​Edinburg First
United Methodist Church

I’ve been thinking about you, and I’m praying for you. Many of you know I’ve been “trying to become a morn- ing person.” At first, my hope was to get up early (between 5:00am – 5:30am) and get to the gym before going in to the office or heading out to my first meeting (insert BIG eye roll here). God had (has) other plans for that time. Instead, God called me into a new time of prayer. I fix my coffee, gather my Bible, study materials, and journal and head to the back porch. I

“Ask me and I will tell you remarkable secrets you do not know about things to come” (Jerimiah 33:3) When we seek God with our whole heart, God will listen when we pray. God promises to hear us, and share unsearchable and unknowable things with us. It is another invitation to become more intimate with God. If we are wise, careful, or even just have a healthy sense of self preservation, we only give our secrets to those with whom we have a healthy relationship. We honor and pr

“…Your Father in Heaven already knows all your needs. Seek the Kingdom of Heaven above all else, and live righteously, and he will give you everything you need.” Matthew 6:32b -33 We’re one month in to the New Year; one month in to intentionally pursuing deeper intimacy with God; one month in to seeing the holy and sacred in the everyday. It’s been a beautiful and challenging month for me. Choosing God, Jesus, the movement of the Holy Spirit first means letting my lists, age