Edgewood Congregational Methodist Church

06/03/2026

06/03/2026

Night 4 of VBS! Looking forward to a great night!

06/03/2026

06/03/2026

We have a tremendous lineup for this year's General Conference. Meet our speakers!
Nelson Searcy- 3pm on Tuesday, June 9
George Barna- 7pm on Tuesday, June 9
Dr. Benny Tate- 1pm on Wednesday, June 10
Ben Gerald- 7pm on Wednesday, June 10

06/02/2026

Tonight is the 3rd night for VBS at Edgewood! It's not too late to start attending!

06/02/2026

Read 2 Corinthians 8:9-11. Do you have a vision from God that you believe in with all your heart? Is it something into which you have poured your heart and soul? Perhaps, you haven’t seen the work you’ve done bring you any closer to that vision. Perhaps, you’ve become weary because of constant struggle to complete it. You were the one to whom God imparted the vision. You were the one to get it started.

“Now finish the work” Paul writes, “according to your means.”

God's perfect will is for the vision to be completed, but you can't make a vision come to life―even with all that you’ve poured into it and even with all you’ve done to inspire others to catch it. You can only finish to the best of your ability according to what you’ve been given. What you may have forgotten is that you’ve been given everything you need to complete it. When God inspires a vision and you say, “yes,” all the spiritual riches of heaven are at your disposal. It’s not a matter of a lack of resources. It’s a matter of drawing His resourves out of the spiritual realm by faith. The enemy will do everything he can to keep you from receiving from God. You must stand against the enemy’s tactics. He wants to destroy the vision God birthed in you. Cooperate with God instead of giving up and bringing joy to the enemy. Remember that God’s timing isn’t yours. You must rest in Him when you’re weary, listening to Him and drawing strength from Him. When God gives a vision, He also supplies you everything you need to complete it.

Don't ever forget that the vision doesn’t belong to you. It belongs to God. You’re just a yielded vessel for Him to use for His purpose. His vision is fluid. It’s not etched in concrete. You can have an idea of how a vision should pan out, but that is just your perception. His thoughts are greater than yours, and His ways go beyond any preconceived notion. The vision He has imparted to you is only a part of His whole purpose. It’s greater than you can ask or think. He gives you a particular vision to be your focus and to anchor you. Whatever He has imparted to you, it’s your offering back to Him. Realize He owns it. You are to steward His vision. You are to press in and pray, follow the leading of the Holy Spirit, and give Him room to inspire others to catch it. If it isn’t caught, others made that choice. You can’t change them. Only He can. Lay that vision on the altar. God has never given up. It’s His will. And when you pray His will, believing, He brings to life what you’ve asked of Him.

You’re not the only one with a vision from God. The visions that He imparts to His children are ultimately meant to unify us in His ultimate purpose―to bring the Gospel of Grace to a dying world and to prepare those who believe in Him to live a life of faith that perpetuates the message of His salvation. You are part of God's highest work—His greatest plan. Do whatever He leads you to do with whatever you have now, believing that there is no end to His supply, and trusting Him with as much enthusiasm as when you first stepped out in faith.

The perfect and finished work of Jesus has made you rich in grace. Although He could have had anything―although He had every powerful resource at His bidding―although He was perfectly God and without sin, Jesus became poor for your sake. He humbled Himself, took all of the worst of you and gave you the best of Himself so that you might be free and rich in His grace.

The vision He imparted to you is just as rich as when you first had it. You have all the wealth of God’s grace. The means to finish the work are available to you, just waiting for you to receive them by faith. Now believe in the inheritance you have in Christ. Your life is His for His purpose. When He’s ready for your vision to manifest, not only will the vision He gave you birth more visions; you and others shall be inspired to receive more grace upon grace for His Kingdom.

The means He has given to complete your vision are outstanding and eternal. Release by faith your vision and see God breathe His life into it.

For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor, so that you through his poverty ...

06/02/2026

The sign-up list is located at the welcome desk in the foyer of the church. Check it to see if you are needed to volunteer!

06/01/2026

I’ve sown the Word for decades in my heart, praying for it to be manifested in my life. Through the years, I’ve seen the Lord fulfill many promises in His Word; I’ve waited a long time for others. Now I’m seeing seeds sown many years ago coming into harvest. I’ve made mistakes like anyone else in my Christian walk, but I’m on a continual journey of spiritual discovery that I never want to end. I’m hungry for the Lord to give me wisdom, understanding, and revelation in my knowledge of Him.

According to 1 Corinthians 14, prophecy isn’t just for edification, encouragement, and comfort; prophecy is also a word of knowledge. When the secret of someone’s heart is revealed, it causes him to fall down on his face, worship God, and say that God is truly in this place (1 Corinthians 14:25-26).

Many Christians who believe in prophecy think that only certain individuals are chosen to prophesy. It’s true that only certain believers are called to the office of a prophet (Ephesians 4:11). However, the spiritual gift of prophecy, listed in 1 Corinthians 12:10, doesn’t refer to the office of a prophet. According to the Word of God, “all” can prophesy.

“For you can all prophesy, one by one,” Paul writes,” that all may learn and all may be encouraged” (1 Corinthians 14:31).

Our pastor declared yesterday morning that he doesn’t want us or our church to miss out on what God has for us.

Months ago, I had a vision of three golden bowls coming together as one. It hung above our congregation. There was a spout, and it was slowly tipping. I could see a thick golden liquid at the edge of the spout just ready to pour. I asked the Holy Spirit what this meant. The Holy Spirit led me to Revelation 5:8. God has heard and gathered all our prayers in his golden bowls of incense in heaven, and our answers are ready to be poured out. His salvation, His healing, His deliverance, and His anointing are waiting to be manifested in this place. But we must do our part. We must empty ourselves and allow God to move without prejudice. We must press in deeply in prayer and petition Him to open the heavens. And when He pours, He shall pour through our yielded hearts into the lives of a starving people. Compassion will be as water turning into new wine. And this outpouring of heaven will flow through and out of us into Anniston and all around.

Thirty-five years ago I was driving up Quintard Avenue past this church on the hill, which was Harvest Temple at the time. I was listening to Dr. David Yonggi Cho prophesying that one day God would pour out His Spirit in great power in northern Alabama. Perhaps, this church on the hill was a part of his vision. I wouldn’t know about that, but I do know we are “a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that we may proclaim the praises of Him who called us out of darkness into His marvelous light” (1 Peter 2:9).

This church on the hill is chosen to be His light in the darkness. The Lord has set apart this house, this place for His holiness and power. All can prophesy. Humble yourself. Seek the Lord. Ask Him to reveal Himself to you. You are a chosen people. He can give you another vision of His purpose. Perhaps, you shall see what I have experienced with greater clarity or bring a fresh perspective to it. We were created for such a time as this. Are we preparing our hearts and gathering for the Holy Spirit to open the heavens and pour? Will we let God be God? Will we press in and pray?

“Therefore, I will look to the Lord; I will wait for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me” (Micah 7:7).

“And it shall come to pass in the last days, says God, that I will pour out of My Spirit on all flesh; Your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your young men shall see visions, your old men shall dream dreams, and on My menservants and on My maidservants I will pour out My Spirit in those days; And they shall prophesy” (Joel 2:28-29, Acts 2:17-18).

“I have set watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem; They shall never hold their peace day or night. You who make mention of the Lord, do not keep silent, and give Him no rest till He establishes and till He makes Jerusalem a praise in the earth” (Isaiah 62:6-7).

I’ve sown the Word for decades in my heart, praying for it to be manifested in my life. Through the years, I’ve seen the Lord fulfill many p...