A Closer Walk With God Through VBS 2023

God. His Love and respect for God was so strong that he listened to what God wanted him to be. He was so sure about what he was telling the Jews. Micah knew his values, his purpose and did not have a doubt in his mind about if he was pleasing God or even happy with his own decisions. That teaches us to trust that God is there always, helping us through every moment. The importance of praying and obeying. That God is a present God. He wants us to be faithfully present with him, too.

I knew that names have meanings. Micah means “Who Is Like God” and that “Abraham’s” name was “Abram”. But we got to thinking deeper during bible schoolthat we are not just talking about the birth certificate names. We are considering the names we don’t go by every day, but we are exposed to them enough to believe them and start labeling them as who we are. We must be cautious about what we feed our minds and be able to watch our thoughts, actions, and the words we speak to others, because they all have the power to shape the names we call ourselves and what others perceive us to be. We want these names to be loving and kind.

First, I would like to thank Pastor Parker for hosting this year’s Vacation Bible School. Thank you to Minister Wright for ensuring the program ran smoothly. Thank you to everyone that participated in making sure that this was an amazing and fulfilling experience. And last but not least thank you to Sister Wanda Cooley for being our instructor.

All of the topics we covered this week have been applicable to my life, to all of our lives and I believe we all learned something that will bring our relationship with God closer.

I read a book called “The purpose Driven Life” by Rick Warren and it said “ You were made by God, for God and until you understand that life will never make sense.” That is exactly what was taught this week. I understand we are all uniquely made. Also that it’s easy-to-use materialistic things to be more unique, or to conform to this world and let the world label what makes us unique. But its harder to answer the question of “why”. Why do I like this? Why am I agreeing to that? And God wants to make things clear to us. Through prayer and gaining knowledge about the stories in the bible. Through a relationship with Jesus. He wants to take our experiences and sharpen us, to refine us and shape us so we don’t have to question who we are, what our values are, or what we stand for. We can create a balanced life and not be moving in this direction and that one.

Carrying on, we learned that Micah was passionate about his connection to

We are constantly evolving; we are not the same person we were five years ago. We go through many transitions in life. We learned about Abraham in Genesis 12: 1-8 and moving on faith. If we say we trust God and all he says, we must put actions behind our faith. Where the mind goes, the body follows. We have to just take our hands off the rows and allow God to steer the boat. By tuning into the voice inside our mind, shutting out all the external noise, and growing in discipline by reading and applying his word to our everyday lives. It becomes easier to intentionally move on faith and be sure of our uniqueness. We can more clearly hear God’s instructions. He keeps His promise to us and He will always answer our “why.”

— Submitted by Sis. Danielle Coger