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Volume 374
February 28, 2016
A teacher affects eternity; he/or she can never tell where his or her influence stops.
Henry Adams
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Please click throughout the entire
newsletter and enjoy the
various links!
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To date, nearly 450 persons have been celebrated!!!
Why not take the time and effort to nominate special people in your life: (family, friends, co-workers, neighbors, etc.)
On your behalf, we will publicly honor YOUR NOMINATIONS who deserve their "Flowers of Appreciation" NOW!
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Wow!
Why do we experience the situations, which we do?
Why are our lives so much the opposite of what as a child and young adult we dreamed that they would be?
Why did we make certain choices, which definitely proved to be unwise?
Why can't we fit in with "the seemingly in-crowd" and be accepted?
Why can't we seem to get the positions we desire?
Why are we misunderstood, overlooked, talked about and even falsely accused?
Why, Why, Why!!!
Why can't we just have a "NORMAL GOOD LIFE"?
Well to respond to the last question;
since sin and Satan influences the world, there has been and will continue to be interference in experiencing the perfect "Normal Good Life", which was available in the Garden of Eden.
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If Satan had his way and did not have to be SUBJECT to the authority of our Almighty Father God, there
would not be any good gained from our experiences of suffering.
However, for the destructive plans of Satan against our lives, thanks be to God who ALWAYS CAUSES US TO TRIUMPH in Christ Jesus (2 Cor. 2:14).
The following verses provide insight of some of the reasons our lives experience sufferings.
Heb. 2:10 God, ...chose to bring many children into glory. And it was only right that He should make
Jesus, through His suffering, a perfect leader, fit to bring them into their salvation. 11 So now Jesus and the ones He makes holy have the same Father. That is why Jesus is not
ashamed to call them His brothers and sisters.
Some notations we can observe from these two verses are
1. Our Daddy-God- (the Holy Offended One) has chosen to bring many children (us, the Sin-Offenders) into His great glory of honor and praise.
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2. To do so, the Lord God "made, developed and enabled" Jesus through His suffering to be a perfect
leader, fit to bring us into our salvation. He suffered all that the law and justice of God could
require; and hereby He became perfectly acquainted with the sufferings of His people, and a perfect Savior of them; (Gill).
3. Now, born again Followers of Christ have been given the great commission to continue to spread the Gospel through our various ministries and gifts.
4. Even the more so, through our sufferings, our leadership abilities are developed in the areas of ministry, which God has called us to serve.
5. This doesn't mean that each of our sufferings are orchestrated by God.
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6. However, it does mean that He uses even those "sufferings which we cause ourselves", to develop us
into perfect and effective leaders, which He can use to bring other men into His Glory.
7. While Daddy-God created us with various abilities, we must learn how to properly and effective use
them, as a person with a car must learn how to drive it.
8. Therefore, it is through our tough, perplexing times of questions and situations that Daddy-God is
perfecting us; molding, shaping and developing us to become ideal Kingdom leaders.
9. Our sufferings will cause pain and tears, but the result will be lives humbled and yielded to our Great God.
10. Lovingly, patiently and compassionately, we must learn how to lead people into the glory of God.
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11. God paid too great a price, the crucifixion of His beloved Son to allow untrained men to destroy what He has provided.
12. So, we must be made through our sufferings, fit to lead, guide and assist others and even ourselves down the Path of Fellowship with God.
13. As verse 11 indicates, it is only after we have yielded and committed our entire being to God will we
be able to claim and be claimed by Jesus as having the same Father.
14. Then Jesus will not be ashamed to call us His brothers and sisters.
15. Neither, will we be ashamed to own the name of Christ and let the whole world know of our great love
and devotion to the Lord God Almighty and Jesus His beloved Son.
God bless you.
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There are two great days in a person's life - the day we are born and the day we discover why.
William Barclay
Yesterday's the past, tomorrow's the future, but today is a gift. That's why it's called the present.
Bill Keane
Slow down and enjoy life. It's not only the scenery you miss by going to fast you also miss the sense of where you are going and why. Eddie Cantor
You have to think anyway, so why not think big? Donald Trump
Having a baby is a life-changer. It gives you a whole other perspective on why you wake up every day. Taylor Hanson
Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is probably the reason why so few engage in it.
Henry Ford
When you form a team, why do you try to form a team? Because teamwork builds trust and trust builds speed. Russel Honore
You can't please everyone. When you're too focused on living up to other people's standards, you aren't spending enough time raising your own. Some people may whisper, complain and judge. But for the most part, it's all in your head. People care less about your actions than you think. Why? They have their own problems! Kris Carr
I suppose there are a lot of reasons to be jaded or sarcastic or bitter in life, but I hang on to the reasons why life is beautiful. Kelli O'Hara
I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. This is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant. Martin Luther King, Jr.
There is always the danger that we may just do the work for the sake of the work. This is where the respect and the love and the devotion come in - that we do it to God, to Christ, and that's why we try to do it as beautifully as possible. Mother Teresa
When you die, it does not mean that you lose to cancer. You beat cancer by how you live, why you live, and in the manner in which you live. Stuart Scott
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WORDS FROM THE HEART!!!
Hi Sis. Lewis!! Thank you so much.Yes, been through so much over the years but God has bless me to see another birthday! Im so very grateful. Thank you for all the positive words you have given to me! You are truly a blessing, Love you!! FM S
Amen~!!! halleluJAH~!!!Teach it~!!! Dr. Lewis... anyone with ears to hear must listen to the Spirit and understand what He is saying to the churches... SHALOM WITH MUCH LUV AND HUGS TO YOU MY SISTER IN CHRIST JESUS...THE LOVE OF MY LIFE IS JESUS~!!!!!!! B V
Thanks Dr. T. I praise and thank God. You sacrifice your life, time and research for His Glory. Your newsletter is always a Blessing. To God be all the Glory. Love and Blessing. R. S.
Dr Lewis you will never know how much I appreciate this. A R
LOL! Thank U So Much Ms. Tonya! Made me laugh! When I woke up in the morning, I didn't even want to celebrate my birthday because my mom wasn't here, but the Lord gently reminded me, He don't make mistakes and she's with me in spirit & truly all day she was. Ms. Tonya, U remind me so much of my mom and she loved You! I just had to say "Thank You" for being such an awesome lady and an encouragement to my heart and soul... Peace and Blessings to You! Ty . TTS
Hello, Thank you so much for sending out this publication. It is such a blessing to have good and fulfilling literature, TRUTH and inspirational Word, to read! In Faith! D L
I am very grateful for this powerful word. May God bless you. Thanks. Evangelist A A
Thank you Dr. Tonya Lewis! God's best be your! R W
Hey Dr. Lewis: Thanks for the words of wisdom and blessing. It so very true that what we do is for the Glory of the Lord! Of course we don't think so when we are going through some things, but it is so true. Like the man said in one of the songs it takes everything to serve the Lord!!! Love you lot's! V L
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