Congratulations to our High School Essay Contest Winner!

Congratulations to our 2025 High School Essay Contest winner – Logan James. As the High School Essay Contest winner, he is the recipient of a $500 college scholarship to use at the college of his choice. Logan is a senior at First Academy at FBC Douglas and plans to attend ABAC in Tifton after graduation.

This year’s topic was Making the Lord’s Prayer Personal. Below are a few excerpts from Logan’s essay on the Lord’s Prayer:

I first learned the Lord’s Prayer in Sunday school as a five-year-old. I distinctly remember my sweet teacher, Mrs. Juanita, reading Matthew 6 and asking several of us to recite it with her afterwards. We did this for several weeks until one day near Christmas time, she asked us each to recite it on our own without help from her.

Since that day, nearly 13 years ago at Arbor Baptist Church I have easily recited this prayer dozens and dozens of times. 

* “Our father”. . .I think of the privilege it is we have as Christians to call the creator and sustainer of the universe such a term of endearment. To be adopted into the family of God by faith in Jesus as my personal Savior is nothing short of miraculous.

* “Hallowed be thy name”. . . The holy name of God is not to be spoken of lightly or without reverence. . .This causes me to speak slowly and thoughtfully so I will not use His name in an unholy way or even to use His name flippantly.

* “Thy will be done”. . . God’s will is being done today, just as it was done yesterday and as it will be done tomorrow. He is always in total control of all things…It is important for me to remember that God knows my needs before I tell Him. I can easily forget that sadly.

You can read his entire essay using this link: Logan James Essay

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