Rest

         About It!

     Jeanne Alcott

 

 

    In a service one night, a minister was teaching on the scripture Matthew 11:28.  When he came to the words from Jesus, “Come unto to Me,” he felt the presence of God in such a great way that all he could keep saying was, “Come unto Me.”  Finally, he stopped and looked at the people in the audience and asked, “What does that mean?”  What does, “Come unto Me” mean?”

    No one said anything until a girl who was sitting on the front row raised her hand.  When the minister saw her, he decided to see what she had to say so he asked her, “Okay, what do you think Jesus meant when He said, ‘Come unto Me’?”  And she answered, “It means that He wants me.”

    No one could add anything to it.  That was it right there.  Spoken from a child, Jesus made known that when He says, “Come unto Me,” it means “He wants me.”

    Matthew 11:28 says, Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy-laden and overburdened, and I will cause you to rest.  [I will ease and relieve and refresh your souls].  The Lord is showing us that we can rest in Him.  We can come away from worry or concerns or stress and be refreshed.  The weight can be eased.

Take a load off.

    When we’re overburdened and laboring against the problems and responsibilities of life, we can go to Him and take a load off!  That’s how you rest in God.  You take a load off!  That’s what trust does.

    When you trust in God for what you’re facing, it takes that load of care and performance off you.  You weren’t designed to carry around what’s too heavy.  You were designed to rest in God, trust Him and be at peace.  To do that, you have to come to Him.  Then notice in that scripture, once you do that, He says, “I will cause you to rest.”

    It didn’t say that when you go to God you might be able to find some relief or He will see what He can do to help you.  It’s a much stronger action that He’s describing.  When you go to Him in your trust, that sets into action all that God can do for you.  He goes deep into your spirit and He causes you to rest.  The reason He can cause you to rest is because now you’ve made Him your foundation.  Instead of relying on yourself, He is your foundation and therefore you are not carrying the load now.  You’ve given it to Him.  Once you’ve rested in Him and you’ve taken the load off, that’s when you can see tremendous answers.

When we rest, that’s when blessing comes.

    I think of the dear friend and Partner who wrote to us and described so well how this whole process works.  She said “I am learning to ‘rest’ in [God] in the face of negative circumstances.  I used to get upset about the negative things and pray for God’s help and try to relax and trust Him—not doing a very good job of it.”  We all know how that is.  We try to go to God and give it over to Him but we don’t seem to be able to do a good job of it.

    So she goes on and describes how she came to a place where her car had to have some extensive work done on it and she didn’t have the funds.  That’s when God began to speak to her about resting in Him and trusting Him for everything.  So she did.

    When she rested in God, you know what happened?  He was able to work just as we talked about.  She received a financial gift that paid for the work on her car, plus she had enough to give to others, and still some left over.

    That’s how it works.  What a difference it made when she stopped having that load on her and did what Matthew 11 says: “Come unto Me.”  She went to God and rested in Him.  That’s when everything was taken care of, plus she had more blessing than she expected.  When she found rest, she found blessing.  THAT’S WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE REST IN GOD.  WE FIND REST AND THEREFORE WE FIND BLESSING.

    That’s because we’re seeking Him first and then all these things are added to us.  We know that scripture in Matthew 6.  Instead of being overburdened and trying to carry the heaviness of what’s happening in our lives, we recognize that God wants us to come to Him.  So we go to Him and start trusting and handing everything over to Him and that’s when He causes us to rest.  We’re eased and refreshed.  We take a load off.

 

Rest the whole weight of your life on Him.

    Here’s a good way to picture this.  There was a man who had the job of translating the Bible for a South Seas island tribe.  His name was John Paton.  But as he was working on the Bible, he was having problems finding a word in their language that could mean trust.  One day as he was working on this, one of the natives came to visit the missionary.  He was tired from working so hard, so he threw himself into a big comfortable chair that the missionary had, and he said, “It’s good to rest my whole weight on this chair.”

    Right then John knew he had the meaning to describe the word trust in their Bible.  It’s resting one’s whole weight on God just as that native was resting his whole weight on that chair.

    God wants us to come to Him, put ourselves into the big comfortable arms He has waiting for us and rest the whole weight of our life on Him.  Take a load off.  That’s how we need to envision resting in God.

    We trust Him so much that we put our entire being into His hands.  When we do, He is now able to cause us to rest.  That doesn’t mean we’re not doing anything.  We continue to work and pray and be disciplined—all those things that we do in order to have a better life.  But we don’t carry the heaviness of those.  We trust God with the outcome and the results of what we’re doing.  Our actions and words and efforts.  We put everything into His hands.

    Otherwise, things become too heavy and we get crushed.  Most of us know how that feels.  We forget to “come unto Jesus” and give Him the weight of our burdens and concerns.  So we find ourselves getting agitated because things don’t go right or we say things we’re sorry for later or we feel as though we can’t go on.  You know all the things people do when we’re stressed or under a heavy burden.

When you see those signs coming out of you.

    When we see those signs start coming out of us, we need to remember, “Come unto Me, I will give you rest.”  The Lord wants us.  It’s only as we rest in Him that He can take the load off us.  He removes the weight of it and teaches us to trust Him so we can see His deliverance.  If we will reach that state—the state where we don’t take on things in our human strength and we rely on Him—then we can see a much easier way.  We will be refreshed to see greater things happen.

    This is what Wallace Johnson discovered.  He’s the man who was the founder of the hotel chain, Holiday Inn.  You may have stayed at a Holiday Inn when you have traveled.  Johnson was born into a poor family in Mississippi and worked at everything from picking cotton to being a carpenter.  Then one day he borrowed $250 and went into homebuilding and became very successful.

    About that time, he joined with a business partner and they built the first Holiday Inn, from there, it grew into one of the largest hotel chains in the world.  Johnson was a Christian and he is quoted as saying, “I am totally dependent on God for help in everything I do.  Otherwise I honestly believe I would start to fall apart in months.”

    Even though Johnson had abilities and blessings, he found that he must take the load off himself and rest in God.  Otherwise, he would fall apart under the weight of care and concern. 

Now it becomes possible.

    God does not want to see you crushed under the weight of what you’re experiencing.  Come to Him.  Rest in Him.  That will help you endure and be able to see God’s will come to pass for you.  What seems impossible because it’s so heavy on you will be possible now.  That’s because the weight will be on God instead of you.  So take a load off today and experience the ease and refreshing God has for you.  That’s when great things can happen.

 

A PRAYER FOR YOU.

    Lord, we accept Your invitation to come unto You.  We release the weight of burdens and care and responsibilities into Your arms.  Heaviness and frustration are going.  We feel light as a feather.  And now this is opening new doors of opportunity for my dear friend.  They can see greater things happen.  They will not be crushed but they are raised up.  Your power is flowing in their behalf.  We expect answers and blessings to come in the name of Jesus.  Amen.
 

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     If you’re experiencing heaviness or frustration, let us pray with you.  As we go into prayer, you can rest in God.  Then that’s when God’s power begins to move in a greater way.

     So let’s get our faith going together.  Be sure you share with John and me what is trying to weigh heavy on you.  As we pray with you, we believe the load will be removed and that’s when circumstances can change.  So let us hear from you right away.  Then we pray, we want to send you some powerful words from God’s Word.

    Also, for those of you who have contacted us to pray with you, be sure that you give us updates of what’s happening now.  This is a prayer relationship we have with God so let us know how things are progressing.  And we will pray according to God’s will for you.  Let us hear from you today by clicking here.  Jeanne and John           

 

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     You will experience the blessing of knowing that because you’ve obeyed Him with your finances, He can do a great work in people who come to this ministry for help and growth.

      In a time when the world is hurting to know God, it’s refreshing to be Partners with someone such as you.  You recognize the power of giving and we believe that as you give now, that power will be used to keep Word of Power teachings going out and all we do in this work.  It can also open up the doors of blessing for your own life.  Amen
 

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       You Can Be

      Free of That!

     Jeanne Alcott

 

 

     God wants to set us free of those things that bind us or bothers us.  Just think of something in your life today that you could say, "What I wouldn't give to be set free of that today!"  Then know that God is coming to you at this moment to show you how to get a miracle that will do just that!

     When you're able to be delivered from something that has bothered you or bound you for a long time, it's a tremendous feeling of freedom and power.  Well, we have the miracle power of God available to us so that we can get rid of those things.  Those things that bother or bound us.

     It may be something that others have forced into our lives, or it may be something for which we have a weakness.  But either way, God's mercy and love and goodness are extended to us.  He doesn't want to see us suffer but rather be set free.

We can suffer or be set free.

     I know which one I have chosen.  And I want to see it in every area of my life.  This is a continual thing with us.  We may have our spirit set free on the day of our salvation, but that's not the last time that God has to deliver us.  We know that all too well.  Just because we became a Christian doesn't mean that everybody in the world was stopped from coming against us.  Nor does it mean that our flesh nature was stopped from being able to tempt us to give into desires and weaknesses.  We need to be set free on a regular basis.

First example: being set free from something that has bound or bothered you.

     A good example of this is when Peter was placed in prison for believing in Jesus.  Acts chapter 12 talks about when Herod the king was oppressing the early church.  He had just killed James, the brother of John, and many of the enemies of the church liked that so Herod was really on a roll.  He decided to imprison Peter and the next day he was going to bring him up to trial.  Of course, he had already decided what the verdict was going to be before the trial ever took place.  He couldn't wait to get his hands on Peter.

     Now, I would say that is definitely a time you want to believe in the miraculous.  Don't give up when circumstances try to imprison you and hold you back from all that God has for you.  Don't let them do that.  Believe for divine intervention.  Even though the enemy, the devil has already decided what the verdict is going to be for you, you remember he's not the final judge. God is the One who decides the outcome of your deliverance when you look to Him.  He is the One who has the power and the desire to see you set free.  Don't give in to the pressure or force of other people or conditions.  If you're in a tough position, believe for a miracle.

     Clearly, Peter was in a tough position.  The Bible says, So Peter was kept in prison, but fervent prayer for him was persistently made to God by the church (assembly). The very night before Herod was about to bring him forth, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, fastened with two chains, and sentries before the door were guarding the prison.

     There he was chained between soldiers.  But suddenly an angel of the Lord appeared standing beside him.  Then he struck Peter sharply on the side to awaken him because he had fallen asleep.  The angel told Peter to, "Get up quickly," and the chains fell off his hands.

     Then he told him to get up and get going.  So Peter followed him out into the street,  past the iron gates and guards unhindered.  I tell you, when God brings a miracle, you will walk out of that situation UNHINDERED.  We must understand that there is no problem or force that can come against us that can hinder the power of God when we have faith in Him.

     We will walk right through the barriers that have been set up against us and be set free, whether it's spiritually, physically, emotionally, or in our finances or family or work, or when we have a situation of any kind existing in our life.

     When that miracle comes, we're going to get up and walk out of the circumstances unhindered.  We must believe in miracles.  It doesn't matter if there is an angel that smites us on the side.  Or if God uses natural occurrences to bring it about.  Let's simply receive it and go for it.

     You know, sometimes when a supernatural intervention comes our way, we are like Peter was.  He was not even conscious that what was being done was real.  He thought it was a vision.  Finally, when he got out in the street and he realized that he had been set free, he knew that a miracle had happened.  He said, Now I really know and am sure that the Lord has sent His angel and delivered me from the hand of Herod and from all that the Jewish people were expecting [to do to me]  (Ref. acts 12:11.)

     Sometimes God has to wake us up to realize that He is working in our behalf.  I mean, the miracle is happening right before our eyes yet we're having problems seeing it.  That's why we need to be in expectation of it.  There have been times when God set me free from circumstances and after it happened I heard myself say, "I can't believe that!"  Then I quickly corrected myself and said, “Yes, I do believe that happened!"

     We have to be looking for it and then believe the miracle when we receive it!  God can get rid of anything that is bothering us and He also gets rid of what binds us.  Now in Peter's case that imprisonment was forced upon him.  But sometimes it's of our own making.  We give in to a weakness and then we find ourselves struggling with something that we want to be rid of.

Second example: being set free from something that has bound or bothered you.

     Have you ever heard of the book called My Big Fat Greek Diet?  A man by the name of Dr. Nick wrote that book after he lost 270 pounds in 18 months.  He had weighed 470 pounds and kept telling his patients, "Do as I say, not as I do."  But then God began to speak to him about being a better steward of his body.

     Dr. Nick said, "Here I had been healed of cancer and yet I was eating myself to death and committing suicide at the dining room table and going to fast-food places.  I was overwhelmed with the conviction that my personal health was a God-given gift with which I had to honor Him in the way that I cared for that gift."  That's when he started on a spiritual, physical and emotional journey to be set free from what was binding him.  After he lost the weight, he founded a ministry focused on health and wrote the book My Big Fat Greek Diet.

     It may not be 270 pounds that you need to lose, but you may be in bondage to eating the wrong way.  You know that God wants you to be a good steward of your body and keep it healthy so that you can do all He wants you to do and be blessed by Him.  You want to say to God, “Help me honor You and take care of the gift of health You’ve given me.”

     Or it may be some other kind of situation that you're dealing with from which you want to be set free.  Maybe it's anger or impatience.  Perhaps it’s jealousy or pride or timidity.  It can be a lack of organization in your life which keeps you in a state of flux so that you can’t get things done and flow with the Spirit's direction in your life.

Third example: being set free from something that has bound or bothered you.

     There was a man who used to chew tobacco.  He knew that it could cause cancer of the mouth and is bad for your heart not to mention your breath.  But the tobacco gave him a little buzz and helped him relax so he continued using it.

     He tried to stop by going to websites and looking at the statistics about the health risks associated with it.  He even printed them out and placed them on his desk where he could read them when he was tempted.  But it didn't help.  Every other time he would gas up his car, he would buy a can of the stuff.

     After a year had gone by of doing this, he was listening to the radio one afternoon and he heard a voice that sounded very distorted.  It turned out to be a man who had had half of his jaw removed and had no lower lip and his face was deformed, all because he had used smokeless tobacco.  Once he heard that man speak, and got that image in his mind, he never used tobacco again.  God had set him free miraculously.

     Now, some may say that wasn't miraculous, but oh yes, it was divine intervention that he turned the radio on that day and heard that other person suffering from the effects of tobacco chewing.  I know a young man who has been healed from cancer of the tongue and he now gives his testimony to all his tobacco chewing buddies about how it's not worth it.  He is still cancer free today.

     Oh thank God that He wants to set us free.  It doesn't matter if we brought it on ourselves or something has tried to shackle us.  Whatever is binding or bothering us, God is there to deliver us from it.

 

A PRAYER FOR YOU.

     Lord, we believe for a miracle.  Whatever is trying to bind or bother this person, we command it to be broken in the name of Jesus.  There is nothing that is greater than Your miraculous power.  Therefore, we apply that power toward the hard position in which they find themselves.  And we surround them with the supernatural.

     Oh yes, the natural may look very strong around you right now, My Friend.  But you look beyond that.  Look beyond what's happening to you.  See that the supernatural which is surrounding you is much greater than those natural circumstances.  And that supernatural contains the miraculous.  God is divinely intervening into your situation and setting you free.

     Thank You, Lord.  They are set free now in the name of Jesus.  Amen.    

 

We’re not going to allow the circumstances to win over you.  Let’s stay in prayer and faith.

     I thank God for what He is doing in your life.  Make sure that you contact us so we can join our faith together and keep battling what is trying to bother and bind you.  God has set you free and we're not going to allow those circumstances to win over you.

      We want to continue praying with you and write you a word from God's Word that will encourage your life.  Let us hear from you today by clicking here.  Jeanne and John           

 

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        Keep Your

        Joy in the

         Trouble!

     Jeanne Alcott

 

 

    We all know how it feels when trouble comes knocking on our door.  It can be just a daily hassle or a long-time issue or a problem that cropped up and surprised us.

    When trouble comes, it tries to take over our joy.  But we can refuse to allow it to do that and have joy and peace in the midst of it.  That will cause order and blessing to come to us and to the conditions.  That is so important!  Blessing and order can come to your conditions when you decide you’re going to maintain your joy in the midst of trouble.

    The famous minister, Dwight L. Moody once said, “Joy flows right on through trouble; joy flows on through the dark; joy flows in the night as well as in the day; joy flows all through persecution and opposition.  It is an unceasing fountain bubbling up in the heart; a secret spring the world can’t see and doesn’t know anything about.  The Lord gives His people perpetual joy when they walk in obedience to Him.”

    When you have joy, it will flow right on through trouble.  Peace will come and you’ll sense that secret spring bubbling up in your heart.  Others will be dismayed or in panic, but you will be at peace because you have joy.  The trouble will not be able to stop you from seeing done what God has for you.  When trouble comes knocking on your door, remember that you have joy in you.  As you remember that, it will cause peace to take over the trouble.

A woman who wouldn’t let go.

    This is what a woman did when trouble came into her family.   (Ref. II Kings 4.)  She had met the prophet Elisha; in fact he was the one who had given her a word that she would have a son when it appeared that she could not have a child.  Just as he said, within a year, she had a new son.

    But after he had grown, one day without warning, his head began to hurt and within hours he was dead.  He died in his mother’s arms.  What would she do?  Would she fall apart and exist the rest of her days in sadness and bitterness?  I’m sure sadness tried to take over her heart.  But here was a person who would not allow it.  Instead, she got up to go get Elisha.  Joy in what she believed God could do gave her the power and ability to get up and do something.  She believed He would raise up her son through Elisha.  So she began a journey.

    She told a servant to go with her, then she got on her donkey and took off.  When her husband saw her, he asked where she was going and she told him to see Elisha.  So he asked if everything was okay and her words were, “It will be all right.”  (Ref. II Kings 4:23.)

    She made the journey to the prophet and as she approached him he asked her, “Is it well with you and your husband and your son?”  She answered, “It is well.”  How can she do that!  Are you kidding?  It’s anything but well.  You see, she believed by faith that it WAS well.  Not by what she saw, but by what she knew in her heart God could do.

Go not by what you see, but by what you believe.

    When you see your circumstances, and there is trouble, you can believe it is well, not by what you see, but by what you believe.  That’s what sends peace into trouble.  So when this woman told the prophet her son had died and she needed him to come with her, he eventually agreed to do it.

    When he arrived at the house, he saw where the child was dead upon his bed.  So Elisha when in, shut the door, and prayed.  Then he embraced the child and as he did, life came back into him.  He sneezed seven times then opened his eyes.  He was well.  His mother was right.  It is well!  That’s because she stayed on her journey of joy.

    You see, if sadness had overwhelmed her and the trouble had robbed her of strength, she would never have been able to make the journey to Elisha.  She would have broken down in sadness and given up.  But she went after the answer with joy.  Oh really hear that for you.

Go after the answer with joy.

    That’s what can produce what you need.  Peace will overtake the trouble.  You will see the hand of God cause to come to pass those words, “It is well!”  You will have your answer.  Don’t allow sadness to creep in and take over so that you become weak and inept.  You won’t be able to get to the answer you desire.  The journey will be too much for you.  You cannot make a journey to your answer without joy.

    Colossians 1:11 says to endure and persevere with joy.  Now why would you have to have joy to endure and persevere?  Because you can’t keep going if you don’t have joy.  Trouble gets the upper hand and makes you weak.  You become broken down with sadness and you give up.  Stay on the journey of joy.  That’s when you can experience the answer God has for you.

Landfill property becomes prime real estate.

    There was a congregation of people who experienced trouble, but because they kept their joy, peace came into the midst of it.  And took over!  They saw the answer come.

    They were in South Dallas and the congregation had begun to grow.  So they needed to construct a bigger church building.  They began to search for a place and found an acre that was near downtown Dallas.  Good deal!  The pastor was so excited about it and presented it to the people for purchase.

    Even though the people did not have much funds, they dug deep for God’s work and gave, and then an association of churches pitched in to help.  This way they were able to obtain the property.  But just before they were to build the new church, as they were getting permits, the property was deemed as not suitable for building.  Nothing could be built on it because it was just a landfill.  They had made a mistake and bought property that was in the pastor’s own words “an acre of garbage.”

    He was very grieved over this, so he went to the congregation and asked them to pray for God to turn the property into something useful and give them a great miracle.  After a few months of prayer, a woman from the congregation felt it was time to check the property again.  So they had core samples taken and wouldn’t you know it, the researchers found soil.  It turned out to be a great piece of property and they are now on it with their new church building.  What seemed to be trouble—a worthless piece of property—was taken over by peace and the miracle came.

    God performed a miracle by changing that acre of garbage into an acre of prime property.  In fact, the same realtor who had sold it to the church came back and offered them three times the amount for what he had sold it.

    Something may seem as though it’s garbage right now, but know that God can turn it into prime property!  You do not have to live with trouble.  See it turned into a miracle.  The way you do that is to stay in joy.  Believe it is well in your spirit no matter what your eyes tell you.  God is not going to leave you out there with trouble surrounding you, but He will respond to your faith and send peace into the difficulty of the dilemma.  You can have peace when you feel you’re in the midst of the danger.

    My Friend, stay on your journey of joy, and if you’ve gotten off, get back on.  God will come to strengthen you.  That’s when you can see peace take over trouble.  You can experience the miracles and answers He has for you.
 

A PRAYER FOR YOU.

     Oh, Father, I pray that my friend will begin to sense the joy that You have put in their heart.  Trouble will have to go.  The problems and difficulties will not be able to take over, but they’re going to be taken over by peace.  That’s when miracles are going to happen!

     This is what we believe we will see right now.  Miracles flowing into their circumstances.  The trouble is pushed down and miracles come in.  They are not going to have problems but they’re going to have answers.  They’re not going to see difficulties, but they’re going to see goodness.  They will have advantages and opportunities coming.

      Oh yes, they are on the journey of joy and it’s producing peace.  I thank You for what they’re going to see unfold before them.

God is showing me the picture of His goodness starting to roll out almost as though you would see a red carpet roll out.  He is unfolding His goodness into your life so rejoice.  Get ready for the trouble to flee and what God has for you to be seen.  We believe You for this, Lord, in the name of Jesus.  Amen.

     I encourage you to see a picture of God’s goodness starting to roll out, almost as though you would see a red carpet roll out.  He is unfolding His goodness into your life, so rejoice.  Get ready for the trouble to flee and for what God has for you to be seen.
 

What can happen when we come into a prayer of agreement.

    Let’s have faith for that.  Share with us what trouble has tried to take over.  We believe as we come into a prayer of agreement and show God our faith together, the difficulty and problems will have to go and peace will rule and reign.  You can see God’s answers and blessings come.  So we can’t wait to hear from you.  And as soon as we do, after we pray, we will send you a note that will have a word from God’s Word in it for you.  Let us hear from you soon by clicking here.  Jeanne and John           

SPECIAL NOTE: God loves to give to you and bless you!

       You know one of the greatest ways to experience joy is to give to others.  That’s what happens when we give of our prayers and finances into God’s work.  He works through our gifts to transform circumstances for people as He sends His Word into their lives and does a great work.

       It’s a tremendous thing to watch God do His miracles as a result of our giving.  He says in His Word that He takes pleasure in you when you are a cheerful and joyous giver, when your heart is in your giving.   (Ref. II Corinthians 9:7.)

      So, as He senses that in your heart, then His heart opens to send joy into you.  He loves to give to you and bless you because you obey His Word.  We thank you for giving into His work through Alcott Ministries.  John and I join you with our personal giving also.  We’re expecting God to do wonderful things for you and through you as you give.

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        Are Things

           Going

        Too Fast?

     Jeanne Alcott

 

     Are things going too fast in your life?  Are events or problems coming at you with such rapid speed it doesn’t seem you can keep up with the need?  You can’t get a hold of what’s going on and get it under control.  That need is always before you.

    It can be a financial need or a material one.  It could be that you have to have more time or strength or patience.  Think of all the needs you’re facing right now as you’re reading this.  They are confronting you, and time is running out to see the need met.

    However, what God wants to show you is that He is faster than the need.  It can’t overwhelm you or disable you from being able to see it met.  You’re not going to be conquered by this, because as you go to God, He’s faster at helping you meet that need than it can overwhelm you.

    Hey, God is a need-meeter.  He knows how to fulfill them and sees when you have to have help in your life.  So when that problem or shortage is coming at you pretty fast, remember that God is faster.

    Not just that, but remember that He gives in abundance.  So He isn’t just going to meet the need in a small way.  He will do greater than what you can imagine, no matter what the need is.

    We get to see this happens to so many of our ministry Partners when they get their needs met.  It’s because they are connecting with the Word of God that we teach and coming into a prayer of agreement with us.  With that much faith going up to God, it activates His ability to fulfill what they’re lacking in all areas of their lives.

 

Not just enough, but leftovers.

    Just one example is when I heard from a woman who said she had a praise report because all her financial needs were being met.  And she said they were being met quote “over and above.  I always have lots left over.”

​​​​​​​     When the need comes, and it is more than we can handle, God is faster than that need.  He can meet it and more.  Think of that.  She said she has so much that it’s left over.  God can do more than what’s required.  So say to yourself, “God can meet it and more.”

​​​​​​​     He’s not the type of God who says, “I might can help you just a bit.  Maybe there’s one or two things I could do.”  He says, “I’ve got this taken care of.  There is no need greater than My ability to meet it.”  As we have faith in those words from Him, and in His power, then we can see them come to pass.

​​​​​​​     This very principle is what Jesus had to work hard at getting His disciples to comprehend.  He’s still working at it today with us, His disciples.  That’s because we have limits as people and so when we see a need in front of us, that’s where our brain focuses.  Our brain has a tendency to focus on what isn’t there.  But our believing focuses on what is there in the supernatural.  It sees it as met.  We see the need as met by God.

​​​​​​​     So when Jesus walked this earth, He worked at teaching His disciples this.  But there’s nothing such as a demonstration that can convince people.  So that’s what we’re going to take a look at right now.  In Matthew 14, we see the story of how Jesus gave a great demonstration on how He is faster than the need when it’s presented.

They need to come to Me.

​​​​​​​     This was the time when He had just come ashore on the Sea of Galilee.  The crowds of people had found out He would be there and so they showed up.  They came with those who were sick and in need.  So Jesus had compassion on them and began to heal them and take care of every need.

​​​​​​​     But then another kind of need came up.  They were in a remote area and evening was coming.  His disciples saw that the day was over and there was no way to feed thousands of people in such a remote area.  So they encouraged Jesus to send the people away in order for them to try to make it to the villages to get something to eat before nightfall.  They said the people needed to go someplace else to get their need met.

​​​​​​​     However, Jesus said, “They don’t need to go someplace else.  They need to come to Me.”  When people come to the Lord, He isn’t going to tell them they need to go someplace else to have their desire fulfilled.  It can happen right now, with Him, on the spot.  It didn’t matter that…
        the day was over,
        they were out of time,
        and there wasn’t any way they could get enough food to feed these people.
​​​​​​​​​​​​​​     Your day may seem to be over, but that will not stop God from meeting your need.

​​​​​​​     So when the disciples said they didn’t have supplies to meet the need of the hunger of the people, Jesus said, They do not need to go away; you give them something to eat.  (Ref. Matthew 14:16.)  So to prove the point there wasn’t enough, those twelve disciples showed Him what they had.  Five loaves of bread and two fish.  Not enough to do anything with.

​​​​​​​     That’s what we think sometimes.  I don’t have enough to meet my need; in fact I don’t have enough to do anything with it.  But God sees what we have and He knows it’s more than enough to meet the need WHEN He applies His supernatural power to it.  That’s how we need to think of our need being met.  Whatever we have, the small amount of health or money or effort or time or joy—when God’s supernatural power is applied to it, it multiplies.

​​​​​​​     Jesus showed us a picture of this when He took the bread and the fish and He ordered the crowds to sit down on the grass.  They were to get organized so the disciples could serve them.  Now He’s telling these people to expect food coming, thousands of them, yet His disciples know all He has in His hands are just a few pieces of bread and fish.

Were the disciples freaking out?

​​​​​​​     You wonder if they were freaking out.  “Oh this is going to turn out bad.  Jesus is going to look bad to these people, because He’s giving them expectation they’re going to be fed and yet He doesn’t have the goods.”

​​​​​​​     Let me tell you, the Lord always has the goods to meet your need.  When He speaks to you about things that are not seen yet, He already knows what’s going to happen.  It’s your job to believe that.  Have faith in it.  This is what He was teaching His disciples.

​​​​​​​     So as the people sat down, Jesus gave thanks to God the Father and blessed the bread and broke it.  Then He handed the pieces to His disciples.  They in turn began to distribute them to the people.  And the scripture says the food was multiplied in front of their eyes.  (Ref. Matthew 14:20 TPT.)

 

What if you had been there?

​​​​​​​     Sometimes I wish I could’ve been there.

​​​​​​​     Sitting on that grass, surrounded by thousands of people, watching as Jesus raised the bread to heaven and blessed it and thanked God for it even though it wasn’t enough in the natural.  Then watching Him break it and hand it to His disciples.  As they come to me and it’s my turn to receive food, when they start to hand it to me, it multiplies before my eyes, and there’s more than enough as I take it from their hand and eat natural bread that was produced in a supernatural way.

​​​​​​​     Oh yes, the need was there, the end of the day was fast approaching, but God was faster.  He used His Son to meet the need and have some remaining.

​​​​​​​     Now here’s something else God did that puts a smile on your face.  We know all the people ate and were full and there was some left over.  But think about how MUCH there was remaining.  The Bible says there were twelve basketsful that were leftovers.  And how many disciples did Jesus have?  Twelve.

​​​​​​​     I think it’s so funny that He multiplied that food so there would be twelve baskets remaining.  One for each of the twelve disciples.  He was teaching them how to have faith in His ability and power.  Can you imagine the disciples getting into a group and putting their heads together as they start talking real fast to each other.

​​​​​​​     “I have a basket full of food and everyone’s been fed in my group.”  The next disciple says, “So do I.”  Another one says, “My basket is full and everyone had their need met in my group too.”  So all twelve of them can say the same thing.  Twelve disciples.  Twelve baskets of leftovers.  They each had evidence before them of the ability of God to meet the need fast enough.  And meet it more than enough.

​​​​​​​     Hey, believe you’re going to get your basket of leftovers.  You don’t have to worry about how fast the need is approaching.  At times it seems it can’t be met, it’s greater than the resources you have, and you think What’s going to happen!  I tell you what’s going to happen.  As you have faith, God will come in and it will be met and MORE.  More than you even require of Him to do.  That’s because He’s faster than what you need.

 

A PRAYER FOR YOU.

     Praise You, Lord, for what You’re speaking to my friend at this moment.  The need has seemed to be coming at them with so much speed.  In the natural they can’t see the resources to meet it.  Your Spirit is reminding them now that You’re faster  than the need.  They don’t have to worry about it.  It’s going to be met and over and above.

     They will see the multiplying power right before their eyes, just as those people did centuries ago when they saw food multiplied before their eyes.  You have not changed, therefore my friend will see the same miracle in front of them, but it will come to them in the area where they have need, in a different way.

      So we prepare our faith now to receive it.  We prepare our heart to believe it.  When our mind tells us the same thing as those disciples, that it just can’t happen, there aren’t enough resources and the day is ending fast, when our thoughts tell us that, we’ll respond with faith.  We say, “Our God is faster than this need.  He will take care of me.  He will answer by His power over and above what’s needed.”

      We expect that to come into their life now, and we praise You for what You’re doing.  In the name of Jesus.  Amen.

 

God can take care of you.

     God is a need-meeter.  It’s not His desire to have you in need.  He can take care of you.  So we believe the process is beginning.  That’s why we need to stand in faith for the multiplication to happen.

     He’s called us to stand in faith with you.  So were waiting here to hear from you.  That’s the only way we can pray for you in a personal way.  We have to know what your need is.  Then as soon as we receive that information from you, we’re going into prayer with you according to God’s Word.  Then we believe that need can be met over and above.  So we can’t wait to hear from you.  Just click here and it will come directly to us.  After we hear from you, then we will also write to you because we want to impart to you God’s Word from His Spirit for your life.  Jeanne and John Alcott

 

SPECIAL NOTE: After you give, expect to see God move quickly!

       Now I want to talk to you about something very serious happening in our society, because it involves the present and future of so many people.  We are in a time when God’s Word must be heard.  If it stops, then evil will reign and our Christian freedoms will be gone.

        So we as the Body of Christ have been called by Him to share His message, and not just the message of salvation but words that will disciple and grow people.  That’s why God has raised up this ministry, Alcott Ministries.

       Our vision is to show people how to walk in God’s ways and live in His power.  To do that we need you to be a part of it.  We have so many good givers, but we need more.  We need you!  If this ministry is going to continue giving these messages, praying for people, interceding, preparing and sending out materials of ministry, and being on radio and social media, and so many other things, we need those who are hearing this word to respond.  We believe more people will be helped and God will bless you for it.

       Remember, He promises to give into your life as you give to His work.  I can tell you that when John and I have faced a personal need, God was there faster than the problem.  It was because we had given to Him and expected Him to take care of us.  We encourage you to do the same now as John and I are and activate God’s Word in your behalf.

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All scriptures are taken from the Amplified Bible, Classic Edition unless otherwise indicated.

 

                                                                

 

 

 

           You're

        Everything

          to Him!

     Jeanne Alcott

 

 

     Recently I was facing a need, and during that time I did something that helped me make it through the day.  It was at a time when I wanted to be reassured that God was there for me.  I just needed something from Him to remind me that He was aware of me.  So I said to Him, “Lord, give me some kind of word or sign that reassures me You’re mindful of me.”  Then I waited all day to see what would happen.

     Later that day, I received an e-mail from a person who had no idea I had prayed that prayer.  But their e-mail contained words that made me to know God was very mindful of me and my need and was working to help me.  It ministered to me so much.

     That’s what God does to show that He’s mindful of you.  He ministers to you!  Somehow He reaches out to make Himself known in a personal way and sends comfort or strength or happiness.  Whatever you need at that moment, that’s what God provides.  He’s thinking about you and concentrating on your life and your needs and conditions.  Now think about that!  That’s amazing!  God Almighty is thinking about and concentrating on YOUR life.  Your needs, the conditions you face, those desires and dreams you have.

     So I encourage you that when you need to be reassured by God that He is there for you and is doing something in your behalf, say to Him, “Show me that You’re mindful of me today.”  Then be watching for what He will do to touch you in a personal way.  He knows your needs and He is there to help you.

 

Everyone needs ministry at times.

     This is what the Apostle Paul desired when he was having so many religious authorities come against him as he was preaching the gospel.  He wanted God to minister to him in some way.  It was a very difficult time for him, as you may be going through a difficult time now.  He was on trial by the Jews, and during the trial, their attorney had called him a perfect pest.  Isn’t that a terrible name?  A perfect pest.  He also called Paul an agitator, and a source of disturbance to all Jews.

     At the trial, people said that he caused division, when in fact that’s what they were doing.  (Ref. Acts 24:5.)  So Paul wanted some reassurance from the Lord.  That’s when God caused the Roman governor, Felix, to give the order to treat Paul as one who is free and not hinder his friends from coming to minister to his needs.  So Paul was able to have his friends and coworkers come to provide for him and fellowship with him.  God sent just the right people so the apostle would understand that He was mindful of him and was taking care of his needs in the difficult conditions he faced.

     Another time Paul wrote about was when he was traveling and preaching, God sent a man named Epaphroditus.  He called him his companion in working and a fellow soldier, as well as the one who ministered to his needs.  (Ref. Philippians 2:25.)

     This is also what God did for Jesus when He was on earth teaching the Word.  In the Book of Mark and the Book of Luke it talks about how Joanna and Susanna and many others ministered to and provided for Jesus out of their property and personal belongings.  (Ref. Luke 8:3.)  When He was in Galilee there was a group of women whom the Bible says ministered to Him to help Him with all His material needs.  (Ref. Mark 15:40, 41.)

     See, everyone needs ministry at times.  That’s what God sends so you know He’s mindful of you.  He’s there to minister to your needs in the difficult times or in the days that you’re confused or you need direction and guidance.  When you’re hurting or you’re apprehensive or fearful of something, God can minister to you.

 

Things will get better.

     He wants you to feel how much He is there for you and He is attentive to your life.  He regards you and sees what is happening.  In the midst of it all, He can give you peace and assistance.

     You know how it is when you have an obvious demonstration of God’s thoughts for you.  It gives you a feeling of warmth and goodness.  It helps stabilize your emotions.  Your hope is strengthened.  You can even put a smile on your face!  You go on because you know, “My God is mindful of me.”  So even in the hardest of times, you have assurance things will get better.  Life will become easier and you can see your heart’s desire come to pass.

     I heard how the Lord did this for a dear woman when she wanted Him to minister to her in a difficult time.  A minister said he had an impression from God’s Spirit that he should call this woman he knew.  He said it wasn’t just a suggestion from God but it was strong inside him that he must do this.

     So he went around with this feeling for a few days.  Then the day came when he knew it was now.  He was to pick up the phone and call her.  He didn’t know why or if there was a special purpose.  All he knew was he was to tell her that he had been thinking of her and praying for her.

     So when he got her on the phone, he began to express this to her.  That’s when this woman was quiet for moment and then she reminded him this was the anniversary of the death of her husband.  Right away, the minister knew that’s why God impressed him to call her.

     The Lord cared so much for this widow that He wanted to make her aware that He was mindful of her and the sadness she would be experiencing that day.  So He had this man call to show her she is in God’s thoughts and He’s there to comfort and minister to her every need.  Because of that, she received great joy and strength from God that day.

God sends ministering spirits to you.

     That’s how much God thinks about you and wants to minister to every part of your life.  The Bible even tells us that’s why He provided angels to intervene in our life.  They’re called ministering spirits—servants.  Hebrews chapter 1 says these angels are sent out in the service of God to assist those who are to inherit salvation.

     Now the word salvation here is the same one that is used in the book of Psalms.  It’s referring to being delivered from the oppression of enemies, and to demonstrate that God is sending His blessings into your life.

     You see, this scripture was written at a time when people were under pressure and persecution.  God was saying that He had provided angels to help them make it to the final victory and be able to stand strong in their faith.  In other words, angels do things of which we’re not aware that minister to us so we can have our final victory.  God never turns away from you and leaves you to yourself to face the challenges.  He’s provided everything you need so you can have hope and strength to enter into what He has for you.

     Just because we don’t always see the angels doesn’t mean they are not there.  We read about incidents when different people have encountered these ministering spirits. 


Angels overhead.

     There was a couple who told the amazing story of how they were walking in some woods one day on a vacation.  As they were walking along the side of the creek, they began to hear some voices behind them.  As they got near, the couple knew that whoever this was, they would soon catch up to them.  But then all of a sudden, instead of the voices sounding as if they were coming behind them, they were above them, so this man and woman raised their faces up to see how these voices could be coming from above.

     As they did, here’s how they described what they saw: six incredible creatures were overhead.  They were radiant with spiritual beauty and they had on flowing white garments and were talking to each other.  As they did, they floated past them above their heads, and then their voices faded into the distance.

     Right away this couple turned to each other just to make sure the other one had seen what they saw.  So they compared notes and each one had witnessed these angelic beings passing overhead.  What’s interesting is they admit that up to that point, they had been very skeptical about the Bible saying that angels appeared to people such as Mary and to the shepherds at the birth of Christ.  They thought maybe when it said angels, they were just symbols and not actually beings.  But they weren’t skeptical anymore!

     God had come to minister to them about how mindful He was of them.  They said that now they are filled with so much wonderful hope all the time.  They realize there’s a host of heaven about us who is there to serve our needs and help us. 


Filled with wonderful hope.

     That’s what God wants you to be filled with today.  Wonderful hope.  Realize that He has sent a host of heaven about you to serve you.  To minister to you.  They will make sure that you make it to your final victory and have comfort and strength during this time.  He sent them to minister to Mary when she was told the stunning news that she was going to give birth to the Son of God, He sent angels to Jesus when He was in the wilderness being tempted, and to Elijah when he was in a cave, fearful and filled with doubt.  We see angels at various times in God’s Word, and He wants you to know they are still active today for you.

     Remember that you have ministering spirits doing the bidding of your Father to take care of you.  That’s how mindful of you He is and that’s how much He wants to provide for your every need.  Remember that David asked God, “What are we that You are mindful of us?”  And God’s answer to you is, “You are everything to Me.  I think about you.  I regard your life.  I observe everything about you, and I want to minister to your every need.”

     So receive those words from Him and go about with an awareness that God is there to show you how active He is in your life.  He is attentive to everything about you.  So be filled with wonderful hope that you are on your way to final victory.

A PRAYER FROM YOU TO GOD.

Lord, thank You that You are so mindful of me.  I need You to minister to me at this time.  Show me that You see everything that’s happening, and You have sent the help I need to change conditions.  You’re increasing my hope and causing me to be filled with wonder at what You are doing in my behalf.  You surround me with the forces of Your angels.  They serve me and assist me.  So, there is nothing that will prevent me from entering into the final victory You have for me.  I praise You for what You’re doing now.  And I feel Your comfort and strength and love.  In the name of Jesus.  Amen.

We want to believe for God’s power to go into action for you.

We want to be in a faith agreement with you that you will enter into that final victory.  You can have the strength you need.  The love.  The comfort.  So as we put our faith together, we believe for this to come about.

That’s why it’s important for you to share with me right now how you need God to minister to you.  What kind of victory do you need in your life?  As soon as we hear from you, I will lay my hands on what you share and pray.  We believe we will see God’s power go into action for you.  Those angels will be all around you to do the bidding of the Father.

So John and I hope to hear from you soon and pray, then we want to send you some words that will come straight from God’s Spirit for your life.  Just click here now and it will come directly to us.  Jeanne and John Alcott
 

SPECIAL NOTE: Your giving causes powerful action!

       Now I encourage you to take some powerful action for your life today.  How?  By giving into God’s work.  He tells us in His Word that’s what causes action.  When your seed goes in the ground, it produces a harvest of people being helped in so many different ways.

       Because of your giving, this ministry is able to see the hand of God do miracles, save people, deliver them, and grow them into the mature people they want to be.  Oh, but there’s another harvest that He sends also.  When you give, He prepares a great harvest for YOUR life. The harvest of blessing and wholeness and accomplishment.  (Ref. Malachi 3.)

        As you give today, open up your spirit to receive what God has for you.  And John and I are right there with you giving into this work to see His miracles happen.

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All scriptures are taken from the Amplified Bible, Classic Edition unless otherwise indicated.