The Meeting Place Church Blacksburg, SC

The Meeting Place Church Blacksburg, SC A Spirit-Filled Church emphasizing worship, the gifts of the Spirit, and missions. Service Times: Sun

SEED -Pastor RickI was nine years old in 1963 when I walked the aisle at Midway Baptist Church to be born again. However...
04/26/2026

SEED -Pastor Rick
I was nine years old in 1963 when I walked the aisle at Midway Baptist Church to be born again. However, for the next eleven years I did not live as a Christian. Around January 3, 1975 I came back to the Lord. This past week, as I reflected on this, I asked the Lord what was going on in those eleven years? Why did it take so long to start living as a born again Christian? He took me to John 12:24, particularly, “. . . A grain of wheat falls into the ground . . .” He said, “In 1963, a seed was planted in you, but your soil was not fertile enough to allow this seed to grow.” Then, I asked why wasn’t the seed taken away? Especially since there was no evidence that I would live for the Lord? He said, “There were times when satan asked and even tried to sn**ch the seed away, but I wouldn’t let him.” (This indicates the warfare satan wages over our lives. Thank God that Jesus has won the victory)! He said, “I knew the plans I had for you. There was life in your seed that would come forth and produce. So, I fertilized your soil. I kept weeds from overtaking your soil. I worked your soil (Lk 13:6-9). I protected your seed, until the life in the seed began to grow and produce a harvest.” There are seeds that have been planted in you and your family that may seem dormant, but I believe the Holy Spirit is still working the soil, making it conducive to produce a crop. Thank God, He is the God of second chances. Remember, He knows the plans and thoughts that He has for you!
Blessings, Pastor Rick

THE TWO TREESPastor RickIn reflecting on the death and resurrection of Jesus, the Holy Spirit reminded me of an experien...
04/26/2026

THE TWO TREES
Pastor Rick

In reflecting on the death and resurrection of Jesus, the Holy Spirit reminded me of an experience I had in 1975. I had been born again for several months. I was involved with a house church in Homestead, Florida. I had been baptized in the Holy Spirit and was captured by His presence. It was an exciting time. Then, out of nowhere, satan began to plant seeds of discontent in me. He asked, “How is this Christian life fulfilling you? Don’t you miss your old way of life? Partying and having fun?” People I knew outside of church were trying to get me to join them in “Partying”. Finally, I gave into satan’s influence and went with these “friends” to a concert. However, shortly after entering the concert hall, I knew that I didn’t belong there. I found a pay phone, called my house church and two brothers came and picked me up. On the way home one of the brothers asked me, “What did the Lord show you while at the concert?” I said, “It was like I was in one tree and my friends at the concert were in another tree and that I was trying to reach over and partake of that tree.” Today, fifty years later, the Holy Spirit spoke to me saying, “This is what I was instilling in you, “You are in Christ [that is, grafted in, joined to Him by faith in Him as Savior], you are a new creature [reborn and renewed by the Holy Spirit]; the old things [the previous moral and spiritual condition (the other tree)] have passed away. Behold, new things have come to you [because spiritual awakening brings a new life]” (‭‭2 Corinthians‬ ‭5‬:‭17‬ ‭AMP). From this I can attest, that we, as born again Christians, are abiding in Christ, as the Tree of life, and we can continually eat of His fruit. “It is through him that we live and function and have our identity . . .” (‭‭Acts‬ ‭17‬:‭28‬ ‭TPT‬‬). This is what He gave us by His death, resurrection and baptism in the Holy Spirit. Thank You, Jesus!
Blessings Rick

UNCLOGGED PASSAGEWAYS Pastor RickSomeone shared a dream with me about unclogging a passag...
04/26/2026

UNCLOGGED PASSAGEWAYS
Pastor Rick
Someone shared a dream with me about unclogging a passageway. In this dream I could see the Lord opening up old passageways into the ways of God that have been blocked by traditions, man’s agendas or by man determining what is and what’s not of God. Such actions will and have clogged up passageways that should flow in the Holy Spirit. I’ve shared before how I became a believer, but I did not live as a born again believer for about eleven years. However, when I came back to the Lord in 1975, one thing the Holy Spirit said to me was, “This same Jesus, Whom you have heard about your whole life is truly the Way, the Truth and Life, there’s no other way!” That night, in 1975, the Holy Spirit unclogged that old passageway and life in the Holy Spirit began to flow. What didn’t flow through me, when I was born again at nine years old, began to flow through me in 1975. I had a desire for more of God. While driving to my Air Force Base in Florida I asked God to only let me meet Christians, which He did. He led me to a church, not a clogged up church, but a church that was flowing in the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit flowed through the Bible, as the Word of God became alive to me. As I flowed in worship, His presence wrapped around me. My prayer life changed when I was filled with the Holy Spirit and I began to pray in tongues. All that was happening to me seemed new (and to me it was), but it wasn’t. It was the ways of God which have always been. I believe God is still unclogging today, opening up His passageways to fullness of life in Him (Eph 3:19).
Blessing, Rick

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