The Day of the Birth

Here is how it went-
Saturday night we all enjoyed a wonderful Sabbath meal prepared by our Grandma (Mummu is what we call her). We even had a "birthday cake", Of course we didn't know he was coming that very next day.

Enjoying some homemade lemonade

This was her last night as the baby of the family. Now she has joined the club of Older Sisters.

At 11:30 it started. We were all in bed, and at 3am Me, Karissa and Mummu all woke up. The baby arrived about 2 and a half hours later. I called all the moms who wanted to be there right away and they came not to late afterwards. Then I ran through the hallway yelling "its a boy" waking all the kids at like 6am. Then we just hanged around and called out names, watched him be weighed and so on.

A proud Mummu

Looking at name books and the baby

The first time mom got to hold him. Doesn't she look great for just having a baby :)
And a proud daddy, who was moms greatest comforterer through it all-I love them both so much.

God is so wonderful. Through the whole labor I was praying and trusting, knowing that God would work all things out for good, and for His glory.

Before all this had happened I had written a verse on our white board, knowing it was perfect for the time being-Ps.18:1-2

"I will love You, O LORD, my strength.

The LORD is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer;
My God, my strength, in whom I will trust;"

Thank you everyone for your prayers and congratulations.

It's a Boy!!

Noah Kaden Anderson was born Aug. 5th at 5:40 am.

God has blessed our family with another healthy, strong boy and a safe delivery. I am so excited and thankful. It has been such a wonderful time since he entered our family. He was 7lbs, 2 oz, and 20 in. long.

Prayer pt.4 (the last one)

The How of prayer-

How does in pray? The Apostles asked this question and Jesus in return gave them, as we now know it, The Lord’s Prayer. In prayer we are to express adoration of God, confess our sins and ask for forgiveness, give thanks for the goodness of God, and make petition for ourselves and others. In the Lord’s Prayer we see-adoration, petition, and confession. Also prayer is to be prayed to the Father in Christ name-John 14:13; 15:16; 16:13. This means we are invoking Christ mediation as the One who is our access to the Father and looking to Him for support. Another thing is, as I pointed out earlier, is our words are to be few – Ecc. 5:2 and James 1:19. Why-because god is above us and we are lower than Him. Would we talk live craxy in the presence of the president? –No…so why should we in the presence of a holy, majestic, sovereign God? The Bible tells us how to pray.

Now I have answered the why, when, where and how of prayer. Let me end on this verse taken from Ps. 102: 17-“He shall regard the prayer of the destitute, and he shall not despise their prayer.”

Prayer pt.3

The Where of prayer-

The Bible teaches us to pray both privately and in company with each other. Matt.6:6-“But when you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.” Here we see to pray privately. But in Acts 1:14 and 4:24 we read about whole multitudes praying together. Is there a contradiction? No, because if you read the whole context of Matt.6, Jesus is comparing what we should do to what the Pharisees do. The Pharisees would go out into the street and pray to show how holy they are. But Jesus was saying that our reward is in heaven and that we are not go out in the streets to receive the praises of other men. 1 Tim. 2:8 “I desire then that in every place the men should pray, lifting holy hands without anger or quarreling.” So we are to pray every where, but in a humble and quiet manner, not to be show off but privately as well. Again there has to a balance as to where we are to pray.

Barbecue at Travis and Vickie's House!!!

Like father, like daughter

Hanging out and playing games

Food Time

Des trying the Mock Apple Pie-she was really scared too.

The music was to LOUD!

I think he needs some lessons on manners :)

Today Vickie and her son Travis invited all of the family (which is a large number) over for a barbecue. We had a blast! First we sorta just hanged out, you know talk and all that. Then we ate hot dogs prepared by Travis, and many of the other things that were there. After that Me, Travis, Dad, Tami and Alex just sorta jammed. It's the only time I get to play an electric guitar, so it was fun, but very loud :)
All in all it was a sweet time :)

New Header

Dad, the most intelligent guy when it comes to computer stuff, has made me one of the coolest headers ever!! :)
What do you think??

Prayer pt.2

The When of prayer-

The Bible tells us many times when to pray-
Ps.55:17-“all the time”
Matt.5:17-“for our persecutors”
Luke 18:1-“all the time”
1 Thess.5:17-“without ceasing”
James 5:13-“in suffering”

We are told many times to always pray and to pray in our hard times. But there is a distinction between us always talking to God and prayer. Prayer consists of a two way conversation (as I said earlier), so we are not to only talk but also to meditate on the Word of God as well, for that is the way that God talks to us. As is read in Prov. 28:9-“If one turns away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer is an abomination.” If we only talk to God and never listen to what He has to say, our prayers our nothing. In Ecc. 5:2 “Be not rash with your mouth, nor let your heart be hasty to utter a word before God, for God is in heaven and you are on earth. Therefore let your words be few.” Also in James 1:19 “let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak…” why else did God gives us two ears and one mouth. There always has to be a balance. We are to pray without ceasing (that’s the when of prayer) but also to keep in mind that prayer is a two way conversation.

Prayer pt.1

Prayer

Kaila Anderson

The Why of prayer-
Why should one pray? What is the meaning behind prayer? Is it significant? These are the question we should ask about prayer and the Word of God has the answers.

First of all as Christians we serve a merciful and wrathful God and as humans are sinful and deserve the wrath of God. So we should pray fro His mercy and love. Pray for forgiveness and to be washed clean, so that we may be spared of God’s wrath. Is this not a good reason why we should pray?

Secondly in Rom. 12:9-21 Paul lists how to behave like a Christian and in vs.12 we read “Rejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation, continuing steadfastly in prayer…” As Christians we are called we are to pray continually, it is our duty and a great advantage. You see before Christ came the Israelites couldn’t go to God, they went through the priest. But since Christ died He became our Mediator and so now we can pray straight to God.

But one of the most significant reasons why we should pray is because God has made us, He has redeemed us, so that our fellowship with Him may be restored and prayer is an important part of that relationship. God is our heavenly Father and wishes that we talk to Him as we do our earthly fathers. What would it be like if we never talked to your dads, the man who provides for us? We would seem ungrateful to him, so it is with God and yet God has done what no earthly father can do-He has created us and has sacrificed His son for us even when we were in rebellion to Him, we should daily be thanking Him for that. God speaks to us in and through the Bible, which the Holy Spirit reveals to us. We in turn speak to God about Himself, ourselves and the world around us.

This is a two way conversation and to be highly valued as a reason why we should pray. God is the reason we should pray.

This is a thing dad had us kids do for school.
I answer the why, when, where and how of prayer.

New Look!

Here's my new look...dad said he's going to make me a header soon :)
What do you think?