Miracle Moment
 
 
August 29, 2024
Exodus 39:1-40:38; Mark 1:1-28; Psalm 35:1-16; Proverbs 9:11-12

  

“The cloud covered the tent of meeting, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle. Moses was unable to enter the tent of meeting because the cloud rested on it, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle. The Israelites set out whenever the cloud was taken up from the tabernacle throughout all the stages of their journey. If the cloud was not taken up, they did not set out until the day it was taken up. For the cloud of the Lord was over the tabernacle by day, and there was fire inside the cloud by night, visible to the entire house of Israel throughout all the stages of their journey.” (Exodus 40:36-38)

  

“The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God has come near. Repent and believe in the good news.” (Mark 1:15)

  

“Then they were all amazed, so they began to argue with one another, saying, ‘What is this? A new teaching with authority! He commands even the unclean spirits, and they obey Him.’ His fame then spread throughout the entire vicinity of Galilee.” (Mark 1:27-28)

  

God has never left His people without a witness. In the Old Testament reading we see God’s presence and guidance through the cloud and fire. In Mark we see Him in a more personal way through the presence of Jesus. The people of God for years had sought signs concerning the physical coming of the kingdom of God. Jesus is telling the people that the manifestation of the kingdom of God has begun with His ministry. When Jesus died on the cross, so many of the people saw it as a sign of defeat and dashed hopes. They had longed for a king that would physically deliver them from the hardship of Roman rule and second class citizenry.

  

The culmination of all of Jesus’ teaching was this: “Being asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God will come, He answered them, ‘The kingdom of God is not coming with something observable; no one will say, ‘Look here!’ or ‘There!’ For you see, the kingdom of God is among (or within) you.'” (Luke 17:20)

  

The revelation for us is this, that we can’t look for a cloud or fire, or the physical appearance of the kingdom, we need to look within. When we receive Jesus as our Lord, the Holy Spirit takes up residence within us and therefore the kingdom is with us, developing us, strengthening us, teaching us, conforming us into the image of Jesus. Don’t look any further because the kingdom is with you, stop waiting for heaven to “happen” and start enjoying and flowing in His presence now! Sure, in the fulfillment of time, God will come back and set up His physical kingdom but, in the meantime, let’s make Jesus famous by knowing Him and operating in kingdom principles with such authority that people will know that the kingdom of God has come near them.

  

PRAYER:

Lord, thank you for simple words of truth that remind me I am Yours and You are with Your people in the most intimate way, not as an exterior presence but through Your precious Holy Spirit. I pray to be able to help people see You and understand Your kingdom. In Jesus’ name I pray, amen.
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Pastor Ricky and Jeannie Sinclair

From Ricky’s book, Miracle-at-Large, Ricky became an evangelist spreading the word of God through his testimony. He was a fire. He would go in, light it up and encourage people in the places he shared his testimony. When you’re an evangelist, you breeze in and breeze out, and you don’t have to worry about hurting anyone. But that was the start of the ministry. His evangelism was birthed from the book that came out, which gave him a platform. People started following us and we gave them resources and suggested churches to get plugged into. However, we developed a following of people that would not go anywhere else but honestly, it was not in our heart to start a physical church.

With us not wanting to turn people away, we started meeting together as a prayer group and started having a little teaching within the prayer group. But then, we were bursting out of our living room. Our house could squeeze 30 to 60 people in it butt here was not much you can do in it anymore with people wall-to-wall. We had John Mayers and his wife leading worship through singing and playing a guitar. We had all the elements for church, which led to people pressing us to start a church and they wouldn’t go anywhere else. With us growing but not ready for a church, we had to look into bigger spaces and started with one conference room in a hotel. However, we eventually consumed every conference room in the hotel as we continued to grow.

As we grew, we saw a lot of gifts and opportunities. As a result, we wanted to start a physical church where everybody was included and invited. Even if they seemed like they didn’t fit into a“traditional church”, they would be accepted at our church. I sought God and God spoke to my heart and said, “I want you to start a church and I’m going to send everybody that is like you to the church. You will have a church and they’ll be other churches, too. There will be people that I send to those churches, but you will become your own individual church with the people that I’m creating and building for your church.” That’s how we became our own identity and individual church with our own personality that God established because God put this in Ricky’s heart. Everyone from various backgrounds would be welcomed as family and they would have a place for them to go to church in a family… MiraclePlace Church.

Here we are still standing today with the same message from 2001: Everyone from various backgrounds are welcomed as family and this is a place for you to actually go to church in a family… Miracle Place Church in Baker, LA. Come as you are, You Belong Here!