Showing posts with label Ahava Love Letters book. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ahava Love Letters book. Show all posts

Thursday, March 6, 2014

“Carry My Bags” - Now Think On This by Steve Martin

“Carry My Bags” 

“Your God and the God of your father put treasure in your packs.” 
(Gen. 43:23 Complete Jewish Bible)


In August of 2002, Laurie and I had the tremendous blessing of going on a Derek Prince Ministries outreach trip into China. We were among ten others who carried Bibles in the Chinese language, and translated books of Derek Prince, to give to underground believers though out the vast country. 

From Hong Kong to Beijing and back, we rode the 22 hour train rides to deliver these “carry on” bags loaded with the Lord’s treasures. The believers we passed the written words onto were so thrilled to be receiving His Word in their own language, to share with the home churches hidden from the governing authorities.

As “tourists” in outward appearance, we saw the sights of the Imperial Gardens, the Forbidden City and the Great Wall. As mules for His purposes, we connected with our brothers and sisters in the faith, supporting and encouraging them with our goods. 

While here in the USA we often take for granted the readily availability of books and related teaching tools, even one page of the Scripture is so precious to them. Often it was copied many times and passed onto others. They were willing to take the risk of having it found in their hands, which was cause for possible torture in prison, or death. It was a stealth mission.

A few years earlier, after completing almost 14 years with a ministry having a worldwide impact, my heart’s desire longed to travel internationally. Being my main responsibility was the administration of the ministry and related church, my time though was spent on the home front, tending the local needs. Even though the Lord had put in my heart a desire since my youth to “be a missionary”, it seemed my never ending mission was to “hold down the fort” as others went out.

When I finally got the courage to request the opportunity to accompany the main minister on at least one international trip a year, the short response was, “What would you do, carry my bags?”

My self worth was shattered. In less than six months I had left that ministry, rejected and left wondering what had been accomplished during those years.

But oh how the Lord has a way of showing His faithfulness.

Near the end of the China “tour”, after dropping off our final bags to a pastor in Beijing, the group had a free day to travel to the Great Wall, just west of the capital city. As Laurie and I sat on the bus seats, she leaned over and said, “You can carry My bags.”

At first I didn’t grasp what she had said. Was this a word from Him, wanting to show He knew all along?
And then tears (again) came down my cheeks, as the impact of what He had just shared gripped, and comforted, my heart. It was a healing moment.

You can carry My bags.”

The good Lord had just allowed us to deliver His precious treasure, in written form, to hungry believers in this vast land. When another had earlier considered my worth as a simple baggage carrier, the Lord God of Israel had counted this journey as precious in His sight, and held us in high esteem. Deep into my soul the value that He held for me healed the rejection and hurt experienced a few years before.

As we later climbed the 182 steps on that Great Wall to the tower we ventured on, I wasn’t singing “Climb Every Mountain” that Julie Andrews sang in the Sound of Music. But I was making melody in my heart, having been given the opportunity to “carry His bags” to a multitude of people in this foreign land.


Remember, what the enemy means for evil, the Lord will cause for good as we seek His purposes. Keep on walking as you carry His message to those around you, whether in word or deed. He is so grateful that you too are carrying His bags, and He delights in you.


(From my book Ahava Love Letters, Xulon Press 2013 - Steve Martin)


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Thursday, February 13, 2014

Good reading for times like these. Buy a book. You will be pleased!

Good reading
For times like these.
Buy a book...
You will be pleased!

Thanks,
Steve Martin

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Blessings on ye heads!
Steve Martin



Thursday, September 19, 2013

Arrival!


Celebrating the release of my 2nd book, 
Ahava Love Letters!
Received on eve of Sukkot 9/18/13!

AHAVA LOVE LETTERS book now available 

- Amazon, Barnes & Noble, 

Love For His People, Xulon Press





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Also available at Xulon Press:


OR...

Purchase both of Steve's books 
(AHAVA LOVE LETTERS and The PROMISE) 
direct from Love For His People, Inc.
Both for ONLY $29
(WHICH INCLUDES S/H - USA orders only)
...and they will be autographed!

Sent a good check to:

Love For His People, Inc.
P.O. Box 414
Pineville, NC 28134

The Promise - Steve's first book 




Thursday, September 12, 2013

The Promise: One Man's Journey to See God's Word Revealed (My first book now available)


Promise: One Man's Journey to See God's Word Revealed


Book Description

September 6, 2013

Throughout our lives, God keeps His hand on our shoulders and nudges us on to more than what we could ever realize. I am excited to share how He did this with me, and am confident it will be a story you’ll be able to relate to. 

As I unveil my story, think back to those times when you knew there was some thing more but you just couldn’t put your finger on it. You knew deep down that life wasn’t what the TV sitcoms portrayed it to be. In our souls there is the hope, the cry for more, that someday questions will be answered and promises fulfilled if we just kept plugging away at what we know to do.

In The Promise I share my 40 year journey with you, and show you that dreams do come true. Though Peter Pan isn’t real, the Lord, the One Who created us, certainly is, and He has a plan in place for each one of us. When you are done reading this story, my prayer is that you too will know more of that good plan and His purpose for you.



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(Both paperback & Kindle versions)


Product Details

  • File Size: 381 KB
  • Print Length: 203 pages
  • Publisher: Martin Lighthouse Publishing 
  • (September 6, 2013)
  • Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
  • Language: English
  • ASIN: B00F1JL4XW
  • Text-to-Speech: Enabled 
  • X-Ray: Not Enabled 
  • Lending: Not Enabled

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Kindle Edition on Amazon

Note: You don't have to have a Kindle, smartphone or tablet to download the e-book edition. I downloaded the free app below onto both my PC laptop and desktop computers. 

(Steve Martin)

  


Anybody can read Kindle books—even without a Kindle device—with the FREE Kindle app for smartphones and tablets.


“Have your delight in the Lord,
and He will give you
the desires of your heart. 
Trust also in Him,
and He will do it.” 

Psalm 37:3,4


Dedication


To all those who have a desire and a dream that is yet to be fulfilled, but continue to hang onto the promise the Lord has given you – I dedicate this book.



In agreement with the Bible verse that I have printed on a note card standing upright on my home computer desk, “Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up” (Galatians 6:0, NIV), I declare that He will do it.


As surely as the Lord God of Israel lives, He will bring it to pass.


We’ve Only Just Begun…
                                              
Back in the ‘70’s, when music was still decent, and you could really understand the words, a brother and a sister, the Carpenters, came out with a popular song,  We’ve Only Just Begun.  For those of us around at that time, songs like this gave us some hope, as we made our way through grade school or high school.  Deep in our souls, whether we realized it back then or not, something, or Someone, was calling after us, and songs on the radio helped draw us on.

Not sure which way to go at times, we knew something was still possible, even as our parents sought after the “Almighty Dollar”, and the Sunday service was at least a place the family, which still looked like one, went to on Sundays.  Friday night football games, followed by the sock-hop (finally realized that we had to wear socks, not our shoes, because of the gym wooden floor), gave us potential stability, after coming out of the ‘60’s and before the ‘80’s hit.

Through it all, Someone kept His hand on our shoulders, and nudged us on to more than what we would ever realize, before now.  And then…boom! The answer comes in an unexpected way.

As I unveil this story, think back to those times that you knew there was something more, but you just couldn’t put your hand on it.  You knew, deep down, that life wasn’t just what Walter Cronkite said it was every night on the CBS news, or that the faith and love shown by John Boy to Grandpa, Jim Bob, and the other twenty Waltons wasn’t just for their family.  Deep down in our souls, the hope, the cry for more, would someday be answered and fulfilled, if we just kept plugging away at what we did know.

I want you to share my journey with me, as I look back over the last forty years, and you see that dreams do come true, and that though Peter Pan isn’t real, the Lord, the One Who created us, is, and He has a plan in place for each one of us.  And when you are done reading this story, you too will know that…we’ve only just begun.

  


Book Chapters


Going To Africa
Father Thomas Purtell
Columbus High School
“I am a Christian”
Laura Jean
The Dream
Hasselbring-Clark
Bonnie, Derek & Mahesh
Heritage USA
The Barn
Worship The Lord God of Israel
The Beginning of the End
Jerusalem & The Western Wall
This Season Completed
The Incredible Journey
New Beginnings
Steve Martin & The Raiders
“Carry My Bags” – The Great Wall
A Season of the Soul
I Thought It Was Over
Roll Call of Honor


Editor's Note:
It was very exciting to know that my book came out during Rosh Hashanah, the new year of 5774, on Sept.4-6. This is a new beginning in the Lord's purposes and fulfillment of promises given to Laurie and I. I hope you read my book! Steve Martin

Steve & Laurie 2013

You can purchase The Promise now:Amazon.com

If you do not want to order online, we will have copies to mail out from our office. Please mail a check, made out to Love For His People, Inc. for $14 (includes the $4.00 postage and $2.00 package cost) to:

Love For His People
P.O. Box 414
Pineville, NC 28134

As an added bonus, all mailed copies from our office will be signed. (Wow, by Steve Martin himself. Isn't that nice??!!)  :)

OR...

Order both of Steve's books 
(AHAVA LOVE LETTERS and The PROMISE) 
direct from Love For His People, Inc.
Both for ONLY $29
(WHICH INCLUDES S/H - USA orders only)
...and they will be autographed!

Sent a good check to:

Love For His People, Inc.
P.O. Box 414
Pineville, NC 28134

The Promise - Steve's first book