HaveyouevertriedreadingtheBible,butfounditasconfusingasa10,000-piece puzzle?SeethebeautifulpictureofGodʼsWordcometolife,piecebypiece
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Matt Bird is the Founder of PublishU, an international publishing house that helps first-time and serial non-fiction authorswrite,publishandmarkettheir booksworldwide.
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Welcome to this edition of the PublishU Magazine featuring Michael Smith MBE and hisnewbook,PiecestothePuzzle:Creating theFoundation.
Reading the Bible can feel as confusing as tackling a 10,000-piece puzzle. After 40 years in the Scriptures and stepping into full-timeministryalongsidehiswife,Michael set out to bring clarity to this journey. By connecting salient points and explaining the links between sections, this book helps the beautiful picture of God's Word come togetherwithease.
Theheartfeltambitionbehindthisworkisto provideatimelessguidethatwillcontinueto encourageandsteerpeopletowardtheright decisionsforgenerationstocome.
We are proud to share Michael's inspiring messageandbiblicalwisdomwithyou.
MattBird
FounderofPublishU.com
MAKINGSENSEOF A10,000-PIECEPUZZLE
Interview with Michael Smith MBE, author of Pieces to the Puzzle:CreatingtheFoundation.
Tell us about the sort of things thatyou'vedone,Michael.
Well, going back to when I was young, I used to be in the air training corps in the UK and learned to shoot guns and fly light aircraft right through to joiningthepoliceandbecominga police traffic officer and did that forover20+years.WhenIretired
back in 2015, I went into more or less like full-time Christian ministry. That's what I really wantedtodo. Idecidedtotakea verydeepstudyintotheBible.So now I travel backwards and forwards and speak at churches and assist pastors, etc. That's whatmywifeandIdo.
Sowhendidyoufirstthink,“Ah, I'dliketowriteabookˮ?
I've thought about it for a long time.Infact,Iwroteasmallbook, I
I printed it off and gave them up. But never to the extent that I've done now. Matt and I spoke on the phone and I said, “I will write a book, but I'm not ready yet.ˮ And I wasn't ready at the time. But last year, I said to my wife, “You know what, Matt contacted me several times. I think it's about time I actually put all this information I've got into a book.ˮ Andsoweagreed.I'mreallyglad Matt kept me on his mailing list and pursued it, because if he hadn't,Iwouldn'tdoit.
Michael,tellusaboutthisbook, PiecestothePuzzle.
Thiscameaboutasaresultofmy studies in the Bible. Iʼve spent a lot of time studying the Bible and inanonlineministrythatIdoonce a month for teaching and everything. So it became important to me what I was learning to share with others. However, the challenge was that the Bible is really confusing. For over 40 years, I've been into the Scriptures, into the Word and I had to pray very hard to gain clarityandunderstandingofwhat I'mreading.SoIthought,Iwantto help other people understand the clarityoftheBible.Becauseit'sall overtheplace,whichiswhyIsaid it's like a 10,000-piece puzzle. You'vegottoputittogether.
Andthisisactuallythefirstina seriesofbooks.
Exactly. It's not going to cover every chapter or every word in theBible.It'sjusttakingupwhatI regard as maybe salient points and putting them together and explainingthem.Creatingthelink fromonesectiontoanother.
What is your greatest hope for PiecestothePuzzle?
Ibelievemygreatesthopewould be the very first thing that came to my heart. I wanted to write something that, even when everything in the Bible comes to pass and the believers are taken away, that book will still encouragepeopleafterthattime. It'snotjustfornow,butalsoafter the main event, that it will still encourage and guide people, so theymaketherightdecisions.
Iwanttohelpother peopleunderstand theclarityofthe Bible.
MichaelSmithMBE AuthorofPiecestothePuzzle: CreatingtheFoundation
YOUHAVEA BOOKINYOUTOO
There comes a moment for many people, sometimes quietly and sometimes persistently, when a thought begins to surface…Ihaveabookinme.
It may be a story you have lived, a lesson you have learned or a message you feel called to share, something that could encourage, guide or change the life of someoneelse.Andyet,formany,itremains unwritten, held back by doubt, uncertainty ornotknowingwheretobegin.
Thetruthisthis.Youdohaveabookinyou andyouaremorecapableofwritingitthan yourealise.
Writingabookiseasierthanyouthink,but onlywhenyouknowhow.
With the right structure, support and encouragement, what once felt overwhelming becomes achievable, even enjoyable.
That is why PublishU exists, to walk with you from idea to manuscript, from manuscript to book, and from book to opportunities.
“The biggest mistake is not to begin.ˮ Thatʼs the life-changing lesson Iʼve learned from the ‘Writing My Bookʼ course. Matt has the incredible ability to draw out the very best out of every person. I highly recommend the course.ˮ
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“Iʼvehadanimpressionfor many years that I should be writing a book. It stayed just that, an impression.Mattʼs‘Writing My Bookʼ course galvanised me to actually write it. The best money Iʼvespentinalongtime.ˮ
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“The ‘Writing My Bookʼ course has brought a focus and strength to the manuscript I had been working on for a while. I have benefited so much from the wisdom and advice he has shared and also the depth of support and encouragement from withinthegroup.ˮ
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