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President's
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by Brent Holt
Doesn’t it feel like life is so much busier than
it used to be?
I know we all tend to hold onto fond memories of
our past and block out unpleasant things. This leads to
the “things were better back when…” statements that we
often find ourselves making. However, I’m not
talking about good or bad memories. I’m talking
about the stuff that takes up our minutes and hours from
the time we wake up in the morning to the time we
finally have to give in to fatigue at night and go to
bed.
Doesn’t it seem like there is more going on all
the time now?
I barely have time to eat dinner each night with
my family, much less take on any new projects (like
Bibles Cover The Earth). At first I
thought this was just my life and
circumstances, but the more I have talked to people and
pursued spreading the Bibles Cover The Earth mission and
vision, I’ve discovered that everyone seems swamped with
day to day activities. Have you run into
the “I’m not sure I have the time” barrier as you tell
people about Bibles Cover The Earth? Since most of us
can agree that we do not have all the time we want each
day to accomplish everything we need to do, how then, as
humans, do we get done what we need most to get
done? We
have to prioritize. We all prioritize, whether we think
we do or not.
As Christians, we just need to start doing it on
purpose.
At our recent informational meeting, I asked
people to consider making a list of the top four or five
things that most often take up their day. Maybe work,
ballgames, a favorite TV show, hobbies…just to name a
few. After
you have made your list of these time consumers, list
next to each whether or not those things are being done
to accomplish God’s purpose for your life or God’s will
here on this earth. Yes, No, or
Maybe? If
your list is like my list has been, this exercise will
very quickly reveal why much of the world today see’s
Christianity as ineffective and hypocritical. I’m not
saying that it is wrong to do some of these things; I’m
just saying that the way we order our list of priorities
may be off the mark.
Consider the scripture in Matthew 6:33:
“But seek ye
first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all
these things shall be added unto you.” And also the
first of the 10 Commandments in Exodus 20:3 “Thou shalt
have no other gods before
me.”
So what does this have
to do with Bibles Cover The Earth? I promise I’m
not just trying to make you feel guilty. My point is,
God has a purpose for every one of us. How are we
fulfilling that purpose? With your list
of priorities as it may be, do you have the time and
freedom and money to do what you feel you are called by
God to do?
If not, Bibles Cover The Earth can provide you
with any or all of these needs to help you as you
“engage in good deeds to meet pressing needs, so that
[you] will not be unfruitful.” (Titus 3:14). Also, by
participating in the Bibles Cover The Earth program,
through the distribution of Bibles, you are remaking
your list of priorities to include doing something to
spread the Kingdom of God.
So, “Who has the time?”…nobody does. But at the same
time, everyone does, if we are willing to redo our
priorities list to start seeking first the kingdom of
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Bible Verse of the
Month
"Little children, let us not love
with word or with tongue, but in deed and truth."
1John 3:18 |
Suggestion
Corner
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Bibles Cover The Earth Makes Donation
to the Pocahontas Ministerial
Alliance
Brent Holt presents a check
to Pastor Lynn Ables, current president
of the Pocahontas Ministerial Alliance
Bibles Cover The Earth has made a
$350 donation to the Pocahontas Ministerial Alliance. This group is comprised
of pastors and leaders from many different churches in
the Pocahontas area and crosses
denominational lines in
an
effort to further the work and gospel
of Jesus Christ. This donation will aid them in their efforts
to help needy families and situations that
may arise among the poor and destitute
in this area.
New Ideas
In the
months ahead, we are going to begin
focusing on providing training
and materials to the Embossing Centers of
Bibles Cover The Earth in an effort to help you promote
the vision and mission of the program. Just
like any business team, we all need a clear direction
and some instruction on how to do what we want to
do. We all want this opportunity to blossom for
many different reasons, and we here at BCTE
are going to start with some
changes to help that to
happen. Some of the things currently in the
works include... revamping the website,
developing an informational DVD that can be used to help
with recruitment, and an 11x17 inch folded
hand-out that can be used to help people see and
understand all that Bibles Cover The Earth has to
offer. Some of these things will
happen faster than others, but stay tuned as
we strive to improve and
grow!
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Try It, You'll Like It
One of the
first things we talked about while we were in the
planning stages of Bibles Cover The Earth had to do with
what people were going to do with "all these Bibles". As
our name implies, we intend for the Word of God to go
out into the world in ever increasing numbers. We
decided that one of the benefits Bibles Cover The Earth,
LLC would provide to our Embossing Centers would be a
resource for outlets for their Bibles. We want to have an
ongoing Bible request system set up through our company
for the military, missionaries, and prisons. Anyone who
needs or wants a Bible can let us know and one of the
Embossing Centers can then "adopt" that person and
provide them with an Embossed Bible. We started with the
prison system here in Arkansas.
We are pleased to say that the response from
the prisons here in Arkansas has been great! We have already
sent over 100 Bibles to inmates at the
correctional facilities in Pine Bluff, Tucker, and Newport. I
think all the Embossing Centers who have sent these Bibles to the
prisons would agree that it has been one of the most
rewarding experiences of the program so far. It points
at the very heart of our vision and mission here at
Bibles Cover The Earth. Think of the impact these Bibles
may very well be having on these men and women in
prison.
If you have not had
the experience of purchasing a Bible Pack, and then embossing
the Bibles and giving them to someone, I would encourage
you to give it a try. The need is great in more
ways than one. In fact, we currently need your help just
to keep up with the number of requests we are getting
from the prisons. As I write this, we have about 55
more people from prison who have requested a Bible.* T
hat is
more than the current number of Bibles that have been
going to the prisons each month. And the more Bibles we
send out, the more requests we get. It’s a wonderful
problem to have; people are asking for the Word of
God.
You may have
thought that you wanted to wait until your downline was
built before starting to order your monthly Bible Pack,
but I encourage you to think of this business
differently than you normally would. Not only is the
purchase of monthly Bible Packs crucial to the success
of all aspects of Bibles Cover The Earth, I believe that
it is also important to the success of your own Bibles
Cover The Earth business. Remember, "Give, and it will
be given to you"-Lk 6:38. As you give people an embossed
Bible, you will not only feel good about doing so, but
you will also gain an ownership, so to speak, of the
process and thereby be better able to talk about and
promote the "Why" of why you personally joined Bibles
Cover The Earth. I think that as you talk to others
about Bibles Cover The Earth, you will find yourself
consistently telling them about how rewarding it has
been to you to get those Bibles out into the world. This
will help your business to grow. So like I said at the
beginning, "Try it, you’ll like it". -BH
*Once you have purchased
your Bible Pack(s), if you would like to help us with
the many prisoner names that are accumulating, please
email us at BibleOutreach@BiblesCoverTheEarth.com and we will
send you as many names as you want and instructions on
how to get the Bibles to the inmates.
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The Swipe
I want you to picture a combine in a field
of grain. The grain is huge, tall, and ripe and the combine
has made one “swipe” in the middle of the field. The
path is obvious. There is no doubt that the field has
been changed where the combine has been.
This simple parable is God’s design for His Word
in the world where you and I live. The world is the
field of grain and His Word is the combine. Consider
this: Everything that the Word touches is changed
forever and a difference should be seen in the Word’s
effects. When the Word goes forth into the world we
should see the “swipe” where it has been. In Isaiah God
promises us that this will happen. He says His Word will
not come back to Him void. Like the combine, the Word
will create a “swipe” wherever it goes.
How many people really believe this? Let me encourage
you with this thought. Every Bible that is sent
out contains EVERYTHING that each person needs. Right
now, there are many souls out in the field of this world
who are looking for an answer of some kind and that
number is increasing every day. The answer, no matter
what the problem, is found in the Word.
At Bibles Cover The Earth we believe this so much
that our primary goal is to get the Word of God into the
hands of every person who wants one. Why? Because we
know the power of the Word to make a huge “swipe” in our
world no matter where we are on life’s journey. That’s
why we rejoice in sending embossed Bibles to those souls
in prison.
There is no greater gift that has more potential
for affecting one’s life than the Word of God. As we
grow together in the vision every month we are causing
the “swipe” to get bigger. What a great opportunity each
of us have. Let us seize the day.
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Nuggets From
A Good Read
I have been reading and studying a book by
top network marketers Mark and Rene Yarnell. Their
book is called, Your First
year In Network Marketing; Overcome Your Fears,
Experience Success, and Achieve Your Dreams.
It is a great book and a great read for all of us
who are involved with network marketing. I thought
I would share a few thoughts expressed in the
book.
One of the best recommendations I found was
the answer to building a genealogy. Two
suggestions: (1) Learn the program you are
involved with and (2) duplicate your knowledge.
The idea is to take responsibility for your
business by learning everything about the program
and then teach others your knowledge. Yarnell
stresses that genealogies do not grow when we do
nothing and expect our sponsors to build our
down-lines.
In the first chapter, Ignoring The
Rejection Rocket, it says: “The first cause of
failure occurs when new network marketers listen
to people who don’t know what they’re talking
about. The second cause of failure results from
their NOT listening to those of us who do know
what we’re talking about.”
“Rejection by family and friends is by far
one of the biggest challenges in network
marketing. But you can only change their attitudes
by changing your own.”
“…I can try to avoid the pain of rejection
and that is a three-step formula: say nothing, do
nothing, be nothing. Persistence, coupled with
absolute belief can never be
defeated…”
“In traditional business, things may just
happen, but in network marketing, success comes to
those who make things happen.”
“Think of prospecting in multi-level
marketing as a sifting process. Like a waitress
walking around with a coffeepot, we are merely
searching for those who would like to have what we
have to offer.”
In the second chapter, Avoiding The
Management Trap, the book brings forth some
great solutions.
“Managing organizations for our families
and friends often causes the very people we love
most to fail.”
“In the business, everyone has the ability
to do great things, but those who lean on their
up-lines for every single thing are usually the
ones who fail.”
“Set your sights on the goal, consistently
meet the steps outlined in your business plan, and
don’t make excuses – whatever it takes, just do
it!”
“Network
marketing is a business of distributors building
their own front lines and teaching their people to
duplicate the process.”
These nuggets of wisdom are great and can
help us to succeed in our home-based business.
These are from the first two chapters. I’ll share
more next month. The book, however, can be found
on Amazon.com and I think it is a must read for
anyone serious about making their network
marketing business a success.
Begin to think about your home-based
business as a business. Reading and studying is a
must for success in any business. |
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