Miracle Moment
 
 
November 16, 2024
Divine Appointments

Judges 21:1-Ruth 1:22; John 4:4-42; Psalm 105:1-15; Proverbs 14:25

 

“He left Judea and went again to Galilee. He had to travel through Samaria, so He came to a town of Samaria called Sychar near the property that Jacob had given his son Joseph. Jacob’s well was there, and Jesus, worn out from His journey, sat down at the well. It was about six in the evening. A woman of Samaria came to draw water.” (John 4:3-7)

 

Jesus didn’t have to go through Samaria, He could have done like most Jews and gone north on the eastern bank of the Jordan to avoid having to deal with the Samaritans. But He HAD to go through there because He was compelled. We have to remember that Jesus walked as a man, like us. He had to be obedient to the prompting of the Spirit, like us. He came to this well tired and just looking for some water, like us, but the Father had a ministry opportunity set up. He had designed a divine appointment.

 

I flew into Kansas City awhile back and on my way to my hotel room I stopped to pick up some dinner. After hitting a drive through I noticed a little cake shop and thought something sweet might be nice for after my dinner. I walked in and a young girl with big hickeys came out from the back to take my order.

 

I was looking for a “Jesus in,” you know, a way to strike up spiritual conversation. I made mention about swatting the huge mosquitos that she had encountered. She laughed a little and I spoke a little Christianese, shared some testimony, you know how we do. Then on my way out of the door the Holy Spirit said, “Pray for her.” I said, “No, I’m half way out of the door and she’s already ducked into the back. I’m tired.”

 

I made it to the car where I ruefully turned around and went back into the shop. I hollered for the young lady to come back out. After what felt like the longest time, she emerged from the back. I began, “I don’t want you to think I’m weird or anything for coming back in, but I am a Christian and God told me to pray for you. Would it be alright if I prayed for you?” She said yes. Before I got started I grabbed her hands and asked her name. Guess what? Her name is Rhema. I said, “No way! How do you spell it?” And of course it was Rhema. I asked her if she knew what her name meant and she said, “God’s Word.”

 

This young lady, trying to find her way, was named by someone who knew God well enough that Rhema means God’s Word. I was so humbled as I thought there was probably a parent out there praying that God would send someone to pray and witness to their little girl; to show her God loves her and how much she means to Him. He sent a complete stranger from out of state just to share that truth with her.

 

So I went in for cake but came out with “food that you know not of.” (John 4:32) Be available, you never know when a divine appointment is going to open up.

 

PRAYER:

Lord, help me to be obedient when You prompt me to do something, especially if I don’t see the significance at the time. I give You all of the glory and honor and praise that is due Your name and I thank You that You hear our prayers and go through so much effort to ensure they are answered. In the name of Jesus I pray. Amen. And Lord, help Rhema find her way.
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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!