How Can It

 Ever Happen 

 

       Now?

         

  Jeanne Alcott

 

 

    You know how it is to have set in your mind the way you’re going to accomplish something.  You’ve got it all set.  You know how to make this happen and you go for it.  Then it doesn’t happen.

    So you’re standing there scratching your head wondering what went wrong.  You had this all figured out.  You knew it was God’s will and it was going to happen.  But now what?  You don’t understand.  You don’t get it.

    Those are the times that we don’t have to be concerned that it didn’t happen the way we expected.  But we can rest in the fact that God can accomplish His will a different way.

    One thing is for sure: we can depend on the fact that God will accomplish His will for us, even if it isn’t the way that we understood.  That shouldn’t concern us.  Just trust Him and now that He will see to it that everything works out the best.  That’s what He promises in Isaiah chapter 54.  As we serve God, we can expect Him to fulfill His promise that everything will work out for the best.

It will work out for the best.

    This is what a young man named Chris came to understand.  He could trust God to accomplish His will even if it was different than what he imagined.  Chris was in high school in Georgia and as he was attending school, he had a great dream of being able to someday share the gospel with every student in the high school.

    He didn’t know how God could accomplish that but that was his dream.  What made it extra tough was that he competed in ice skating.  So that meant many hours of practice, which meant he didn’t have much time to develop many friendships or to witness.  But he knew there was a way that his desire to witness to every student in school could be fulfilled.

    Then he met the boy named Mark.  Mark had a very tough upbringing.  His parents had separated and he had been staying with his mother in Miami.  But he was troubled and so turned to alcohol and drugs and started failing in school.

    By the time he was in high school, his mother had given up on him and sent him to stay with his dad.  That’s when he ended up at the same school as Chris.  As he started school there, he had a bad attitude and tried to make the other students think he was tough.  But when Chris met him, he felt drawn to help him.  So they became friends in spite of the way Mark behaved.

    Then one night they were listening to some music and Mark opened up about what made him mad at the world.  So Chris told him about how much God cared for him and how Christ died for him.  He got Mark to agree to go to church with him and join his youth group the next Sunday.  So they were buddies all that year.  Then Chris graduated and went to college, but Mark had one more year in high school.

    Chris knew he never had the chance to tell all the students about God as he had desired.  He wondered if he had missed God’s will.  How could God still accomplish His will now?  It wasn’t until the next year that he saw how God could do this.

    As his friend, Mark, was completing his final year, he was invited to speak to the whole student body during an assembly.  The purpose of this assembly was to have other students tell their stories about the car accidents they had had just before a spring break.  They did this so it would warn all students to be careful driving during spring break.

    So after all the other speakers told about their wrecks and injuries, Mark stood up and gave his story.  But what he said was unexpected.  He told how when he first came to that high school he hated everything and everybody.  Because of his anger he had turned to alcohol and drugs.  Then he told about his friend Chris.  He had invited him to his house and explained how Jesus had died on the cross for him.  He could be forgiven.  That night he prayed and everything was changed.

    He said even though he still has challenges, he doesn’t have to face them by himself.  Then he ended by saying if anyone had questions he would be happy to talk to them afterwards.

    When Mark put down the mic and walked away, the entire student body stood and applauded and cheered.  But it was what his friend Chris had done that was really being cheered.  His belief that God wanted him to witness to every student in school had been accomplished.  He didn’t understand why he had graduated without seeing it done, but now every student had heard the gospel because Chris had shared it with Mark.  So God’s will was accomplished for Chris just in a different way.

    What is it to us if God wants to choose a different way to accomplish His will?  If we get the same result, the same blessing, the same fulfillment, the same deliverance or restoration, the main point is that God’s will is done.

It still can happen.

    When we don’t see something being accomplished for us or through us, we can still have hope it CAN be done.  God may just have a different way.  Just as Chris saw his heart’s desire accomplished a different way than he thought, the same can happen for us.

    So when we don’t see our desire being fulfilled, we don’t have to get down and discouraged and think that it didn’t happen this way so it isn’t going to happen at all.  Oh I tell you, it can set you free to realize that just because it didn’t happen this way, doesn’t mean it won’t happen at all.  It can still happen.  You can see God’s will accomplished.  Have hope.  Encouragement.  Praise God.  Allow praises to come up out of your heart and spirit to Him.

    Realize that He is still working.  He wants you to hear that right now.  He is still working.  This thing isn’t done.  It isn’t finished.  It isn’t over.  The Lord your God is doing something about it.  He’s working.  It’s just going to be accomplished in a different way than you imagined.

    So you can rejoice and then you wait.  REJOICE AND WAIT.  Just know that it’s going to come about.  So wait with expectation and faith even when you don’t understand.  Even when you don’t get what’s going on.  You know how it is when you don’t get what’s going on?  Well even in that time, you can have expectation and hope of what God is doing.

When it’s tough to wait with faith.

    Now you want to talk about when it would be tough to do that?  To wait with faith?  That’s the way it was for the man Elisha.  His city of Samaria was under siege by an enemy so it was experiencing a terrible famine.  Inflation was bad and caused a heavy burden on the people.  They were doing abnormal things just to try to survive.  It was devastating.

    But Elisha knew God could cause the famine to cease and food would be affordable and the living expenses would come down in a drastic way.  But to the King and the people, that all seemed impossible.  That’s when Elisha received a word from God.  He announced to the people the famine was over.  In 24 hours, they would have plenty of food and so much of it that it would be cheap.  People would be in the marketplace once again buying and selling.

    But that seemed impossible.  There was just one way that could happen.  They had to have an army that could defeat the enemy and remove the siege on Samaria.  And that didn’t exist.  So they were caught.  No help and no hope.

No help and no hope?

    We can feel that way.  No help and no hope.

    But you see the Israelites were putting a limit on the way God could answer their need.  One of the people who wouldn’t believe what Elisha said was the attendant to the King.  His comment was, You expect us to believe that?  Trap doors opening in the sky and food tumbling out?  (Ref.  II Kings 7:2 MSG.)

    Come on, that’s crazy.  See, he didn’t understand.  He didn’t get it.  So Elisha said that because he did not believe, he would not receive.  He would not even get a taste of the miracle food that was coming.  Even though we don’t understand, we should still believe.

    So God used four men who were lepers to cause His will to be done.  Those four lepers decided to go to the enemy camp to ask for some food.  But as they marched toward the camp, God caused a mighty sound to be heard by the enemy.  It put them in such a panic that they ran away as fast as they could.  That meant all of their food and supplies and resources and weapons—everything stayed in the camp.

    When the people of Samaria discovered what happened, they rushed into the camp and everyone took plenty of food and everything they needed.  God’s Word was fulfilled.  What a way to accomplish His will!  Four lepers going toward a camp and God causing the sound of their footsteps to be as a mighty army about to wipe out the enemy!  But the point is His will was accomplished.

    It wasn’t accomplished by an army of Israelites as they thought it had to be, but by an army of angelic hosts who were activated by four lepers.

    Today you can get excited, because the Lord has so many different ways that He can meet the needs you have.

    So many different ways that He can fulfill that desire in your heart.

    He can take care of the problem.

    Change the conditions.

    Oh!  There isn’t anything He can’t do.  Just don’t try to tie Him down to the way His will is accomplished for you.  Have hope and faith.  Even when you don’t understand.  Even when you don’t get it.  Have faith so that you can see His will done.

  

A PRAYER FOR YOU.

     Dear God, this is so tremendous!  I can feel Your Spirit moving in the life of my friend.  Something is happening!  May not be the way they imagined it and it isn’t the way they thought they would see it happen, but IT’S HAPPENING!  Hallelujah!

     The need is being wiped out.  A miracle is about to burst onto the scene.  That desire deep in their heart won’t be trashed, but it is going to be raised up, fulfilled, come to pass.

    Even though the enemy has tried to take away their hope and rob them of what could be done, he did not succeed.  That’s because You came to them this day and showed their heart what Your heart is.  They know Your heart is to take care of them, fulfill them, to cause great things to be done in their life.

     So we’re taking hold of Your heart now.  We believe that we will see all that You’re doing.  The beauty of it will be awesome.  So we praise You for it now.  In the name of Jesus.  Amen.

 

Prayer Request:
When it looks bad, God is saying, “Huh uh.  No way.”  Something good IS going to happen.  Let’s pray and believe it.

    God is really speaking to your heart.  He’s telling you that what you wanted to see accomplished IS HAPPENING!  I know circumstances may have tried to convince you that what’s in your heart is going to be trashed.  But God is saying, “Huh uh.  No way.”  He’s going to raise it up and fulfill it.

    So now we need to show Him we believe His word to you.  He’s revealed His heart to you and shown you what He has for you.  We’re going to stand in faith until it comes to pass.

    It’s important that you share with us how we can pray for you.  That’s what God has called us to do.  We pray over and intercede in behalf of everyone who contacts us.  Then we want to write to you because God gives us words of anointing to share.  So be sure to get in touch soon by clicking here it will come directly to us.

 

SPECIAL NOTE: When you give, you will be blessed bountifully in many ways!

     Now, John and I want to express from our hearts how grateful we are to you for your giving.  That’s because we see what happens with every dollar you give.  People are transformed and helped and delivered.  Much encouragement and hope and expectation come out of this ministry to people.  You make that possible because of your giving.

     Proverbs 22 says that when you have a bountiful eye, you shall be blessed.  A bountiful eye means you see the need and you give into God’s work.  When you do that, you’re going to be blessed.  And be blessed in a bountiful way.  (Ref. Proverbs 22:9.)  That’s God’s promise.  So that’s what John and I expect for your life now as you join us in giving into Alcott Ministries.

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

 

           

 
 

 

  How To Have

   Peace No 

 

 Matter What!

         

  Jeanne Alcott

 

 

   You may agree that there are few things more desirable than to live in peace.  Yet, there are times it escapes us.  No matter how deep we are in the Lord or how good of a Christian we see ourselves, we know just by living life that we won’t feel peaceful all the time.

   I mean, when you think about the spiritual definition of peace we don’t think there’s any way we can feel that way 100% of the time.  The definition of peace is to be in serene confidence, free from fears, not to be agitated or have conflicts.

   It can be a challenge.  That’s why we have to be conscious of what we need to do in order to have peace in our life.  Then we can have peace no matter what.  Second Thessalonians chapter 3 verse 16 starts out by saying the Lord of peace.

   It’s important that He called Himself that so that we know it's a part of His character and therefore it's a part of our character!  Yes, peace is a part of you.  God is the Lord of peace and He is in you.  So you can truly have it in spite of the circumstances you're facing right now.

   That scripture says the Lord of peace will grant you His peace at all times and in all ways, under all circumstances and conditions, whatever comes.   (Ref. II Thessalonians 3:16.)  That is His promise, plain and simple and yet powerful.  The Lord grants us His peace at all times, in all ways, under ever kind of circumstance we face or condition in which we're living or what we experience.  Whatever comes!  It will be there for us.

Oh, thank goodness it’s over.

   Now we have to make sure that we have it.  We take it.  Use it.  Recognize that this kind of calm and confidence are in us.  We can be relaxed and happy knowing we will be taken care of by God.  And He wants us like this in spite of the storm, not only after it's over.  Have you ever gone through a trial or disappointment and after it was over it was like you breathed a sigh of relief.  Your mind and heart were able to relax.  Oh, thank goodness it's over! you thought.  Well, God is saying that we can be at that point before it's over.

   It's like a poem I read about how the disciples were during the storm they were experiencing on the sea.  It says…

     "Exhausted and frightened, they battled the rain,
      The wind, the waves, enduring the strain,
      Till finally their nerves could stand it no more;
      And their strength was almost gone and their muscles were sore.
      But up on the mountain Jesus could see,
      Every white capping wave on the rough Galilee.
      And treading the billows like a carpet of sod,
      He came to their aid with the power of God.
      They worshiped Him then, with rejoicing and awe
      For the marvels He did and the wonders they saw.
      But better to praise Him with the storm at its worst;
      By remembering His power and promises first."

   In other words, the praise should have preceded the power.  There's nothing better that shows God we have peace than to praise Him before we see evidence of His power.  The disciples didn't have peace at that time therefore they had to live with the extreme fear from the storm, which caused them to be exhausted.  Their strength was gone.  Now, we can identify with how they feel.  Nerves can't stand it anymore.  Our strength seems gone.  We're sore from trying to battle what's coming against us.

   So, we have to make a decision:  do we want to live like that—nervous, tired, fearful.  And we all know what it's like to feel that way.  There's no way we want to live that way.  So we're going to decide to have peace no matter what!  God has promised that He's given it to us.  His very own peace.  So that we can stay calm, relaxed, and let Him be our source of happiness and joy during that time.  Power will operate in our lives.  We give thanks to God for how He has promised to preserve us.

   When we feel surrounded by issues or challenges, that's not the time to panic.  If we do, that actually puts us in a position for something worse.  We need to really think of that when we start to give in to frustration or fear or hurt.  We're putting ourselves in a worse spot.  If we decide to have peace no matter what, we're positioning ourselves so that God can move in our behalf.

When the bees are buzzing around you.

   Here's a good way to look at this.  There's a professional photographer by the name of Eric Valli.  And he tells the story about how he decided to go to Nepal so that he could photograph a very unusual thing that happens there.  In the Himalayan foothills are the world's largest honeybees.  There are natives of that land that lower themselves on a rope to get to the sheltered honeycombs in the cliffs so they can gather the honey.  In order to photograph this, this photographer is hanging by a nylon rope from a 395-foot cliff in Nepal.

   Nearby him on another rope is a man looking for the honey.  He's done this for decades so he knows what he's doing.  As he is in the process of getting this honey, thousands of bees are buzzing around both the men.  Now, that would drive some people crazy.  However, the man who has done this for years is totally calm.

   On the other hand, the photographer feels as though he is going to freak out any moment.  Yet, he knows if he does, he will be dead.  So he says, "I took a deep breath and relaxed.  Getting stung would be better than finding myself at the bottom of the cliff."  He was able to overcome his fears and he won a competition for his efforts.

   When things are buzzing around us, and we’re to the point we feel as though we're going to freak out, remember the alternative.  You don't want to end up at the bottom of the cliff or the bottom of the circumstances.  Just like Eric, take a deep breath.  Relax.  Thank God for His goodness and mercy.  Know that His power is surrounding you.  Praise Him that all things will be taken care of according to His Word.

   The Word says the God of peace preserves you sound and complete.  Faithful is He who is calling you to Himself.  He's trustworthy.  And He will fulfill His call by keeping you.  That promise is in I Thessalonians 5:23, 24.  There's no need to freak out.  Praise Him and thank Him.  Take a deep breath and relax.  Even if you feel as though you're getting stung, have peace.  Recognize that God will preserve and keep you. 

Separate yourself from what takes your peace.

   How will He do that?  As the scripture says, He will help us keep our peace by separating us from those things that are not of Him.  This is a very crucial point to understand about living in peace.  We have to be separated from those things that take away our peace!  The places or habits or people.  Oh hear how important it is.  Don't get involved in things that we shouldn't be.  Don't go there.  Because if we do, if we're saying and doing the wrong things, we're separating ourselves from peace.

   We have to discriminate what is right for our life.  Distinguish that.  Know what's good for us and what's wrong for us.  Or even if something is good in of itself perhaps too much of it is not.  If we're going to experience confidence and freedom from fear and live in a peaceful state, we may have to separate ourselves from some things.  That's simply a requirement of God's.

   We cannot expect Him to preserve and keep us if we're not putting ourselves in the spot for Him to do that.  But when we separate ourselves from what would pull us away from the peace of God, then we can experience it.

   So we give thanks.  We praise Him.  And we separate ourselves from what is wrong for us.  That's when we can have peace no matter what.  And we have to make a tough decision at times to do that.  It's not an easy one when you can't seem to find a right job or the church best for you or the right friend or mate.

   Maybe you're in a place you don't want to be.  If you looked at your finances you would be downright scared.  You've heard the test results and you feel the challenge that's before you.  Or you're listening to those neighbors next door blare their music and talk at the top of their lungs until one o'clock in the morning.  It's happened to me.  Oh, the Christian thoughts I was having!

   But you know, I decided the same thing that you have to decide every day.  We say to ourselves, "They're not going to take my God-given peace from me.  I believe and trust that He will keep me.  Preserve me.  He'll take care of what is bothering me.  I praise Him before the storm is over.  Because of that, not only will I survive, but I will experience joy and peace during the storm.  I praise Him and thank Him and separate myself from those wrong thoughts and emotions.  I am totally God's.  I belong to Him.  He will not desert me.  He is faithful to fulfill His Word to me.  Amen."
 

A PRAYER FOR YOU.

 Father, I know You are pleased today as we have made a determination to have peace no matter what.  Your peace.  That's what You've placed on the inside of us, and that's what's going to come out!  In spite of the storm or bad report or challenges in front of us.

So, WITH PEACE my friend and I come before You for their needs to be met.  We give You thanks and praise for the way You are working to bring Your will to pass.  And it is Your will that we ask for.  Your protection, provision, and healing.  Your deliverance from harassment, and resolution to the issues.  Even though the storm rages or the bees are buzzing around them, they will not freak out.  No, they're living in confidence.  Serene confidence.  No fear.  They are quiet in the spirit.  Quiet before You as You fill them with Your joy and rest.  Thank You, Lord!

As they have peace no matter what, they will witness the great and glorious fulfillment of Your will for their life.  How we praise You for this in the name of Jesus.  Amen.

Believe God will preserve you.

     God Almighty is speaking to your spirit today.  I know you're facing some tough issues.  But as we join together and we praise Him, He is going to preserve you.  I believe that and encourage you to share with us what's personally happening in your life or with someone you love.

     God has called us to join you in a powerful agreement of prayer.  Then He gives us scriptures and words to write back to you.  So let us hear from you soon by clicking here.

SPECIAL NOTE: Just think of the people who will thank you in heaven!

     Now, we want the dear listeners who give to support this work and pray for us to know how important you are to this ministry and to God.  He sees the sacrifices you make so that His word of power can go out.  And He is faithful and just to fulfill His Word to bless you because of that.

     Then just think of the people that you will meet someday either here on earth or in heaven who have been helped because you cared.  So, we expect great blessings to come to you.

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

 

           

 
 

 

     Escape

    the Pain!

         

  Jeanne Alcott

 

 

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

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

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

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

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

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

 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

We feel alone in what we’re facing.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

 

A PRAYER FOR YOU.

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

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

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

 

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

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

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

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

 

SPECIAL NOTE: You are a part of this victory!

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

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

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

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

 

           

 
 

 

       Grace To

       Be Well!

         

     Jeanne Alcott

 

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

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

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

Approved or Not Approved Stamp.

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

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

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

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

Jesus Gave Us This Message.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Every One of Them Cured!

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

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

 

A PRAYER FOR YOU.

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

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

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

The amazing grace of God can fall on you.

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

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

 

SPECIAL NOTE: Accept this blessing!

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

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

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

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

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

 

           

 
 

 

         Believe

        for a Big

        Answer!

         

     Jeanne Alcott

 

 

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

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

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

I’m going fishing.

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

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

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

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

Don’t settle for a small God!

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

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

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

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

Mama said, “I’ll be praying for you.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

God gives much more.

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

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

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

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

 

A PRAYER FOR YOU.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

 

Take Him at His Word.

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

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

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

 

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

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

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