"In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth."

This month we just started a new inductive Bible study called Precepts.The study that we are doing is on the book of Genesis. It has been a really challenging experience so far. This Bible study is a more academic study than than any Bible study that I have done before. Although at first glance I was really skeptical of the intensity of it, I think I am going to enjoy the study, especially because the things I have been learning already. We have only really gone into the first 5 chapters, but the things that i am learning are incredible, and I can’t wait to se what else I will learn through out the time we are doing this. In the past I have just kind of known the things that it says in the Bible according to creation, mostly due to Sunday school when I was a child. Now I am beginning to discover for myself, what it is that God did in those “beginning” days, and how that impacts my life today. It is crazy to think about, and I know that I am not able to understand it all, but that just adds to the awesomeness of it.

God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them; and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, an subdue it; and rule over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the sky, and over every living thing that moves on the earth

. -Genesis 1:27-28

The book of the month this month, is "Secrets of the Vine" by Bruce Wilkinson. It goes in depth looking at John 15, to teach how to live an abundant live by abiding in Christ. It is really cool to see how the creation of the grape vine, is such a perfect example of how we are in relation to Jesus and the Father.

I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me, and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing

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-John 15:5

Earlier this week, I was at Christian Camping Conference Association(CCCA) Michigan Sectional. It was an awesome opportunity to get to meet and get to know the other camps that join in this ministry. It was also good to step outside of Bair Lake and see what other groups are doing, and how they do things. This conference was also a renewing time of spiritual growth. The speaker at the conference was Ron Hutchcraft. He had lots of challenging and encouraging things to say. He focused on the need out there to rescue the lost, and be disciples of Christ.