Escape

    the Pain!

         

  Jeanne Alcott

 

 

   Have you ever come to the place where you would do just about anything to escape the pain?  We feel the pain of a circumstance or something is him hurting us in our emotions or body and we can’t stand it.  We want to avoid it.  Get away from it.  We have failed expectations and our hope goes down.  It’s just too painful.

   The root grows and grows until it starts taking over our thoughts and actions, and we find ourselves doing things that we don’t want to do.  We are running from the pain.

   It has been reported that the use of antidepressants has soared almost 400 percent since 1988.  One writer offers this reasoning.  She says that we are not discovering the root of our pain.

   Some people feel antidepressants can give them that quick fix.  They are just trying to keep their head above water, keep doing all the responsibilities, paying the bills, pursuing what they do in life.  They can make themselves appear okay but deep down something is growing because of the pain of life.

   When the aching of what they are experiencing starts to rise up, they may mask it with taking an antidepressant.

   But there are many things that can be used to mask the aching.  It doesn’t have to be a pill.  It could be certain foods or being a workaholic or driving ourselves to do exercise workouts all the time or constantly being on the go, or one million other things to which we can turn in order to dull the ache.

 

Pain tries to drive us away from what is best for us.

   God wants us to see what is causing this and pull it up by faith.  Don’t allow it to drive us away from what He has for us.  And that’s really what pain can do.  It drives us away so that things get worse instead of experiencing the good things waiting for us.

   This is what Elijah did.  This prophet of God had just had a showdown with the prophets of Baal and God moved in a mighty way.   (Ref. I Kings 18 and 19.)  In this showdown, the false prophets who were causing Israel to stray from God made a sacrifice to Baal and prayed for him to consume it with fire, but nothing happened.  But then Elijah built his altar of sacrifice and even threw water on top of it to make it obvious that his God could do anything.  When he prayed, God consumed the entire sacrifice and altar with fire.

   Then the false prophets were put to death and the people declared they would worship the one true God.  However, then Elijah received a note from the evil Queen Jezebel who had supported the false prophets and she said she was going to make sure the same thing that happened to her prophets was going to happen to Elijah.  He was a dead duck.

   After he received that note he went on the run.  All of this was just too much pain.  That’s how we get when circumstances are too painful.  We go on the run.  We may not actually go anywhere, but we find ways to get away from those thoughts and emotions.  We allow them to drive us to do things to get away from the aching.

   Elijah was driven to a cave and was staying there by himself.  That’s when the voice of the Lord came to him and said, What are you doing here, Elijah?  (Ref. I Kings 19:9).  In other words, “Why are you here?  Let’s get to the root of what’s going on here.”

   Elijah’s answer to Him was this: he reminded God of everything he had done.  “I’ve stood for Your Word.  I got rid of all those false prophets.  I’ve worked and done everything You told me to do.  And now they seek to destroy me.”  (Ref. I Kings 19:10.)  He was telling God that he’s done everything he knows to do, and because so much is against him, he just can’t go on.  The pain of it was driving him away.  Into the cave.

We feel alone in what we’re facing.

   It can drive us inward when we feel pain.  It causes us to have irrational thoughts.  We feel alone.  Elijah told God, “I’m the only one left who is working for You now.”  He felt broken.  So the root had gone deep in him.  It caused him to run, feel self-pity, and have wrong thoughts that he was the only person who was standing for God.

   That’s why we have to get a hold of those thoughts and emotions that try to come to us and expose them.  This root will cause us to have wrong thoughts about ourselves and others; it will cause us to run from what God is trying to show us that He has for us.  We must expose the root of those emotions and thoughts that are driving us.  God can help us go on with our lives and not be pulled down by the pain.

   That’s why He said to Elijah to return.  Even though it was painful, he must return and do three things.  They were very important.  He was to anoint the next king of Israel to take the place of the one that wanted to see Elijah destroyed.  Also he was to anoint the next king of Syria.  Then God told him he had given him an assistant to help him and he would mentor this assistant.

   Then God added, “By the way, Elijah, I have 7000 others who have not bowed before Baal so you are not alone.”

   He knew the pain of what had transpired had driven Elijah to stop the work he was doing.  He went away from his calling and career.  He withdrew inside himself.  He couldn’t see things as they actually were because the pain had taken root and was blinding him.

   Can we see ourselves in there at times?  We go away from what we could be doing that is beneficial and good for us and others.  We withdraw from the very people we should be with or the places where we should go.

   We get wrong thoughts about the things that God would have us do that would fulfill us and help others and instead we end up hurting ourselves.  We may even get into self-pity and feeling alone.  People don’t understand.  They can’t help me.

Pull up the root of the pain and get on with it.

   By faith, we have to pull up that root and get on with what we are to do and experience.  Pull up the root and get on with it!  Don’t allow the pain to determine our life.  Really hear that.  Don’t allow pain to cause a root to grow in you and start determining what is and isn’t going to happen, what you can and cannot achieve, what you’re going to receive in your life.

   God is there to help you pull up that root and have the strength to go on into the wonderful and exciting things He has planned for you.  He sent an angel to minister to Elijah’s needs.  He fed him and helped him rest.  That’s what God does when the aching has worn you out, and you hear the threats just as Elijah heard the threat from Queen Jezebel.  God shows you those are not His plans.  You are not alone.  He strengthens you with His presence and His Word.  He heals you from the pain, and that root is gone.

   Pluck up that root today by faith and be healed so it does not drive you in the wrong direction.  That’s when you can get up as Elijah did and go into blessings and experiences from God.

 

A PRAYER FOR YOU.

          Lord, we thank You that this day we are taking back control.  We get rid of the root that has caused pain in the life of this dear friend.  We’re excited about where they are going to go on from here.

     No more will they be driven by the pain of what has happened.  They see things as they really are.  They know You have good plans coming up for them.  They’re not going to be pushed into an emotional cave and feel alone.  But You come to them today and strengthen them just as You did Elijah.  You give them just what they must have to arise and walk into Your plans.

      So right now I join with them and we combine our faith as a seed as we speak to that root that has dug into their life.  We command it to be pulled up and thrown away.  We see it for what it is.  We pluck it up.  Now they are restored and delivered.  By Your power this is done in the name of Jesus.  Amen.

 

You are not alone in this.  We are with you.

   That feels good.  It feels free.  Getting rid of that root.  Being healed from the pain.  That’s what God is doing.  And He’s showing you what’s next for your life just as He did Elijah.

     Your faith and my faith are joined together so that you can be victorious in this.  It’s important that you share with me what pain has been trying to drive you.  What happened?  Let’s believe the root of that is gone and will stay gone.  You are not alone in this.

     After John and I pray with you, we want to send you a note that will have a word from God’s Word in it.  Can’t wait to hear from you.  Contact us soon by clicking here.

 

SPECIAL NOTE: You are a part of this victory!

     God has put together such a great team of people to carry out the vision He has for Alcott Ministries.  We thank you for being a part of that with your prayers and your gifts.  This ministry is going forward in spite of what the enemy tries to do to stop us.

    The Lord has called you to be a part of that victory.  As you step out to do that, that’s when His blessings begin to flow in abundance.  You can see greater fulfillment and answers to prayer and deliverance because you’re in obedience to God’s Word.  That’s His promise.

      He takes your gifts and touches other people and delivers their lives and grows them closer to Him.  So thank you for being a team member with our vision.  John and I join you with our prayers and our personal finances in this team work.

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

 

           

 
 

 

       Grace To

       Be Well!

         

     Jeanne Alcott

 

   Here is one of the most amazing things that can happen because of the grace of God.  He has given His grace so you can be made well.  Grace is what enables you to believe and reach out and receive health in every area of your life.

   Now here is why that’s so important.  When you understand that it’s by grace you’re given the opportunity to be made well, that erases the need for you to try to earn it or hope that you’re one of the ones that God chooses to heal.  Grace is given to everyone.

   So establish in your mind right now that healing is for you.  Don’t act as if all you can do is pray, then sit around and wonder if God is going to do something.  Will you be “chosen?”  No, the grace of God is extended to all.  Everyone can be made well.  It’s as my husband, John, says.  “God is not sitting up there with a stamp that says ‘approved’ and another stamp that says ‘not approved.’”

Approved or Not Approved Stamp.

   I wonder if that’s how people envision God and the possibility of being made well.  Is God going to pull out the approved stamp or the not approved stamp?  Will He stamp as approved my prayer request to be well?  What kind of a gracious God would He be if that’s how He operated?  So to make sure that we understood that His grace enables us all to be made well, He established that truth in His Word.

   I want to tell you about just one testimony of someone being made well, and I could give you so many of these.  But the one I want to share with you now is from a friend and ministry Partner who sent us a letter that was filled with such good news.  You see, for years prior to this she didn’t have such good news.  In fact, it was sad and downright scary news.  Some of you have been there.  She was diagnosed with stage IV cancer.  It became so advanced the doctors didn’t do surgery.  So she began a journey of discovering which treatment would be best for her.  Many people began to pray for her, and I laid hands on her and prayed also.  Lots of intercession and faith were going up.

   After she went into her treatment plans, there were times when she received good news and times when she received bad news.  But that’s how anything is in our life.  When we are standing in faith, there will be times when the conditions appear good and times when they appear bad.  But that doesn’t change the fact that God is still working and that His answer will be seen.  So during that time, grace is what enables us to believe we shall see!

   That’s what this dear woman continued to do even when she was told the cancer had spread to other parts of her body.  She still had grace to believe she could be made well.  Now I’m sitting here reading this note from her and it’s talking about how after having a CT scan and MRI, the results have been amazing.  They don’t see any cancer in any of her organs.  She is doing very well.  She gives God all the praise.  She knows it’s because of His amazing grace that she is seeing amazing results.

Jesus Gave Us This Message.

   That’s what God wants to do for everyone until the day we go to heaven.  His grace is there so we can be made well.  That’s the message Jesus gave us when He was here on earth.  In the book of Luke chapter 4 it describes Jesus going into the synagogue in the town where He’d been brought up, Nazareth.  When He entered the synagogue, He stood up to read from the Scriptures, so He was handed the scroll of the book of the prophet Isaiah.

   The person who handed that to Him did not realize they were giving Him the very scripture that was being fulfilled that day.  Jesus went to the portion that Isaiah had written that said, The Spirit of the Lord [is] upon Me, because He has anointed Me [the Anointed One, the Messiah] to preach the good news (the Gospel) to the poor; He has sent Me to announce release to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to send forth as delivered those who are oppressed [who are downtrodden, bruised, crushed, and broken down by calamity], to proclaim the accepted and acceptable year of the Lord [the day when salvation and the free favors of God profusely abound].  (Ref. Luke 4:18, 19.)

   Notice that Jesus didn’t say the Spirit of God was on Him and He was anointed so that He could go to just a few people and raise them up and make them well.  Whoever would accept His message could receive it.  Then Jesus sat down and said, Today this Scripture has been fulfilled.   (Ref. Luke 4:21.)  I don’t know about you, but I think if I’d been there, I would’ve jumped up and rushed over and asked Jesus to do all those things for me.  But the people didn’t do that.  Sure, they were impressed and marveled at what they called “the words of grace” that came from his mouth.

   But they were surprised because you see, they knew this man.  He grew up there so they knew Him as the son of Joseph.  He was that kid that used to run around, and now He was standing up saying that He is anointed to do all these wonders.  So they had problems receiving those mighty words of grace.  Because of that, they did not receive the fulfillment of that scripture for their lives.  So Jesus went out of that city and went on to Capernaum.  There He taught also.  But the people there had a different response to His words of grace.

   After He taught, He went to the house of Peter, and everyone who had anybody in their household who was sick brought them to Jesus.  They went to Peter’s house and began to lay people before Jesus.  There were various diseases that were brought to Him.  It wasn’t one certain type of illness or affliction.  But anyone who had anything wrong with them was coming to be made well.

   Now what’s important to know here is that Jesus didn’t say, “Okay, Peter, you and the other disciples start finding out who these people are and what kinds of afflictions they have.  Then once I have all the information and know what kind of person they are, then I’ll decide if they are approved or not approved for Me to cure them.”

   And God doesn’t do that today to us.  Listen, if He did, then we would have no grace.  When you come to Him, His grace is covering you.  He has covered all of us so we can draw near to Him and believe for our conditions to be repaired, to be mended, to be raised up and made whole in every area of our life.

Every One of Them Cured!

   So as those people began to crowd around the house of Peter, the Bible says Jesus put His hands upon EVERY ONE OF THEM and cured them.  (Ref. Luke 4:40.)  You can see it in Luke chapter 4, verse 40.  It describes how there were all kinds of different illnesses, but He healed every one of them.  You see, those people came to Him because they believed He could do something.  The grace of God was upon them to take the journey to the house of Peter and have faith that when they walked away from the house, they would walk away whole and well.  And that’s what they received.  EVERY ONE of them.  You are one of the “everyones.”  You can receive.  You can do it because the grace of God is on you to help you believe.

   Oh, amazing grace.  When you believe it is yours, you can be made well.  It’s for everyone who will receive it.
   Whatever seems bad can be made good.
   Whatever has gone wrong can be cured.
   You can be restored and repaired in every area.
   Reach out and receive God’s amazing grace now.

 

A PRAYER FOR YOU.

Jesus, we come to You now just as those people came to the house of Peter, and we bring before You this dear person who needs Your grace.  You see the area of their life that needs to be made well.  They don’t have to earn or deserve it.  They don’t have to be “chosen” to receive Your help.  They are already chosen because they are Yours.

You’ve said in Your Word that You will restore them.  So we take You at Your Word.  We ask for Your grace to be poured out on them.  Begin to do a great work of healing, wholeness, restoration, deliverance, and making new again.  You touch those conditions that are wrong and You make them right.  You overcome the attack and turn it into a victory.  You take weakness and make it strong.

You’re telling them there is not one thing they need which You cannot supply.  You’re ready to give it all to them.  So we receive it ALL.  Everything they need, we call it into their life.  And we receive it by the grace of God.  In Your mighty name.  Amen.
 

The amazing grace of God can fall on you.

   I believe a great work is coming to you, just as the Spirit of God said.  Receive it.  Allow the grace of God to fall on you and give you the faith you need to receive.  Go away from this prayer time full of encouragement and believing in your spirit you will see something amazing happen.

   John and I are here to stand with you in expectation of what God will do.  We want to pray with you just as we did for our friend and Partner.  So share with us what prayer request you have.  We believe God can make you well in every way, no matter what the need is.  Then after we pray, you will receive a letter from us, and it will be filled with the Word of God for your life.  So contact us soon by clicking here.

 

SPECIAL NOTE: Accept this blessing!

     Now please accept a blessing from John and me for your giving into this ministry.  Whenever we receive a gift, we pray over it and ask God to bless it, multiply it, and do a great work in the lives of thousands of people and also in your life.

     We take your giving in a very serious way, because we know God does.  Any time a believer obeys His Word and gives, His power and compassion go to work.

      If it seems hard to give at times, know that grace is there to help you do it.  In II Corinthians chapter 8 it says that by the grace of God, the Christians were able to give to help others.  They were able to do it even though they felt they didn’t have much.  Because you see, the grace of God doesn’t just help you give; it causes you to receive also.

      So as you do it, allow joy to bubble up within you, because you’re expecting great things to happen for you and many others.  Join John and me as we give and see God do a great work.

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

 

           

 
 

 

         Believe

        for a Big

        Answer!

         

     Jeanne Alcott

 

 

   Don’t be satisfied with a tiny answer or settle for somewhat of an answer.  God wants you to challenge Him with your faith.  Go after the big one.

   That’s what my dad and I used to do when he would take me fishing.  Go after the big fish.  When I was with Dad fishing, I knew there were no time constraints.  We were going for black bass so sometimes we had to be very patient.  I always used to envision myself making a big catch.  A couple of times I didn’t do so badly.  And whenever I would catch something, there was nothing like it.  Pulling in that fighting fish.  It was mine.

   You can pull in the big answer you need.  The help or provision or restoration or assistance.  You can make the big catch.  God wants you to believe for a big catch.

I’m going fishing.

   The Bible talks about how after Jesus had been crucified, the disciples were still smarting over that, and I’m sure they were dealing with some fear.  They didn’t have direction.  So Peter said, "I'm going to go fishing."  The other disciples said, “And we’re going to go with you."  So they went out and got into the boat, and throughout that night they caught nothing.  (Ref. John 21:3.)

   They had experienced that before.  Peter and his partners were fishing and catching nothing.  But Jesus had come along and helped them get a big catch when He told them where to cast their nets.  They began to follow Him after that and now here they were again.  Going back to what they were doing when they were without Jesus, because by then they feel they are without Him.

   So the very same thing happened.  They weren’t catching anything.  But just as He did before, Jesus appeared to them.  They didn’t recognize Him, but He called out to them from shore, Boys, you don’t have any meat, do you?  They answered Him, No.  (Ref. John 21:5.)  So He told them to cast the net on the right side of the boat and they would find some.  They did.  As a result, they were not able to haul the net in for such a big catch of fish was in it. (Ref. John 21:6.)

   Now, had they not been willing to cast that net out again after they hadn’t caught anything for a while, they would have missed the blessing.  They also might have missed the fact that it was Jesus who caused the miracle.  After they caught those fish, that big catch clued them in that it was the Lord on the shore.  That’s when they ran to see their risen Lord.

Don’t settle for a small God!

   Do you want to see the Lord in your life more?  Do you want to see His miracle power and a greater manifestation of His presence?  Then believe for a big catch.  He wants to reveal Himself to you through His blessings and love.  Yes, He longs to give you a big haul.  That’s His desire for you.

   What kind of fish do you need?  You can haul in more time if that’s what you need, or more funds.  You can make a big catch in that relationship, or if you need a mate, don’t be content with someone who will make you halfway happy or not be all you want.  Believe for a big catch!  When you believe for finances or love or promotion, get a big haul.

   Let the Lord reveal Himself to you through this! When God says that He wants you to believe big from Him, that’s what He desires to do—reveal Himself to you.  Show you what kind of God you really serve.  Don’t settle for a small God!  Let’s not make Him small.  Let God be as big as He is!  Oh wow.  Imagine that.  Through your faith you can let God show Himself to be as big as He really is.

   Go for the big catch so that He not only can do more for you but more through you for His kingdom and glory.  Haul in all the health that He has for you.  Throw that net of faith out there and pull in the answer to that frustrating situation.  Catch those friends and loved ones who need to know God in their life.  Believe that the fulfillment of your desire is going to be so big you’re going to have to tow it in.  That’s your God!  Believe big from Him!

Mama said, “I’ll be praying for you.”

   That’s what a woman decided to do with a boy she raised.  The boy’s own mother had five children and didn’t have enough food to go around, especially since it was during the Depression, so she sent her four-year-old named Ed to live with a friend in a small country town.  The town was called Sweet Home.  Since Ed grew up with this woman, he just called her Mama.

   Mama had tremendous faith.  She made big plans for this boy.  Even with the obstacles, she determined that he was going to graduate from high school, which he did.  He was the only student to graduate that year from the country school.  Then she insisted that he go to college.  Prairie View College.

   So one day Mama took Ed to the bus station, handed him a ticket and five dollars.  As he left, she told him that she was going to be praying.  He finally arrived at college with $1.90 in his pocket.  As he got in line to register, they told him he would need $80 in cash.

   He describes later how as he stood in the row waiting to register, the devil tried to tell him to get out of there.  But he kept hearing Mama say in his ear, “I’ll be praying for you.”  She was believing big.  She had faith for the big catch.  But now it was getting down to the wire.  There was only one student in front of him and he did not have the money to register.  Ed was very nervous.

   Just about the time the other student turned to walk away, a man named Dr. Drew touched him on the shoulder and said, “Are you Ed Hill from Sweet Home?”  He said, “Yes.”  Then he asked, “Have you paid yet?”  And of course Ed said no.  Then here came the news.  Dr. Drew said, “We’ve been looking for you all morning.  We have a four-year scholarship that will pay your room and board, your tuition, and give you $35 a month to spend.”

   Let me tell you, when you believe big from God, you can make a big catch.  Mama got the answer to her prayer.  And it doesn’t stop there.  Ed went on to become the great minister E. V. Hill who pastored in Los Angeles.

God gives much more.

   You keep on asking, it will be given to you.  You keep on seeking, and you shall find.  I’m telling you, you keep on knocking, and that door is going to open.  (Ref. Matthew 7.)  And if you keep on fishing, you can make a big catch!  That scripture in Matthew 7 goes on to say that if a child asks their parent for a loaf of bread, are they going to you them a stone?  If they ask for a fish, will the parent give them a snake?  Of course not.

   So if human parents know how to give good and advantageous gifts to their children, How much more will your Father Who is in heaven [perfect as He is] give good and advantageous things to those who keep on asking Him!  How much more!

   God is making a point in that scripture that as your Father, He knows how to give to you beyond what you would call good.  He calls it much more!  Think how much more healing He will give you.  Whatever blessing you can imagine, how much more does the Father have for you!  Have faith for a big catch.  Have faith that your worship will increase.  Your understanding of the Scriptures will grow.  Your energy, your joy; peace will rule and reign.  The threat will be stopped.

   So, can you feel God reaching out to you today to inspire your faith in Him?  There is so much He wants to do for you if you will believe big from Him.  That habit can be overcome.  The emotional withdrawal can be healed.  The affection restored.  Oh my, there is so much that is good and advantageous for you that God wants to give to you.  James 1:17 says every good and free, large, and full gift is from where?  The Father.  So look to Him.  Go after the big one.  He has it ready for you.  Believe that today.  As you believe big, it will result in something big!

 

A PRAYER FOR YOU.

     Father, I can sense Your Spirit speaking to this dear friend.  You want to get a message across to them of what You have for them.  It’s been hard for them not to be nervous about the situation but today You have good words to speak.

    Here is a word the Lord has given.  He is saying…

“The time of ‘want’ is over.  You will no longer want but you will receive!  I am taking it from a desire to a fulfillment.  Oh yes.  The day has come!

    Don’t find it hard to believe; just rest in what I am saying to you.  You have knocked and I have heard your knock on the door.  You have asked Me and I have heard your words crying out to Me.  You have sought and sought for this answer and I have seen you walking the path, seeking for it.  Seek no more.  It has come.

     You are going to open the door one day and it will be there.  It’s already been manifested in My heaven, and now it will be manifested on earth before your very eyes.  Receive the gift with eyes of faith.  Know that it will be large, fulfilling, and a free gift to you.  There’s nothing you can do at this time to produce it.  I simply have favored you with what you have asked of Me.

      Because you chose to believe and come after Me with your faith, I have responded.  Yes, you pursued Me with your faith and you have caught Me.  What a big catch!  I am yours and you are Mine.  Now enjoy what your Father is sending into your life.”

     Oh Lord, this is almost more than we can take in.  It’s so tremendous.  So marvelous, just as You are marvelous.  Beyond what our words can describe.  That’s what You mean to us.  We thank You for Your Word and Your promise in the name of Jesus.  Amen.

 

Take Him at His Word.

     Do you see how God thinks of you and feels toward you?  His words to you were so beautiful and powerful and satisfying.

     Now, let’s take Him at His Word and believe that what you have been seeking is coming.  He wants us to believe big!  That’s what He has sent us here to do with you.  We’ll put our faith with yours as you share with us what you’ve been asking for.  God wants to fulfill His Word to you.

     So let me hear from you soon.  After we pray, we always send a letter that ministers God’s Word to your life.  We can’t wait to hear from you and let God speak to your heart.

 

SPECIAL NOTE: As you give to God believe for something big to happen!

As you give your gifts into God’s work, believe for something big to happen.  He can do mighty things in people’s lives and meet their needs.  You can see others grow in God and His Word go forth.  All because of your gift.  Then believe for big things to happen in your own life as He blesses your gifts according to His promise.  John and I have seen Him move in our own lives as we give to His work.  We know He stands by His Word.  And we thank you for giving into Alcott Ministries.  You are an important part of what God is doing.

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

 

           

 
 

 

         Receive

          a New

        Direction!

         

     Jeanne Alcott

 

 

 

   Something new is coming to you.  God has new answers, different things you are to experience.  In His hand are new things for you to receive and to do.  In order to receive those, He has a new direction for you to take.  Something may need to be done in a different way.

   He may be speaking to you to go to another place or seek out advice from a special person or organization.  Perhaps you have felt something has been stalemated and God’s way of getting victory over that is to take you the direction that bypasses the stalemate.

   God knows the best way for everything.  He knows what will cause us true happiness and fulfillment.  Sometimes this means there’s a new direction we must take in order to reach it.  As we are seeking God’s way, it will be revealed to us.  Not only that, He will also give us the strength and will to follow the new road.  This is really a good time for us to get before God in prayer and ask Him to show us the best course to take toward the answer we’re seeking or the desire we have.

Twins plus one more!

   This is what Elliott and his wife Angie did concerning the desire they had for children.  They were going through the pain of infertility having discovered that they would not be able to have children according to the doctors.  Elliott said they felt they were trying to balance grief and hope.  Grief that they had been told they could not have children but hope for God to make it possible.

   I was reading an article about infertility at the same time I heard this story and it talks about how painful it is for couples who are experiencing this.  That’s where Elliott and Angie were.  So they did what every believer should do.  They went to God’s Word about it.  That’s when God gave them new direction.  They began to see that their deepest desire was not to have biological children as much as it was to have the opportunity to parent.  They wanted to raise up a child in the ways of God and share who they are and their and dreams with the children.

   So God put it in their hearts to adopt.  They saw in the Word how we are all adopted in Christ.  So instead of going through doubt or despair because of infertility, they went a new direction and ended up adopting twin boys!  They felt so fulfilled and happy.  They had their family!  Then!  After they had adopted the twins, Angie became pregnant.  Now they’re being taken a direction they didn’t anticipate.

   That’s how God does sometimes.  We think we know where we’re headed and all of a sudden…swoosh, we’re going a different direction.  Of course they were thrilled and even though it was a very tough time in Angie’s health to go through this, they finally had their daughter, Alivia.  They were thankful to God for what He had taught them through this whole process about His direction for their lives.

   When we’re going through a painful process of any kind, we can’t allow the pain of it to prevent us from seeing God’s new direction.  That’s really an important word for us to hear.  When something hasn’t turned out right or you’re so eager to see new things come about, whatever phase you’re in, when the process of getting to where you want to go isn’t happening and is painful, don’t allow that pain to prevent you from seeing where God is pointing.

   Imagine Him always pointing toward the right way.  He knows how you need to do something or where you need to go or what needs to happen.  He’s always pointing you that direction.  As you allow Him to heal you of pain or despair, then you will be able to see where He’s pointing.  It’s when you are meditating on what is not happening or the bad that has happened that you can’t see the new direction God has for you.

God is doing a new thing.

   That’s why in Isaiah 43 the Lord says, Do not [earnestly] remember the former things; neither consider the things of old.  Behold, I am doing a new thing!  Now it springs forth; do you not perceive and know it and will you not give heed to it?  I will even make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.  He’s making a way!  He says, “Behold!  Watch, take a look at this…because I’m doing a new thing.  This is a new direction and I want you to see where I’m pointing.  Quit thinking about the old things.  Concentrate on the new thing I am doing in your life.”

   As you do that, that’s when you walk right into the answer you’ve been seeking.  When you have been wondering which way to take, it becomes evident.  Oh hallelujah.  There is no second-guessing or being disturbed because things are not going right.  You don’t have to be afraid of not getting an answer or taking the wrong way.  As you seek God, you will see this new direction He’s pointing out to you.

Are we taking the best route?

   I don’t mean to paint a picture that everything will always be perfect, that we won’t ever wonder if we’re taking the right path.  Sure, there may be times we wonder if we really are going the best route.  We feel that maybe we didn’t hear God right.  That’s what a man and his wife felt when they took a new direction in their lives.  They felt God had showed them that they were to move to Uganda.  In that country they were to set up a ministry for the Navigators.  The Navigators is a Christian organization which disciples Christians in many different countries.  So this couple felt that Uganda was to have this type of ministry come to their country.  You can imagine how it was for them to uproot their family and take them to that country and try to build a new life.  This was quite a new direction for them.  The first thing they did was stop in Kenya and then the husband went across the border and on to Uganda to get things set up for the rest of the family.  Sounds like a good plan.

   But one of the first events that happened was when he was driving through the streets he saw a group of kids in the street playing with automatic weapons.  Real ones.  They would shoot them straight up in the air and that was their play time.  As he drove by, they thought it was fun to stare and point their guns at him.  That was his introduction to Uganda.

   He spent all day trying to find the place for his family and ended up at a small hotel which was dirty and very uninviting.  The only room he could get was one that had two beds in it and this meant he had to share the room with someone else.  He had no idea who that other person was but he could tell they had already been there.  So, while he is in the room alone, he got serious with God.

   You know how that is…when you’re facing a situation, you can’t wait to get by yourself with God and ask Him what in the world is going on!  That’s what this man did.  He dropped to his knees and said, “Lord, show me that You are in this move!”  About that time, someone threw open the door to the hotel room.  It was his roommate.  A six-foot-five-inch man frowning at him.  Then he asked in English, “What are you doing in my room?”  The minister replied, “They gave me this bed, but I am only going to be here one night.”  Then the big guy said, “What are you doing in my country?”  That’s when he revealed that he was with the Navigators and he was setting up a Christian organization in Uganda.

   All of a sudden, the stranger threw his arms around his roommate, lifted him off the floor and danced around the room with him laughing and grinning from ear to ear.  While this minister was in shock, he explained.  For two years he had prayed for God to send someone from that organization to his country because he had been reading the Scripture memory book that was printed by the Navigators.  Now, here he was with the very one God had sent in answer to prayer.  God answered the minister’s prayer for direction.

   I tell you, when you need to know God’s direction, He’ll make sure that you do know it.  You may not have a six-foot-five-inch Ugandan person pick you up and dance around the room with you, but you could have something just as big and obvious happen so that you know God’s new direction for you.

   He has something new for you, and He wants to make sure that you don’t miss what He can do.  So ask Him, “Lord, what is the new direction You have for this desire of my life, for this need, for the answer I must have?  What is the direction You have in order for me to fulfill You’re will?”  As His Word promises, when you seek, you will find…the new direction.  (Ref. Luke 11:10.)

 

A PRAYER FOR YOU.

     Father, I come to You today with my dear friend.  We are seeking You for the new direction You have for their life.  You know the answer they must have.  The need they’re facing.  Every desire and goal in their heart is before You.  You promised that if we keep on seeking, we will find.  So that’s what we’re doing right now.

    We believe You will show them the way to take.  They will see victory.  The answers will flow and come to them.  What has been hard to see, the way that has been foggy, it WILL NOW BE PLAIN.  They will be able to see Your finger pointing out the route that they are to take to receive.

     Oh yes, it’s a direction in which they will experience the new and wonderful blessing You have for them.  They’ll see the course they are to stay on to accomplish what You put in their heart.  As they do this, they will experience not only accomplishment, but healing, provision, and restoration.  Yes, this is the way of deliverance and You are taking them through it.  How we praise You for it in the name of Jesus.  Amen.
 

   This is the way for you.

   Isaiah 30 says, “This is the way, walk in it.”  I really believe God has a new direction for you to take!  As we continue to pray together and seek Him, I believe you will find it.  So share with us what you’re facing right now.  We will join my faith with yours and then send you a letter that’s filled with God’s Word for your life.   We can’t wait to hear from you.  Just click here now and it will come directly to us.

 

SPECIAL NOTE: Tremendous joy and blessing!

     John and I want you to see all the new things God has for you.  And we know one of the ways that is possible is through your giving.  The Lord is very strong in His Word about our giving to Him so that His work can be done on this earth.

     The joy and blessing that will result from that is tremendous.  Not only for the people you help through your prayers and finances, but He gives tremendous joy and blessing into your own life because you are faithful to Him.  So we encourage you to give to Alcott Ministries so this ministry can continue and God can do a work in your life.  John and I give of our personal finances also in a big way, because this ministry is solely supported by you and us.  So we thank you for your giving today.

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

 

           

 
 

 

             No

          Longer

       Desperate!

         

     Jeanne Alcott

 

   Do you ever feel desperate?  If not, you’re doing better than most people.  Most of us experience times of distress and problems and those times where we have to really hunt to find the hope.

   Have things been so against you that you had to hunt to find hope in the situation?  That’s when you need to pull upon the might and mercy of God.  Call upon His might and mercy to heal you, redeem you, crown you with love and mercy, to forgive you, to wrap you in goodness, to renew you and make everything come out right.  He’s going to put you back on your feet as that Word promised.  (Ref. Psalm 103.)

   I was reading a letter that we received from one of our ministry Partners and I saw how God, in all of His might and mercy took him out of desperation.  If you heard his words of relief and hope, you couldn’t help but be moved.

   He had requested prayer because he was fighting cancer in his body.  Whenever we’re fighting something, when we don’t see any help coming, it can be easy to feel desperate.  That’s why going to God’s Word and speaking out what He says He’ll do for us is important.  That activates His might and mercy.  There isn’t anything that can defeat desperation as God’s might and mercy to you can.

   So that’s what we called out for Him to send into this suffering person.  Then we received the update of what was happening.  He described how he went for his follow-up scans to see if the disease had progressed.  But the physicians who were treating him said they could not find any more cancer in his body.  He was completely cured and preserved.

   That is the might and mercy of God being poured out.  That’s what He wants to send into your conditions.  You can be taken out of those desperate conditions which cause you so much distress.
 

Yelling for help.

   If you’re as I am, there are times you can identify with David and the desperation he felt as he faced hard conditions.  In Psalm chapter 30, he wrote a song because he was so relieved that God had come with His might and mercy and delivered him.

   In this song he wrote, I will extol You, O Lord, for You have lifted me up and have not let my foes rejoice over me.  O Lord my God, I cried to You and You have healed me.  (Ref. Psalm 30:1, 2.)

   You can just feel the desperation of how he cried out to God, and out of His mercy, the Lord answered and healed him by His might.  He delivered him out of desperation.  Another version of that scripture says it this way (and this is just the way we may feel at times).  It says, God, my God, I yelled for help and You put me together.  (Ref. Psalm 30:2 MSG.)

   “God, my God!”  We yell out to Him for help.  Meaning it comes from deep within our gut.  We feel it in us.  He is our hope and our help.  Out of that desperation as we call out to our God, He comes in with His might and His mercy and He puts us together.  He takes away what’s been tearing us apart, and He puts us together.  He heals us in every way that we need it.  Praise God, I can feel His might and mercy coming to you now.

   He knows your heart is crying out for Him to move in and make it right.  Make right what has gone wrong.  Make right what you want to happen.  Meet you right where you have a need and take you out of that desperate need and into healing in every way.  Every kind of healing you need.

   There was a woman who was desperate for a healing from a divorce.  She would write to us and describe how hard it was on her.  It caused a hardship in her finances, and she had to find a new home, and then she was dealing with emotional pain and the feeling of rejection and betrayal.  I mean this woman was hurting in a desperate way.

 

Having hope instead of hating waking up in the morning.

   So as we prayed for her, we called out to God for His might and mercy to come into her conditions and heal her in every way.  Not just her emotions but her mind and finances and her hope for the future.  You know you have to have hope for the future when you’re in a desperate situation.  You have to feel that there’s something for you to wake up to in the morning.

   Have you ever dreaded waking up in the morning?  You were facing such hard conditions, it didn’t feel as if you had anything good to wake up to!  This woman was aching so much that she said in one of her notes, “I want to wake up one day and it’s gone.  Complete healing.”  She wanted that aching and those needs to be gone, to be restored in her heart and in her life.

   So we continued praying with her and I tell you, what we saw happen was so enjoyable.  That’s the best way I know how to describe it.  It was enjoyable to see how God moved in His might and mercy.  Her conditions turned around.  She began to come out of that desperate feeling.  Good things were flowing to her.  She saw value in her life.  So, she could wake up in the morning and have something to look forward to.  She received healing.

   As that scripture said in Psalm 30, “I yelled for help to You, my God, and You put me together!”  Oh, the Lord wants to put you together today.  Whatever kind of condition you’re facing, in whatever way the enemy is trying to pull apart something in your life, we will call out for might and mercy to come in and put it together.  He can take you out of that desperate circumstance and put you in a better place.  He can send healing into your conditions.

   Jeremiah chapter 8 refers to Him as the Great Physician.  (Ref. Jeremiah 8:22.)  A physician isn’t just a medical doctor.  They are someone who cures whatever needs to be cured.  A healer.  That’s what your God is.  Your healer.  When you cry out to Him, He can heal the conditions, the hurts, pains, the needs.

   There isn’t anything that’s beyond the might and mercy of God to help you.  You must take hold of that truth and believe it with your heart, so that as you go to Him and yell for His deliverance as David did, you’ll have the faith to believe it will be yours.  It will come.

Be direct.

   Jesus tells us how we are to believe this way by giving us a story in the Book of Luke chapter 11.  Tells us about a person who went to a friend’s house at midnight out of desperation.  They had no bread in the house and they had someone who had just shown up at their house after they had journeyed a ways.

   They were so desperate for something to feed them that they rushed to their friend’s house that night and kept knocking on the door until they got up and answered.  Remember, it’s midnight.  So when the neighbor answered, they said, “Don’t bother me.  My door is shut and my kids are all in bed for the night.  I can’t get up and give you anything.”  (Ref. Luke 11:7 paraphrased.)

   Now, that desperate person could turn and walk away and give up, or they could persist and believe that their friend would give them what they need.  Jesus said, Let me tell you, even if he won’t get up because he’s a friend, if you stand your ground, knocking and waking all the neighbors, he’ll finally get up and get you whatever you need.

   Then He went on to explain this parable, Here’s what I’m saying: Ask and you’ll get; Seek and you’ll find; Knock and the door will open.  Don’t bargain with God.  Be direct.  Ask for what you need.  (Ref. Luke 11:8, 9 MSG.)

   He wants us to believe that in the midst of our desperation, when we come to Him and believe that He has what we need, we can receive it.  We can ask, seek, and knock, and that will open the might and mercy of God upon us.  He isn’t going to turn us away as that neighbor did.  He won’t shut the door to us and say that He can’t get up and give us what we need.

   No, when we yell out to God even at midnight and we tell Him we’ve run out of bread, we don’t have the strength to go on, we need the finances or healing or restoration or peace of mind, when we cry out to Him and tell Him our needs, He doesn’t turn us away.  But He takes us out of our desperation and uses His might to pour mercy upon us until every need is met!

   So believe that He stands ready to do that for you now.
 

A PRAYER FOR YOU.

     Father, we feel as that person did.  It’s midnight, and we’re out of bread.  We’re out of something that we need.  And we are yelling for our needs to be met.  We’re crying out to You.

     You promise that when we ask You, and we seek You, and we knock on Your door, You will open it.  So right now we believe the door of heaven is being opened up on my friend and their needs.  You’re opening that door and pouring out Your might and mercy.

     The Great Physician is sending just what they need.  Healing, provision, peace, the miracle answers.  The desperation is gone and it’s replaced with hope.  They can wake up in the morning and be filled with the hope of what You’re doing for them.  Help them to envision the might of Your hand moving, the might of Your voice speaking out for them, and the might of Your Spirit washing over their spirit to give them joy and assurance of what You’re doing.  How we praise You for the mighty mercies we feel coming to them.  In the name of Jesus.  Amen.
 

Ask, seek, knock.

     I tell you, the way God describes what He’s doing for you is amazing.  In that prayer He talked about how the might of His hand is moving, His voice is speaking out for you, and His Spirit is washing over your life.

     So expect and receive all of that as we stay in a prayer of agreement.  A faith agreement.  That’s what God wants to hear coming from your mouth and your heart.  Faith.

     He’s called John and me to be here to stand by you and keep asking, seeking, and knocking.  That’s why we encourage you to share with us into what conditions you need to see the might and mercy of God come.  We’re going to pray and intercede.  Then send you some words that will be written by the anointing of the Holy Spirit for you.  So get in touch soon by clicking here.

 

SPECIAL NOTE: God watches you when you give!

     Now John and I want to thank those of you who are giving into this ministry.  We encourage everyone who is being helped by the messages, or helped in some way by what God is doing, to give to enable us to continue this work.

     Your giving is between you and God.  He watches when you give because what you do causes Him to release the promise of His Word upon your life.  That means your generosity is rewarded here on earth and in heaven.

     That’s why Psalm 112 says that generosity goes on and on and on.  The generous person has an honored life.  A beautiful life.  (Ref. Psalm 112:9 MSG.)  That’s what God wants you to have.  The beautiful life.  To be honored.

      So as you give today, expect the generosity of God to meet up with your generosity.  And you know which one is going to be bigger?  God’s!  He can outgive you any day of the week.  You see, you won’t just receive blessings because of your gifts, but you’ll receive great joy when you see how thousands of people are helped because of them.  Your generosity will do that.  So be excited as you give into Alcott Ministries today as John and I are.  God bless you.

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