Newsletter For The Month of December
Bibles Cover The Earth 
 

December 1, 2008               Volume 9

Spread The Word

In This Issue

1. Growing & Changing
2. Christmas Posters
3. You are Vital
4. New Homepage


Prisoners Still Asking For Bibles

     We have sent over 
120 Bibles to the Correctional Units at Pine Bluff, Tucker, Newport and Texarkana. There are still many inmates who are asking for an embossed Bible. Please help us meet this need.  If you would like to donate a Bible to one of these inmates, e-mail and ask for a name. 
Bible Outreach


 

President's Corner

by Brent Holt

The Christmas season is here.  As we prepare for the celebration of the birth of our Lord Jesus, I wonder how many people in the world truly know the Christmas story.  Specifically, I wonder how many of them have learned about Christmas from carols and elementary school pageants rather than reading about the birth of Jesus for themselves.  I wonder how many have made note of the multiple old testament prophesies that were fulfilled in the account of the birth of Christ or how many have given thought to the obvious attempts of the enemy to defeat God’s Son even from the moment of His birth.  How many have associated Christmas with the deep meaning of John 1:14.  I think it is awesome even to ponder the name Emmanuel given to Jesus in Matthew 1:23.  As mentioned in that same verse, the name Emmanuel means “God with us”.  If you think about it, that pretty much sums up the whole reason for the celebration of Christmas.  But, I know, we have all heard this before; I mean, “He’s the reason for the season”, and all that.  It is easy to become calloused to the message of Christmas and the humbling love God shows us all in His gift to the world. 
    Picture yourself giving a gift to someone you love.  You have put a lot of time and thought into the picking of this gift.  You hand the gift to the person.  They vigorously rip open the wrapping paper.  Their eyes beam with happiness as they see what you have given them and they smile and give you a quick hug of thanks.  Next, they shove the gift under the couch and then turn and ask you why you are there.
I dont' know about you but, I’ve been guilty before of enjoying the birthday party and ignoring the gift I’ve been given. 
     Christmas is a great time to let others know of our Christian beliefs.  Think about giving someone you care about a Bible for Christmas.  Maybe you could put some of those sticky tabs pointing to some verses that you think would be meaningful for the person.  If you don’t know of anyone who needs a Bible, ask your pastor or ask Bibles Cover The Earth for a prisoner’s name to send a Bible to for Christmas. 
Indeed, what a great gift it is.


Bible Verse of the Month

But the angel said to them, "Do not be afraid; for behold, I bring you good news of great joy which will be for all the people" Luke 2:10


Suggestion Corner

We would like to hear from you. If you have any suggested improvements to our program, embossing tips, ideas on who and where to share our Bibles, or positive stories of people who have been blessed by our program. E-mail us at:Goodideas


 Number Please?

Our company phone number is available for use.  Many people would rather call in their order instead of using the internet. We understand and we want to offer that convenience. The number is:
 877-686-7379.

Growing and Changing   

 

     Bibles Cover The Earth is making a big change to the marketing program and compensation plan.  We’ve had feedback and suggestions and are announcing that as of December 15, 2008, the requirements for moving from an Embossing Center to a Qualified Embossing Center will only require the sponsoring of one person instead of 5 (if you are new to the program and need to know what an Embossing Center or Qualified Embossing Center is, then click here ).  The rest of the program will stay the same, and nothing is changing except this number of sponsored Embossing Centers that is needed to qualify for the Compensation Plan.

We hope this change will accomplish several things.  First, several of you have mentioned that it can be intimidating for some potential partners to try and think of 5 people who could be approached to consider joining Bibles Cover The Earth.  This can be a barrier for some people who otherwise might want to join the program.  By having Embossing Centers become Qualified Embossing Centers after sponsoring just one new person, people you talk to may not have this as a concern.  Second, it will be easier to become an Active Qualified Embossing Center.   Once you have one person sponsored and have thereby moved up to a Qualified Embossing Center, when you sell a Bible to someone outside of the program, we recommend purchasing that Bible through one of your frontline Embossing Center’s replicated sites rather than your own.  This way, you, as an Active Qualified Embossing Center, will receive compensation for that Bible sale.  Finally, we think this is a positive change that will hopefully be something new for you to follow-up with previous contacts about.  Maybe someone you know was interested in the program before.  This change might make things even more appealing for them.

Once our website programming is changed, this new one-person requirement will happen automatically.  Until then, we will move Embossing Centers who have at least one person sponsored in their frontline to the rank of Qualified Embossing Center manually.  As always, we want to keep everyone fully informed.  If you have any questions, please contact us at Support@BiblesCoverTheEarth.com.

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Christmas Bible Sales Posters   

      We have our Christmas posters now available.  If you would like to have one to hang up in your church or place of business, please call or email us. 

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You Are Vital To God’s Plan


     As the Christmas time approaches I wanted to share how important each of us are to God’s plan for planet earth.

     In Genesis 1:26 God creates man and gives him dominion over the earth and its creatures. Because most Americans do not understand Kingdom rule, many of us fail to understand the magnitude of dominion. God is a Spirit (John 4:24) but He created the earth and its inhabitants to be a VISIBLE Kingdom and therefore a visible king was needed to rule over this new creation. Man - Adam in Hebrew - was given the opportunity. Why is this important? Because to legally reign as ruler of this earth that ruler had to possess a physical body. Notice I said to legally reign, which means being in sync with God’s plan.

     When Adam sinned and disobeyed God by believing the words of Satan, he gave the reign of the earth over to Satan; but this “fallen” angel had no physical body. The entire scope of Satan’s reign would depend on man bowing to his leadership. In other words, without man Satan would have no power on earth at all! Satan had to use man’s mind and body to rule.

     From that Garden episode Satan began to control man through greed, selfishness, lust, thirst for power, bitterness, hatred and the like. Man’s mind was constantly inundated with evil from his demonic “king.” The only hope for man was a “renewing of the mind.” Renewing means returning to the original. Here is where it gets interesting. To legally re-introduce the plan of God back into the earth would take a man with a human body who understood God’s plan completely.  This man would have to also present the plan in a way that would convince mankind that the plan was better and more powerful than the way they were presently living. Unfortunately, no man existed. The job description was more than any man could meet. The answer seemed impossible - but not to God. His answer was Christmas.

    

     For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given and the government shall be upon His shoulder… - Isaiah 9:6.

     God, Himself, put on a human body and became like one of us, and because of that human body, He had the legal right to rule over this earth. Jesus, as God in human flesh, took dominion over this earth and taught the men around Him to do the same. He demonstrated the power of the Kingdom and showed mankind a better way to live and act. The Kingdom of God was taught and proclaimed by Jesus everywhere He went. It was time for mankind to re-capture and re-invest themselves in the plan of God. "Repent" became the cry from heaven to every man on earth.

     To me this is the entire reason for the Advent season. It reminds us that Jesus was born as a man, and was like us in all things but sin. And because of Christmas evil does not have to remain in this earth. If we have made Jesus the Lord of our life, we share in the dominion of the earth and we have the legal right to rout out all the evil on this planet. Once we die, however, and lose our human body, we lose our right and the opportunity to make a difference. My question to you is: “Are you dead already?” Does life have you so busy that God’s plan is not important to you? If you have made Jesus the Lord of your life, you have a responsibility to His plan. There are no excuses that preempt this responsibility. “No Lord,” is an oxymoron. If He is truly Lord, His concerns are our concerns. His plan involves the well being of this planet and I assure you God never meant to leave the care of this planet to a bunch of “green” people who hug trees and consider the earth their mother. He left it to the care of His children; those people who confess Him as Lord and Father, those people who really understand the importance of Christmas.

      I find it very interesting that Christmas is the one time of the year when we almost get it – we almost understand the reason why we are here. For one brief shinning moment we begin to think about someone besides ourselves. It’s like a comet that returns at the same time every year with the reminder that God has a plan.

     Because of Christmas the family of man has a great opportunity to rid this planet of evil and to help usher in the Kingdom of God. That is the destiny of every human being born on this planet. The comet is coming again and will soon be here. Christmas - oh what a wonderful day. It’s not too late. We can seize the day and freely choose to take our place in God’s plan and begin to take that position seriously, or we can turn away and refuse to participate.

     God has given each of us a flesh body and with that body a wonderful opportunity to make a difference. Allow the Spirit of Christmas to guide you this year and to open your heart to the true meaning of Christmas. On this day many years ago God became human and gained freedom for every man, woman and child. That was God’s gift to you. How you use that freedom is your gift to God. Merry Christmas. DFH

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New Look for the Website

Our homepage has changed looks.  If you visit BiblesCoverTheEarth.com you will notice a whole new look and feel to the site.  We are wanting to get back to basics and have created this new website with a focus on what really matters...getting Bibles into the world!  We hope that this site will convey to visitors our passion for making a difference in this world by serving the Kingdom of God. 

We also want to encourage our Embossing Centers to tell people to purchase Bibles from BiblesCoverTheEarth.com.  As you will see as you visit the site, we want people to take notice that we want to be different from other companies that sell Bibles.  We want to use the net profits for the advancement of the Kingdom of God and help our Embossing Centers individually do the same.  Help us become known as the company that is making a difference.

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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 corporate prayer.

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