Miracle Moment
 
 
March 21, 2025
Song of Solomon 5:1-8:14; II Corinthians 9:1-15; Psalm 51:1-19; Proverbs 22:24-25

  

“Remember this: the person who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and the person who sows generously will also reap generously. Each person should do as he has decided in his heart – not out of regret or out of necessity, for God loves a cheerful giver. And God is able to make every grace overflow to you, so that in every way, always having everything you need, you may excel in every good work.

 

As it is written: He has scattered; He has given to the poor; His righteousness endures forever. Now the One who provides seed for the sower and bread for food will provide and multiply your seed and increase the harvest of your righteousness, as you are enriched in every way for all generosity, which produces thanksgiving to God through us.

 

For the ministry of this service is not only supplying the needs of the saints, but it is also overflowing in many acts of thanksgiving to God. Through the proof of this service, they will glorify God for your obedience to the confession of the gospel of Christ, and for your generosity in sharing with them and with others. And in their prayers for you they will have deep affection for you because of the surpassing grace of God on you. Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift.” (II Corinthians 9:6-15)

 

The Corinthian church had some time back made an offer of a large gift to one of the struggling Macedonian churches. Paul, knowing that some time has lapsed, is bringing it back to their remembrance. He even sent a brother ahead of him to remind them so they could be sure to pull the gift together and have it ready so that no one would be embarrassed when He and the Macedonian brothers arrived. Paul felt it should be a sizable gift since they had a year to prepare.

 

It’s so cool how Paul did that. He knows human nature. At the time the gift was offered the Corinthians may have been in good spirits and compelled by the need to help. Time has passed and the need is still there, and the gift has been waited on and expected. Now, the season has come to collect the gift, and Paul didn’t want there to be an awkwardness because the task of collecting the money has possibly fallen through the crack.

 

Because they had offered a generous gift Paul is reminding them about the process of sowing and reaping. This concept of sowing and reaping works in every manner of life, from money to how we would like to be treated. We get what we give. The apostle urges us to be extravagant in our giving to the people and things of God and reminds us that God sees the thoughts and motivation of our hearts. God appreciates the one who gives with a good attitude out of their abundant admiration and love for Him.

 

Paul tells us that when we are cheerful givers, blessing according to our ability, that God will make His grace flow toward us, meet our needs and it also provides an occasion to cause someone else to give God praise. I don’t know if you’ve ever been the recipient of a financial blessing, but I can tell you it brings about such a gratitude in the heart of the one that was so pressed and so in need. Through our obedience it also helps others to know that we are kingdom minded, God is real, and He is able to provide through His children.

 

PRAYER:

Lord, I pray to be a generous person. Please help me to always be proactive, to run toward a need instead of backing away. I ask You to provide plenty so that I can always be a blessing to Your kingdom and to the needs of individuals. My hope is that You will receive much glory through my deeds. If ever I promise someone something and they are counting on me, please help me to be faithful to fulfill it. 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!