Mike R

  • mrenkosiak
  • Chicago

  • Ephesians 3:6, Ephesians 3:11-12

    Ephesians 3:6 (ESV)
    This mystery is that the Gentiles are fellow heirs, members of the same body, and partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel.

    Ephesians 3:11-12 (ESV)
    This was according to the eternal purpose that he has realized in Christ Jesus our Lord,

    Created 2 months ago

    Labels: calling gift heirs

  • Matthew 17:25-26

    Matthew 17:25-26 (ESV)
    He said, "Yes." And when he came into the house, Jesus spoke to him first, saying, "What do you think, Simon? From whom do kings of the earth take toll or tax? From their sons or from others?"

    Created 2 months ago

    Labels: free inheritance sons

  • The sons are free

    I have read this many times before and never read it as if looking at it through how Christ sees us. I realized that if I look at the world as a whole, who is the king of this earth currently? The devil…

    Created 2 months ago

    Matthew 17:25 (ESV), Matthew 17:26 (ESV)

  • When a struggle ensues whom do I confide in?

    I, personally, have been struggling with stress and anger. Sometimes I let it get the better of my an lose my witness to others because of the things I say or how I act. While I am not expecting myself…

    Created 2 months ago

    Genesis 25:22 (ESV)

  • 2 Timothy 3:14-17

    2 Timothy 3:14-17 (ESV)
    But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have firmly believed, knowing from whom you learned it

    Created 3 months ago

    Labels: believe equip knowledge raise up warriors wisdom

  • What am I asking for?

    After I read that verse I stopped to ponder what is my heart's desire? And if the Lord grants us the desires of our hearts, what am I specifically asking for? What am I not asking for? What is in my heart…

    Created 4 months ago

    Psalm 20:4 (ESV)

  • Psalm 20:4

    Psalm 20:4 (ESV)
    May he grant you your heart's desire and fulfill all your plans!

    Created 4 months ago

    Labels: desire heart want

  • Psalm 19:14

    Psalm 19:14 (ESV)
    Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, O Lord, my rock and my redeemer.

    Created 4 months ago

    Labels: seeds words

  • Psalm 16:8

    Psalm 16:8 (ESV)
    I have set the Lord always before me; because he is at my right hand, I shall not be shaken.

    Created 4 months ago

    Labels: assistant with me

  • Matthew 6:1

    Matthew 6:1 (ESV)
    "Beware of practicing your righteousness before other people in order to be seen by them, for then you will have no reward from your Father who is in heaven.

    Created 4 months ago

  • Psalm 7:8

    Psalm 7:8 (ESV)
    The Lord judges the peoples; judge me, O Lord, according to my righteousness and according to the integrity that is in me.

    Created 4 months ago

    Labels: judgement

  • Psalm 1:1, Psalm 1:3

    Psalm 1:1 (ESV)
    Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers;

    Psalm 1:3 (ESV)
    He is like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither. In all that he does, he prospers.

    Created 4 months ago

  • Leviticus 26:7

    Leviticus 26:7 (ESV)
    You shall chase your enemies, and they shall fall before you by the sword.

    Created 5 months ago

    Labels: enemy victory

  • Leviticus 17:11

    Leviticus 17:11 (ESV)
    For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it for you on the altar to make atonement for your souls, for it is the blood that makes atonement by the life.

    Created 5 months ago

  • Exodus 15:3

    Exodus 15:3 (ESV)
    The Lord is a man of war; the Lord is his name.

    Created 5 months ago

    Labels: fighter warrior

  • Exodus 14:14

    Exodus 14:14 (ESV)
    The Lord will fight for you, and you have only to be silent."

    Created 5 months ago

    Labels: fight protect

  • Our calling

    When God gives us a vision for our lives of what he wants to do in it, how fast can we lose patience when we hit a road block? Or a confrontation doesn't turn out as we think it should, or wish we had…

    Created 5 months ago

    Exodus 5:22 (ESV), Exodus 5:23 (ESV)

  • Exodus 5:22-23

    Exodus 5:22-23 (ESV)
    Then Moses turned to the Lord and said, "O Lord, why have you done evil to this people? Why did you ever send me?

    Created 5 months ago

    Labels: calling job results vocation

  • Slaves to Christ

    In the context of Exodus the slavery the Israelites were subject to was painful, labor intense and loveless. True obedience to Christ would be a form self allowed slavery. Not in the sense that we would…

    Created 5 months ago

    Exodus 1:13 (KJV), Exodus 1:14 (KJV)

  • Ultimate forgiveness

    When it seems people harm us, come against us, or do things that at the time seem like they want to do harm, when we rely on God he will be the one to come through. If Joseph was able, as a man, for forgive…

    Created 5 months ago

    Genesis 50:18 (ESV), Genesis 50:19 (ESV), Genesis 50:20 (ESV), Genesis 50:21 (ESV)

  • Genesis 28:15

    Genesis 28:15 (ESV)
    Behold, I am with you and will keep you wherever you go, and will bring you back to this land. For I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you."

    Created 5 months ago

    Labels: give to you promise

  • Constant reminder

    God has always, for me at least, used something of His created beauty to remind me of His love for me. But He has always made things intentional if we are willing to seek out His meaning behind it. Noah…

    Created 5 months ago

    Genesis 9:12 (ESV), Genesis 9:13 (ESV), Genesis 9:14 (ESV), Genesis 9:16 (ESV)

  • Earned a Badge — Shared a Reading Plan

    2012-01-03

  • Genesis 9:12-14, Genesis 9:16

    Genesis 9:12-14 (ESV)
    And God said, "This is the sign of the covenant that I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for all future generations:

    Genesis 9:16 (ESV)
    When the bow is in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is on the earth."

    Created 5 months ago

  • Micah 3:8

    Micah 3:8 (NIV)
    But as for me, I am filled with power, with the Spirit of the lord, and with justice and might, to declare to Jacob his transgression, to Israel his sin.

    Created 5 months ago

    Labels: unity thru standards

  • Deuteronomy 33:12

    Deuteronomy 33:12 (NIV)
    About Benjamin he said: "Let the beloved of the lord rest secure in him, for he shields him all day long, and the one the lord loves rests between his shoulders."

    Created 5 months ago

    Labels: beloved beloved warrior

  • Psalm 5:12

    Psalm 5:12 (ESV)
    For you bless the righteous, O Lord; you cover him with favor as with a shield.

    Created 6 months ago

    Labels: protection shield

  • Ephesians 2:10

    Ephesians 2:10 (ESV)
    For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.

    Created 6 months ago

  • Luke 11:35

    Luke 11:35 (NKJV)
    Therefore take heed that the light which is in you is not darkness.

    Created 7 months ago

    Labels: for me light revelation

  • Psalm 91:11

    Psalm 91:11 (ESV)
    For he will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways.

    Created 7 months ago

    Labels: angels guardian protection support

  • Isaiah 51:12-13

    Isaiah 51:12-13 (ESV)
    "I, I am he who comforts you; who are you that you are afraid of man who dies, of the son of man who is made like grass,

    Created 8 months ago

    Labels: courage fear man

  • Ecclesiastes 11:1

    Ecclesiastes 11:1 (NIV)
    Ship your grain across the sea; after many days you may receive a return.

    Created 8 months ago

    Labels: reap return ship sow

  • Luke 10:20-21, Luke 10:23-24

    Luke 10:20-21 (NIV)
    However, do not rejoice that the spirits submit to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven."

    Luke 10:23-24 (NIV)
    Then he turned to his disciples and said privately, "Blessed are the eyes that see what you see.

    Created 8 months ago

    Labels: battle demons prophet seer vision

  • Earned a Badge — Shared a Bible Reference

    2011-09-29

  • Earned a Badge — Created 10 Highlights

    2011-09-29

  • Faith, Love, & Hope

    My thoughts on what works of faith are, what a labor of love is, and what it mean to have steadfastness in hope as a Christian. I don't claim to be perfect by any means, but a broken and lost man was…

    Created 11 months ago

    1 Thessalonians 1:3 (ESV)

  • Playing by the rules

    What set of rules do you play by? Man's? The world's? Or God's? What if the rule book was laid in front of you, would you read it? How can you know how to win the game if you don't know the rules to…

    Created about 1 year ago

    2 Timothy 2:5 (ESV)

  • What did I say about me?

    Would you trip your mom? Throw nails under the tires of your pastor's car? Mess up the accountants numbers at your job so they will get fired? Would you do all those same things to yourself? Would you…

    Created about 1 year ago

    2 Corinthians 6:3 (ESV), 2 Corinthians 6:4 (ESV)

  • Plan your path

    This Proverb speaks to me of a common saying I have heard from mentors in my life, that saying is this: Proper Prior Planning Prevents Poor Performance. Here it talks of a man who ponders, or thinks/plans/reflects…

    Created about 1 year ago

    Proverbs 4:26 (ESV)

  • Earned a Badge — Completed 3 Reading Plans

    2011-03-12

  • Have goals and dreams; will help others

    19:2 - Can have all the want/why to do something but without the what/how to, nothing will come to fruition and when someone rushes headlong into something without seeking the knowledge on how to accomplish…

    Created over 1 year ago

    Proverbs 19:2 (ESV), Proverbs 19:8 (ESV), Proverbs 19:11 (ESV), Proverbs 19:21 (ESV), Proverbs 20:5 (ESV), Proverbs 20:24 (ESV)

  • Savior seeks sinner to cover in love

    Jesus' instruction on how to live as a Christian are very simple and can be broken down into a main category....just love. He came as a sacrifice for our sins, a blood covering that we can accept freely…

    Created over 1 year ago

    Proverbs 17:9 (ESV)

  • Earned a Badge — Completed First Reading Plan

    2010-12-31

  • Boldly go where few men have gone before

    Read it here in Google Docs (https://docs.google.com/document/d/11y4dhPj67MFUQEV4QJPC3hGMc0N83lwmvVpnM7am-IE/edit?hl=en&authkey=CLyisLcH) Seems a bit to big to post here.

    Created over 1 year ago

    Ephesians 3:11 (ESV), Ephesians 3:12 (ESV), Hebrews 4:16 (ESV)

  • Earned a Badge — Subscribed to First Reading Plan

    2010-12-27

  • Strength in numbers

    The title phrase of this note reflects what the Proverb is talking about. Many nations would not attack another because of their greater size in early human history. We can read, however, of great leaders…

    Created over 1 year ago

    Proverbs 11:14 (ESV)

  • Earned a Badge — Created 10 [Public] Notes

    2010-12-22

  • Earned a Badge — Created First [Public] Note

    2010-12-22

  • Real blessing

    When we are in God's ways and living a righteous life as a Christian, God will bless us with the desires of our heart. When we received a blessing and it seems and feels in our hearts like we didn't…

    Created over 1 year ago

    Proverbs 10:22 (ESV)

  • The heart and your words

    In Proverbs we see that we need to write God's words on our tablet in our hearts. In the New Testament Jesus says to the people that from the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. as we fill our…

    Created over 1 year ago

    Proverbs 7:3 (ESV)

  • Earned a Badge — Created 100 Bookmarks

    2010-12-21

  • Earned a Badge — Created 10 Bookmarks

    2010-12-21

  • Earned a Badge — Created Your First Bookmark

    2010-12-21

  • Self-discliple

    The Bible continuously points out the areas that cause "death" in man. Lack of knowledge, discipline, adherence to the Law (for non-Christian), not accepting Christ as their Savior, and the list goes…

    Created over 1 year ago

    Proverbs 5:23 (ESV)

  • Law reveals sin

    The law makes sin noticible and makes the man conscious of his sin. That was all the law was to do was to make man's sin know to him, and that man was then to know he couldn't follow the law because…

    Created over 1 year ago

    Romans 4:15 (ESV)

  • The club where everyone is a VIP

    What Peter learns here is that God never made favorites. It is made apparent that the Jews were "above", at least in their minds, all who were not Jewish. This sort of divisiveness can result in alienating…

    Created over 1 year ago

    Acts 10:15 (ESV), Acts 10:28 (ESV), Acts 10:34 (ESV), Acts 10:35 (ESV)

  • You live where your mind focuses

    Your life, actions, habits, attitude, thoughts and general disposition will be the product of what dominates your thoughts and mind. Your thoughts and mind are controlled by where you focus your mental…

    Created over 1 year ago

    Romans 8:5 (ASV), Romans 8:6 (ASV), Romans 8:7 (ASV)

  • The well known Stranger

    Try being the guy in the room everyone knows very well, has met you many times before. Knows your mom and dad, your buddies, where you hang out at, where you have gone, what you have done, and knows how…

    Created over 1 year ago

    John 1:3 (NIV84), John 1:10 (NIV84), John 1:11 (NIV84)

  • Can't take it with you, but can't leave it here

    "15 Naked a man comes from his mother's womb, and as he comes, so he departs. He takes nothing from his labor that he can carry in his hand. " Reminds me of the old joke: So a rich man passes away with…

    Created almost 2 years ago

    Ecclesiastes 5:15 (ASV)

  • The extra mile

    Going the extra mile, there is no traffic! Perhaps more to come

    Created almost 2 years ago

    Proverbs 15:19 (NIV84)

  • The good will do good things with money, the evil will spread evil

    It is blatantly obvious that those who are blessed with riches and prosperity that walk in righteousness and upright, will do the same thing with the money. They will bless others and do the funding to…

    Created almost 2 years ago

    Proverbs 10:16 (NIV84)