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Happy New Year!
The Bibles Cover The Earth staff pray that all of you
have a blessed and happy 2009! A lot has happened
since our launch in March of '08 and we are looking
forward to seeing what God has in store for us this
new year.
So many
people in the world right now are hurting and
worried. Bibles Cover The Earth hopes to help
meet the needs of the hungry, the thirsty, and the sick;
to help minister to the strangers, the naked and those
in prision (see Matthew 25: 34-40). In 2008, we
got off to a great start and with your help sent a
great number of Bibles to many inmates in the
Arkansas prison system. Of anything else
you did in 2008, can you think
of anything that could potentially have more
of an eternal impact? With prayer and dedication,
we look forward to 2009 being an even greater year for
the glory of the Lord.
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What am I doing
here?
Do you ever wonder that? I think every
Christian, and probably every person in general, asks
this question at some point in his or her life. I suppose a lot
of people, including Christians, sometimes go through
their entire life and don't ever adequately answer this
question for themselves.
As Christians, I believe we all
have a purpose in being here. Scripture tells
us that we did not choose God but rather he chose us
(John 15:16).
If that is the case, we can assume that
there is some reason that he chooses us; that we are a
part of His plan.
As we experience our day-to-day activities, I
think we as Christians often pray for God to show us our
purpose. It
goes something like this: “God, please show me what I am
supposed to be doing.” Sound
familiar?
The problem comes when God doesn't blast us with
some grand plan for an earth shattering mission. I think we often
wrongly assume that if we ask God what He wants us to
do, and we don't get a clear response or answer, He must
not be ready for us or, worse, that He doesn't want us
to do anything.
We might take the attitude of, “God, I'm here
when you need me.” and then just go about our worldly
life thinking we've done our part. We might think
that we are enlisted in some kind of heavenly National
Guard and that as long as we give our one weekend here
and there that God will let us know the next time there
is some catastrophe that He needs us for. However, as
Christians, we are not in the reserves, we are enlisted
full-time.
Living in a secular, democratic, post-1960's
do-what-you-feel-is-best-for-you society, we have a hard
time as Americans realizing what it means to enlist full
time into the service of the King of Kings. Discussing this
may help us understand our original question of “What am
I doing here?”
First, in the service of the King
we give up our rights to anything. This goes in the face
of our American world view. It seems we are
always talking about our right to do this or that. The inalienable
rights spoken about in the Declaration of Independence
are inalienable only because they are the rights our
Founding fathers saw as the ones given by God to all
men. Since
they are rights given by God, no man or government
should be allowed to take them away from you. But if they are
given by God, then it is He that controls them.
Secondly, we agree to do things
His way, according to his rules. In Deuteronomy
30, God quite plainly explains that we can do things
His way and receive the benefits, or we can choose not
to do things His way and expect to suffer the
consequences.
And, according to His rules, it is an all or
nothing deal.
We either keep all the rules all the time, or we
fail. If it
seems impossible,
that's because it is. Only Jesus
followed all the requirements, and it is only through
Jesus that we have our hope to not face condemnation on
the day of judgment for all the times we did things our
way instead of God's way. He has paid our fine
for our guilt and only through Him can we stand in the
presence of a perfect God.
Thirdly, we exist for Him and His
glory, and this leads me to my original point. Some people do
seem to have bigger ministries and seemingly bigger
roles in life, but all of us have the same purpose as
does all of creation. In fact, Jesus
even had the same purpose. If you've prayed
for God to show you what He wants from you, well, here
it is: Our purpose is to glorify the Father. That may seem
like a simplistic and anticlimactic answer but, if you
think about it, glorifying the Father is both incredibly
simple and incredibly difficult at the same time. If you had to
give yourself a report card on how well your life is
glorifying the Father, how would you do? Fortunately, if we
have made Jesus Lord of our lives, He has already provided
us a passing mark but that doesn't excuse us from
getting a good grade in conduct, so to speak. We
glorify God through our belief in Jesus for our
justification (since Jesus is the mode and method He set to accomplish
that), and then, from the point in time when we align
ourselves under the banner of Christ, we glorify God by
helping people see the Father and His love in all of our
actions (which we do because of our belief in
Jesus). In
other words, our salvation glorifies the Father through
Jesus and our changed lives and resulting actions
glorify the Father through Jesus. If we live and act as
Christians (i.e. followers of Christ), God is glorified.
As we enter this new year, let us
praise God for accomplishing all things through
Jesus. Let
us remind ourselves that our one and only purpose is to
glorify Him.
Then, with all that in mind, let us take on this
new year knowing that there is more going on than just
evil things.
God is sovereign and He is in control. To God be
the glory! -BH
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THE SECRET PLACE
I am concerned by what I see happening within our
country. Greed has caused our nation and a whole lot of
people to suffer badly. One minute the nation is going
under if Congress doesn’t bail out the large banks and
the next minute the Fed chiefs won’t even divulge where
the money was spent. They claim executive immunity.
Because of the corruption, the lying, and the
deception by our officials I believe we are in for some
very rough times ahead. Many lives will be affected in a
very negative way. The possible collapse of the dollar
could cause a shortage of supplies and even food.
I share this because of some things that the Lord
shared with me years ago. One was five years ago and one
was two years ago. The revelation five years ago was
this:
A time is
coming that will be terrible for the people of the earth
but will be a great time for the Kingdom of
God.
The second revelation concerned the start up of
Bibles Cover The Earth:
This
business is to help the Body of Christ financially
because Satan is getting ready to heavily challenge
every church in the area of finances and attempt to cut
off their revenues thus causing them to
cease.
When I received both of these words I didn’t have
a clue what they meant. At the time things were going
very well. Almost a year has passed since we started
BCTE and we have tried very hard to “spread the Word,”
but it has been slow in convincing people of our vision.
We have
worked hard at trying to make this business as simple
and as impacting as we can. This business was
designed with three things in mind:
1.
Get an Embossed Bible into the hands of
every person who wants one
2.
Provide income for those who wish to work
at spreading the Word of God
3.
Be a Kingdom business that gives its
profits away for the building of the Kingdom of God
What I failed to realize at the time is just how much
these things are important to the future of our nation
as well as to the Body of Christ. Regardless of
what’s coming at us, there is only one solution and that
is the truth, and there is only one source for the truth
– the Word of God.
The more people are equipped with the truth the
more they can weather any storm. I believe this with all
my heart. Every day I pray the prayer of Psalm 91. I
have prayed it so much that I now know it by heart. It
states that if I am dwelling in the secret
place of the Most High, God will be my Source,
my Supply, My Protector, as well as my Shield in times
of duress.
A thousand will
fall at your side and ten thousand at your right hand,
but it will not come near you – Psalm 91:7.
I believe this is a Word for us at this time, but
how many people around us know this promise and its
power to protect them? I believe we will be given a
greater opportunity in the months and years ahead to
share the Word with others because I believe the
fulfillment of both revelations I received years ago is
upon us.
Many
have wondered about Psalm 91 and pondered the “secret
place.” I believe the secret place is in Covenant with
God through the Blood of His Son, Jesus, uniting us to
such a relationship that we hunger for the Word. We
desire to live on every Word that proceeds from the
mouth of our Father God. Jesus lived there. He stated
that He never did anything without seeing the Father do
it first. In other words, He never made a move without
the Father’s direction. Something that has always amazed
me is this: For the JOY set before Him, Jesus endured
the Cross (Hebrews 12:2). Folks, that is fellowship. He
wanted you and me to have His Spirit and His Word in
us so much that He allowed Himself to be beaten to a
pulp and nailed to a Cross. Think about that. Every time
He thought about the potential available to us through
His Spirit, the Cross seemed trivial in comparison.
But why is there so much potential? Because of
the power of truth.
You shall know the truth and the truth shall make
you FREE – John 8:32.
Free from what? Whatever comes our way. When
Jesus stood before Pilot, He made this
statement:
To this end was I born and for this cause I came
into the world, that I should bear witness to the truth.
Every one that is of the truth hears My Voice – John
18:37.
Every one that is of the truth hears My Voice.
Does that "every one" include you? How many people around
you does it include? This is so important. Regardless of
what lies ahead in our future, it is so imperative that
we make the Word of God a priority in our lives and at
the same time realize that the hurting world needs the
Word of God in a tremendous way.
As this New Year begins, I encourage all of you
to listen to what’s going on in our world. You do not
have to go out looking for it, it will find you. And
when it does and you start looking for answers or
solutions, remember the potential of the Word. And when
others start coming to you looking for answers, and they
will come, be ready to shine the light of the Word into
their situation.
There are
so many people and churches right now who could benefit
from BCTE’s vision. The Word of Truth is the only hope
for whatever arrives in our future. I encourage each
Embossing
Center
to realize
the potential they have to impact the lives of others by
simply sharing the BCTE vision with another person. One
at a time we can change this world through the power of
a small book – the Bible. Let’s help every person we can
find the “secret place.” -DFH
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One Less Thing
to Worry About
As you make out your budget at the
beginning of this new year, why not include setting up
an Autoship for a Bible or two each month. Setting
up an Autoship is easy and takes away the burden of
having to remember to go online and purchase a Bible or
Bible Pack each month. It is an easy way to commit
to spreading the Word and promoting your Bibles Cover
The Earth business.
To
sign up for Autoship, go to the homepage and
click the Account Login tab. Use your ID# and password
to login to your back office. Click the "My Office"
tab and then use the "Add Autoship" button as seen
below. Or, if you would rather,
simply contact us and we will do it for
you.
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Prayer For Your
Geneaology
On the back of your instruction booklet is a
prayer for your genealogy. God can only build this
business and we can only succeed if we are praying
for ourselves, our geneaology, and the company.
Please either make a copy of the back of the
instruction booklet or tear off the back and stick
it on your refrigerator where you will be reminded
every day to pray. There is truly strength in
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