Miracle Moment
 
 
November 18, 2024
I Samuel 1:1-2:21; John 5:1-23; Psalm 105:37-45; Proverbs 14:28-29

“While she was praying in the Lord’s presence, Eli watched her lips. Hannah was speaking to herself, and although her lips were moving, her voice could not be heard. Eli thought she was drunk and scolded her, ‘How long are you going to be drunk? Get rid of your wine!’ ‘No, my lord,’ Hannah replied. ‘I am a woman with a broken heart. I haven’t had any wine or beer; I’ve been pouring out my heart before the Lord. Don’t think of me as a wicked woman; I’ve been praying from the depth of my anguish and resentment.’ Eli responded, ‘Go in peace, and may the God of Israel grant the petition you’ve requested from Him.’ ‘May your servant find favor with you,’ she replied. Then Hannah went on her way; she ate and no longer appeared downcast.” (I Samuel 1:12-18)

 

How about that huh. What do you think about being in church, heartbroken, pouring out your heart in prayer and the preacher comes over to tell you to sober up. Eli is thinking, “This woman has problems because she’s drunk. How disrespectful!”

 

It’s easy to pass a quick judgment. We’ve all been guilty of it. Most of us have probably been on the other side as well, you know, folks thinking badly of you before they know all the truth. It is totally necessary to find out all of the facts before convicting a person or treating them harshly. If we are unable to do so then our best bet is to keep our mouths shut. Oooohhh, did you say that. Yup. It’s the truth. Rash assessments cause a lot of offense and damage. I do appreciate how Eli was quick to come back with a blessing though. That would probably be the best response if you find you’ve jumped out too quick and misread the room. Humble yourself and turn it around by making things right.

 

If you happen to find yourself in Hannah’s position, then don’t be offended. Realize that people are just people and sometimes they are going to jump to conclusions. It’ll all come out in the wash; the truth will always outlive a lie. Hannah kept a good spirit, explained herself and received the blessing for it.

 

PRAYER:

Lord, I ask You to help me take my time in making determinations concerning particular situations and the people involved. Lord, if it’s none of my business, help me to keep my nose out of it and if it does have something to do with me, teach me to correctly discern and act accordingly. I pray to be humble and make things right if I miss it with a person. I don’t want to damage anyone. I’d also like to pray that You would give me the strength to stay far from offense if someone has me wrong. I trust You. It’s 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!