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Overcoming Time-Wasters in the New Year (Knowing God's Wisdom is the Key to the Overcoming Life) By Betty Miller

In our high-tech age, we are bombarded from every quarter to give our attention to something. Everyone has a message or a product they are promoting, and many of them are good and beneficial to humanity. However, one of the things I found myself praying about over the year-end holidays was for the Lord to show me my priorities, as I only have so much time and energy. I want to stay focused on the things the Lord feels are the most important things for me to accomplish at this particular time in my life. What led me to pray this prayer was that my husband and I took a short sabbatical between Christmas and New Year's this year and I faced the dilemma as to what I should do with this time. My "Things To Do" list was quite lengthy and included personal, business and ministry projects that were all screaming for my attention. Since I wear a number of hats, (as I am sure you also do), it is not always easy to know which thing is the most important for me to do at any particular time. I found the list of priorities in the Bible: Mark 12:30-31: "And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment. And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these." The Lord has my heart, soul and mind, as that commitment was made long ago; but how can I love Him more with all of my strength? As Christians, we must all give an account of how we spend our time and energy, as well as our money. According to the above verse, God comes first above all others, which means I need to first give Him my time in prayer, meditation and the reading of the Word. As I do this, He will lead me by the Spirit as to what I am to do daily, and I will then know how to love others properly. This also means that I must give him the first-fruits of my money, since money represents the energy and time we spend in labor (our strength). Bud and I spent time seeking Him diligently, and the thing the Lord put on my heart to do during this time was to finish the edits for the daily devotional, "God's Wisdom for Daily Living" that has been in progress for the last two years. We had hoped to have it done in the Fall; however, other battles had to be fought and overcome to bring us to the place of being able to find the time to complete it. Apparently, the Lord feels it is now time to share these writings with a larger audience. Thank you for praying for us as we approach the "finish line." The Lord spoke to my heart that as I gave my time to complete this book and share it with the body of Christ, He would then give back to me the time and help to get the other things in my life done. He is so good; as during this time, He also furnished four other people to help in the editing process and others to help with all the additional things it takes to get a book in print. We are self-publishing this book with a "print-on-demand" publisher, which allows us to pay for small batches at a time. Since we were unable to come up with the needed funds to do a hardback edition, we are going to launch with a paperback version instead, with the other goal still before us. The book should be in print by the middle of January, and we are taking pre-orders right now. I started these devotionals back in 2004 and posted them daily on the Bible.com website. I received a commission from God to pen these devotionals. It was one of the hardest things I have ever done; yet, the easiest. The hardest, as I had to yield to the discipline of daily devoting two hours to these writings for the period of 365 days. Yet, it was also the easiest, as the Holy Spirit met me in my writing studio each evening. As I sat down to read the scripture for that day's writing (with not a clue as to where that scripture would lead me in my composition), God would grace me to pen the wisdom that is contained in the book of Proverbs. The words would just begin to flow, as the gift of writing that He bestowed upon me settled softly in my heart. I knew that the knowledge and wisdom I was gleaning from this book within the Holy Scriptures was not just for me, but for the extended family of God, as well. The "Thoughts for the Day" sometimes took the form of a teaching, a sermon, a devotional meditation, or a testimony. At times, I felt as if I penned things that were from the very heart of God Himself. I felt a gratitude and a need to pray at the end of each page I would write, so I thought I should include those prayers as well. The Holy Spirit inspired me to pray simple prayers from my heart that expressed my own need of change, as well as asking for the world around me to be changed. The writing of this book changed my life because of the treasure of wisdom I discovered in the book of Proverbs. The real treasure is knowing and loving Jesus, for He is ultimate Wisdom. If you decide to read this devotional, and you find just one gem that touches you and brings you into a closer relationship with Him, then my labor of love will bring me great joy. I will meet you daily through these postings, or through this new book as you read it; but I also expect we shall have that Unseen Visitor with us, as this daily devotional book was His idea. His grateful handmaiden, Betty Miller Click here to order the new book at our special introductory price of $24.95. You may also read it online for free. Note: The published devotional is a somewhat condensed and edited version of what you will find online. About the Book: God's Wisdom for Daily Living is a 365-day devotional based on the entire Book of Proverbs. This unique book is more than just a daily devotional; but is also a series of mini-teachings, helping you to both study and meditate on the Word of God. Proverbs reveals the Wisdom of God, and helps us know how to deal with the every-day problems that we all face. This book particularly gives us godly advice in the area of relationships, marriage, child rearing, money management, health issues, and scores of other subjects about obscure things that man's curiosity has desired to know. The Bible is God's gift to mankind, and Betty Miller's gift of teaching helps those with seeking hearts to gain this knowledge and apply it in their daily affairs. The devotional takes only 5 minutes a day to read, but the substance of it will linger with you. Millions of people have read this Daily Devotional online at Bible.com, and Bible.com Ministries has received thousands of testimonies of how it has changed their lives. People have requested it in print and now it is available so that you can be touched by its words any place you can take a book. If you are seeking to live a life of faith and purity, this book will inspire and challenge you to become more like the Master. The prayers recorded at the end of each day come from the heart of Betty Miller and those prayers can become a part of your life as you seek to know Jesus Christ more intimately. Betty's prayer for this book is that you will experience the Lord's special anointing and become more like Jesus as you meet Him daily through the insight gained from reading God's Wisdom for Daily Living. Click Here to Order About the Author: Betty Miller and her husband, Bud, are ministers and founders of Bible.com Ministries. They have served as pastors, teachers, and evangelists, with an apostolic/prophetic calling to proclaim the gospel through the Internet. Betty is a teacher of the Word of God, with a beautiful ability to present truth in a simple and understandable way. She has authored 21 books, plus numerous articles and teachings posted on the Bible.com website. She attributes her gift of writing to the Lord. Through a miraculous event, Betty and Bud were able to obtain the Bible.com website in 1994. Bible.com is in the top 1% of the most popular sites on the Internet and God is using it to reach millions of people each month around the world with the Word of God. The website offers the Bible in over 140 different languages, a Prayer Room, Bibles Answers, Bible Teachings, Daily Devotionals, a Chapel Bookstore, plus many other Christian resources. Betty is a woman who shares her life as wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, businesswoman, teacher and minister. Most of all, she shares her love of the Lord, whom she credits with making her life one of purpose and joy. She and Bud live in the mountains of northern Arizona where she continues to write and minister.

Ministry Goal Bible.com's Ministry Goal is to strengthen the church worldwide and bring new converts to Jesus by making the Bible available in every format and language possible, along with sound scriptural teaching. Our desire is to honor Jesus and bring glory to God by continuing to share the gospel of the kingdom via the Internet as commanded of us in the Great Commission. Our financial help comes from those faithful and sensitive people in the family of God whom the Lord speaks to help us. We are grateful for all those that hear His voice and help us monetarily so that we can bless others all over the world. Would you pray about helping us? Click Here to Donate

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"A Firm Foundation" Art Print by Michael Dudash   

Special Offer A Firm Foundation" Art Print Bible.com Ministries has been blessed with a donation of some beautiful art prints. We have been given 1200 Michael Dudash autographed, numbered prints entitled: "A Firm Foundation." The original price of this print was $75.00 and we are giving it to anyone who donates $50.00 or more to the ministry. This print is not sold in stores, nor anywhere else. Your donation to Bible.com Ministries will help us to continue getting out the gospel and in turn, we are able to bless you with a lovely gift of Christian art. You may click here for instructions on how to donate and receive your own autographed copy of this art print: http://www.bible.com/donations.php Or, you may send a donation to Bible.com Ministries, P.O. Box 850, Dewey, AZ 86327 requesting "A Firm Foundation" art print.

Psalm 33:12:   "Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD; and the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance." 

 

MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE PRINT: Master painter C. Michael Dudash, was commissioned by The Envoy Group to paint this original work of art for President George W. Bush. These are autographed and numbered (2500 total in the series), 18" x 24" limited edition, collector's lithograph printed on heavy premium stock ready for framing.   

 

PAINTING THEME: The Bible and faith were hand-in-hand with the founding of America . This beautiful painting features a Bible on a freshly signed Declaration of Independence, with a Founder dreaming about the future of America (seeing a modern city in his thoughts). It reminds each of us that America 's future must be founded on the Bible and faith in God, just as its past. 

  

You can view some of the other art works done by this same great Christian painter, C. Michael Dudash, at http://www.cmdudash.com. 

 

The original price of this print was $75.00 and we are giving it to anyone who donates $50.00 or more to the ministry. This print is not sold in stores, nor anywhere else. Your donation to Bible.com Ministries will help us to continue getting out the gospel and in turn, we are able to bless you with a lovely gift of Christian art.

 You may click here for instructions on how to donate and receive your own autographed copy of this print:   http://www.bible.com/donations.php  

Or, you may send a donation to Bible.com Ministries, requesting "A Firm Foundation" art print.  

 

 

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VIDEO MESSAGE: Pastor Miller also has recorded a special audio/video message that he would like you to see if you have not already done so. It is on this link:  http://208.67.192.162/ZFLVPlayer/BibleMarch2007.html  

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His Servants,

 

Bud and Betty Miller

Bible.com Ministries

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