Dear Brothers and Sisters,
LAST NOTICE!
Bill's Musings is moving from InJesus.com to Google Groups. The reason is that InJesus will be starting to charge for their service @ $10.00 per month, and I'm too cheap to pay it!
The Google Group name is Bill's Musings, just as it's been since 2006.
Anyway, if you'd like to continue to receive my periodic musings, all you'll have to do it send an email to:
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“But I discipline my body and bring it into subjection, lest, when I have preached to others, I myself should become disqualified.” (1 Corinthians 9:27)
The Corinthian church gave Paul the apostle grief in certain areas … seems like there was a small but rebellious group within the fellowship that thought it necessary to challenge him regarding his style and his approach to ministry. Therefore, Paul the apostle thought it important to biblically explain and defend his actions. In doing...

Dear Brothers and Sisters,
Bill's Musings is moving from InJesus.com to Google Groups. The reason is that InJesus will be starting to charge for their service @ $10.00 per month, and I'm too cheap to pay it!
The Google Group name is Bill's Musings, just as it's been since 2006.
Anyway, if you'd like to continue to receive my periodic musings, all you'll have to do it send an email to:
bills-musings+subscribe@googlegroups.com
You'll be automatically subscribed!
If you'd already been...

But Joshua said to the people, “You cannot serve the LORD, for He is a holy God. He is a jealous God; He will not forgive your transgressions nor your sins. If you forsake the LORD and serve foreign gods, then He will turn and do you harm and consume you, after He has done you good.” (Joshua 24:19-20)
Israel had been delivered from the oppression of Egypt.
They had been miraculously sustained during...

Dear Brothers and Sisters,
 
Some of you have written to me to tell me you’re
having trouble switching over to Google Groups.
 
Let’s try it this way: if you want to be switched
over, just hit reply to this email. I’ll do it for you directly through
Google Groups.
 
Sorry for the hassle!
 
In Christ,
 
Bill Holdridge
Poimen Ministries
www.poimenministries.com
www.billholdridge.com
http://pastorbillholdridge.wordpress.com
 

Dear Brothers and Sisters,
Bill's Musings is moving from InJesus.com to Google Groups. The reason is that InJesus will be starting to charge for their service @ $10.00 per month, and I'm too cheap to pay it! The Google Group name is Bill's Musings, just as it's been since 2006.
Anyway, if you'd like to continue to receive my periodic musings, all you'll have to do it send an email to:
bills-musings+subscribe@googlegroups.com
You'll be automatically subscribed!
If you'd already been moved...

Dear Brothers and Sisters,
Bill's Musings is moving from InJesus.com to Google Groups. The reason is that InJesus will be starting to charge for their service @ $10.00 per month, and I'm too cheap to pay it! The Google Group name is Bill's Musings, just as it's been since 2006.
Anyway, if you'd like to continue to receive my period musings, all you'll have to do it send an email to:
bills-musings+subscribe@googlegroups.com
You'll be automatically subscribed!
If you'd already been moved to Google Groups, you...

Dear brothers and sisters,
Let’s take a look at Psalm 63, a major Biblical encouragement for spending time daily with the Lord in personal communion with Him. Since Jesus Christ defined eternal life as knowing God the Father and the Son (John 17:3), we ought to pursue the knowledge of the Lord with great anticipation and earnest.
Thanks for reading.
In Christ,
Bill Holdridge
Psalm 63
A Psalm of David when he was in the wilderness of Judah.
1     O God, You are my God;
      Early will I...

Week Six, Day 1
 
EPHESIANS 6:1-4
Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. {2} “Honor your father and mother”—which is the first commandment with a promise— {3} “that it may go well with you and that you may enjoy long life on the earth.” {4} Fathers, do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.
 
A string of participles (verbal adjectives) stems from the command in Ephesians 5:18,...

Week Five, Day 1
 
EPHESIANS 5:1-7
Be imitators of God, therefore, as dearly loved children {2} and live a life of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God. {3} But among you there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed, because these are improper for God’s holy people. {4} Nor should there be obscenity, foolish talk...

Dear Brothers and Sisters,
The other day I was involved in a prayer and share time with several other pastors. We prayed for each other, and as we did, I was the last one prayed for.
One of the pastor’s prayers for me went like this: “Father, I ask you to fill Bill.”
Immediately my mind was activated, my thinking stirred. For some reason I thought of a couple of other “_____ Bill” statements.
When we finished praying, I announced what they were. “Brothers”...

Dear Brothers and Sisters,
If you haven't seen Bill's Blog, I'd like to extend to you an invitation to sign up.
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On the blog site itself there are articles that you may not have seen as a...

 
Then Moses answered and said, “But suppose they will not believe me or listen to my voice; suppose they say, ‘The LORD has not appeared to you.’”
 
So the LORD said to him, “What is that in your hand?” He said, “A rod.” And He said, “Cast it on the ground.” So he cast it on the ground, and it became a serpent; and Moses fled from it. Then the LORD said to Moses, “Reach out your hand and take it by the tail (and he reached out his...

 
Week Four, Day 1
 
EPHESIANS 4:1-10
As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received. {2} Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. {3} Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace. {4} There is one body and one Spirit-- just as you were called to one hope when you were called— {5} one Lord,...

“The king shall have joy in Your strength, O LORD; and in Your salvation how greatly shall he rejoice! You have given him his heart’s desire, and have not withheld the request of his lips. Selah
“For You meet him with the blessings of goodness; You set a crown of pure gold upon his head. He asked life from You, and You gave it to him; length of days forever and ever.” (Psalms 21:1-4, NKJV)
Here we learn a great lesson from...