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.

 

                                                                

 

 

 

     What It's Like

       To Really

     Know God!

    Jeanne Alcott

 

 

     Have you ever been to a farm or perhaps to a zoo and seen a peacock?  They are beautiful when their feathers are fanned out.  But if you happen to go to see them when the wind is blowing hard, they won’t display their feathers.  That’s because they know the damage that can be done if they do.  They may not have any feathers at all after the high winds get finished with them.

     There was a minister by the name of Prater that once said, “An impersonal knowledge of God is as the tail feathers of a peacock—highly ornamental, but not much use in a high wind.”

     You don’t want to have peacock feathers when the high winds of life come.  In other words, you don’t want to have just a casual knowledge of God because when those high winds come, the casual knowledge is not going to be much use to you.  That knowledge may appear to be a nice ornament to others, but it isn’t much help in trials.  If we don’t seek to know God more, then we will not have the knowledge of Him we need to stay strong and endure and overcome. 

     Knowing God is not just for the purpose of being able to say that we have prayed X amount of time or did a certain Bible study.  No, the purpose of knowing God is very practical.  After we seek His face and we go out into the world, we have that experience to take with us.  It gives us what we need to withstand the high winds.  Our knowledge of Him is not just ornamental as the tail feathers of a peacock.  But it’s powerful and strong and keeps us stable in the high winds of adversity or confusion or need.

     That’s why He beckons you to Him.  It’s for your own good, because He knows what’s going to happen if you don’t have time with Him and desire to dig into the details of who He is and what He can do.  It’s important to know GOD in detail.  Not just an overriding knowledge of Him.  That’s why the Apostle Paul wrote in Philippians chapter 3 that his determined purpose was that he may know the Lord.

 

What does it mean to “know” Him?

     Is it just to know His name and who He is?  It’s much deeper than knowing who He is and thinking about Him every so often.  When we dig into the Greek of that word “know” it implies a personal relation between the knower and the known him in other words there’s intimate knowledge between the one who knows God and God.  It isn’t just knowledge between the two of you, but also must involve the influence of God upon you.  That’s what it means to know God.

     So Paul was saying, “I want to relate to God in a personal way and have Him influence everything about me.”  In verse 10 he wrote, For my determined purpose is that I may know Him [that I may progressively become more deeply and intimately acquainted with Him, perceiving and recognizing and understanding the wonders of His Person more strongly and more clearly]. 

     That’s pretty strong!  I mean, how many of us can say that we have a determined purpose to know God.  That we want to progress in digging into the details about Him?  If we do, that will enable us to see the wonders of His person.  We can understand His words and His thoughts, feel His heartbeat for us.  That’s when we become strong.  We can weather what comes at us.  We’ve gone beyond an impersonal knowledge of God to a very personal one.  We understand the details of how He relates to us and what that means for our life.

     Now!  To do that, takes attention from us.  It takes caring enough to do it.  It becomes a priority.  As Paul said, it’s our purpose.  We’re determined about digging into the details of God and His character and actions and want to understand what’s important to Him.  It’s knowing those details of God that is going to fulfill us and satisfy our soul.  That’s what causes us to survive and be victorious.  We experience a greater sense of power because we know the One who IS power. 

Someone who is in tune with God.

     When you see a person who is in tune with God, you’re going to see a powerful person.  It radiates all over them.  They go through life not as a peacock that cannot withstand the winds but they soar on wings of eagles.  They can rise above the storm and conquer what comes against them because they have sought the face of God and understand what to do.  They are given strength and force that go beyond what they could have done without that knowledge.

     When I was making a study of this, I came across an article about the story of a baseball player who was very successful because of his attention to detail.  It shows what can happen if we do the same thing he did in a spiritual way.  If you follow baseball much then you may remember the name Ted Williams.  During his career, he became known as one of the best hitters the game has ever known.  He was the final baseball player to hit better than .400 in a season.  He was an amazing player and very successful.

     When you dig into the details of his abilities, you find out that’s why he was successful.  It was because he dug into the details.  He could hit a baseball well because he knew his bat well.  Williams studied every detail of each bat he used.  He would weigh a bat to make sure the humidity had not added an ounce to it.

     He could even pick up a group of bats and tell you which one was half an ounce heavier than the others without weighing them.  He knew if a handle was right on the bat or if it was off.  In other words, Ted Williams knew the details of his bats and it helped him to be successful.  Most of the time he didn’t strike out when he came up to bat.

     I wonder sometimes if that’s what we’re trying to do.  Come up to bat without knowing the details.  So we strike out.  We don’t have a deep enough knowledge of God so when the challenge is coming our way, we can’t hit it out of the ballpark.  If we come to know Him, we’re going to have the know-how we need to combat every conflict or challenge or need that comes our way.

     How can it be otherwise if we know the One who knows us better than anyone and can give us the  strength and ability to bat a thousand?  Don’t strike out!  Seek to know God more and become one of the best batters there are.

Enter into a very special space.

     You see, when you seek to know details about God, you’re entering into a very special space.  That means you’re coming into the holy of Holies and God is going to impart to you.  To impart means that He passes on to you.  And what is He passing on or imparting to you?  Everything He is.  Just think about being in the presence of God.  What are you going to absorb?  Power, love, insight, direction and guidance, health and healing, wholeness in your mind and emotions and throughout your entire being.  It isn’t that you are going to God to see what you can get.  You’re going to Him because of your desire and hunger to know Him more in detail.  But when you enter into His presence, you won’t walk away empty.  You walk away with an impartation.

     So how do you do that?  You just go sit down and say to Him, “I want to know You more.  I seek Your face.”  I’m serious.  It is that simple.

All He cares about is you.

     There isn’t any special scripture you have to know and you don’t have to have done everything perfect that day and deserve to be near to Him.  Seeking the face of God does not require that your life is perfect.  Or that you have the perfect setting or place.  All He cares about is you.  He wants to see that your heart is reaching out to know Him more.  So when you come to Him in a simple and honest way—just simple and honest—He responds in a mighty and beautiful way.  That’s  when your greater experience with Him can happen.  So, hear God say, “Seek My face.”  Then dig in.  Tell Him you want everything that He wants to impart to you, because you want to know Him more than anything in your life.

OUR PRAYER FOR YOU.

      Okay God, we’re ready to dig in.  We want to know You, really know You, in a deeper way.  So I ask now that You respond to the heart of my friend as they are approaching You and calling out to You.  They’re reaching out with their spirit to touch Your Spirit.  They’re not satisfied anymore with how much they know about You.  They want MORE!  To understand the wonders of Your person.  And to receive the impartation You have for them.

      So as You see the needs and challenges and desires in their life, we believe those are being covered by You now.  As they enter Your presence, You cover them and impart the strength and power and victory they need.  Oh yes, they will come out of the winds of this trial not as a peacock that has its feathers blown to pieces, but they soar as an eagle.  They soar up to You and experience the power of Your presence.  How we praise You for this.  In the name of Jesus.  Amen.

 

Seek God’s face in a deeper way.

You can enter a time when the yearning that’s been in your heart can be fulfilled.  You can have a greater knowledge and sense of God’s presence.  So I encourage you not to stop the journey.  Don’t stop seeking His face in a deeper way.

That’s why I want you to get in touch with us.  We want to feed you God.  That’s the best way I know how to put it.  We want to feed God to you—His anointing and presence.  Then we’ll pray for Him to impart into your life everything you need.

So get in touch with us right away.  Also, we will write to you and give you words from God’s Spirit to minister HIM to you.  So we can’t wait to hear from you.  Just click here now and it will come directly to us.  Jeanne Alcott

 

SPECIAL NOTE: You’re giving life to people!

       In Matthew 6 God tells you that He knows about every need you have.  But that isn’t what He wants you to seek.  Don’t seek the things you need but rather seek Him.  That scripture says, Seek…first of all His kingdom and His righteousness…then all these things [that you need] will be given you besides. (Ref. Matthew 6:33.)

     So we encourage you to seek His kingdom first by giving into God’s work today.  When you’re giving to Him, you’re showing that you trust Him for YOUR needs to be met.  As you cause His word of power to go out through this ministry, and so many people are transformed and helped and renewed and the knowledge of God permeates the airwaves, then God says because you have sought Him first, NOW everything you need will be given to you and even more than you need.

      So we’re excited to see His Word fulfilled as you and John and I give today.  Expect to see miracles that are amazing.

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     Hold Fast to

         Hope!

    Jeanne Alcott

 

 

 

     You know the saying, “They suffered a setback”?  We say it when we refer to someone who has had something bad happen to them.  They were working toward accomplishing something or trying to see a desire come to pass, but now they’re hindered.  An event has stopped the person from getting what they need.  That’s what it means to suffer a setback.

     But have you noticed how we say the word “suffer?”  I think that’s appropriate because a setback sure can cause suffering.  It can hurt us when something doesn’t happen; it goes wrong.  We’re in need or we’re humiliated or disappointed.  We can’t describe how it is.  Sometimes we can’t even think straight.  It’s hard to analyze our emotions.  We’re suffering!  The setback has been more than we feel we can handle.  So what can we do in those times?  What do we have to hold onto when we are losing what’s so important to us?

     God gives us the answer in His Word.  Hebrews 10:23: Let us hold fast and retain without wavering the hope we cherish and confess.  Why should we do that?  What’s the reason that we can hold onto hope?  Because the rest of that verse says, He Who promised is reliable and faithful to His word.  (Ref. Hebrews 10:23.)  So when we face a setback, know that it’s temporary.  That’s because God who has promised what you are to receive is reliable.  He’s faithful to fulfill His Word.

It's temporary.

     So the setback is TEMPORARY because God is coming in to fulfill His Word.  It won’t exist anymore, because what’s going to push it out of the way?  The promise of God.  The promise that God put in your heart will push that setback out of your way.  Remember it’s temporary!  It cannot continue to exist is what that means.  It cannot continue to exist because God comes in and moves it out of the way SO THAT what He promised you can happen.

     It doesn’t matter how dire the conditions appear.  Those conditions do not determine the limit of God.  Can you even imagine that?  That something on this earth could ever limit what God could do.  That it could put boundaries around Him and force Him not to move in your life?  No way.  Nothing is ever going to prevent God from moving the way He desires.  If you hold fast to hope!  You believe in what you have been promised, and that He will be faithful to fulfill it according to His Word.

From a handful of rice to great blessing.

     There’s a woman I’m going to tell you about who has done this in her life.  And when you hear her story, it really causes you to admire her.  She’s a person who had to believe her setback was temporary and hold fast to her hope.  Because she did, read what happened.  This woman is from Chicago.  One day a reporter was assigned to do a human-interest story on her.  It was Christmas time and his newspaper wanted to show the struggles of a family from inner-city Chicago.  But this reporter, who was an atheist, didn’t care about Christmas of course.  However, since his paper had made the assignment he had to go visit this woman.

     When he arrived at her house, here is a description of what he saw.  The woman was sixty years old at the time.  Her two granddaughters were living with her.  They had had a home in a tenement, but it burned down.  So the three of them were crowded in this tiny two-room apartment on the West side.  Not two-bedroom apartment, but two rooms total.

     As bad as that was, he then saw there was no furniture in the apartment.  It was empty.  No rugs.  No pictures.  Nothing except a small kitchen table.  On it was one handful of rice.  The two young girls were the ages of 11 and 13.  They each owned one dress and there was one thin grey sweater that they shared between the two of them.  They would trade it back and forth as they walked to school in the cold Chicago weather.  The woman had arthritis so she couldn’t work.  They were suffering a setback.

     But in everything he saw, the thing that got to this reporter the most was her attitude.  As he interviewed her, she didn’t have a sense of self-pity or blame the government.  Instead she was full of faith and dignity because she believed God would take care of them.  She was holding fast to hope.  So she told this reporter all about Jesus and her hope in Him.

     Well, the man finished the interview and turned it in to the paper.  But over the next few days he couldn’t get this family out of his mind.  So on Christmas Eve, he decided to make a visit again to their house.  This atheist was searching.  He couldn’t figure out how they could have so much faith and seem to have nothing in this world, yet he had everything and had no faith.

     So as the grandmother opened the door and invited him into the apartment, here’s the change that he noticed.  Now the apartment was filled with furniture, appliances, and rugs.  There was a nice Christmas tree.  Wrapped presents.  Bags of food, and winter garments.  They even had cash gifts given to them.  Where did this all come from?  Since the reporter’s article had been published, the people who read it had responded to the needs of the family.

Here’s what happened next.

     Now this sounds as if it’s a great ending to a wonderful story.  But if we see this as the ending, then we will miss the complete picture of how God works.  Because here’s what happened next.  This family, who had been in need and now had so much given to them, were not hoarding it and holding onto it as if these things were their hope.  No, they were continuing to hold fast to the hope they had in God and His faithfulness.  So instead of keeping everything for themselves, they were getting ready to walk out the door to give away many of the items.

     The reporter was shocked.  He asked the grandmother why they were doing this.  Her answer?  “Our neighbors are still in need.  We cannot have plenty while they have nothing.  This is what Jesus would want us to do.”  He was taken aback.  That rocked everything that he believed.  But then came the next big wonderful truth that changed him.  She said, “All this is wonderful; it’s a gift from God, but it’s not His greatest gift.  No, we celebrate that tomorrow at Christmas.  That is Jesus.”  That did it!  This atheist could no more hold fast to his belief that there was no God and there was no hope.  He now put his hope in Jesus and became a Christian.

When defeat is staring you in the face.

     Oh what God can do when we hold fast to our hope in Him.  That grandmother knew what she was experiencing was a temporary setback.  So she was able to hold fast to her hope.  She knew God would come through and help them.  Because she understood this principle, when she did receive His promise, she was able to share with others.

     You see, when we trust God, we won’t hold onto material things or relationships or position or money.  When we’re holding fast to Him, we have the faith to let those things go and use them as God desires.  It was her hope in Jesus that transformed her life and the life of an atheist.

     When defeat seems to be staring you in the face, hold fast to hope!  Somehow, God will change the setback and help you.  He is reliable and faithful to His Word.  Remember that scripture in Hebrews said to hold fast to the hope that you cherish and confess.  That’s what that grandmother was doing.  She cherished the Word of God and His promises to her.  She cherished the hope she had in Him.  Because of that she was confessing to that reporter what she believed God would do.

     It’s time for you to reach out to embrace and cherish the hope that God has for what you desire.  And don’t just cherish it, but confess it.  Confess the promises of God and what He will do for you.  Express those from a heart of faith and believe you will see a great spiritual move just as that family did and as the atheist did in his conversion.

     God can do great things for you and for your family and those around you who need Him.  So today hold fast to hope.  Cherish it.  Confess it.  Then you can experience it.

 

OUR PRAYER FOR YOU.

      Oh Lord, my dear friend has suffered a setback.  It feels as if the desire in their heart will never come to pass.  The devil has inserted his hand into the process and stopped what should have been theirs.

     But instead of losing our hope, we’re going to laugh.  Because even in the midst of suffering, we know the devil cannot prevail.  He’s tried to change the scene to one of no hope.  Ugly.  Not what they desire.  But that’s just temporary.  He can’t determine what You are about to do, because You see us at this moment and how we are holding fast to our hope. We cherish it.  We confess it.

     Now, I believe for my friend to experience it.  Experience everything You have designed for them to have.  So we praise You for what is to come.  It can be mighty and good and fulfill their dream.  We believe it.  In the name of Jesus.  Amen.

 

We want to help you enter into what God has for you!

     So together we must take hold of the hope of what God has for you.  It’s a united front against what the devil is doing.  That’s why it’s good for you to share with us the kind of setback you’ve experienced.  What are your needs?  What are your dreams?  We are both sent here to help you enter into what God has promised.

     But we must hear from you so I can then lay hands on what you share and intercede.  Also, it’s important for us to write to you.  That’s because God drops in our spirit words of encouragement and power for your life.  So we can’t wait to hear from you.  Just click here now and it will come directly to us.  Jeanne Alcott

 

SPECIAL NOTE: You’re giving life to people!

       Now, I encourage you to believe God’s Word about giving and receiving.  It’s right there.  In the Scriptures.

       God promises when you give into His work so that His Word can give life to people, that’s what you’ll receive in return.

       Life.
       Blessing.
       Provision.
       Favor and promotion.
       Well-being and wholeness.

       He’ll give so much to you that it will run over and you’ll be able to give to others.  (Ref. Luke 6:38.)  That’s His plan for your life.  Now, enter into it today as you give into Alcott Ministries.

      We have some wonderful people helping support the radio airtime and the materials that we produce and many things we’re doing for God.  But we need more people to be a part of this ministry.  So if you have been hearing the teachings and have been encouraged or helped in some way, be sure to respond to what God has done for you and give back to Him.  And John and I are doing the same thing today.  We’re giving of our finances to God.  So now expect miracles.

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    Thankful for

    the Harvest!

    Jeanne Alcott

 

 

     Thanksgiving season makes us think of the harvests the early settlers in America had and how thankful they were for them.  They understood the importance of seedtime and harvest.  It was life or death for them.  When the seed went in the ground, there must come up some crops so they could exist.  That’s how they received their provision.

     This is how we receive our provision also, but not just food crops from the ground.  Seedtime and harvest are throughout our entire life.  Through our seeds that we sow in our life, we activate the harvest of what God can do for us.  Seeds of time and love, ones of finances and funds, prayers and sharing, hard work and sacrifice.

     Seedtime and harvest is a very simple principle.  We plant a seed, it grows, and we reap a harvest.  We can see it happen in the earth all the time with the farmer.  But for some reason it’s harder to see it happen when it comes to giving and receiving in a spiritual sense.

     The farmer wouldn’t be afraid to put seed into the ground so the crops could grow.  He or she wouldn’t say, “Oh, this seed is all I have.  I’m afraid to put it in the ground because then I’ll have nothing.  I won’t have any seed.”  The farmer wouldn’t say that because they know there is something much greater waiting for them if they plant the seed.  It’s going to grow into something good and bountiful that will be a blessing.  That’s why they don’t grip those seeds as though their life will be hurt if they release them.  Their life will be made better because of the seeds they plant.

 

God’s shovel is bigger than yours.

     In His Word, God gives the analogy of the farmer planting seed and seeing abundant harvest.  He does not want us to fear giving, thinking that when we do we will be losing it.  We’re actually just allowing it to produce.  When we sow seed, we’re giving it the go ahead to produce!  That’s what activates the supernatural.  That giving activates the supernatural receiving.

     This is what a certain farmer realized spiritually because of what he saw happen in the ground.  So he became very generous in giving to others.  In fact, he gave away so much, his friends couldn’t understand how he could do it and yet he continued to become so prosperous.  So one day one of the friends came to him and said, “We can’t understand you.  You give far more than the rest of us and yet you always seem to have more to give.”

     So the farmer explained to him the reason this is.  He said, “I just keep shoveling into God’s bin and He keeps shoveling into mine, but God has the bigger shovel!”

     God’s shovel is bigger than yours.  You could give a shovel full of money, love, sacrifice, time—you name it, whatever you give Him, His shovel is bigger when He gives back to you.  He just keeps putting it in your storage bin and therefore you have that much more to pull out and continue to give to Him.

     That’s the key to increasing your storage bin.  You have to activate the supernatural provision.  You do that by going through the seedtime.  The seedtime precedes the harvest.  The planting of it has to be done in the ground, then once that seed is in the good soil, it can produce a harvest not just in the work God does with it, but in your life as well.

Sow generously then reap generously.

     When the Apostle Paul was trying to teach this principle to the Corinthians, he said to them, Remember this: he who sows sparingly and grudgingly will also reap sparingly and grudgingly, and he who sows generously [that blessings may come to someone] will also reap generously and with blessings.  (Ref. II Corinthians 9:6.)  Just as the farmer—if you sow in a generous way, you’re going to receive in a generous way and with blessings coming to you.

     Then he went on to say in that same chapter in II Corinthians 9, You will be enriched in all things and in every way, so that you can be generous.  (Ref. II Corinthians 9:11.)  Now, that’s describing the activation of supernatural provision.  Being enriched in all things and in every way—the supernatural.  It can’t just happen on your own.  But because you put that seed in the ground and believe that blessings will come to other people, God says, “All right, I have their seed now.  Therefore, I’m sending their harvest and it will be generous, full of blessings.  I will enrich them.  Their needs will be met.  I will make all grace, every favor come to them in abundance so that they may always and under all circumstances and whatever their need is be self-sufficient.”  If we could just see what’s happening in heaven each time we give!

     Get this picture: if you’re hands are full of seeds just as the farmer, and you go to the good soil and you drop the seeds in there, they are not in your hands anymore.  So what does it mean?  Your hands are empty.  Oh but not for long.  Because now that your hands are empty, God can fill them!

     Then as your hands get full of more, you release more and then God gives more.  That is supernatural provision!  Each time you must release what’s in your hand before God can release what’s in His hand.  Remember He has bigger to give to you than what you can give to Him.

God can’t pour into hands that are full.

     I love a poem that I read.  It’s about a person who came to the understanding of why God gave seedtime and harvest and what it could mean to them.  In this poem, they describe how they gave to God and afterwards they stood there feeling as though they were empty-handed.  It scared them, until they heard His voice.  Here’s what He said,

    “Lift your empty hands to Me.”
     Empty hands I lifted to Him,
     And He filled them with a store
     Of His own transcendent riches
     Till my hands could hold no more.
     And at last I comprehended,
     With my mind so slow and dull,
     That God could not poor His riches
     Into hands already full.

     That’s what God wants us to realize.  As we empty our hands before Him with total trust in what He will do with what we give to Him, then and only then can He pour His riches into our hands.  We have shown Him that we believe in His supernatural provision for seedtime and harvest.  We will receive the harvest He has for us in His timing and His way.  It’s a trust factor that He is watching for to come from our heart.  Do we have the trust to release that seed so He can grow it or will we hold onto it?  The supernatural cannot be activated without the seedtime and harvest.  The trust in Him.

 

What happened to my parents.

     I’ll never forget how my parents came into the truth of this principle from God and how it changed all of our lives.  My mother tells what happened when I and my sisters were just kids, and we were growing up in Seminole, Oklahoma.  Mother and Dad were working in the laundry and they had to work hard every day.  Long hours.

     Although our basic needs were met, it was a struggle.  We were not living in the spiritual provision that God could provide.  The place of blessing that goes beyond what you can do by your own hands and cause to happen by your own efforts.  That’s why it’s called supernatural.

     So the day came that Dad said to Mother that he felt the reason God’s presence wasn’t more real to them and they weren’t experiencing all He had for them was because they were not giving to the Lord.  They had not given back to Him a portion of what He had provided.

     As the Apostle Paul told the Corinthians, God gives seed to the sower and bread for eating.  The same God who does that will provide and multiply your resources for sowing, and He will increase your fruits.   (Ref. II Corinthians 9:10.)

     Mother and Dad knew they had fallen short on their giving to God’s work because they felt they didn’t have it to give.  They couldn’t afford it.  You can imagine the bills they had to pay and the expenses they had with raising all their children.  But God’s Word does not lie.  It doesn’t paint a false picture.  God means what He says when He promises He will provide and multiply your resources when you sow them.  That’s when you become enriched in all things.

     So my parents determined right then and there that they wanted to please God and so they were going to give to Him FIRST out of their income, even if it meant they had nothing to eat but beans every day.  They had to trust Him with their giving and therefore show Him they trusted Him with their lives.  When they began to do this, God’s presence filled them with joy and peace.  He was so pleased with their obedience.

     As His Word says, He wants a cheerful giver.  That means someone who trusts Him, and they give out of themselves without holding back.  (Ref. II Corinthians 9:7.)  Their heart is in their giving.  That’s what God wants.  Our heart.  If we’re holding onto our seed out of fear or indifference, then God doesn’t have our whole heart.  He wants to see that we trust Him so much that we can release what we’re hanging onto as our source.  We make HIM our source.  We believe that He is the One who gives seed to the sower and bread to eat.

Here come the blessings!

     When my parents showed God their faith by giving, and they proved they wanted Him more than they wanted to hold onto their seed, that was the big turning point.  God began to bless our family in so many different ways.  Spiritually, financially, and in the plans He had for our future.

     The first thing that happened was my dad received a good job in Tulsa and so we moved there.  Once there, my mother received a very good job also.  This affected the lives of all of my sisters in so many ways I cannot even name them all.

     We were able to get an education, have our needs met, and see God be faithful to help us through each difficult situation.  Mother and Dad were able to earn a retirement.  Oh yes, God has a bigger shovel and He can put more into our hands than we could possibly put into His hands.

     All my sisters have been givers to God and to others.  We understand seedtime and harvest, but just as important, we understand God wants to see our trust in Him.  We want to please Him above all.  When you do, He will release your supernatural provision!

 

OUR PRAYER FOR YOU.

       Father, how we thank You for Your Word on seedtime and harvest.  I believe as my friend opens their hands and gives, their stubborn needs will be met.  You’re going to cause a flood of miracles to come.  Blessings are being released.  That’s because they’re showing obedience and trust in You.

      Oh yes, we trust You, Lord, we trust You.  You’re going to refashion their life.  Change those circumstances to the harvest.  It’s harvest time!  They’re planting their seeds and believing that You will take care of their life.

      So we believe for You to stop what the enemy has done against them and watch over their family and friends.  What a mighty God we serve.  We’re expecting to see mighty things in the life of my friend.  In the name of Jesus.  Amen.

 

Your harvest!

Yes, we are expecting to see mighty things happen for you.  You’ll be enriched in every area.  That means some important needs are going to be met.  We must believe for that.

So let’s come together according to His Word.  Share with us where you need to see a harvest.  How do you need to receive supernatural provision?  As soon as we hear from you, we will pray, and then we will send you some words that God wants to speak into your life from His Word.  So contact us soon by clicking here now.  Jeanne Alcott

 

SPECIAL NOTE: Activate God supernatural provision!

       Now, we encourage you to activate God’s supernatural provision for you.  You do that by giving to Him and then believing that He will multiply it back to you.  That’s what He has promised.  There are many ways that God multiplies this to you.

       #1: The most important way is in eternity.  Once you plant a seed into God’s work by your prayers and finances, that seed does not die, but it grows for eternity because of what it accomplished in the lives of people.

       #2: Another way God gives to you is the joy you experience here on earth knowing that you obeyed Him and pleased Him through your giving and now you get to see the beauty of what happens through His work on this earth.

       #3: The third way God multiplies your seed is by blessing your life and supernaturally providing for you according to what He promised in His Word.

       So as you give today, you can rejoice!  And John and I rejoice with you as we give of our prayers and finances into Alcott Ministries.  God is about to do some great things.  And now you’re a part of it.  Praise God.

 

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