Miracle Moment
 
 
November 11, 2024
Judges 11:1-12:15; John 1:1-28; Psalm 101:1-8; Proverbs 14:13-14

“The Spirit of the Lord came on Jephthah, who traveled through Gilead and Manasseh, and then through Mizpah of Gilead. He crossed over to the Ammonites from Mizpah of Gilead. Jephthah made this vow to the Lord: ‘If You will hand over the Ammonites to me, whatever comes out of the doors of my house to greet me when I return in peace from the Ammonites will belong to the Lord, and I will offer it as a burnt offering.’ Jephthah crossed over to the Ammonites to fight against them, and the Lord handed them over to him…When Jephthah went to his home in Mizpah, there was his daughter, coming out to meet him with tambourines and dancing! She was his only child; he had no other son or daughter besides her…and he kept the vow he had made about her.” (Judges 11:29-32, 34, 39)

 

What was he thinking?!!! We have to be so careful to watch our speech. I know many times in the past I have been guilty of blurting things out before thinking about what I was saying. As we mature, we begin to slow down a little bit and actually contemplate what we’re going to say before we blurt, most of us anyway, I hope…

 

Jephthah’s rash, thoughtless words came back to haunt him as he returned home a conquering victor when there in the doorway was his only child, his precious daughter. The scripture said that he gave her some time to herself and when she returned, he fulfilled his vow.

 

God has never condoned human sacrifice, ever! There is too much in scripture to prove this is against His character. Jephthah should have just repented for what he said and moved on. He did an atrocious deed by sacrificing his daughter. Please always remember that just because something is in the Bible does not mean God approves of it. Before we make judgments we have to look at the whole of scripture to discern the character and heart of God. The Lord allowed all of the short comings, sins and mistakes of people to be recorded in order to admonish us. All of these things are written for an example of what to do and what not to do. Always check the context of scripture and then ensure that it is lining up with God’s character before wondering if it is something the Lord approves of. And for Pete’s sake, watch your mouth!

 

PRAYER:

Lord, help me to keep a reign on my tongue. I pray for conviction if I go to confessing something ignorant that I am going to regret. Forgive me for times past when I have allowed my mouth to overload my good sense. I repent for careless, negative, self-defeating statements as well as harsh, cruel words spoken to and/or about others. I love You and I want to do what is right. Correct my speech, Lord. I want to make You proud. 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!