Miracle Moment
 
 
September 13, 2024
Leviticus 25:47-27:13; Mark 10:32-52; Psalm 44:9-26; Proverbs 10:20-21

 

The two sons of Zebedee, James and John, had just asked Jesus if they could sit at his right and left hand in glory. This was a huge request as these are seats of honor. It was kind of forward of them to break from the other disciples so they could try to maneuver into those spots. Of course, it immediately set a wall between them and the other disciples who got downright indignant that they would even think to ask. However, it really just revealed their hearts. They wanted to be the big dogs sitting next to Jesus.

 

They had a skewed, base perception of leadership and power. Jesus knowing where they were coming from handled business and told them it wasn’t in His power to offer those positions, neither was it a major concern. Then He launched into the scripture below concerning leadership and power in the kingdom. Jesus called them over and said to them, “You know that those who are regarded as rulers of the Gentiles dominate them, and their men of high positions exercise power over them. But it must not be like that among you. On the contrary, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, and whoever wants to be first among you must be a slave to all. For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many.” (Mark 10:42-45)

 

I’m curious, what’s your perspective? Do you see leadership as an opportunity to serve, or as a way to be served?

 

PRAYER:

Lord, help all of us in Your body to be servants. May we always race to the bottom of the totem pole. Father, forgive us of our sins of pride and prejudice. Teach us that promotion comes from You and there is no need to seek it or to be jealous of another person’s blessing. It is You who decides who gets the honored seats and it has everything to do with Your will and calling on our lives, nothing of self-effort. Help us to be humble and to remember Your kingdom does not run by the same rules of this worldly system. Heal us from esteem issues Lord. Teach us that we are all loved and are equally important in Your sight. In the name of Jesus 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!