Inside This Issue:
Welcome
Who is New Beginnings
What’s New-
May 2009 Feature Article-
Monthly Fitness Tips-
Monthly Physical Fitness Article-
Monthly Devotional-
Team News/Prayer Requests and Praise Reports
What Have you Been Reading?
Book Recommendation
Book Blog
Upcoming Events-
Reminders-Church Link
Word of Encouragement
NewBeginnings Scripture for May
Our Mission Statement
Welcome-
Welcome to the New Beginnings Holistic Fitness Ministries family. We consider it a privilege to support your fitness efforts. We welcome your suggestions and ideas, so please let us know if there is anything we can do to make your experience with the monthly newsletter, website, weekly messages or message board more beneficial. We can be contacted at contactus@mynewtemple.org. It is our prayer to bring you words of encouragement and inspiration to motivate you to become fit physically, emotionally, spiritually and relationally. This is your New Beginning and we want to make it an awesome experience for you. As you begin this new adventure we are praying for you.
Who are we?
New Beginnings is a fitness ministry established in 2003 to offer a holistic approach to fitness that includes mind, body and spirit. A fitness ministry also serves to help people help themselves through physical and spiritual exercise. At New Beginnings we believe good health is a gift from God and can be obtained by following biblical principles as we lead a balanced life physically, mentally, spiritually and relationally.
What’s New?
I got this e-mail from a friend the other day. It was one of those pass it to 10 people if you want to get a blessing e-mails. My friend is not the type to even bother to respond to such e-mails, but she passed this one along because she was going through something and felt it might be for some of us as well. It was for me. If it is for you I pray that you are ready to receive the blessing God has in store for you. Remember, the way He chooses to bless you may not be the way you expected to be blessed. Eve lost both of her sons, Cain and Abel, but God had a Seth blessing around the corner. He had not forgotten Eve and He has not forgotten you.
God has seen you struggling (with something), God says it's over.
A blessing is coming your way.
Monthly Feature Article-
A Greater Testimony-The Greater Glory (Resurrected Instead of Healed)!
By Angela Willingham
Have you ever wondered why God does the things He does or why He does them when He does? Maybe I am the only one who has questioned the timing or the plan of God in my life. I want to be real about it, the truth is there are times when I have tried to understand what He was doing and why and it made no sense to me at all. Some things He does quickly and other things just seem to drag on.
I was reading a devotional about the timing of God and thought, WOW! They used the story of the raising of Lazarus from the dead. I have seen the same topic used with the story of Joseph in Genesis and they are both very powerful testimonies to why God does what He does. He has a plan in all of it, to stretch us, to grow us, to do something awesome that only He can do.
In the Gospel of John we see the stories of Jesus performing miracles and healing the sick throughout.
In Chapter 2-He turned water into wine.
In Chapter 5-He healed the lame man.
In Chapter 6-He feeds the 5000 and walks on water.
In Chapter 9-He heals the man born blind.
Etc...............
The miracles and testimonies of healing don’t stop there, but when we get to chapter 11 we read the story of Lazarus, the brother of Mary and Martha and the friend of Jesus. Lazarus was no stranger to Jesus. Jesus loved him. A message was sent to Jesus to let Him know that His friend was sick. They needed Jesus to come and see about Lazarus. Funny that anyone would think they needed to send Jesus a note. Jesus knows everything. He had to already know His friend was sick. John 11:4, 4 But when Jesus heard about it he said, “Lazarus’s sickness will not end in death. No, it happened for the glory of God so that the Son of God will receive glory from this.” Jesus went on doing what He was doing.
To us that would mean don’t worry about Lazarus, he is going to be fine. We would not expect to hear that Lazarus died, but he did. What did the people think then? What did Mary and Martha think? What would we think? Did they question what Jesus had said? Would we doubt, would we question what Jesus had said?
The truth is we would think we must have got it wrong, Jesus did not say Lazarus would not die. The truth is we have thought those thoughts regarding some of the things God has spoken to our spirits when they did not seen to turn out the way we thought they would in the timing we thought they should. The truth is we have been confused because what we saw did not line up with what we expected. Remember our friend Shelly Reichenbach and her book “The Crushed Rose”? (Check out the video on our website if you never saw it.)
The truth is that Jesus could have healed Lazarus at any time. He could have healed without ever leaving the place He was ministering. He could have healed him with the blink of an eye, a word, the wave of a hand or without a movement or word at all. Jesus chose to do nothing because this situation happened so that God would get the glory. The scripture goes on to say that Jesus said Lazarus was asleep, so everyone thought, Oh then he will wake up, but Jesus clarified that no he was dead. Wasn’t that in conflict with what He had already spoken? Didn’t He say the sickness was not unto death? How could Lazarus be dead and the sickness would not be unto death? Did they think Jesus was confused? It did not make any sense, but the truth of matter is that Jesus knows everything. When Jesus got there He was told not only was Lazarus dead but he had been dead 4 days so it had to stink.
Jesus had already told the people that if they believed they would see God’s glory. Jesus called Lazarus forth from the grave. Lazarus came forward still wrapped in the grave clothes he had been buried in fully alive and not stinking. Jesus told the people to free him from the grave clothes and set him free.
Jesus could have healed Lazarus, so why didn’t He? Why did He choose to raise him from the dead instead? What does that mean to you and I? He let the situation get totally out of control, to die before He did anything. There was no way to fix this in the eyes of those that were watching. It was too late. If you are a friend of God, one of His chosen disciples, there may be some things in your life that seem dead, beyond repair or healing. He has sat back and watched your situation go from bad to worse with no hope in sight. He has chosen to let them die so that God could get the greater glory out of your testimony. When your story is told everyone will know that it could not have been done if God had not done it. You did not have enough money. You were not cute enough. In some cases if the truth be told the people that were needed to turn your situation around did not even like you.
Maybe your situation is the death of a loved one. Maybe it is the death of a dream. Maybe it is the death of a career or a job. Maybe it is the death of a relationship. Whatever has died trust Him that through it He is going to do something so off the chain that we will all know it was Him so that He can get the greater glory out of your life, because He could have done something before it got that bad.
Start praising Him in spite of what you see in the natural realizing that you ain’t seen nothing yet! It might be a better job, a better relationship. Whatever it is your testimony has just been elevated to one that will give Him the greater glory. A testimony that says He did a greater work through your life by not healing the situation sooner and letting something die and get to the point where not only was it dead it was stinking and nothing short of a resurrection was going to do.
Maybe your situation was a life lived to please self. A life that gave glory to the enemy and did everything to promote his kingdom and God turned it around and now He is using you as a spokesperson for His kingdom. Why did God let you go so far? Why did He let you go down a road that lead, not just to your destruction, but to the destruction of the lives of your family, friends and others? Your turn around represents a new beginning for you and a new beginning for His kingdom, for the Kingdom of God, a new life resurrected. He is now using you to save more people than you lead astray, by your selfish behaviors and attitudes. Yes, He could have stopped it sooner and healed your addiction, He could have never let you get started down that path, but for the greater glory, the greater testimony, He allowed it to happen.
What in your life is dead and in need of a resurrection, not just a healing but a resurrection? Whatever it is know that He can do it if you really want Him too.
Scripture Reference:
(We encourage you to read chapter 11:1-45)
John 11:40-45:
40 Jesus responded, “Didn’t I tell you that you would see God’s glory if you believe?” 41 So they rolled the stone aside. Then Jesus looked up to heaven and said, “Father, thank you for hearing me. 42 You always hear me, but I said it out loud for the sake of all these people standing here, so that they will believe you sent me.” 43 Then Jesus shouted, “Lazarus, come out!” 44 And the dead man came out, his hands and feet bound in graveclothes, his face wrapped in a headcloth. Jesus told them, “Unwrap him and let him go!”
45 Many of the people who were with Mary believed in Jesus when they saw this happen
For further discussion contact contactus@mynewtemple.org or write to us on the message board http://mynewtemple.org/aMessages.html. You can also listen to the podcast of this article on the podcast page of the website www.mynewtemple.org.
Parenting Through Pain
 By Kimberley McNeil
A few days ago, I while standing in line at a local grocery store, I overheard a conversation between two women concerning one of their friends. From their conversation, I gathered that the woman’s husband owned his own company, that had succumbed to the economy. Believing that there was no light at the end of the tunnel, this gentleman ended his life, leaving behind a wife and three children.
As the conversation continued, they spoke of another friend who went to visit and brought back a report that brought tears to my eyes. The woman who visited was so shocked at the condition of the home and its inhabitants that she only stayed a few minutes before she excused herself. Although both of the women expressed sympathy of what their friend was going through, neither of them had rallied the courage to call of visit her, as they did not know what to say or do. The dialogue ended abruptly once the ladies realized that the casher (and everyone else) had become so engulfed in their conversation that she had stopped ringing groceries.
My heart ached for this woman as I pondered the image of a grief stricken woman attempting to muster enough strength to get out of bed, let alone managing the day-to-day operations of a household. As I thought, prayed and meditated on this woman, her family and their grief, I realized that although not the same as this woman, life has provided some circumstances in which I have found myself overwhelmed by grief and loss.
The first tragedy that my family experienced was the loss of the matriarch of our family. My Grandmother was an instrumental part of my family’s life. My daughter spent the majority of her formative years with her. Although my son was an infant when we moved to our first duty station, he had the privilege to spend time with her once we transitioned back into civilian life due to the fact that we lived with her (and my parents) while our house was being built.
Although my son initially thought that his Great-Grandmother was scary, he gradually realized that she wasn’t, and spent countless hours with her. I remember one day I came home and found my son snuggling with “Granny” while watching Blues Clues. There relationship was ultimately solidified by my Grandmother’s constant sticking up for her “Little Boy”. To her, he could do no wrong.
For me, my Grandmother was a constant pillar of love, wisdom, knowledge and strength. Every other Saturday, I would wash and style her hair while she would share pearls of wisdom, recipe secrets, and family stories. I enjoyed hearing her speak of days past in such a way that you felt like you were there. Her elegance, grace and style could be rivaled with those of royalty.
Thus, when she passed away, we all felt like a piece of us had died as well. I remember how much I wanted to cry, to grieve, but was always told that I had to be “The Strong One”, because everyone was loosing, or had lost it. Because my grandmother was to be buried in New York, not only were there funeral arrangements to be made, travel arrangements that had to be coordinated as well. Because I had just started a new job and was unable to get the time off, I said my good-bye in the mortuary that had prepared her body for transport.
Because I had gotten so caught up in my new job, cleaning the house, answering phone calls, opening cards and well wishes from people, I never took the time to grieve. After all, I had to be strong, so I tucked my feelings away until one day a few weeks after the funeral, my son asked, “Why did Granny have to die?” As I attempted to formulate an answer that a six year old could comprehend, I began balling uncontrollably. For those of you who have or had little ones, probably know what happened. My son became scared, jumped of my lap and started screaming himself.
For the next few days, I found myself in a state of depression, struggling to make it through the day. And whether I was at home or at work, I was unproductive, unresponsive and inattentive to my daily tasks. I remember hearing my son ask my father why didn’t I want him or his sister anymore. It was then that I realized that my depression was viewed by my children as rejection. Because I did not share with them how I was feeling verbally, and my actions were very “cold”, my children perceived that I did not want to be around them. To know that my children were feeling rejected made me feel even more awful; so I did what most parents do, over do it. I found that during those first few months after my Grandmother’s death, I was swinging to the far left or right of the pendulum. It’s no wonder that my children were confused, not only by my actions, but by the feelings of grief that they were having as well.
At the pressing of a close friend, I decided to go to counseling. I found that this environment provided a place for me to express and process my feelings concerning not only my Grandmother’s death, but some other deaths of close friends and family as well. The more I was able to empty my feelings in an environment that was safe and non-judgmental, the more I was able to deal with my children in a positive manner.
I remember speaking with a friend on one of my “low days”, and what she said was exactly what I needed to hear. She reminded me that God will never leave me or forsake me, and that He would be with me always, even unto the ends of the earth. She told me to repeat that not only in the morning and evening, but whenever I find myself at a“low place” thinking about the loss of my grandmother. For me, the end of the earth was the passing of my grandmother, as she was the glue that held our family together. Without her, our family (extended) would fall.
The more and more I looked at this scripture, I realize that it is a promise. God promises to be with us not only through physical ends, but mental, emotional and psychological ends as well. I found that the more and more I read this scripture the more comfort I found from it, as I realized that I was not alone because God was with me. Although some days were still rough, it was comforting knowing that I was in this alone, and that the greatest comforter (God) was with me the other step of the way.
During this time, I also discovered the importance of allowing my children to grieve. (After all, they suffered a loss as well). One of the greatest travesties that we do to our children is not helping our children to process grief. We have all heard the saying that children are resilient, and will get over it. Although they may get over it, the question is how they’ll get over it. My son got over it by bad classroom behavior, while my daughter started a love relationship with the computer and phone.
The truth is that my children needed to express how they were feeling. Once they understood that it was okay to feel the way they did, we attempted to find positive ways to express them. My son drew several pictures of him and his Great-Grandmother doing the things they did when she was alive. My daughter’s avenue was talking about it (no surprise there). They needed to be assured not only that what they were going through was normal, and that they would not feel like this forever.
This time of processing grief allowed one of the greatest opportunities to share God and His love for them. We were also able to find Biblical answers to their questions. Through the help of some Biblically based books regarding death, the children were able to see that their Great-Grandmother’s death was not something God did to hurt them; it was His way of taking her away from the pain and hurt she felt in her body. Instead of being mad at God, they became thankful that He loved their Great-Grandmother enough not to let her suffer.
I also learned that my children needed to be confident in the fact that what I was feeling was not their fault, and that I was not rejecting them. They needed to feel secure in my love for them. On some occasions, it meant forcing myself into watching the Pokemon Marathon for countless hours,or sitting and talking about nothing. Once they felt secure, their behavior gradually changed for the better (we still had to over come some tough days though).
During our family journey, we will all encounter a painful loss. For some, a loss may not come through death, but through the loss of a job, the loss of a relationship, or the loss that comes from relocation. Regardless of what the loss is, we will experience a grieving period that will be felt throughout our family. The true challenge is not that we “got over it and moved on”, but how we help both ourselves, and our family cope through the storm in a way that allows them to understand and deal with what they are feeling in a positive way.
How we deal with grief will ultimately bring our families closer, or farther apart. Isn’t it interesting that even in our time of loss, we have an opportunity to share hope with those that we are closest to? Although I don’t have the answer, I believe that the bigger question is what will we share, hope, or hopelessness.
For further discussion contact contactus@mynewtemple.org or write to us on the message board http://mynewtemple.org/aMessages.html
Monthly Fitness Tips-
Weight Loss Tip# 39
Wear Tight Pants
This is not to get attention or as some type of sexual come on to members of the opposite sex so calm down. This tip is for dining out. When you are going out to a restaurant for dinner or to someone's house this will help to keep you from eating so much. It serves as a constant reminder all evening long not to over do it. We have all experienced the I ate to much so I had to loosen a button on my skirt or pants. This tip is just to tell us don't wear the loosest and baggiest clothes you have when you go out to dinner that just leaves room for you to keep eating. The tighter outfit will say I am stuffed in my clothest and you will be afraid the button will pop and put someone's eye out. It will be uncomfortable that is for sure.
Check out the New Beginnings Message Board for more tips that will benefit you under the Physical Fitness Category. www.mynewtemple.org. If you would like to add your own tips and suggestions please feel free to do so. If you have forgotten your password submit a request to have it sent to you or reset through the message board sign in screen.
As always we encourage you to see a physician before beginning any exercise program. Take the first step by getting up and doing something to take care of your most valuable resource, Your Health.
Monthly Physical Fitness Article-
 Excerpt from Get Fit-Fitness Angel Newsletter
What's Lifestyle Got To Do With It?
It happens to everyone. That moment when you realize that it's time to do something about your weight. But do you?
It may happen when you're looking in the mirror or standing on the scale. Do you ignor it or act on it?
Your first thought is to go on a 'diet' but as quickly as that enters your mind the ghosts of a hundred diets past return...along with all the frustration. Disappointments related to failed attempts to lose the weight.
Then you wonder, why bother?
The weight will come back, as it always has. Then you'll be back in front of the mirror as discouraged as ever.
The answer is not to go on another diet.
The answer is to change your lifestyle. Do something different for life. Don't say you are going to give up bread if you know you don't plan to do it forever. Cut back but don't say you are going to give it up completely, because you will set yourself up for defeat.
You've heard this before, and it makes sense, right? So why haven't you done it?
Your Lifestyle Obstacles. Most people resist changing their lifestyle for two reasons. This is not just an issue with what we eat, it also affects what we do.
1. Change is scary. Whether you realize it or not, your life is in a constant state of change. Though you cling to the familiar, it's a futile struggle. Change always wins, whether it is good change or bad change, change happens.
The most consistent thing in life is change. Since you'll never escape it, you might as well channel it. It's time to make the change in your life purposeful and positive. Make change work for your good.
2. Lifestyle misconception. How many times have you heard the term 'healthy lifestyle' only to picture a health nut with celery sticks in one hand and tofu in the other? Maybe you picture a person working out 5 hours a day and not being able to have any of the things you enjoy. You picture your life being taken over by unrealistic exercise and eating habits. The truth is that most people think that changing their lifestyle will be an extreme and unpleasant experience - and that's not true.
Improving your lifestyle does not mean swearing off chocolate or living in the gym. You don't have to eat wheat germ for lunch and you can still enjoy a nice plate of pasta. The key is moderation. Decide what you are going to do and plan for it.
Making the Change. It's time to lose your 'all or nothing' mentality. Embrace simple, small changes that will add up to big improvements in your lifestyle. These are your main avenues for change:
- What You Eat. Let's face it, most of the foods you eat aren't the healthiest. Some are downright terrible (the burger and fries you had last week). While others are simply excessive (the snacks you eat while watching TV).
The solution to cleaning up your daily diet is NOT to go back on a 'diet'. In fact, I tell all of my clients, I never want you to go on a 'diet' again. (Yes, you heard me right!) Instead I want you to make permanent healthy changes to your eating habits.
Here are some practical examples:
- Choose salad over chips or fries
- Don't add butter to your food
- Eat fresh produce with every meal
- Purchase fat free dairy products
- Limit desserts to one or two per week
- Cut out mindless snacking
- Drink water, not soda
I don't expect you to eat a perfect diet every day of the week - that'd be crazy. And you know me, I am not crazy. Well maybe I am about some things, but not about this. You should, however, make MORE healthy choices every day than unhealthy ones. I am not saying never have fries again. I eat fries sometimes, myself, but be prepared to work harder when you do.
- What You Do. Exercise is a huge component to a healthy lifestyle, and quite frankly you're not getting enough of it. I always put more focus on working out than eating. You might ask why? Well I put the focus on exercise because it has been proven that as you see results, you will want to see more results and changing your eating habits and stepping up your workout will come naturally. How often does an entire week go by without you ever lacing up your tennis shoes? Don't disregard the importance and power of a good workout.
Visit The Fitness Angel Fitness Community to read the article in its entirety www.myfitnessangel.com (Newsletter dated May 1, 2009).
Spiritual Fitness-
The Cry Out
By Joshlyn Barnett
If you have ever been around a baby when they are hungry or need to be changed. You know that they cry out for help. They keep crying until something happens. No matter how long it takes for their help to come, no matter how tired they are, no matter how they feel they continue to cry out. This is one concept that we can learn from.
The bible says The Lord hears his people when they call to him for help. He rescues them from all their troubles. Psalm 34:17
Babies cry for the one they know has the power to change their situation. To many times many of us go crying to people that don’t have the power to change our situation. I know, I’ve been there myself in a situation I didn’t think would work out. I’d been to the emergency room four times in two weeks I missed almost a month of work and my doctor said he didn’t know what to do. He gave me medication, after medication, nothing was working. I couldn’t understand why this was happening to me and why the doctors couldn’t figure it out. I cried about it, I talked to my mom, my aunt, my grandma, my uncles, some friends, some nurses. I asked for prayer. Still I continued to have health challenges. Everyday seemed to get worse and my body became weaker and weaker but not until something in my spirit broke did I cry out to God and asked Him to heal me. It was good others prayed for me and encouraged me but not until I made up in my mind to cry out to God until I knew he heard me did something change. It’s the same thing a baby does. When a baby needs something or someone they cry out, when something in them says this isn’t right they cry out.
Whether your situation is having a health issue that the doctors can’t figure out, a situation that may not work out or even having an addiction to drugs, alcohol, pornography, lying and gossiping or being unemployed there is only one God who has the power to change you situation. The question now is who will you cry out to? Will it be your mother, your sister, your father, you brother, a boyfriend or girlfriend or will it be the Almighty Himself?
Scripture Reference:
Psalm 34:17:
17 The Lord hears his people when they call to him for help. He rescues them from all their troubles.
 Recognize the Signs of Lie Babies—Part 3 of 3
By Minister Charlotte D. Hillman
Hallel Ministries
The only way to get rid of something is to first of all recognize that it’s there. As I previously mentioned, the lie baby I was dealing with was pride. Like a deadly poison the lie of pride was eating away at my spirit for years. Here are the last of the *signs that helped me discover my problem.
11. Needing to proclaim your title or degrees. A good friend of mine requires everyone to call him ‘pastor’, saying that he has deservedly earned the title. Demanding that others call you ‘doctor’ or ‘pastor’ or ‘bishop’ is usually a way of making you ‘one up’ and them ‘one down’. Once again, pride is fueling the requirement.
12. Being stubborn. Webster’s dictionary defines stubbornness as "unduly determined to exert one’s own will, not easily persuaded and difficult to handle or work, resistant." The root issue of stubbornness is willfulness, which is ‘I want what I want when I want it’. Another name for pride.
13. Comparisons and competition. 2 Corinthians 10:12 makes it clear that comparing oneself with others is unwise. Comparison is a form of competition. It is often overt. For example, emphasizing the size of one’s church, the number of converts, etc. However, it can also be the subtle sin of heart that inwardly grieves when another is more successful or rejoices when another pastor’s ministry enters hard times. The motive of heart is pride.
Lies are like poison, and the only way to get rid of poison is to go through a process of detoxification. In the spiritual sense, detoxification is deliverance.
Many people struggle with deliverance because they are looking for an instantaneous experience rather than a process. Deliverance can be instantaneous; however, the key is to deliverance is in knowing how to maintain it. Deliverance from pride cannot be found or maintained in a prayer line for repentance. Unless you know the underlying cause for the sin, you can never be delivered from it.
Pride comes in so many ways. Ask God to show you where pride may be lurking in your temple.
Then follow His Instructions for Spiritual Detoxification.
*Excerpt taken from “Unmasking Hidden Pride” Counselor's Corner,
by Alfred H. Ellis, Volume II, Issue 11, published by Counselor's Corner. Used With Permission
New Beginnings Team News-
The New Beginnings team members are finding themselves in a place of new beginnings in many aspects of their lives and ministries. God is calling for a change in thinking and even position as He has sent them to new churches with new congregational make ups and focuses. What can we tell you but it is all good. God has a perfect plan for our lives and we are looking forward to seeing how He is going to work it all out.
What Have You Been Reading?
Many of you have read some awesome books that have really ministered to you, spiritually, emotionally, relationally or physically. Let us know what you have been reading by writing to us on the message board. Your recommendations might help someone else. Please let us know if you have read some good Christian fiction as well. Many of those books have awesome messages contained within them and we want to encourage people to grow spiritually any way they can.
The Ministries’ Monthly Book Recommendation-From The New Beginnings Team
This month we have no recommendation, because we have not completed any reading assignments this month, but we are in the middle of another slow read of “God’s Leading Ladies” by Bishop TD Jakes. Reading it slow does not amount to just reading, it amounts to change, so bare with us.
If you want to do some reading for fun- We have read books by Francine Rivers (Atonement Child), multiple books by Jacquelin Thomas, Victoria Christopher Murray, Terri Blackstock and many others. You can get many of these authors at your public library. They are excellent books and they all have a message that could be a blessing to you without being self-help books that tend to be boring too many. They deal with real life issues and you can actually see yourself or people that you know in the characters. Tell us about fiction books that you might be reading that might bless someone else.
 Let us know what you have been reading by writing to us on the message board http://mynewtemple.org/aMessages.html or sending us a message at contactus@mynewtemple.org.
Monthly Book/Bible Study Blog
The book blog is on hold while we focus on making changes that will make it easier to post. Feel free to write about books you have read or to comment on the ones the New Beginnings Team suggests by going to our message board.
Upcoming Events-
Spiritual Cleansing Ministries, Inc. presents
Forgiveness in the Desert IV
“Forgiveness In Relationships, God, Others and Self”
July 24 – 25, Phoenix, AZ
Registration $50
For more information visit www.sceministries.com
Wylene Lawson Bridgeman, Director
Watch for-
Watch for the Sister Girl Chat-Sisters just hanging out talking about the things that are on their minds.
Watch for an interview with a Breast Cancer Survivor-We are looking forward to doing a joint interview with a Breast Cancer Survivor, who survived a double masectomy. How did she handle it, how did it affect her mentally, how did it affect her family? If you have questions write to us at contactus@mynewtemple.org so we can get ready to ask your questions as well as our own.
Watch for the Why Do You Work Out Question to be answered-We were thinking it might be fun to get some snip-its from people in the park or at a gym to find out why they work out. Why do the personal trainers do what they do? What kind of satisfaction does a personal trainer get out of your success?
Watch for Health Tips-As part of our desire to help individuals become holistically fit we are presently working to incorporate health tips into our website. This information will assist by giving individuals basic information on such topics as diabetes and high blood pressure. These segments will be short but informative.
Relational Focus-Watch for upcoming podcasts and articles focused on our relationships, beginning with our relationship with God. If we get our relationship with God right our other relationships will also be better.
Divorce From the Male Perspective-What do you say when you think everything is okay and your wife comes home and asks for a divorce? What do you do? Normally this is the story we hear from women. We blame it on a man’s midlife crisis. This time we are going to hear it from the side of the man. The series will allow a man to share his feelings and struggles.
If you have suggestions for upcoming articles or New Beginnings content please write to us at contactus@mynewtemple.org.
New Beginnings Reminders-
The Fitness Angel’s Fitness Community and Newsletter-
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Church Link-
We have added a couple of churches to our church link. Please take the time to check it out and see if yours is there. If it is not already listed add it to our list by clicking the link below. Is there a church near you that does an outstanding job of promoting spiritual, emotional, relational and physical fitness? If you're looking for a church, check here to see if our members have recommended one near you. If you know of a church that should be on our list, please add it to our list.
If you want to ask for additional information or would like to have some one from our team contact you regarding the churches on our church link contact us at churchlink@mynewtemple.org.
Currently on Women’s Faith Stories (WFS)-
We are collecting articles about women who have survived cancer. If you have a faith story you would like to share send it to us at contactus@womensfaithstories. Your story might be a blessing and an encouragement for someone else.
We are still collecting pictures and stories for our Women That Have Gone Before Us Quilt. In an effort to honor her grandmother who passed away on January 11, 2008, Angela has decided to create a quilt. If you would like to submit a picture and brief tribute on behalf of a woman that meant something to you and helped you get to where you are today send it to us at contactus@womensfaithstories.com. Include their birth date and date of death. Maybe it was your grandmother, a school teacher or a female family member. It does not matter who she was, we would just like to take this opportunity to honor them. Check out last month’s newsletter for more information.
Contact us if you have a woman’s faith story you would like to share for the Women’s Faith Stories Website www.womensfaithstories.com. Send your comments to us at contactus@womensfaithstories.com
Word of Encouragement-
We started out this month’s newsletter by talking about the situation you are going through right now. A blessing is on the way. Wait for it.
Habakkuk 2:3:
3For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.
New Beginnings Scripture for May 2009
John 11:40-45:
40 Jesus responded, “Didn’t I tell you that you would see God’s glory if you believe?” 41 So they rolled the stone aside. Then Jesus looked up to heaven and said, “Father, thank you for hearing me. 42 You always hear me, but I said it out loud for the sake of all these people standing here, so that they will believe you sent me.” 43 Then Jesus shouted, “Lazarus, come out!” 44 And the dead man came out, his hands and feet bound in graveclothes, his face wrapped in a headcloth. Jesus told them, “Unwrap him and let him go!”
45 Many of the people who were with Mary believed in Jesus when they saw this happen
Our Mission Statement
Our Mission is to draw individuals to Jesus Christ through the Ministry of Holistic Fitness and to see the Body of Christ become fit in all areas by providing tools and information to empower you to succeed. New Beginnings is dedicated to helping you gain personal, spiritual, physical, mental and relational fitness by developing the courage and confidence necessary to set and achieve goals based on biblical principles. Most people encounter difficulty reaching goals, sticking with a diet or completing a task by trying to make an outward change without having made any inward spiritual changes. In other words, all improvements in your life begin with a change in your mind and spirit.
New Beginnings Contact Information-
Mailing Address: 5130 W. Baseline #117, PMB# 224, Laveen, AZ 85339
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