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.

 

                                                                

 

 

 

    Not Too Good

     To Be True!

    Jeanne Alcott

 

     Sometimes God can give us a thought or knowing in our spirit that concerns something about our life or those whom we love.  And it's so wonderful it's almost too good to be real.  We wonder if it was just the fact that we wanted to hear those kinds of words so much, and so they weren't really from God's Spirit.

     We read in His Word what He says He will do but the frustration we feel at not seeing it happen for us hurts too much.  We can have so many tears in our eyes that we can't see the answer which has come to us.

     Sometimes the reason we haven't seen God fulfill His Word to us is simply because we haven't believed the good word yet.  I'm not talking about having faith in God's Word.  As believers, we have that.  We know His Word is true.  But what about when it starts getting real personal?

     Can we apply those good words have to be applied to our broken body or the disease or pain we have?  When we see a person or a project going a wrong direction, can our faith apply the words God has for us.  These things just seem too good to be real.

     My spouse can love me that much?  I can receive how much more money?  I can see my dream accomplished?  Those types of questions are easy to have in the back of our mind when something seems so hard in coming.  We think, Tell me again now how this is all going to work out!

Slow of Heart.

     Jesus refers to this as being slow of heart to believe.  Even if our mind cannot accept what God is saying He will do, our hearts should be quick to receive it and therefore see it come to pass.  We don't have to be slow of heart to believe and therefore prolong God's answer for us.

     When our mind says, "This is too good to be true," our heart can say, "But it is!  It is real and I receive it now into my life."

     We don't have to be like the disciples who simply could not accept what they felt was too good to be real.  Jesus, their powerful and precious Lord, had been crucified.  So they just couldn't accept it when others came to them and told them He was alive now.

     Mark chapter 16 describes the story of how Jesus first appeared to Mary Magdalena from whom He had driven out seven demons.  So like a good disciple, she ran to report it to the other disciples.  They were in a room together and the Bible says they were grieving and weeping.  When they heard what she had seen, they wouldn't believe it.  No way.  They felt that she and some other women who had seen the Lord didn't know what they were talking about.

     After this happened, Jesus appeared and began walking with two men who were on the road to Emmaus.  (Ref. Luke 24.)  He heard their discussion of this man named Jesus.  So He began asking questions about what they were talking about.  They acted like He had been living under a rock.  Where have you been?  Haven’t you heard?  Then they began to talk about the works of Jesus and how He had been crucified.

     They told this man walking with them how some women had come to them and said that the Lord was now alive.  They said that when they heard this news from the women it astounded us and drove us out of our senses.  (Ref. Luke 24:22.)  In modern day language, those disciples probably said to those women, “You’re driving us crazy.  You know how badly we want to believe this but it’s too fantastic!”

     Here they are with amazing news that the Lord is alive.  It's been proven but these two men walking along the road to Emmaus are still discussing it.

 

It’s Time for Discussion To Stop and Believing To Start.

     There comes a time when the discussion has to stop and the believing needs to start.  It seems sometimes we have way too much discussion concerning the possibility of how our need will be met.  How is this all going to come together?

     We need to make sure that we don't over-discuss what God will do and instead reach out with faith and take it.  Jesus got tired of hearing these guys talk about the miracle that had already happened and hearing them discuss if it was possible for Him to be alive.  So He finally said to them, O foolish ones [sluggish in mind, dull of perception] and slow of heart to believe everything that the prophets have spoken!  Was it not necessary and essentially fitting that the Christ the Messiah should suffer all these things before entering into His glory (His majesty and splendor)?  Then beginning with Moses and [throughout] all the Prophets, He went on explaining and interpreting to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning and referring to Himself.

 

The Answer Is in Front of Us.

     These men eventually they recognized they were talking to the Lord Himself.  They were staring their answer in the face.  They had been so busy wondering if it could be possible, that when the answer was in front of them, they were missing Him.  Oh, let's not miss the Lord when He is moving toward us.  When He is standing in front of us with the good word of our answer, let's not be discussing if it could be so, or how it's going to happen.  Be quick of heart and see God move.  Don't miss what's in front of us.

     After Jesus left them, these two men immediately went to the disciples who were still in the room crying their eyes out.  They told them they had seen the Lord alive.  Mark 16:13 says that when they told the other disciples, they wouldn't believe them either.  Not only would they not believe the women who had seen Jesus, but now they wouldn't believe these two men!

     Finally, the Lord appeared directly to them.  He reproved them for their lack of faith, because they refused to believe those who had seen Him.  You see, the news was too good to be true…for them.  It was everything they wanted and hoped for.  Their desire fulfilled.

     But it took quite a while for Jesus to get them to accept that they were receiving what they longed for.  He actually had to prove it to them.  That's because they were responding to what they had physically seen instead of what the faith of their heart could have helped them believe.

Hear With Your Heart.

     That's what faith means—to hear with the heart.  There was an American missionary in Africa who had to come up with a definition of a word when he was translating.  He was trying to translate the English word faith into a local dialect in Africa.  But he couldn't find its equivalent.  So he went to an older man who was from that area and was a good Christian.

     Finally after studying it, the old man said, "Does it mean to hear with the heart?"  And he knew he had his definition.  What is the good word that fulfills what you have hoped for?  What have you been waiting to hear?  Hear with your heart.  Be quick to accept and believe the good word the Lord has for you.  God is speaking sweet and powerful words.

     Don't think it's too good to be real that you will be well and feel better.
     Your business will grow.
     Your personal situation will be solved.
     Resources and finances and help will come in.
     You can have greater anointing when you minister to others and witness.
     God is saying you can make it through every test you are encountering—believe it.
     Believe that His prosperity is molding the work your hands are doing.
     You're going to experience love, peace, and justice.

     Is that too good to be real?  God is exhorting us not to be slow of heart to accept it.

 

A Crying Heart.

     You see, we have to think about what made the disciples question their miracle.  It wasn't because they were unbelievers or against God or not walking in His ways.  They were good people and wanted the will of God in their life, just as we do.  So why couldn't they accept that the Lord was alive and that was the answer to their prayer?

     You remember what the scripture said that they were doing after His crucifixion?  Mark 16 said they were weeping and grieving.  In other words, they had a disappointed heart.  That's why they couldn't see Him.  It was too good to be real because they were looking at it through their tears.  Through a crying heart.

     We've all experienced that I'm sure.  We’ve had a disappointed heart because what we wanted so much is not shaping up.  We don't see the answer being formed.  Our hope seems to have walked away.  Our faith isn't producing what we feel it should have produced for us.

     We may be physically weeping or weeping in our heart, but   when we're doing that, it's going to be awfully hard to see God's answer in front of us.  That's why they couldn't see the truth.  GOD WANTS TO HEAL YOU OF THAT DISAPPOINTED HEART TODAY.  He wants to CLEAR YOUR SPIRITUAL VISION so you will reach out with your faith and take the good words He has for you.  Believe the good words!
 

OUR PRAYER FOR YOU.

     Father, in the name of Jesus, we ask You to clear our spiritual vision.  Take the disappointment out of this dear person’s heart.  Relieve them of the frustration that has tried to weigh them down.

     Let them know that they can look past what seems obvious and receive what is truly happening.  Because what's happening for them is goodness and power and answers.  Oh yes, they can brush aside that hurt which has come because of the delay of what they desire.

     You are standing before them.  You are there in all of Your glory and love.  Embrace them now, Father.  Let them feel that You are there for them.  Let them be quick of heart to receive the answers in Your hands.  We know You'll apply those answers in just the right way and just the right time. Give them the joy and the hope of their expectations being met.  Hallelujah!   

GOD’S WORD FOR YOU.
     Great is the God who is before you.  His presence surrounds you.  He is looking upon you saying, "I have a good word for you, My child.  I have seen your desire and I have watched your struggle.  I have also felt your heart and I am responding to you today.  Reach out with your faith and receive."

     Lord!  We do that now.  As we reach out to take what You have for us, see our heart and hands filled with our faith.  We know You're doing great and mighty things.  And we praise You for it, and we love You for it, in the name of Jesus.  Amen.

Believe the good word!
     Let's reach out with our faith to receive all God has for you.  As you share with us from your heart, we will pray and write you back a good word from God's Word.  Then as you believe that good word, the Lord promises fulfillment of it by His power.  So be sure you contact us today.  Let’s go into prayer together.  Click here now.  Jeanne Alcott

 

SPECIAL NOTE: Great is God’s reward!

       Now we offer up a special praise to God for sending precious people to us to help in this work.  Transformation is taking place in the spiritual realm.  It's touching many people.  And you're the one who is helping make that happen through your prayers and gifts.

       As you continue to work for God, you can enter into the joy of seeing Him change people's lives, and seeing your own life changed also.  Great is God's reward for you according to His Word.  And John and I thank you so much for joining us as we give now, in the name of the Lord.

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      Strength For

        the Day!

    Jeanne Alcott

     You know how sometimes by the end of the week we can feel just a bit weary.  That’s how trials can be also.  When we’re getting towards the end of the trial, we’re weary and tired.

     We need strength to keep going until we see what we desire.  But where’s the strength going to come from?  From the One who is with us through it all.  So when you feel the weakest or the most put-out or despondent or absolutely completely frustrated, remember this—God strengthens you!  That’s how you can make it through until you see what was in your heart be completed.  It’s because God strengthens you.

     It doesn’t matter how basic or simple the thing is that you’re dealing with or how serious and hard.  God has the strength on which you can rely inside you, and therefore make it through every day, and every day see progress.

     I know there are times when it seems as though we’re standing alone and the only thing we have to stand on are our own two feet.  The only problem is those two feet feel a little shaky at times.  Maybe we’re at a decision point and we’re not sure which is the best way to go.  Or we can’t figure out what we need to start doing in order to make this thing happen towards which we’ve been working.  We may be facing some hurtful situations or fearful possibilities.  Just going through our everyday responsibilities can make us tired.

     So the Lord is there to make sure that we don’t become weary to the point we lose heart.  He wants to infuse us with His force to see this thing through.  That’s because He knows what’s at the end.  It’s what will satisfy and fulfill the need and bring delight to our hearts and accomplish His work.  So He is there with us through it all.

Jesus interceding for you, weeping with you.

     A woman named Jan experienced this so completely as she was facing sickness.  She came to the point that she could fight no more.  It was almost as if she didn’t even have any emotions left.  She had been sick for such a long time.  All the people who tried to help—doctors, nurses, parents, her husband, her children—were gone now.  It was night time and she was in the hospital because she had back pain so severe that at times it made her drop to her knees.

     It had started with minor symptoms, then they progressed into severe pain and nausea.  She went through many tests.  Eventually she went through surgery, yet her symptoms still did not go away.  So there she was in the wee hours of the morning, in the hospital, feeling as though she had no strength.              She just sat there and stared at the four walls around her and listened to the monotonous bleep of her IV operating.

     Have you ever been to the point you felt that way?  As though there was no one and no hope and no strength?  You’re going through it!  Yet remember God is there with you through it all.  That’s what He demonstrated to this woman and here’s how she describes it.

     As she was sitting there, Jan heard in her spirit someone weeping.  Right away she knew who it was.  It was Jesus weeping.  He was touched by her infirmity and she knew He was interceding to the Father for her.  That’s when she truly realized she was not in this adversity alone.  He cared more than she could ever imagine.

     Although the circumstances around her remained the same at that moment, there was no big huge change, yet she knew the Lord was standing beside her.  He gave her the strength to continue to believe.  As she said, “I did recover.  Thank You, Jesus.”

     My Friend, Someone is interceding for you to the Father.  That Someone is there to help you pull through.  He is there with you through it all.  You can rely on His strength because He is in you.  You have what it takes to walk this thing out until you see the turnaround.  The completion.  The achievement.  That problem gone.  You’re not standing alone.

Where was everyone when I needed them?

     That’s what the apostle Paul discovered.  After almost everything was stripped away from him he figured out what the bottom line was.  He wrote a letter to his protégé, Timothy, sort of as we would write a letter to a friend explaining to them the terrible things happening to us.  So he started a list!  “Demas has deserted me because he preferred the things of the world.  Crescens has gone to Galatia; Titus had to go to Dalmatia.  I had to send Tychicus to Ephesus.  Alexander the coppersmith did me great wrongs.  And when I was being tried because I was preaching the Gospel, no one acted in my defense as my advocate.  No one stood with me, but all forsook me.”  He’s saying, “All these guys split on me.  I mean they are nowhere to be found.”

     But here comes the most important thing he said, But!  The Lord stood by me and strengthened me so that through me the message might be fully proclaimed and all the Gentiles might hear it.  So I was delivered out of the jaws of the lion. (Ref. II Timothy 4:9-18.)  Through it all, the Lord stood by Paul and strengthened him.  When the jaws of the lion, the devil, were just about to close down, God drew him out.  And that’s what He’s there to do for you.

     Paul felt that he stood alone.  Jan felt that she was standing alone and weary.  But they both recognized the Lord was with them and because of that they recovered and were delivered from the jaws of the lion.

     Paul ended it with, And indeed the Lord will certainly deliver and draw me to Himself from every assault of evil.  He will preserve and bring me safe unto His heavenly kingdom.  To Him be the glory forever and ever.  Amen (so be it).  (Ref. II Timothy 4:18.)

     God draws you to Himself.  He pulls you in so that you are preserved in faith.  And as you open yourself up, He will pour His strength into you so that you can walk it out and see relief and help and success.

The list goes on.  You know how that feels.

     John and I know how that feels, just as you do.  We all have those everyday times and super hard times.  John and I were in the midst of one of those super hard times two years ago.  I had an accident on my bicycle.  When I fell, I broke one of my shoulders in three places.  I mean, I did it up right!  The surgeon said that it was one of the worst he had ever seen.

     So off we went to the hospital and I had major surgery on that shoulder.  Then I started a year’s worth of therapy.  I was in terrible pain.  Of course, the medical bills were coming in.  Such fun!  John was trying to take care of me and work.  The responsibilities of his job were increasing at the same time but he had to take vacation time so he could take me to doctors’ appointments.  And I’m not finished yet.

     Things just kept happening.  It just so happened that we were low on financial help for the ministry yet it was growing.  So, I was trying to do the ministry work with one arm and keep the radio broadcast messages going also.  We ended up having to cancel some planned Partner Meetings.  While all of this is going on, a neighbor decides to do some major projects that were extremely loud.  Not their fault it just didn’t happen at a good time for us.  We needed peace, especially when I needed rest because of the pain.  I would have flashbacks of the accident.  Then we had a few problems develop with our own house that we needed to take care of.

     Oh, my goodness I cannot even tell you all of it.  The list goes on.  But we did it!  We got through it!  Yes, the emotional, mental, and physical anguish of those months were horrible.  You begin to think, “Wow, my life was changed in just one moment.”  But let me tell you Who is greater than that one moment.  The One who is standing with you through it all.  If we had not had the strength of God and knew that He was giving that to us and standing with us through it all, it would’ve been much worse.  We just stood in faith that we would recover just as Jan did and Paul did.  And just as you can do.

     Receive the strength God has for you today.  Psalm 138: 7, 8 says that when you walk in the midst of trouble, God will revive you.  He will stretch forth His hand against your enemy, the devil.  His right hand will save you.  The Lord will perfect that which concerns you.  God will revive you.

     In the midst of what you’re facing, remember that God strengthens you.  He’s there with you through it all.

 

OUR PRAYER FOR YOU.

       Oh, Lord, I pray right now for Your strength to come into this dear friend.  You are equipping them to face the day.  The condition.  The disappointment.  You’re walking them through it all.

     They feel strong.  They’re empowered.  Even though weariness has tried to take over, they will continue on because You revive them.  Right in the face of what’s going on, You strengthen them.  You stretch forth Your hand against the enemy coming against them.  Oh how good it feels to know that You are beside them.

     When nothing else seems to be changing, they know that You are making a difference.  How we praise You now for what gooood will come to them in the name of Jesus.  Amen.

 

We are here to stand by your side!

     The Lord is with you.  Keep that in your heart all day and throughout the entire situation you’re going through.  Then just soak in the strength that He is pouring into you now.

     We want to stand with you in prayer, to be with you during this time in a personal way.  That’s what God has asked us to do and so when we ask you to share with us what’s happening in your life we are obeying Him.  We join our faith with yours in a prayer of agreement.  Then we want to send you a letter filled with what’s in His heart for you.  So share with us soon and let’s go into prayer together.  Click here now.  Jeanne Alcott

 

SPECIAL NOTE: Create the open door for God’s power!

As we join our prayers and the giving of our finances to God’s work, my, what He is doing.  He does miracles not only for thousands of people as He ministers to them and helps them, but He fulfills His promise to touch your life and bless you because of your obedience.

So John and I are thankful as you give into Alcott Ministries alongside us.  This is not only our ministry but it’s yours also.  It’s the work of God that we're all giving into.  I know His heart is pleased as He sees the open doors it creates for His power to do such great miracles.  So we praise God and thank you for your giving.

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       Prepare For

       Something

        Greater!

    Jeanne Alcott

 

     If I were to ask you, "What are you preparing for?" you would probably have to think about it for a little while.  That's because we all go about our daily lives doing our responsibilities, trying to live for the Lord and serve Him, take care of ourselves, and cultivate and nurture relationships.  All the things we do just in order to live.  On top of that, we have special interests or projects that we do.

     But in everything we're doing, we're continually preparing ourselves for something whether we realize it or not.  It's all wrapped up in how we think and feel and the steps we take to get us where we want to be.

     What do we do in order to obtain what we desire?

     Are we preparing ourselves for what we truly want in life?

     Everything we believe and do prepares us for what we are about to receive or achieve.  So the question becomes, "For what are we preparing?"  Few things come to us in life for which we have not prepared.  Whatever we are planning is usually what is going to come into our life.

     So, here are two things we need to tell ourselves today:  First, we have to be careful what we prepare for because it's going to come to us!  Whatever we’re thinking and feeling and doing is getting us ready to experience certain things happen.  So!  Be mighty careful what you're setting yourself up for.

     The second thing we need to tell ourselves is that we can prepare for something greater than what we have.  Let's plan for greater things God has planned to come to us and believe they will.

     For instance, in your heart are you preparing for a child to fail in their life or make the right choices?

     In your mind are you getting ready to live in healing and health or have you set your mind that you're going to be dealing with this problem the rest of your life?

     Through your discipline are you getting ready for the mate you desire?

     Are you prepared for that raise or increased business that you believe God has for you?

     See, we're continually preparing ourselves for what is to come, so again, we need to be careful what we're preparing for.  Let's get ready for something greater and better than what we have, not for worse.  Don't plan for what we fear to come upon us.  Let's plan for the right thing.

 

Prepare for a miracle!

     Perhaps you need a miracle in some way.  Then PREPARE FOR A MIRACLE!  Get yourself all ready to go.  Practice saying, "Thank You, Lord.  This is wonderful!  You are sending a miracle!"  Then when you see what He sends, you won’t be shocked.  That's because you have been preparing for the right thing.

     I think of how a family did this.  The father was an Air Force pilot during the first war in Iraq.  One day after his 300th mission, he was surprised because he was told to immediately to pull his crew together and fly his plane home.  So they flew across the ocean to Massachusetts and then made the long drive to western Pennsylvania where his family was.  They drove all night, and finally his buddies dropped him off at his driveway just after sun-up.

     What was amazing was that there was a big banner across the garage.  It said, "Welcome Home, Dad!  But his family had no way of knowing.  No one had called.  In fact, the crew themselves had not expected to leave so quickly.  So the man was astounded when he walked into the house and the kids were dressed and ready to go to school.  When they saw him, they screamed, "Daddy!" 

      Then his wife came running down the hall.  She looked terrific.  Hair fixed.  Make-up on, and a crisp yellow dress.  He asked her, “How did you know I was on my way home?”  She said, "I didn't."  Then she began to cry, overwhelmed with joy.  "We knew you'd be home one of these days.  We also knew you'd try to surprise us, so we were ready every day."

What would your sign say?

     Ready every day.  Does that describe how we are in believing for what we desire?  We have faith for what we need to come to us so we've got the welcome sign out?  What would your sign say?

     "Welcome home health, I've missed you.”

     Maybe your sign says, "I'm glad to have you back, dear one."

     Another sign reads, "Hello, finances, you’re back in my pocket, in my business; I've been expecting you."

     "Hey, it's great to have you here, my answer to the problem!"

     "I have the carpet rolled out for you, heart's desire."

How do we put out our welcome sign?

     The way we put out our welcome sign is through our heart and mind.  We're saying with our faith that we're preparing for something greater.  We are ready!  If we haven’t been doing that, we can change and get prepared.

     You remember how a woman in the Bible did this when she needed desperately to receive something greater in her life.  She was a widow living in Zarephath.  She had a young son and the two of them were in a very bad way, because the land had been experiencing drought and famine.  She did not have out a banner of expectation.  Their needs were not being met physically or emotionally or materially.  So this widow had prepared for her and her son’s lives to be over.

     But God sent the prophet Elijah to her to bring something better.  A miracle.  However, she had to be prepared for the miracle first.  First Kings 17 describes how Elijah called her and said, Bring me a little water in a vessel, that I may drink.  Also, bring me a morsel of bread in your hand.

     That's when she told him about that she had made preparation to take the last handful of meal that she had left and the little bottle of oil that she had and she was going to bake it for herself and her son.  After that they were going to eat it and die.  That was the preparation she had made.

     So she was definitely not preparing for a miracle.  We have to be so careful that we don't prepare for the wrong thing because we have looked at our resources or abilities or how the circumstances appear around us, and we don't see any answers.  The disappointment is so large in front of us.  Are we getting ourselves ready for the circumstances to end in a bad way?  Or do we believe God has prepared a miracle for us?

     As we get ourselves ready for it and stay ready for it every day, the day will come!  It will show up at the door one day, just as that soldier walked through the front door of their home and his family had been expecting him every day.

Do you need a little help with your hope today?

     Maybe you need a little help with your hope today in getting prepared for what God has for us.  When Elijah heard the widow’s answer, he knew she needed some help with her hope.  He had to help her change her words and thinking so that she could be prepared for THE MIRACLE God wanted to do.

     So he told her, Fear not; (which is the first thing we have to stop doing.  Being afraid.  Then he instructed her,) go and do as you have said.  But make me a little cake of it first and bring it to me, and afterward PREPARE some for yourself and your son.  For thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: The jar of meal shall not waste away or the bottle of oil fail until the day that the Lord sends rain on the earth.  She did as Elijah said.  And she and he and her household ate for many days.

     What did he tell her to do?  Prepare.  Give some to me and then take what you need for yourself and your son.  And when she obeyed and gave to the Lord first, it happened just exactly as God had said.  Her meal and oil did not fail until the famine was over.  They had all they needed to eat during that time.  First Corinthians 2 says that What eye has not seen and ear has not heard and has not entered into the heart of man, [all that] God has prepared (made and keeps ready) for those who love Him….  Yet to us God has unveiled and revealed them by and through His Spirit….

     God has prepared so much for your life.  Miracles.  Now get ready for those miracles.  Be ready to receive.  He wants to give you more than what you have right now.  Something better.  Something greater.  Get your heart, mind, and spirit ready for it.  Then expect to receive it.

 

OUR PRAYER FOR YOU.

      Oh Lord, help us do that today.  Help us to prepare for the miracle You have for this dear friend.  You’ve got it ready and so we get our faith ready.  Our mind is set that it's going to happen.

     We're reaching out with our spirit and touching You.  You are revealing to us by your Holy Spirit what is being prepared for their life.  And we accept it as possible.  We prepare our faith.  Out of our mouth comes praise and thanksgiving for what You are making ready for them.

     And at this moment we pray especially for what they need.  We set our faith for health and restoration.  Deliverance and help in every area.  You increase their abilities, show them answers, bring resolutions to issues.  Help them to conquer what’s trying to bind them.

      Everything comes together to bring about the desire You've placed in their heart.  Nothing is impossible with You so we're prepared to receive a miracle.  In the name of Jesus.  Amen.

 

Now we need to come together in prayer and prepare for your miracle!

     You are getting prepared.  Feel it in your spirit?  Now get ready to receive.  God's Spirit is inspiring your faith.  You’re getting set for something greater to come to you.  Let us know today what you're believing for.  John and I believe in the power of joining our faith together.

     As soon as we hear from you, we’ll pray.  Then we’ll send you a letter that we believe will speak directly to your spirit of what God wants to do.  So let us hear from you right away by clicking here and it will come directly to us.  Jeanne Alcott

 

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He gives you this opportunity because not only does He use your gifts to do tremendous work in people's lives, but He also promises to do the same for you.  You're walking into something greater when you give to God's work.  That's according to His Word.  So we encourage you to join the few people who are a part of this ministry.  Then watch the Lord bless your obedience.

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     Supernatural

        Supply!

    Jeanne Alcott

 

     Have you experienced going to a store and when you got there, much of the shelves were empty?  Sometimes that can happen when there’s an upcoming storm.  Or if you are from a different part of the country, maybe a hurricane has been reported coming.  That’s when people start to panic and think they’ll be housebound and not able to get groceries and other supplies.  So they start stocking up.

     This type of thing happened quite a bit when COVID was at its height and when supply chains were affected.  I can tell you from experience, it gives you an eerie feeling to walk in and see empty shelves.  That’s the kind of thing you would see in a sci-fi movie that is trying to portray the end of the world.  The supply is gone and you have a need.

     Thank goodness that is only true for natural resources.  And thank goodness, you are not bound by those.  You are not bound by the amount of natural resources available.  That’s because you have access to a supernatural supply.  You have financial freedom because you have God’s financial supply.  You are living for God, and you’re walking in His ways, so you never have to worry about not having a supply.

 

Heaven’s shelves are not empty.

     On one side you have a store with empty shelves, and on the other side you have God’s shelves that always have a supply.  That means that in the natural when you have a need, God just pulls off His supernatural shelf what you need.  Then He gives it to you as you pray and believe He can in fact provide it.  That’s what gives you freedom.  You are not bound by fear but you’re free because you believe in God’s ability to supply.

     So many times we can see Him produce a supernatural supply when in the natural there’s just nothing.  There’s nothing we can do will cause the answer to come.  There’s a story from history that parallels what God does for us.  This is where George Washington and the revolution army were.  In the natural there was nothing to feed them.  The shelves were empty.

 

You know the story….

     You know the story of how Washington and his troops were spending the winter encamped at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania.  Just fifteen miles away, the British troops had taken the city of Philadelphia and they were warm from the cold, and supplied by the resources in the city.  But the troops of Washington were freezing and starving.  Congress was unable to get supplies to them.

     So as Washington viewed the conditions—freezing cold, the snow, the scarcity of food and the morale of the men—he did what he always did.  He prayed.  One of his officers recorded how on every occasion he could, the General sought God’s blessing, and when no chaplain was present, he would call together his staff officers and raise his voice in prayer.

     This was one of those times.  He had to believe God had supernatural supply if He wanted this country to be born and stand for His principles, the principles of the Word.  You know sometimes you have to come to that point with God in your prayers.  “God, if this is what You have for my life, if this is what You want me to do, then it’s up to You now.  I have to have some supernatural help.  So I’m waiting to see You provide.”  Talk to Him that way.  That’s showing that you depend on Him and you believe in what He can do.  That’s what came out of the heart of George Washington in that prayer.

 

The shad started to move.

     Now here’s what history records happened.  There was an unexpected warming of the weather one day.  It wasn’t time for spring so it was very unnatural.  But the feeling of spring confused the shad fish and made them think it was time to make their run up the Delaware River.

     So all the shad started to move up the river.  Because there were so many, some of them started swimming up into streams and other rivers.  That’s when they came into a river near Washington’s camp.  One day the troops near the Schuylkill River noticed a disturbance in the water.  As if it was boiling.  It turned out to be thousands of shad.

     Some people recorded them as being prodigious in number.  That means it was abnormal.  This just wasn’t normal.  Thank goodness God doesn’t have to operate by the “normal,” the natural.  He can do the supernatural.  Some of the troops even described the number of fish as being the proportions that were seen in Bible times.

     The place where they appeared was perfect for catching them.  It wasn’t very deep.  What do you think the soldiers did?  They waded into that river with whatever they could grab.  Pitchforks.  Shovels.  Nets.

     By the time they were finished catching fish, that army had all the food supply they needed.  They even were able to use salt to store some of them for the future.  After the miracle was over, Washington wrote a praise to the One who had given them His care and goodness.  He said it relieved their difficulties and distresses.

     In other words, he knew the source.  He knew the source when he was praying.  They had no finances and no food, but he understood God’s financial supply was supernatural.  So God changed the weather and caused thousands of fish to come to these starving troops.

     Makes you wonder if Washington was thinking about the times in the Bible when God did this very thing.  He knew he was capable and willing to supply.  He could give a God-type of supply.

 

That’s what God has for you.

     A GOD-TYPE OF SUPPLY.

     This is what the man Peter and his fishing partners received.  Luke chapter 5 tells the story of how they couldn’t catch a thing.  They were empty-handed just as the troops of Washington were.  But Jesus got into their boat and taught them how to put their nets out in the right place at the right time.

     When they obeyed and expected, they caught so many fish it filled both the boats.  The boats were almost swamped, the catch was so big.

     Then there’s the time after Jesus had been crucified and raised from the dead, and the disciples were out by themselves in the boat trying to fish again and catching nothing.  But from the shore, Jesus appeared and spoke to them.  He instructed them to put the net off the right side of the boat.  Again, when they obeyed and expected, all of a sudden there were so many fish, they weren’t strong enough to pull in the full net.  (Ref. John 21.)

     Each of those times, when people were facing desperate conditions, and natural supplies were failing them, they tapped into God’s supernatural supply.  I know, moments can get pretty desperate for us.  There is something we need and we don’t see any way to make it happen.

     There are many things that people today are concerned about.  I was reading that one of the top financial concerns of people is having enough money for retirement.  This is one of the things that people worry about the most.

 

Tap into the supernatural supply.

     Instead of having to worry about the future, you can pray for God to show you how to tap into His supernatural supply so your needs will be provided.  He will teach you the way to have them met now and also in the future.  His Word promises He teaches you how to profit.

     I mean, if someone were to say to you, “Hey, I can teach you how to profit in your life.  I can show you the way to take,” what would you say to that person?  You would probably want to hear what they had to say.

     God says to you in Isaiah 48, I am the Lord your God, Who teaches you to profit, Who leads you in the way you should go.  (Ref. Isaiah 48:17.)  Another version says He’s the God who teaches you how to live well.  He doesn’t teach you how to be poor and pitiful.  He teaches you how to profit by the supernatural supply He can give.  He wants you to live well in Him.  In every facet of your life.

     So whatever need you’re facing now, know that you can enter into God’s supernatural supply of provision.

 

OUR PRAYER FOR YOU.

       God, we’re going to do as the people did in the Bible and as Washington did.  We’re praying for a supernatural supply to come to my friend.  We believe for You to supply whatever type of need they have.

       Answer their need and do it by taking the supply off the shelves of heaven.  Then put it right into their life.  That’s what You want them to envision.  Your big hand is reaching up and taking off the shelf what they need.

        Your Word says, “Behold, the Lord’s hand is not so short that it cannot save.”  (Ref. Isaiah 59:1.)  So Your hand is going to save them.  Oh, thank You, God.  You are promising to save them out of this need.  You’re getting the supply and putting it into their conditions, because they are obeying and expecting.  Yes, we’re obeying You by praying and believing.  Now we’re expecting to see the answer come.  We praise You for meeting every need they have.  In the name of Jesus.  Amen.

 

We are ready to pray for you to have God’s supernatural supply come into your life!

     I believe we are seeing the Word of God come to life.  It’s happening.  He is responding and pulling out of His supernatural supply to get it ready to come to you.

      So we are going to continue to stand in faith.  No matter what we see, the need and how big it is, we know our God is bigger.  John and I are here to believe and pray for you until you see His supply come.  We want to pray for you in a personal way.  We do that as soon as you share what’s going on in your needs.

     Share with us what kind of need you have.  As soon as we receive it, we will lay our hands on it and begin to pray in faith.  We will intercede.  Then we’ll write to you because we will share words that come from God’s Spirit to minister to you.

     So we encourage you to get in touch with us right away by clicking here it will come directly to us.  Jeanne Alcott

 

 

SPECIAL NOTE:

     Now, we want to give you the opportunity to see God’s financial principle work for you.  The principle of giving and receiving.

     As you give to Him, He promises to perform wonderful miracles with your gift.  He will help people and raise them up through His work in this ministry.  Then He will perform miracles in your life.  What a giving God!

     You see, we show Him our devotion and obedience by giving a portion of our income to Him.  Then we receive more.  In Psalm 126 it says that when we are having difficulty, we can enter into a time of joy after we give.  That scripture says, Those who go out weeping, carrying seed to sow, will return with songs of joy, carrying [the harvest] with them.

     You may be in the weeping stage right now—the stage where things are not going well.  But when you carry your seed to God and sow it in His work, you’re going to be singing songs of joy.  Why?  Because that verse said the seed will grow into a harvest and you’ll come home with it in your hands.  You’ll be dancing and singing in joy.

     So as you join John and me now in giving, expect to receive your harvest of joy in the name of the Lord.                                                                          

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