(Volume 23) January 2008
Inside This Issue:
Welcome
Who is New Beginnings
What’s New-
2008 The Year of New Beginnings
2008 New Beginnings Ministry Challenge
New Member of the New Beginnings Family
2008 Physical Fitness Focus
Church Link
What Have you Been Reading?
Book Recommendations
Book Talk Blog
Reminder About The Fitness Angel Site
Upcoming Events
Word of Encouragement
New Beginnings Scripture for January
Our Mission Statement
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?
2008 The Year of New Beginnings Has Finally Arrived
I have heard it said it is the year of the open door. Walk into it with boldness and power. Walk into it without fear. Walk into it with expectation. Leave all of your doubts, failed dreams and unfulfilled promises in the past.
Isaiah 43:18-19: 18 “But forget all that—
it is nothing compared to what I am going to do. 19 For I am about to do something new.
See, I have already begun! Do you not see it? I will make a pathway through the wilderness. I will create rivers in the dry wasteland.
In case it was not clear from the scripture let me reiterate what the word of the Lord said. It said forget all that past stuff, because He has a new beginning for you. That stuff you thought you wanted. That stuff you had to have, that stuff that just didn’t happen for you, that is nothing compared to what He has for you. Just look around and you will see signs of what He is already doing on your behalf. Walk into this year with expectancy.
January 2008-December 2008 Challenge-
Get Fit From The Inside Out, In 2008 the year of New Beginnings
Begin the month of January to identify the areas you want to change in 2008. The plan this year is to make some steady progress towards making those things happen. It won’t all happen at once so we will need to have a plan, a strategy and some measurable goals set along the way. We have realized and told you before that we will never be the perfect package but we can work to become the total package. The person God destined us to become.
We encourage you to walk with us through 2008 as we work to get fit from the inside out, including our mind, body and spirit. We want to see relationships, emotions, spiritual growth and physical growth in 2008 for all of us. Remember this is the year of New Beginnings so we need to move into it with an expectation that some thing will be different and that we will be changed. Clue-Some stuff we may just need to leave alone and this is a great time to figure it out and move in that direction.
No more tore up relationships, they will be healed and restored or removed. No more going to church because that is what is expected, we will go because of our relationship with Jesus Christ. No more emotional eating, because we are going to deal with those emotions. It is time to stop talking about our physical bodies and allowing them and there appetites to control us and to begin to beat them into submission to God’s will for us. Write to us on the message board and let us know what is going on.
New E-mail Program- 
Remember we have set up a new E-mail program for the New Beginnings and Women’s Faith Stories sites, so we need each of you to click on this sign up button and complete the information or go to the website home page and click on the button at the bottom of the page. This will allow us to keep in contact with you in a more efficient manner.
2008 Physical Fitness Focus-
New Beginnings is Promoting 10,000 Steps Per Day Walking for Health in 2008.
Check out the 2008 Workout recommendation on the website home page.
New Beginnings 2008 Workout Focus
10,000/steps per day or 70,000/steps per week Walking Program*
This is the fitness opportunity that New Beginnings is promoting for 2008. It is simple and easy and almost everyone can participate at whatever level of fitness they are at. There is no great trick to walking. It does not require any special skills, advanced conditioning, special equipment or clothing. All you need is a good pair of walking shoes, comfortable clothing, a pedometer, and you're all set.
Why Walk?
- Burns almost as many calories as jogging
- Eases back pain
- Slims your waist
- Reduces heart attack risk
- Slows down osteoporosis bone los
You can get prepared for the walking program by checking with your physician now to ensure you are physically able to participate. Go to your local discount store and purchase your pedometer, and a good pair of walking shoes. Watch the fitness page on the website http://mynewtemple.org/aFitness.html for specific instructions on the 2008 program.
ChurchLlink-
Is there a church near you that does an outstanding job of promoting spiritual, 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 someone from our team contact you regarding the churches on our church link contact us at churchlink@mynewtemple.org.
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.
The Ministries’ Monthly Book Recommendation-From The New Beginnings Team
A Crushed Rose by Shelly Reichenbach
After her husband betrays her by having an affair and then leaving her for another woman. Shelly describes her prayerful journey in visits to various ‘rooms’ that God takes her thru and tells about how the pain of this destructive event in her marriage is turned into joy and restoration by faith in the power of God thru prayer. Shelly describes the torrent of emotional upheaval she experiences and how she leaned on and put her faith and trust in God alone for his direction and guidance in bringing her thru this trial. Her obedience to God results in victory in her life and the full restoration of her marriage.
This book was very encouraging to me since I had experienced this same tragedy. It confirms to me again that the promises of God are true and that prayerful obedience will result in GOD-SIZED changes in the lives of ordinary women.
We would love to hear from you. What have you been reading? Let us know 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
Watch for a new blog to begin later this month
Upcoming Events-
Video:
Check out the new Transformed and Upgraded But Not Yet Arrived Video on the New Beginnings website. I was watching a show on Lifetime the other night, How to Look Good Naked and while I do not agree with everything that was said or done, I do agree that we need to become comfortable with who we are and we need to see ourselves as we really are and the way the God sees us. You are not a perfect package. Yes, there are some bumps and maybe even some imperfections, but we are God’s and we are fearfully and wonderfully made.
This year, starting today, start to look at yourself the way God looks at you. Not perfect, but complete. If you think your thighs are too large and you know you need to lose a couple of pounds work on it but don’t obsess about it.
WFS:
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-
2008 is a great year to do something different. Identify some things you want to do this year and write them down. Share them with a friend who will hold you accountable and then start moving in those things. This is a New Beginning for all of us.
New Beginnings Scripture for January 2008
Isaiah 43:18-19:
18 “But forget all that—it is nothing compared to what I am going to do. 19 For I am about to do something new. See, I have already begun! Do you not see it? I will make a pathway through the wilderness. I will create rivers in the dry wasteland.
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-
5130 W. Baseline #117, PMB# 224, Laveen, AZ 85339
Contact us at contactus@mynewtemple.org or on our message board http://mynewtemple.org/aMessages.html.
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