Trust in the Lord
with all my heart, and
lean not on my own understanding
or past experiences;
in all my ways acknowledge
(be thankful for) Him,
and He (via the Holy Spirit) shall direct
my thinking and doing.
Rejoice in the Lord always
and again I say, Rejoice.
Let your moderation be known unto all men.
The Lord is at hand.
Be anxious for nothing;
but in every thing by prayer and supplication
with thanksgiving
let your requests be made known unto God.
And the peace of God,
which passeth all understanding,
shall keep your hearts and minds
through Christ Jesus.
Finally, brethren,
whatsoever things are true,
whatsoever things are honest,
whatsoever things are just,
whatsoever things are pure,
whatsoever things are lovely,
whatsoever things are of good report;
if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise,
think on these things.
�20 But you, beloved,
build yourselves up [founded] on your most holy faith
[make spiritual progress],
praying in the Holy Spirit;
21 guard {and} keep yourselves in the love of God;
expect {and} patiently wait for the mercy
of our Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah)--
[which will bring you] unto life eternal.
22 and on some have mercy and compassion
who waver {and} doubt.
23 [Strive to] save others, snatching [them] out of [the] fire;
on others have pity [but] with fear,
loathing even the garment spotted by the flesh
{and} polluted by their sensuality."
To God be the glory!!
After transforming some of my previously created Bible studies into a good group of Bible study courses that I thought would become the central part of an Internet Bible Correspondence school, I created one website in the Yahoo GeoCities. I decided to use Praize Messenger for promoting it and the Holy Spirit gave me the ID to use of Biblelover8. In last week of December of 2003 I got my first contact and courses request from a pastor in Zambia. I lost track of how many of the original 60 PFHL courses I have sent out, but it probably is over 20,000. I have no idea how many have been shared by the over 1500 individuals in about 50 countries I have sent them to, and I have not used any advertising or other website ministries to promote it. I created the BibleloverBill website in mid 2004, but the correspondence school didn�t develop and I actually had no time to respond to any of the courses if they were returned (even though my wife is letting me do this fulltime as she does her nursing job). Since my courses are not like lectures or sermons, people read them and many sent them to others. In other words that collection of 60 helped others have a basis for an Internet ministry that was doing the second part of the Great Commission.
Because the ministry changed to an e-mail one for sharing God�s Word and doing Biblical counseling, I developed this website to share with others what I had learned about organizing my e-mail accounts and the files in my computer, and how I usually create Bible studies. I also tried the Yahoo and MSN Instant Messengers, but rarely was able to share Scripture. And the Praize Messenger turned into a place where Africans begged for money or help to get out of their countries. I also saw a little bit of Christian chatrooms and didn�t like the mostly secular dialog. It all showed that most people use the Internet for secular reasons. And I didn�t like being hurried to respond in the IMs. I prefer to think more about and even praying for a little while about spiritual communications. So I focused on doing e-mail ministries. I believe we should be careful about what and how we share Scripture and God�s wonderful truths because there is so much wrong teaching of such. So for about a year, I usually sent 3 to 5 e-mails per week to people on my list: my new essays and Bible studies, good Christian articles, clean humor, and prayer requests. And the PFHL Bible courses kept being requested and were also appropriate when I did Biblical e-mail counseling.
In February of 2007, I was glad when the Holy Spirit told me to use the "Files" section of Yahoo groups. I first had to develop 14 groups because the storage limit was only 20 MB. The software only allowed one by one uploading. But I learned more about my collection that way and changed some of the article ratings. Then almost immediately after I finished that project, Yahoo raised the storage limit per group to 100 MB. So I spent many many hours in developing 5 groups and deleting the 12 of the 14 groups. One by one upload was still required, even though I requested Yahoo to fix their software like they did in their former Photos drag and drop feature.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Christianity_Basics_Source_1/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Christianity_Basics_Source_2/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/psychological_and_counseling_concerns/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/End_Times_concerns
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/for_discerning/
But recently I found another way of sharing my collection in one location: I have now posted all of the articles and Bible studies indicated above in the free 2 GB site http://ntpastor.diinoweb.com . The visitor password for each of my main folders is �files�, but signing up for the free 2 GB account is the only way you can get into my compilation. You can make up a good ID to use with the just indicated password when you are in my site. The Diino demos and written information are very good. And the customer service via e-mail is very good from Sweden. Diino's website is at http://www.diino.com/index.html
I hope to encourage others to do the same and use their sites for the Great Commission.
Onward for whatever He wants,
Bible lover Bill
Romans 8:28, Philippians 4:4-8, & Proverbs 3:5-6
my e-mail address: [email protected]
Some of my blog sites:
http://bibleloverbill.multiply.com
http://360.yahoo.com/wls8ger
http://www.mychurch.org/concerned
