Miracle Moment
January 6, 2026

II Kings 8:1-9:13, Acts16:16-40, Psalm 143:1-12, Proverbs 17:26

“A mob was quickly formed against Paul and Silas, and the judges ordered them stripped and beaten with wooden whips. Again, and again the rods slashed down across their bared backs; and afterwards they were thrown into prison. The jailer was threatened with death if they escaped…Trembling with fear, the jailer called for lights and ran to the dungeon and fell down before Paul and Silas. He brought them out and begged them, ‘Sirs, what must I do to be saved?’ They replied, ‘Believe on the Lord Jesus and you will be saved, and your entire household.'” Acts 16:22-24, 29-30

It all started with an annoying little girl. She bothered Paul; Paul eventually commanded the demon to leave her. She lost her ability to make money for her owners. They got upset and turned the town against Paul and Silas. Then we have our scripture. In the midst of their physical pain and confinement, these guys strike up worship, worship so powerful that chains fall off and prison doors open! So, when he sees all of the prisoners are still there, the jailer brings Paul and Silas into his home to speak with his family. He cleans up their wounds, feeds them and the whole family is converted to Christ.

When I read this, I think, what if they endured all of that just to be positioned to win this family for Jesus? I think about their clothing sticking to the open wounds on their bodies. Cry, moan – no, sing. Loved on God till the bonds fell off of not only them, but all of the prisoners. How many of the inmates were affected? Says they were all listening and none of them ran away. How many people came to God in this uncomfortable, painful situation? And what would be my reaction if I were the person beaten and imprisoned? Would today’s Christian judge me for being incarcerated? Just some things I’m thinking about. I’m trying to gauge my heart and my thought process toward hard injustice and still standing for God despite it.

PRAYER: Lord, what an encouraging story. I am always amazed at the hardships Paul faced yet he still kept his eyes on the prize of knowing You and making You known. Help all of us who represent You to do it well, to look for opportunities in every situation and to trust that You are ordering our steps and all is well. Help me to see Your face no matter where I find myself. Love You Jesus, 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!