Miracle Moment
 
 
January 20, 2025
I Chronicles 7:1-8:40; Acts 27:1-20; Psalm 7:1-17; Proverbs 18:22

 

“Since the fast was already over, Paul gave his advice and told them, ‘Men, I can see that this voyage is headed toward damage and heavy loss, not only of the cargo and the ship, but also our lives.’ But the centurion paid attention to the captain and the owner of the ship rather than to what Paul said…For many days neither sun nor stars appeared, and the severe storm kept raging; finally all hope that we would be saved was disappearing.” (Acts 27:9b-11, 20)

 

Ever just blow off some good godly advice because you chose to listen to the experts. I know, me too. Boy, could I have saved some time and trouble. That’s exactly what happened in our reading today. There was a centurion guarding and escorting his prisoners to Italy where they would ultimately stand trial.

 

I’m supposing it was his responsibility to ensure passage on boats for the trip. The weather had not been very cooperative and Paul tried to tell the centurion they needed to settle in somewhere and get out of the water. Let me interject, sometimes professionals are all about the money, and time is money. Sometimes we are encouraged to do things because it will benefit the professional. I’m sure the guard, the captain and the owner were all ready to get this transport over so they could move on to the next job. Having to winter somewhere undesirable was a waste of time and money in their eyes.

 

Needless to say, the centurion chose to listen to the professional captain and the owner of the ship. I’m sure they were thinking, “This guy is an inmate and we’re seasoned men. Who is going to listen to him?” The signs were already there and Paul had an inside track with the Lord. Maybe you have failed to heed the warnings of life and the godly advice the Lord tried to get over to you and now you are facing a huge storm. I mean, things in your life can’t hardly get any worse and you just don’t know how you are going to make it.

 

Take heart, God is still able to give you break through. You may suffer some loss, but at least you will still be here to move forward. Seek God and listen. There is a time for professional advice, but pay attention to what’s going on around you and listen to what the Lord is saying. He knows the end from the beginning so I think He’s qualified to issue instruction!

 

PRAYER:

Lord, I get so confused sometimes and I can’t really afford to be that way when it comes to the crucial events in my life. I’m praying You will send godly people into my path to guide me and I’m also asking that You give me a witness in my spirit for a course of action. I need You Father. 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!