October 14th, 2010 
alandanielson Originally posted, Oct 27, 2009. Reposted October 14, 2010 ——————————————————————– Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. ~James 1:2-4 (NIV) I’ll never [...]
January 26th, 2010 alandanielson I had the great honor of baptizing my oldest son, Taylor, last Saturday night at the NW Oklahoma City campus of LifeChurch.tv. Taylor and I have been talking about what it means to be a follower of Christ for a long time and on Christmas Eve 2009 he decided to give his entire life over [...]
December 23rd, 2009 alandanielson [The Magi] entered the house and saw the child in the arms of Mary, his mother. Overcome, they kneeled and worshiped him. Then they opened their luggage and presented gifts: gold, frankincense, myrrh. ~Matt 2:11 (MSG) According to Matthew’s account of Christ’s birth Magi or “wise men” came from the east to worship Jesus. [...]
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No Comments » December 22nd, 2009 alandanielson In Matthew 1:18-25 we find the story of Joseph being faced with the problem of what seemed to be an unfaithful fiancée. The love of his life, sweet little Mary, had slept with someone and been knocked up! Like us, he probably wondered how this could happen…how could it happen to him? Then, just [...]
December 21st, 2009 alandanielson The 4 gospel accounts of Jesus’ birth explore different angles of the incarnation story. During this time of year we hear he accounts with such frequency that we sometimes have a tendency to mix them up. Proof of this is in manger scenes prominently displayed in our homes. Seeing wise men and shepherds [...]
Posted in Spiritual Growth Tags: christmas, Faith, faithfulness, gospel, gospels, Matthew, men, nativity, set, story, wise, wisemen No Comments » October 21st, 2009 alandanielson One Sunday morning at church we had a bird fly into the lobby, but then the simple-minded creature couldn’t get back out! I’m not sure what this bird had to eat, but let’s just say that breakfast wasn’t agreeing with it. The bird was dropping messy bombs everywhere! We propped the doors open and tried [...]
September 16th, 2009 alandanielson I spoke to a friend of mine a couple of weeks ago who always blows me away with his amazing faith. In the 4 years I’ve know this guy he’s never made a “logical” transition. Most people change from one job to another but always within the same or similar career path. This guy ran a [...]
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