Runnin’ With Angels - sung by Sons of Sunday

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Runnin’ With Angels - Sons of Sunday

Animated shorts of Jesus and angels. Steve Martin

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Animated playlist shorts for your encouragement.

Steve Martin

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

“Be Encouraged” message by Steve Martin

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BE ENCOURAGED

 

 

As I wrote previously, I love August. Not because of the heat (preferable to bitter cold) but because the Lord has done great things for us in previous August months.

 

Moved at least two times; saw prayers answered like never before; and this August a “new” (only 37 years old) Chevy Silverado Sidestep 4x4 truck for $1,200! I have named it The GOLDEN CHARIOT. (Thanks Keith for the find!)

 

“What a beaut, Clark!”

 

And then… another “new treasure” - a five-year old Honda lawnmower (thanks son-in-law Andrew!) being my other Home Depot one said it was “too hot” to run.

 

We are all blessed when we are thankful for what the Lord gives us. New or “somewhat used.”

 

So be encouraged and read my message for you, BE ENCOURAGED below.

 

Ahava and shalom,

 

Steve Martin

Love For His People

 

P. S. I have enjoyed publishing new books and updating my previous ones with new covers and updates this August too. Take a look below. Now 42 books over the last 16 years. Thank You, Lord!

 

 

BE ENCOURAGED

Who does not need encouragement from time to time?

 

As I was updating some of my previously published books, with new covers and edited chapters, I was really encouraged. What the Lord had given me to share over these past years in writing confirmed of hearing the Lord and sharing His heart.

 

“For I long to see you so that I may impart some spiritual gift to you, that you may be established; that is, that I may be encouraged together with you while among you, each of us by the other’s faith, both yours and mine.” Romans 1:11-12, NASB

 

This is one aspect of our Christian faith that we can do for one another – encourage each one in our walk.

 

Whether we use our spiritual gifts to build one another up, allowing the fruit of the Holy Spirit that our Lord Yeshua (Jesus) has grown in us over our years to bless others; to helping those in need with prayer, financial support, or physical, practical assistance - it is wonderful and usual timely for both.

 

When we give out, the Lord gives back in. We cannot out give the Lord.

 

There have been many times when you and me have needed a helping hand, an encouraging word, a text or message from another simply saying, “You got this. The Lord is with you, and He will not forsake you.”

 

This also includes standing with our friends in Israel, and Jews in the USA who need us, as Isaiah 40:1-2 also says, ““Comfort, comfort My people,” says your God. Speak kindly to Jerusalem…” (NASB)

 

Encouraging each other pleases the Lord. When His sons and daughters lift one another up, the world will see our love and long for the same.

 

Ahava and Shalom,

Steve Martin

Phil Keaggy “Let Everything Else Go” live video

I could this to this over and over again. In 2003 Phil Keaggy came to the Derek Prince Memorial service here in Charlotte, North Carolina. Afterwards I took him to the airport for his flight home.

Lord bless you, Phil.

Ahava and shalom,

Steve  Martin

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My monthly subscription comes to an end…

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Shalom my friends.

If you have been a reader of my blog, “Morning Place To Be” you were aware (or not) of how this site began.

Back in August 2025 my great brother-in-law, Nate Rovenstine (extraordinary pastor, Wesleyan District Suoervisor, husband, father, grandpa…) in Lawrence, Kansas, told me about the Panera Bread “Get Sipping” Club.

For only $4.95 a month, you could go and get a coffee, tea, fountain drink (soda) every two hours. Wow!!!

And so when I got back to Charlotte, North Carolina, a few days later, I joined. Faithfully goi g almost every morning around 6 am for a dark roast and a blueberry bagel.

Well…Panera Bread accountants got wise, informed the main man (or woman) and said the monthly program had to change.

Now…once a day (30/month) for the monthly subscription of $15.95.

With my upcoming six week volunteer trip to Israel again in September with Christian Friends of Israel, today, Sunday, Aug. 16, 2026, is my final cup.

To Nate! Yeah Lord!

Ahava and Shalom,

Steve Martin

“Clear! Clear! Clear! God’s Restoring the Heartbeat of America” prophetic word

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Janet Douglas, Facebook

Last Sunday night during worship, I got a picture of a hand massaging a heart. 

While at the same time I kept hearing one word:

“CLEAR.” 

Not once—but three times.

At first, I wasn’t sure what the Lord was saying. Then I heard Him say:

“You live in the heartland.”

I began to see a picture of defibrillator paddles being placed over the Midwest—especially over the Ohio River Valley region. Of course, living in Indiana, my focus was drawn strongly to our state.

As I shared what I was hearing and seeing with the intercessors, I was thankful we had 2 nurses in the room. They began explaining that in heart surgery when the patient is taken off of bypass- they massage the heart. (I had no idea)

They also explained what happens when someone’s heart goes into a life-threatening rhythm and the medical team prepares to use defibrillator paddles.

They were sharing before the shock is delivered, everyone must move away from the patient, and the warning is given:

“CLEAR!” 3 times! (I had no idea) 

The shock is released to interrupt the abnormal electrical rhythm so the heart has an opportunity to return to a life-sustaining rhythm. If the heart does not respond as needed, the process can be repeated while the medical team continues working to restore an effective heartbeat.

Then I heard the Lord say:

“I AM shocking the rhythm of the heartland with My heart again.”

As they were explaining this, something began to come alive in the room.

We began to declare:

CLEAR over Indiana.

CLEAR over the Ohio River Valley.

CLEAR over the Great Lakes region.

CLEAR over the heartland.

CLEAR over the Midwest.

CLEAR over the United States of America.

We sensed that something was happening in the Spirit, although at that moment we did not fully understand the weight of what God was showing us.

As I spent time with the Lord this week, praying over the picture I saw, I began to ponder;

Could it be that God is resuscitating Indiana again?

Could it be that God is resuscitating the Heartland ?

Could it be that God is awakening the heart of America again?

Could it be that He is reopening the heart of this nation to His presence, His purposes, and His remnant?

Indiana is the “Crossroads of America,” but we also live in the heartland of this nation.

I believe God is speaking to the Heart of His people in this hour.

The issue is not merely geography.

It is rhythm.

It is alignment.

It is the heartbeat of His Church coming back into agreement with the heartbeat of the Father, for His original intent. 

There are things that have caused the Church to beat out of rhythm—such as division, offense, greed, compromise, fear, apathy, prayerlessness, competition, political division, denominational walls, disappointment, weariness, blatant sin and the distractions of this age.

I believe there is a sound going forth in the atmosphere: 

CLEAR! CLEAR! CLEAR! 

Clear away everything that has hindered us Father, everything that hinders the Body of Christ.

CLEAR! CLEAR! CLEAR! 

Clear away everything that has silenced prayer.

CLEAR! CLEAR! CLEAR! 

Clear away everything that has contaminated the land and caused the Church to lose the rhythm of Your heartbeat, the heartbeat of Heaven.

This is not about condemning the Church.

It is about resuscitating the Church.

It is the mercy of God calling His people back into alignment with His heart.

God is restoring the heartbeat of America, and He is beginning with the heart of His Church.

The Church MUST beat with His heart again.

A heart for His presence.

A heart for holiness.

A heart for truth.

A heart for prayer.

A heart for repentance.

A heart for one another.

A heart for the lost.

A heart for the harvest.

A heart that cries, “Your Kingdom come. Your will be done on earth as it is in Heaven.”

So today we decree:

We decree the heart of the Church is being restored.

We decree that every rhythm contrary to the heart of God is being interrupted.

We decree that prayer is rising in the houses of God again.

We decree that repentance is returning to the house of God.

We decree that unity is being restored in the Body of Christ.

We declare that the wells of revival and awakening is open again.

We decree, from this place, that the heartland will beat with the heart of God again. 

We say, from Indiana, through the Ohio River Valley, throughout the Great Lakes region, across the heartland and into the United States of America, and beyond…. we release the sound:

CLEAR! CLEAR! CLEAR!

We say CLEAR to division.

We say CLEAR to compromise.

We say CLEAR to prayerlessness.

We say CLEAR to everything that has caused the Body of Christ to beat out of rhythm with the Father.

And we declare:

God is restoring the heartbeat of America.

We decree the heart of the Church is being restored.

We say, “CLEAR! CLEAR! CLEAR!” to the Church.

Come back into rhythm with Heaven.

Come back into rhythm with the Father.

Come back into rhythm with His heart.

America, let your heart beat with His heart again.

In Jesus’ name.

(graphic is AI)

A Man and His Truck, Steve Martin

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A man and his truck. Use what the Lord gives you for His work.