by FBC Laurens | Jun 13, 2021 | Devotional Thought
Matthew 5:27-30 A priest friend told the story of a little boy who confessed to adultery. He asked the little boy, “What do you think adultery is?” and the little boy said, “Well, sometimes I try to act like an adult, and I know I’m not.” Even though the word adultery...
by FBC Laurens | Jun 12, 2021 | Devotional Thought
Matthew 5:21-26 We started this week with the theme of peace. “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God” (Matt 5:9). In today’s text, Jesus warns about what happens when we don’t pursue peace. He asks us to consider how anger grows, deeply...
by FBC Laurens | Jun 11, 2021 | Devotional Thought
Matthew 5:17-20 After assigning us some hefty reading over the previous days, our professor suspected that my classmates and I were not taking our homework seriously enough. Doubtful that we were reading at the level he expected for class preparation, he sprung a sort...
by FBC Laurens | Jun 10, 2021 | Devotional Thought
Matthew 5:14-16 When I lived in Atlanta, I participated in a monthly Taizé-style prayer service at a local church. The services used the traditions and practices of Taizé, an ecumenical Christian community based in France that has influenced Christian communities...
by FBC Laurens | Jun 9, 2021 | Devotional Thought
Matthew 5:13 As my passion for cooking healthier food develops, so does my appreciation for salt. Because of my family health history, I must be much more attentive to the presence of salt in my diet than some of my friends have to be. For a long period of time, I...
by FBC Laurens | Jun 8, 2021 | Devotional Thought
Matthew 5:11-12 Blessed are you when people revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account. Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you (vv....
