She was a feisty, tobacco-chewing woman and number five in a family of ten children. Born in 1900, she lived hard growing up in Arkansas. Her name was Frances Agnes Lafayette Karr and she was my “Grandma”. Grandma attended church as a child and learned about Jesus in the backwoods of Arkansas when traveling preachers rode the circuit from one community to another preaching the gospel. She had a strong faith and even prayed for the life of her cat …
Faith: On the Job Training
Genesis 15:13-14 Then the Lord said to Abram, “Know for certain that your offspring will be sojourners in a land that is not theirs and will be servants there, and they will be afflicted for four hundred years. But I will bring judgment on the nation that they serve, and afterward they shall come out with great possessions” While living in Canaan, Joseph did not know what God had in store for his life. Every event, every …
Faith: Learning to Trust
Hebrews 11:1 “Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for the conviction of things not seen.”(ESV) In the ancient land of Canaan, Abraham, the great-grandfather of Joseph, led his family in worship of YHWH, the Almighty Sovereign God and Creator of the universe. This family was strong in faith. Abraham, Isaac and Jacob had a relationship with God but sometimes their faith was not 100% strong. They all experienced times of failing faith just as we do. Joseph had …