Get Your Fresh

       Anointing.

    Jeanne Alcott

     I would like you to think about the times when you have felt you needed something new to happen in your life.  You might describe it as though you felt stale or dry; you simply needed something fresh in your life.

     Don’t we all have that feeling at some point in time.  It's as though we've lost our enthusiasm and vibrancy.  The vision for our future seems to be clouded and we feel sluggish in what we are able to do and see happen in our lives.  We may even feel a little sluggish in our minds and bodies.

     That is when we need a fresh anointing from God.  A fresh anointing!  We need Him to touch us with a newness inside.  Inspire and motivate us to live a life that believes in and sees miracles happen.  We produce good things for ourselves and for those around us.

     It's terrible when we feel as if we don't want to keep doing what we're doing.  We don't want to keep having faith, keep believing.  We don’t want to go to the job or raise those kids.  We don't want to handle finances or do our everyday responsibilities.  We grow tired of ministering to those around us and giving out of ourselves.  We begin to feel drained and stale.

     If you are human, you will have those kinds of times.  However, we can overcome those valleys by getting a fresh anointing from the Lord.  Now what do I mean exactly when I say fresh anointing?

Can we lose our anointing?

     Is it that we can lose the anointing we received when we became a Christian?  Well, to answer that, let’s first start by establishing that every believer in Jesus Christ does in fact have an anointing.

     First John 2 and many other scriptures establish that.  But we’re also told in verse 27 of 1 John 2 that our anointing is permanent in us as a Christian.  Listen to that verse. The anointing (the sacred appointment, the unction) which you received from Him abides permanently in you.  Anointing means we possess all the capacity, the power and ability that we need.  The Holy Spirit has given us an endowment for our gifts, talents, and abilities to be expressed.  We have everything we need in order to use those for God's glory.

     However, sometimes we need that anointing to be refreshed.  I'm not talking about that the anointing has left us or that God needs to give us a brand-new anointing.  But rather, our power and abilities may have grown dormant.  The expression of those have grown dormant.  It’s as though we are dry and need some fresh water.

     Well, we can get that living water from the Spirit who is within us.  He can bring back to us enthusiasm and vibrancy.  He can give us back the edge in life.  A fresh anointing can cause our mental capabilities to be sharper; it can give us a heightened spiritual awareness; it causes our body and our emotions to be in sync.  It really accelerates us in life!

     Oh, thank God for that fresh anointing that can come to us.  Without it, instead of life being interesting, it's dull.  Instead of being energized, we are weary.  Instead of being stimulated with new ideas, we are unimaginative.  There's no inspiration.  Things seem tedious and monotonous.

     We come to the point where we desire so much to have things be fresh and new and original.  Well, you don't get more original than God, the Creator.  If you want your life to change and to have freshness, you're going to have to go to the Original Originator!  He is the One who can cause an anointing to absolutely explode with greater capacity for your life.  He's someone who can keep us from going stale, if we allow Him.

      He wants to bring alive within us that Spirit that dwells within us.  We have tremendous power built in us.  It's built into our spirit.  When God created our spirit, He built in tremendous power.  And that power is activated through the anointing of the Holy Spirit.  So if we don't feel enough "life" in us, in other words, if we feel stale and need something to get us going again, it's got to come from the anointing in us.  That's how the power is activated

     The Spirit dwells in us.  It's through Him that we're able to express all God has given us and use it for His glory.  But if we are not continually refreshed, then we lose the ability to do that.  Ephesians 4:23 tells us to be constantly renewed in the spirit of your mind [having a fresh mental and spiritual attitude].

     Through God's Word, we have to constantly renew the spirit of our mind.  That means that we keep our mind and attitude filled with the things of God.  They're continually being refreshed.  So we go around with a fresh mental and spiritual attitude.  We don't get rusty in our ability to have God's love and joy and wisdom and goodness flow out of us.  If we are not continually renewing the spirit of our mind, then we definitely will get rusty.

 

The machine breaks down without oil.

     The minister, D. L. Moody, once said, "I don't believe that a person breaks down...with hard work, so much as with using the machinery without oil, without lubrication.  It is not the hard work that breaks down people, but it is the toil of working without power."  A person breaks down because they're using their machinery without oil.  The lubrication is not there.  We're going and going and going, and pretty soon we'll be gone!  We must allow ourselves to be refreshed by the oil of the Spirit.

     The anointing oil was always a symbol of the Holy Spirit in the Bible.  We need that spiritual oil on the inside of us to make sure that we don't get rusty.  Allow the Holy Spirit to oil us with His precious anointing oil flowing down through us.  We allow Him to move within our lives, and to guide and govern us.  Then as He pours that oil down through the inside of us, it will take care of all of the rust that has set in.  It stops the creaking and causes us to be able to have fluid motions.

     I mean, can you just imagine yourself being very fluid in being able to express yourself and to move out in the new areas that God is moving on you to do?  How exciting that is!  How can we possibly go stale and rusty, if we allow the supernatural oil of the Holy Spirit to wake us up?  Sometimes we need that wake-up call.

     You know that's what God had to do to the prophet Samuel one time.  (Ref. I Samuel 15, 16.)  Samuel was grieving because the man he had anointed to be king over Israel had failed.  Saul had turned from the Lord in disobedience.  So, Samuel had gone home and was grieving over the whole situation.  He was so unhappy about it.

     There are times we can have a problem happen or have a bad encounter with someone and sometimes we feel like emotionally sitting over in the corner being sad about it.  We just can't get it out of our system.

     Well, God was ready for Samuel to go on.  He didn't want him to allow his anointing to become stale or dormant.  He knew that Samuel had to get up and get going again or that's what would happen.  He had to shake him out of that attitude and refresh him so he could go on with the anointing that was on his life.

     Therefore the Lord came to Samuel and said, How long will you mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel?  Fill your horn with oil; I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite.  For I have provided for Myself a king among his sons.  (Ref. I Samuel 16:1).

     "How long will you sit over in the corner, Samuel, being sorry about what happened with Saul?  You get out from there and fill your horn with oil."  In other words, He was telling him to get his anointing going.  Get out and do what He had been called to do.  There were greater works for Samuel to perform; God had new experiences for him to have.  It wasn't time for Samuel to sit down in his anointing and not get up.  His next job was that he was going to anoint a new king and it would be David, the greatest king Israel would ever have.

 

God has a job for us to do with our anointing.

     You see, sometimes we may feel as though we want to back away because we're so sorry about something that's happened in our life.  But God is saying that the greatest work that He has for us to do is still to be done.  We can't afford to let our anointing go dormant.  He has blessings and promises and experiences for us.  Yes, He has a job for us to do with our anointing.

     He's telling us to get up and fill our horn with anointing oil.  Get our spirit full of the Holy Spirit and get going.  Let the oil of the Holy Spirit keep flowing!  Believe that we will see our desires fulfilled and God's will done.

     We must allow Him to take what's been dormant and make it active again.  Every part of our mind and our attitude that's been sluggish, discouraged, or bored now becomes fresh and alive.  As I said earlier, that's when our mental capabilities become sharper and our spiritual awareness is heightened.  Everything gets in sync so that we can flow in the spiritual energy that God has provided for us.

     Oh my, don't you want a fresh anointing to come into your life today?  God wants to pour His oil over your life and bring you a fresh anointing that will invigorate you to be victorious in everything you do.  Move out in a greater anointing and realize all that He has for you.  Get a fresh anointing!

 

We want to pray about the anointing on your life and your needs.

     Let’s come into a prayer of agreement and see God do great things in your life.  You may be to a point that you want to throw your hands up in exasperation.  It feels as if it's more than you can handle...or at least want to handle.  But thank God He sees your plight, and He has called us to come together with our faith to change the outcome of the circumstances.  So I want you to believe you will see a difference as we pray.

     Contact us by clicking here.  After we pray, we will write to you and fill the letter full of encouraging words from God.  Great things can come as you do this—we believe it!  We’re ready to minister to you now!  Jeanne and John

 

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 Leave Fear
   Behind.
Move Ahead!

Jeanne Alcott

     Is fear holding you back?  Holding you back from experiencing the tremendous help and blessings God has for you?  Fear can take control of your emotions and cause you to back away from what you can do.

     A journalist once said that “fear of risk is killing the American spirit.”  He writes about how people overreact to bad things that happen in the nation and that causes them not to step out to do what is right and good.  He makes the point that the Mayflower was not seaworthy yet those pilgrims were willing to make the journey in it to help form this nation.

     When you think about our personal lives, we can see how fear tries to cause us to refuse to explore what God can do.  But when you are free of fear, imagine how you can discover the possibilities.

     Think of what can happen if we don’t fear to pray for a bigger miracle.

     We don’t fear giving to God when it stretches our finances and believe He will multiply it.

     We aren’t intimidated to witness to someone and see them accept Christ.

     We defend truth, stand up for what we believe.

     We do something we’ve wanted to do for years in our life.

     I would hate to see what fear has kept us from doing in the past.  But that doesn’t have to be our future.  The days ahead can be filled with accomplishment and reward and seeing conditions turn around.  Without fear we can have greater happiness and fulfillment and see the kingdom of God advanced in a way such as we have never seen it.

     All of that is taken from us when we’re apprehensive.  But our security is in God.  We know that He will be there for us when we decide we’re ready to discover the possibilities of what He can do.

Get to the point where you say yes.

     God tries to get us to the point that we will say, “Yes, I am leaving fear behind and I’m moving head.”  That’s when we have to decide if we will answer His call to discover or if fear will hold us back.  Will we get the thrill of seeing God move in a wonderful way, or are we going to shrivel up and not see what He can do?  This is to where a woman came when she was caught in a challenge.  She was challenged to see if she would discover the possibilities of what God could do.  It all came to a head when she was a volunteer in an Army hospital.  She would go in and do whatever was needed but she would also pray with some of the soldiers.

     One day she saw a young man in bed and noticed his skin was yellow.  She knew of course that he was suffering from something but she wasn’t sure what.  She didn’t see any wounds on him right away but she offered to pray with him.

     He just looked at her and drew back the sheets that were covering him.  That’s when she saw that his abdomen was a pool of dark blood.  He said, “Guts torn out.”  This was not some small wound that he was going to recuperate from and be fine in a few days.  This appeared hopeless.  She thought to herself if she had just known, she would not have offered to pray but now she couldn’t take it back.  So!  She pushed fear aside and moved ahead.

     You know that’s what you have to do.  Push fear aside and move ahead.  Picture yourself putting your hand out and pushing fear aside.  You’re pushing it out of your way.  That’s because you’re coming through.  You’re moving ahead.  You’re ready to discover the possibilities of what God can do.  And no fear is going to keep you from doing that.

     That’s where she was.  She had to make that decision.  You will be there many times in your life.  Where you have to make a decision if you’re going to allow fear to block your path and keep you from moving ahead or if you will push it to the side and be free of it.

     After this woman got free of fear, she put her hands on the two sides of that pool of blood and she began to speak health into his body.  She envisioned a stomach with all the organs perfect.  She called upon God to make this possible.

     After she prayed, she went home and got on the phone and called other people to pray.  Sometimes you just have to go after it.

Take the hand of God and allow Him to lead you into what is possible.

     Can you envision doing that?  When you pursue what God has put on your heart, you’re putting your hand in His hand and you’re allowing Him to lead you.  He’s going to take you into possibilities that you have not seen.  But fear is going to try to keep you from pursuing those possibilities.  Fear will take you by the hand and instead of leading you into the good things ahead of you, it will take you back.  You won’t be able to move into tremendous possibilities waiting.

     So!  You have to decide in whose hand are you going to put your hand?  In the hand of God so you can move forward in the possibilities, or in the hand of fear so you’re going to be taken back and not experience what is waiting.  Oh so much is waiting for us to see God do.

     That’s what this woman was going after.  The possibilities of what God could do for this young man.  She called upon God to make his healing possible.  It didn’t matter that his guts had been torn out, God is the One who created and can restore organs.  He can do anything we need Him to do.  Allow that to set in your spirit.  God can do anything I need Him to do.  Say it.  God can do anything I need Him to do!

     Because this woman decided to step away from fear and step into the possibilities of what could happen, something wonderful did happen.  When she went back to the hospital two weeks after she prayed, she went straight to the room of this young man.  But he was not in it.  When she found him, he was in a common area where the soldiers would get together.  She said, “There he sat, young, handsome, and ruddy faced.  Not yellow and sick and unable to sit up.  He was whole and well.

Be the one who isn’t afraid to discover.

     See what fear could have caused her to miss.  Oh the possibilities!  What we can miss if we are not free of fear.  That’s why I John 4:18 describes fear as being crippling.  The one who is bound by it has a fearful life.  Is that how you want your life to be described?  A fearful one?  Or do you want to be one who discovers.

     You are not afraid to get on the Mayflower and discover the better place.  You are willing to put your hand in God’s hand and not be afraid of where He will take you.  Because hear this: when God takes you somewhere HE will always be there also.  He isn’t going to give you the opportunity to do something and then step away from you.  He is right there with you.  His Word is true and fast.  So when you’re standing on His Word and His promises, you cannot fail in your obedience.

     In God’s Word, He tells us about a great victory that happened for an entire nation because one man set aside fear.  He decided to discover the possibility of what the Lord could do.  His name was Jonathan, and he was the son of the King of Israel, who was Saul.  This was at a time when the Philistines had set up camp against the Israeli Army.  They outnumbered them and it seemed certain the Israelites would be defeated.  That’s when fear is created in us.

     When it seems certain we can’t have victory.

     There’s nothing that can be done.

     Our resources are outnumbered.

     The report is too bad against us.  The problem is too great.  Those are the hardest times to be free of fear.  But those are also the most important times we must use God’s Spirit within us to push fear aside and move on.  We become determined to see what He will do.

     That’s what Jonathan decided to do.  The entire Army was hiding and afraid.  But he said to his armor bearer to come with him and go over to the other side of the pass where the Philistine patrol was.  They were going up to the pass and confront the guards there.

No one can stop God from saving.

     He said to his armor bearer, Maybe God will work for us.  There’s no rule that says God can only deliver by using a big army.  No one can stop God from saving when He sets His mind to it.  (Ref. I Samuel 14:6 MSG.)  Now, that is not fear talking!  That’s faith.  Jonathan knows God can save them by two people or by an entire army.  The possibilities are tremendous here.  And he’s ready to discover them.  Because he is willing to step out in obedience, God can work for them now.

     So they decided when they got to the pass, if the Philistines told them to stop and not come over, they would stay put.  However, if they invited them to come over, they would know God had given them into their hands for victory.  That was their sign.

     Of course, the enemy fell right into God’s plan.  That’s something we have to remember.  When God tells us to step out and away from fear, He has a plan.  As we obey Him, the enemy will fall right into that plan.  That gives us a sense of security and confidence.

     So as Jonathan and his buddy were showing the Philistines they were there, the enemy said, Look at that!  The Hebrews are crawling out of their holes!  Come on up here!  We’ve got a thing or two to show you!  (Ref. I Samuel 14:11, 12 MSG.)  That’s what they think.  God had a thing or two to show them.  So without fear, Jonathan and his armor bearer approached the Philistine guards and overcame them.  They were able to defeat twenty men.  That in turn caused the rest of the Israelites to rise up without fear and pursue the enemy.

     That day God gave the nation a great victory.  Why?  Because someone was willing to put their hand in God’s hand and discover His possibilities for victory.  But the real victory was they defeated fear first.  Defeat fear then you can see your victory happen.  Leave fear behind and move ahead!

 

We believe answers and victory are on the way.

     We are not going to allow fear to keep you back from those.  Are you ready to discover?  Discover the possibilities of what God can do?  Then be sure you get in touch with us so we can pray with you.  Just as that armor bearer was by the side of Jonathan when he decided to step out and see what God would do, we are beside you.

     So as soon as we hear from you, we’ll stand in faith and pray.  Then we want to write to you.  That’s because God gives us words from His Spirit to impart into your life.  So contact us soon by clicking here.  Jeanne and John

 

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   Kindness
   That Conquers!

   Jeanne Alcott

     We’re going to look at a very simple thing in our life.  Something so simple that we overlook it a lot of times.  We're talking about kindness.  Acting in kindness.

     You see, it takes strength to show kindness instead of slipping into our own desires, or reacting to something.  It's easy to let kindness go right out the window, especially during frazzled moments or in times of hurt.  Really it's not an easy thing to have.  Yet, if we groom ourselves and work with ourselves to have this attribute, we are going to see great things happen.

     There truly is a powerful force behind showing benevolence and courtesy to others, having goodness and warmth of heart, and goodwill towards others.  All those things make up kindness.

     Kindness can turn events around; it can change lives and have an impact on outcomes or situations or relationships.  Your kindness can make a strong impact.  It doesn't matter where you are at in life, you can affect the outcome of situations and relationships.

     So kindness needs to be in every part of our lives.  It doesn't matter if we are in some high-level meeting or we're talking to a family member in our home or on a cell phone or waiting in line somewhere.  Kindness has its place in every place.

     So how do we show these acts of kindness?  What are the ways we can live this out?

Just Simple Acts of Kindness Can Make an Impact.

     Think back to a time when one simple act made an impact on your life.  I would almost guarantee that most of us remember something from our childhood.  Either when we were scared or angry or hurt and someone showed us one simple act of courtesy or blessing or goodness.  I call that uncomplicated kindness.  Show uncomplicated kindness.  Not trying to come up with some big thing that will wow a person, but instead touch their inner heart.  Get deep where they really live and let that kindness go to the core of their need.

     I can remember a time when some people did that to me.  God had called me to leave a vice-president position in an organization and go into full-time ministry by myself.  So the acts of kindness, that probably seemed very simple to the person who did them, meant so much to me.  You know how it is when you are doing something new in life.  Even though you have the faith to step out, still it goes a long ways to have someone give us some kind treatment at such a critical time.  It touches our heart.

     Another time in my life and that I will never forget is something my mother did.  I couldn't have been more than four years old so you know it had to make an impression on me for me to be able to still remember it.  But she had loaded her three girls into the car to take us to get an ice cream cone.

     So we drove up at the local place where they just had a little window where you would go up and order your ice cream cone; and then go back to your car to eat it.  That was considered a real treat for us.  That good soft-serve ice cream.

     Well, that day we were sitting in the car eating our ice cream and Mother noticed a little boy sitting on the curb under the order window.  He was sort of whimpering there.  It didn't take long for her to realize that his mother didn't have the money to buy him any ice cream.

     So she got out of the car, bought a cone, and gave it to him.  One simple act of kindness.  But can you imagine the impact it had on that little boy.  Who knows it could have helped shape his entire viewpoint of humankind.  There really were people out there who cared.  And it wasn't like we had oodles of money to do it.  Far from that.  But mother allowed her heart of kindness to come out in that simple act to touch a little boy.  We must realize the power of kindness.

     Uncomplicated kindness.

     Simple acts.

     But a powerful impact.

Use Your Words for Kindness.

     One of the strongest ways to show kindness is by our words.  It’s good to ask ourselves every so often, What am I using my words for today?  Is it to gossip?  Have I told a story or joke that could offend?  Have I told somebody off today?  Have I argued with someone?

     We know the different ways that we can use our words for things other than kindness.  But when we feel tempted to use our words to be short with someone or say something unkind, here’s what we need to remember as we’re facing each individual.  Everyone we come in contact has their own set of problems.

Those Around You Have Needs Also.

     Nobody is without a need.  Oral Roberts used to say that he would look out over an audience and see the people so nicely dressed and looking as if they had no needs at all, but yet God showed him that every person has a need of some sort.  View everyone in that way!  Then let our words be soothing so that we can help them through those hard times.

     Job 6:14 tells us that we are to use our words like this:  To him who is about to faint and despair, kindness is due from his friend, lest he forsake the fear of the Almighty.  It's telling us that when someone is down—faint or in despair, as a friend we are to show kindness.  We're to give them encouraging words.

     For some people those very words might be the thing that keeps them from forsaking the fear of the Almighty as that scripture said, which means they basically give up.  But words from a friend can turn that around.

     Wisdom should be coming out of our mouth to bring kindness into a person’s life.  Proverbs 31 says, She opens her mouth in skillful and godly Wisdom, and on her tongue is the law of kindness [giving counsel and instruction].  On our tongue is the law of kindness, meaning we are using our words to give forth help and blessing.  We can give counsel and instruction because our words are coming out of a heart of kindness.  We are to operate by that law when we speak words.

     We need to make sure our will knows that we're going to use our words to show kindness and nothing else!  What I mean by that is that we have to make a choice to will to do that.  And we can do that when we remind ourselves of how powerful our kind words can be.

     Remember that kindness is powerful and it can literally change the outcome.

How Are Your Social Graces?

     Another way we can show kindness is by showing social graces.  I'm not talking about knowing which fork to pick up when.  We need to understand that social graces are all about kindness in the important times of life.  We can show kindness by just showing good manners.  It’s been said, “Etiquette is a fancy word for simple kindness."  Do you know if you read the gospels carefully you will see that Jesus always had social graces in other people's homes and so showed kindness to others?

     I really think today that some people don't know what the word manners means.  It's kind of a dead art in some places.  Unfortunately, as wonderful tools as cell phones are they have definitely infringed on the social graces.  You know how we usually talk louder when we are on a cell phone and sometimes people will do it right in your face.  It doesn't matter if it's in a restaurant or movie or walking down the sidewalk or standing in a store.

     Sure, I understand there are times that there's an emergency, or business has to be conducted, but we should excuse ourselves and go elsewhere if possible.

     We're really talking about the daily things of life.  Showing kindness and consideration to others.  The types of things where you don't walk on another person's lawn.  You don't yawn in their face.  You make sure you use the proper social graces when you've been invited to someone's house.  You learn how to say thank you when you've been given a gift or a compliment or someone has helped you.  Those are all part of the Christian walk.

     It's an important way to show our kindness because even the small things can turn someone away from wanting to serve the Savior we serve.

     Remember as a Christian you are being watched and it's important to let them see Christ in you come forth.

Receive prayer for those tough times of life!

     We all need kindness at times.  Sometimes life gets pretty tough and it’s harder at those times.  So let us pray with you and be in a strong spiritual agreement that God will move in your life.  He has miracles for you, and we want to help you receive those.  So share how we can pray for you in a personal way.  After we do, we’re going to send you some words that will be written under the unction of the Holy Spirit to minister to you.  So click here now to share.  It will come directly to us.  Jeanne and John

 

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Better Than Ever!

Jeanne Alcott

     What area of your life do you need to see restored?  God can restore it and not only that, but you can see it be better than ever!  Believe you'll come out of those desert circumstances and things will be better than before.

     Instead of barren circumstances, you can see them become productive.  BE RESTORED TO MORE.  See God's Spirit pour out upon our heart's desire and watch it grow greater than you could imagine.  Far beyond what you can think or dream.

     Our God is so much greater than our finite minds.  He doesn't want to see us crawling through a desert, panting for water and getting none.

     In Isaiah 44 God gives us an amazing picture of what He will do and how He feels about us.  He says, For I will pour water upon him who is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground.  I will pour My Spirit upon your offspring, and My blessing upon your descendants.

     Oh, how thirsty are you to see God bring restoration?  Then believe that He is going to bring you to a place where your circumstances are better than before.  He will pour water out on the dryness of what you're experiencing.  Not only that, but we’re believing for things to be better.

     So God goes on to say in that scripture that He will flood the dry ground.  Oh glory, get ready.  You’re not just going to have a little tin cup of water handed to you when you're thirsty to see God do something.  He will flood that dry ground and His Spirit will be poured out.  You've got the strength and the purpose to make it through.  You won’t crawl out of that desert-time that you're in.  But you're going to be coming out of it better than ever.  God is bringing the rains of restoration to you.

Your masterpiece can be restored.

     I love the story of how a masterpiece painting was restored.  The famous painter, Raphael, had created a work of art of Jesus as a child with His mother, Mary.  He painted it as a gift for the wedding of his friend.

     However over the years, as it hung in their home it became damaged by an earthquake.  It shattered into seventeen different pieces.  An artist tried to put long iron nails into it and patch the pieces together and paint over it.  But over the years, there were so many layers of paint and dust and grime that the original colors were completely obscured.

     So a restoration project began in 2008 and the painting was completely restored.  They removed the layers of paint and dirt to get the true colors back.  Patches were stripped away.  Now the cracks are gone.  The painting glows with all of the deep colors of the original work of art.  The reds and blues and golds are beautiful.

     There is no doubt that the original painting was amazing but it's been said that the miracle of restoration on it multiplied the beauty.  It's better than it was before.

     You see, sometimes we think when something needs to be restored in our life that it will never be the same.  It will always be slightly less, not as good, but maybe enough to get by.  Well, if we believe God will fulfill His promise to make all things new, then it's true, things will never be the same.  They will be better.

     Somehow, someway it can happen.  I can't tell you what God will do, but He will find a way to meet the needs that are deep in your heart.  That disappointment will be washed away with the water.  Do you feel as though you're in a desert of disappointment.  But oh…just wait…God is going to flood that dry ground!  Can you feel it in your spirit?  He's going to pour water upon you where you're thirsty.

     All of the brokenness will be gone.  We won’t be able to see the breaks where something was damaged.  Just as that painting, all the beauty will be restored and even greater.

Do you feel like the man Job sometimes?

     Just think of what Job went through.  Did God leave him in that condition?  Or did He just bring Job back to a state of being able to get along in life?  No.  That's not what God's Word tells us happened to Job.

     You see, he had a tremendous life before all the trials hit him.  In chapter 29 of the book of Job, he describes his life because he wants to make sure that people understand how great things were before all his trials hit!

     Job said that he was in the prime of his days.  He had the friendship and counsel of God.  His children were gathered around him.  When he went to the gate of the city, he had a special seat there in the Council of the city.  When he walked in a room, even those who were older than he rose up and stood to honor him.  When he talked, the voices of the nobles were hushed.  I mean people were listening.  He had honor, dignity, and integrity.  Then he goes on to describe how he helped those who needed help.  He brought justice to those who needed justice.  He was strong and confident.  Job described himself as one who people waited for as for the rain, and they open their mouths wide as for the spring rain (verse 23).

     Here was a man that had good answers and was loved and honored by many.  People saw him as the blessing of rain coming to them.  Then his desert time came.  No longer were his children surrounding him, his wealth was gone, people no longer honored and respected him, all he could feel was his need.  He wasn't strong and confident but he felt weak and sick.

What kind of God do we serve?

     When we feel we're in the desert time, we may want to look back at the way things were.  Oh, if they could just be restored to the way they used to be.  We lament about it just as Job did.  That's not where we need to be looking—not back at the way things were and wishing they could be that again.  Rather believe to be restored to better than before.

     When something affects your health, have faith that you're going to come out of it and feel healthier than ever.  When the devil touches God's chosen, God doesn't just patch us up as best He can.  But if we’ll believe for it, He’ll send the rains of restoration and take us to a higher level.

     When a person falls into temptation, and then they reach out for God to restore them, they’re not damaged for life.  They’re going to become a greater man or woman of God.

     When finances are leaking out of your life, don't be satisfied just to stop the leak, believe for a flood of financial restoration.

     I mean, let's think about what kind of God we serve here.  Can He barely restore or can He make it better than before?

That marriage, relationships with your family or friends—see those relationships be closer.  It can become better than ever with a coworker or boss or neighbor.  Your honor, dignity, and position can be restored.  Your job is greater.

When God says He's going to bring rain upon a desert time in your life, He's not going to trickle water down.  He's going to pooouuur water upon you when you're thirsty.  Flood the dry ground of circumstances.

Job came out better than ever.

     The story of Job ends with a description of how the Lord restored his fortunes and gave him twice as much as he had before!  His siblings showed up with gifts of gold.  It says his latter days were blessed more than his beginning.  He had sheep, camels, and oxen—everything that would bring blessing and prosperity to him.  He had more sons and daughters and his daughters were the fairest in the land.

     There was so much money that he gave them all an inheritance.  He lived so long that he saw four generations of his family before he died.  Now, does that sound like someone who came out of that desert experience parched, damaged permanently, and never quite the same again?  Nope.  He was better than ever!

     Believe that for your life today.  Don’t see yourself dragging through this desert time and coming out parched, damaged, and never quite the same.  You're headed towards a time that's better than you've ever experienced.

 

Get the rains of restoration coming into your life!

We want to pray with you concerning what's going on in your life.  That's what God has called us here to do.  To bring you His goodness and power so you can experience a full restoration.  We believe for the rains of restoration to come into your life.  So as you contact us, we’ll join our faith with yours for the answers you need.  Then we’ll write you a letter that comes straight from God's Word for your life.  Be sure you contact us soon and let the Spirit speak to you.  Click here now to share.  Jeanne and John

 

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It's Time To Move On!

    Jeanne Alcott

 

     Wouldn’t it be nice if life was easy and we could just come into all the good things we desire?  No pauses or problems or things going wrong.

     But since that’s not the way it is, how can we ultimately get to the point we experience all that God’s Word says we can have?  What does it take to reach that place?  How can we enter into our good season when we’re faced with so many wrong things and problems?

     When those come our way, we have to decide to just move on.  Because we have to deal with such imperfect conditions, when events are not going the best way, instead of staying trapped in those conditions, we move on.  Meaning, we get past what didn’t work out.

We get past what didn’t work out.

      President Reagan’s mother told him what to do when events were not working out.  She said that when something goes wrong, don’t let it get you down.  Step away from it, step over it, and move on.  Then something good will happen.

      That’s based on Scripture.  We see it happen in God’s Word many times.  When something goes wrong to try to prevent us from going into our good season, we don’t allow it to get us down.

• We see it for what it is.
• We acknowledge what went wrong.
• Then we step away from it, step over it, and move on.
• Then expect that God is going to cause something good to happen.

      When you do that, you can enter into a better season so that you are not trapped into what went wrong.  Instead of standing around rehearsing, “Woe is me.  If this had just been different, if things had gone a better way….”  Instead of rehearsing that, you allow God to pick you up and take you into the possibilities that are waiting there.

 

A good spiritual activity for you to do.

      So I encourage you right now to do something about this.  Here is a good spiritual activity.  Take a look at what has gone wrong.  What was disappointing?  What happened that you would have given anything to see turn out a different way?  Now stand up and take a big step.  Act as if you’re stepping over what went wrong.  You’re stepping over it.  You’re doing a spiritual act of showing that you’re moving on.  Then don’t stop with that one step.  But keep walking.  Leave that disappointment behind you.  Because you’re going to walk into a good season.

      Don’t go back and stand in front of that problem again.  You’ve stepped over it and you’re walking away from it.  Just keep walking right into the season that’s waiting for you.  Now that’s exciting.  When you do that spiritual action, I wish you would write to me and tell me how you felt when you took this action.  Because I believe the Spirit is going to fall on you and minister to you in a great way as you do this before Him.  You will see how a good season is waiting for you and that’s what you’re going toward.

This is what John Reed did.

      This is what a man did who could have stayed around the bad event that happened to him, but he decided to move on.  His name was John Reed and he was born in the 1700s.  He had found some property and established a farm in North Carolina, then he began to raise his family.  One spring day his young son, Conrad Reed, went fishing in a creek on their farm, and as he was trying to spear a fish, instead he found an interesting rock.  It was gold and big, about seventeen pounds, so he decided to pick it up and take it home.

      When his father, John, saw the rock, he didn’t know what it was.  But he decided since the rock was so unusual they would use it as a doorstop on the front porch.  About two years after this, one day John Reed was on his way to Fayetteville so he decided to take the rock with him and show it to a jeweler to see if it had any value.

      John didn’t realize he was holding something that would be worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, because at that time no gold had ever been discovered in the U.S.  Right away the jeweler recognized it was a seventeen-pound rock of gold.  So he told Reed that he could name his price and he would buy it from him.  He was just a farmer trying to make a living.  So he asked the jeweler for a week’s wages, which at that time was $3.50.

      Of course, the jeweler gave him the money and was happy to take the gold.  A short time after that, John discovered what he had done.  Can you imagine how he felt!  He had a choice to make at that awful moment.  He could be upset about the event and stare at the disappointment the rest of his days, or he could just move on.  That’s what he did.

      He stepped over what was unfair and he kept going.  His family continued to maintain their farm.  However in their spare time they would also mine for gold in the creek.  They found a twenty-eight pound nugget in that same year.  The family went on to become very wealthy as they continued to discover gold.

 

Have you ever sold your gold?

     My friend, have you sold your gold and didn’t realize it?  Have you given up what could have been yours?  Don’t worry, there’s more gold.  Events may not have gone the way we desire, but if we want to experience a better future, we can’t allow what is wrong to become a stumbling block.  We have to step over it and move on.

      That’s how we can experience so many other things for us.  Good events and experiences.  There are blessings and achievements and miracle answers waiting.  Do we want to go into those or hang around disappointment or regret or upset?  You see, before you can go into your good season, you’re going to be tested.  Satan is going to do everything to cause you to hang back.  So you have a serious decision to make.  Will you move on?  If you have sold your gold, remember that there is more to come and it’s greater.  You’re going to receive the blessing of God.  You can go into a season where you’re amazed at what He is doing for you and through you.

This is what Peter did.

      I want to show you how this happened in the Bible for Peter.  He’s a perfect example of how to move on and go into a season of great success in God.  We know the story of how Jesus had been taken by the Pharisees to be tried.  It wasn’t really a trial, because they had already made the decision to get rid of Him.  He was disrupting their way of life, and for some of them, He was disrupting their lucrative practices.  So they had to get Him out of the way.  Since He was saying He was the Messiah, they used that as a reason for crucifying Him.

      So when they had successfully arrested Him and were taking Him into the place of trial, Peter stood outside waiting to see what would happen.  He tried to blend with those who had gathered so he would not be recognized.  He was afraid that if they would do this to Jesus, what would they do to him?

      But there were those who recognized Peter as one who followed this Man Jesus.  So when he was confronted as being one of His disciples, Peter denied it.  In fact he said he didn’t even know Jesus.

      I cannot imagine what he was feeling as he saw Jesus crucified.  He had denied the relationship they had had.  Then he began to hear the rumors that Jesus was not dead but was resurrected.  Such confusion and regret.  Could he ever move on from what had gone wrong?  Jesus made sure he did.

     He appeared to Peter more than once after He was resurrected.  He made sure this disciple understood he had a future and he must fulfill it.  He was about to go into a good season of his calling, and Jesus did not want him to miss it.  He told Peter and the other disciples to go into town and wait in a room until the Holy Spirit came upon them and empowered them.

      Acts chapter 2 describes the whole scene of the Holy Spirit coming upon Peter and the disciples as they began to speak in different languages.  They were speaking the praises of God but it was in dialects they had no way of knowing.  This was so loud that people outside began to gather around the building and question what was going on.

      So they decided all those disciples in there were drunk with wine.  Which is crazy because if they were drunk how would they be speaking in every known dialect.  They were being disparaged and mocked.

      Now in those moments, Peter could have remembered what he had done when Jesus was on trial and stepped back and never entered into his season.  But instead he decided to move on.  Instead of being a coward, he had courage.  He came out of that room and raised his voice in front of the group of people and as they were sneering and calling them drunk, he began to speak with spiritual boldness.

      The power of God was in him as he spoke of the prophecy of Joel being fulfilled where God said He would pour out His Spirit and show wonders.  Instead of allowing those people to discredit these disciples, he stood and announced the truth of the gospel.  He gave the history of Jesus and how He was the Son of God.

      Then the Bible says the people were cut to the heart and asked what they could do to receive Christ.  Right there, over 3,000 people accepted Him as Savior.  Because Peter was willing to move on from the past, he went from being a coward to being courageous.  Thousands of people were saved under his ministry and he went on to help establish the early church.

      What a story!  But we would not be hearing the story today if Peter had backed away and not entered into the good season God had for him.

      His story is there so we will do what he did.  Just move on.  Step over what is wrong, and move on.  That’s what God wants to encourage your heart to do now.  Move into the good season that’s waiting for you in spite of what’s happened.

      There’s so much more for you to experience and receive from the hands of God.  It’s time for you to move into the season that’s been prepared for you.  And it’s good!

 

We want to help you move into all God has for you!

     Trust God and be willing to move into what He has for you.  So let’s do it.  We’re going to stand in faith to see you move into this interesting and exciting season before you.

     Be sure you get in touch with us and share what your needs are and what you want to see God fulfill in your heart.  John and I will pray with you and intercede.  Then expect to receive a letter from us because God gives us words from His Spirit to speak into your life.

     So get in touch with us soon by clicking here and hear what He wants to minister to you. 
                                                                                    Jeanne and John

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