Wealth of the Nations” by Steve Martin
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
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