Ricky Jenkins

  • Preach the Word of God

    Here as the rebuilding of the temple ensues the bible makes note of the leaders, the Jewish elders, who were called to risk their necks so that God's temple would be reestablished. When threatened by…

    Created 9 days ago

    Ezra 6:14 (NLT)

  • God Started It...

    As Ezra's book begins we see the end of the 70 year exile in Babylon/Persia as God had promised as a punishment to his people through his servant Jeremiah. Indeed the iniquities of the people were too…

    Created 12 days ago

    Ezra 1:4 (NLT), Ezra 1:5 (NLT)

  • Godly Wisdom is Connected to People

    This is a striking passage. We all know of Solomon's humble request as he took the throne of Israel. God literally appears to him. First of all we must make some mention of this. What was this experience…

    Created about 1 month ago

    2 Chronicles 1:10 (NLT)

  • Godly leadership must be marked by humility...

    Here the declaration of a Davidic covenant centered on the Messiah is announced to King David by Nathan the prophet. Imagine, in a culture, where ancestral permanence is an extreme value, hearing that…

    Created about 1 month ago

    1 Chronicles 17:17 (NLT)

  • Boldness: The best response to persecution...

    To be sure life is tough. There are hardships that all of us face that shake us to our very core sometimes. I lost a Mom at age 20. Battled loneliness through my mid-twenties. Had a bout with cancer last…

    Created 3 months ago

    Acts 4:30 (NLT), Acts 4:31 (NLT)

  • depravity

    In 1 Samuel 15 Saul had failed to completely destroy the Amalekites. In fact he'd spared their king and their finest cattle against the Lord's command. It resulted in God's edict against him as king.…

    Created 4 months ago

    1 Samuel 22:17 (NLT), 1 Samuel 22:18 (NLT), 1 Samuel 22:19 (NLT)

  • The Preeminent Christ

    John 8 is indeed one of the boldest chapters of Scripture. The Lord Jesus graciously and fully reveals His divinity to the people in this chapter. His dialogue concludes with one of several "I AM" statements…

    Created 4 months ago

    John 8:58 (NLT)

  • lions, Tigers, and bears o my

    As David hears the taunts of Goliath his heart is instantly dismayed that the philistine giant would mock the armies of who David called "the living God." what reverence he felt for God & His holy honor!…

    Created 4 months ago

    1 Samuel 17:37 (NLT)

  • Love for God is brokenness over Sin

    Here in the book of Samuel the prophet and judge discovers that King Saul has disobeyed the Lord's command. Saul and his men indeed have not completely destroyed the Amalekites as God commanded but have…

    Created 4 months ago

    1 Samuel 15:11 (NLT)

  • Earned a Badge — Created 10 Highlights

    2012-02-02

  • The Promise Keeper

    There's so much in one verse. So reading the whole of God's word is essential to appreciate the fullness thereof. This one verse in Joshua says so much. Here after decades of wandering through the wilderness…

    Created 6 months ago

    Joshua 21:43 (NLT)

  • then he touched her

    This story is one of a woman who'd been vexed by an illness, one which was satanic as the text tells us, for some 18 years. There is no indication that the woman is seeking after Jesus. But verse 13 says,…

    Created 6 months ago

    Luke 13:13 (NLT)

  • Humility & Trust

    Here the Lord prepares His people to enter into the Promised Land. As the Lord encourages them with the vast resources this land holds he reminds them as well that as they enter into a land flowing with…

    Created 6 months ago

    Deuteronomy 8:11 (NLT), Deuteronomy 8:12 (NLT), Deuteronomy 8:13 (NLT), Deuteronomy 8:14 (NLT), Deuteronomy 8:15 (NLT), Deuteronomy 8:16 (NLT), Deuteronomy 8:17 (NLT)

  • the humility of leaders

    The Bible here reminds us of the kind of people that God uses. Here in the conflict between his own brother and sister we find just how out of line they were and how in tune with God Moses was. The scripture…

    Created 7 months ago

    Numbers 12:3 (NLT)

  • ministry is not reserved to the Professionals

    Here the lord shares the burden of leadership with the elders of Israel. He anoints them, puts His Spirit on them and they prophesy. Joshua, not understanding, cried out for correction! But Moses resoundingly…

    Created 7 months ago

    Numbers 11:28 (NLT), Numbers 11:29 (NLT)

  • Shut up.

    Lord help me to observe this wisdom in my life. Help me to listen & observe more than pontificate and commentate. I ask your Sprit's help. In Jesus name, Amen.

    Created 7 months ago

    Proverbs 10:19 (NLT)

  • Serving

    Serving is the godly thing to do for this is God's righteous and gracious response to us. In the same way we are to imitate the Lord by seeking out those who are lost, destitute, and disadvantaged and…

    Created 7 months ago

    Psalm 41:1 (NLT)

  • humility

    This woman understood that she didn't deserve a thing from God. This must be our approach to Jesus. We too must understand that we have rebelled against Him and we are GRACED just to know Him. Yet when…

    Created 7 months ago

    Mark 7:28 (NLT)

  • who is like the Lord?

    Here the Lord answers his promises from centuries before that he would provide his people with a land flowing with milk and honey. The Lord is our comfort and our guide and this is evidenced for the people…

    Created 7 months ago

    Exodus 13:22 (NLT)

  • thank God for the blood...

    Christ is in every movement of God in Scripture. The Lord says in Ex. 9:16 that the purpose of the plagues was so that His fame might be spread among the Egyptians and the world. Here at the first Passover…

    Created 8 months ago

    Exodus 12:13 (NLT)

  • Earned a Badge — Created 10 [Public] Notes

    2011-10-11

  • imagine...

    I can only imagine what Joseph's brothers learned of grace this day. They were a loathsome sort. They'd been insanely jealous of him to the point of plotting his murder and selling him into slavery. And…

    Created 8 months ago

    Genesis 45:15 (NLT)

  • family Reunion

    Perhaps the truest mark of Christianity is the fruit of grace. Joseph has been swindled and spun into decades of suffering at the hand of his brothers. Yet being full of God's Spirit, he still rejoices…

    Created 8 months ago

    Genesis 43:30 (NLT)

  • "Conditional Love"

    Here Jacob is first approached by GOD himself. Jacob's heart is not yet converted. He is still the swindler and the deceived. Yet God graciously makes the first move, extends to him the covenantal promise,…

    Created 8 months ago

    Genesis 28:21 (NLT)

  • and we think we are going through...

    In times of suffering may we remember that we are not the first of God's people to struggle. May we remember as well that if God delivered them surely He will also come to our rescue in some way.

    Created 8 months ago

    Psalm 6:6 (NLT)

  • help thou mine own belief

    Abraham, an aged man, believed avid at His Word. How? This event occurred right after a battle. We don't know the odds. But we do know abram defeated a team of kings with only 318 of his men. It's plausible…

    Created 8 months ago

    Genesis 15:6 (NLT)

  • worthy of further study

    This is certainly a controversial passage that has sparked questions throughout the centuries. What is the curse to Canaan and his descendants? As a child in elementary school I remember some friends…

    Created 9 months ago

    Genesis 9:25 (NLT), Genesis 9:26 (NLT), Genesis 9:27 (NLT)

  • Earned a Badge — Subscribed to First Reading Plan

    2011-07-31

  • Earned a Badge — Shared a Bible Reference

    2011-07-21

  • Earned a Badge — Created Your First Bookmark

    2011-06-12

  • John 5:19

    John 5:19 (ESV)
    So Jesus said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of his own accord, but only what he sees the Father doing. For whatever the Father does, that the Son does likewise.

    Created 12 months ago

  • Earned a Badge — Created First [Public] Note

    2011-05-14