A brand new week

I have officially been in WV for six years.  It has been a great and life-changing season of my life.  Turning 30, getting married, having our first child, moving seveal times, being ordained, finishing seminary twice, wow, the list goes on.  I am thankful to call WV home and raise our daughter here in Jackson Co. currently.  Blessings,

Rev. Tim

CalltoAction: How to get the word out?

CalltoAction: How to get the word out?

How to get the word out?

If anyone out there has the advice on how I can better publicize this blog, please drop me a line.  I want to get the word out to send the message and believe this is an worthy cause.  Today looks to be another busy day but with good things happening in all of the churches for which I am responsible.  May God richly and deeply bless his people of the Sandyville-area United Methodist Churches!!

Rev. Tim

It's been a week

Life has kicked up lately and I am loving it.  There is so much wonder in serving God through the church!  Where will all of this take us?  What is God up to next!?  I pray that my sisters and brothers are experiencing God in a new way and that it will show... How are your spiritual practices and how is your heart this day?  Share with someone that you have entrusted your deepest secrets and know that God will keep that which He has entrusted against that day.  Blessings and glad to be back,

Rev. Tim

Your kingdom come

This is the phrase I choose to meditate on today.  What does it mean?  How will it transform my life, as I allow it too?  It has been a few days since my last blog post.  Yes, it has been that kind of week.  I pray as we move through Lent, you and I will both experience God's presence in the desert.

Rev. Tim

Does life for you ever get a little muddy?

This is only my second time creating ashes and my wife is the chief cook in the kitchen for this every-year project.  I was so blessed at the faithful reception by God's children to the message of the cross and the reality of our sin in the face of God's amazing grace.  I pray that you have been marked with the brand of Jesus which is the cross!  Blessings on a faithful and faith-filled lent.

Rev. Tim

new traditions

Ash Wednesday is not something I grew up with.  In came later in life while in catholic high school that I observed and than participated in this ancient practice.  I have since led several methodist churches in this observance and it has been an uplifting experience.  Tonight is our Ash Wednesday service between my three churches here and I am getting ready

Rev. Tim

brand new

This week our churches will observe the holy day called Ash Wednesday.  We will be marked with the sign of the cross and remember the day of our own baptism.  I pray that this day will fill your heart with thanksgiving for sacrifices made so that we could come.  See you at church!

Rev. Tim

personal revival

I encourage you to seek God for a personal deepening and revival of faith.  There is no more time to waste.  We must live under a sense of urgency that today matters, it matters for eternity!  This means we are to allow God to discipline us so that revival will come super-naturally and not always need to be programmed or spoon-fed for us.  Will you press in for this type of personal revival?

Rev. Tim

God is timeless

When I lose myself in the fire of God's love, then I am lost in revival.  I can only see the face of God and in seeing that wondrous face I am change and made finally able to see my sister and brother more clearly.  I need another touch and I am waiting that God would take us deeper and never, ever, ever be the same again!  Are you with me?

Rev. Tim

will revival come to us?

Revival is already here.  It is in the heart of God and those who have entered in to the waves of His presence.  You may be standing on the edge watching and the waves haven't touched you yet.  Come into the water... ankle deep, knee deep, waist deep and overflowing beyond that which you can touch the bottom.  God's riches are bottomless and those that will enter in will be changed.  My prayer for you is that tonight will be a night of great harvesting for the kingdom of God.  Will you assist to reap the harvest by bringing God's missing sons and daughters into the sanctuary.  Pre-service prayer in the fellowship hall starts at 6:50 PM.

Pastor Tim Edin

small group dna

What does it require to live in small group community with other people?

*A stated covenant agreed upon by all members
*A long-term commitment to uphold one another in prayer and practical ways
*A common vision for the group to grow beyond itself
*No more business as usual!

I want to be a part of this type of group!  Do you?  If so, please let me know and I would like to help you, maybe you can help me.  These types of groups can be in every neighborhood, workplace or social gathering spot/watering hole.  Do you see it, can you capture this age-old vision for small group ministry where people live?

Rev. Tim

he only shouted louder

Mark 10:46-52

As Jesus left Jericho with his disciples and a great crowd, Bartimaeus, a blind beggar, was sitting at the side of the road. When he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to shout and cry out: Son of David, have pity on me! And many of them scolded him and told him to keep quiet, but he only shouted all the louder: Son of David, have pity on me! Jesus stopped and said: Call him here. So they called the blind man over: Courage, they said, get up. He is calling you. So throwing off his cloak, he jumped up and went to Jesus. Then Jesus spoke: What do you want me to do for you? The blind man said to him, Rabbuni, let me see again. Jesus said to him: Go, your faith has saved you. And at once his sight returned and he followed him along the road.

This was today's scripture on www.sacredspace.ie and I wanted to share it with you

-Rev. Tim

when we work together

We accomplish so much more in the kingdom when we work together, in united spirit and willingness to do what needs to be done to get the job done.  I am learning this everyday as I serve in my current context.  I thank my God and Savior for the wonderful saints here in Sandyville at each of our congregations.

Rev. Tim

the power of testimony

Text:  Revelation 12:11 (key verse)

"This is how we overcome!"

*the blood of the lamb applied to our lives
*the word of our testimony spoken in the boldness of the Spirit
*the willingness to abandon our own lives even to the point of death (Today, I only got kicked out of one place for peddling or soliciting the Gospel!)

Peace,

Tim

on the eve of greatness

I feel something in the air.  There is so much going on in our world today, it is hard to remain calm.  We are in a season of revival now at the churches I pastor.  We don't want to miss a day of what the Lord has planned for us and what He could do through us in the world if we remain yielded to the Spirit.  Can you feel it too?  I pray so.  Please share here stories of personal revival in your own life. . .

Rev. Tim