Thoughts from the Edges

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  • Putting Off – Some thoughts From the Edges

    Putting Off the Important Pastor Calvin Cook February 22, 2025 Scripture focus – Hebrews 12:11 No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it. Do you ever feel like the world is crashing in on you?…

  • A Quiet Center – Morning Devotional From the Edges

    Finding a Quiet Center Prepared by Pastor Calvin Cook February 21, 2025 Scripture focus – Genesis 28:15 “Behold, I am with you and will keep you wherever you go and will bring you back to this land. For I will not leave you until I have done what I have spoken to you.” Though this…

  • It’s Not Over….till GOD says! A Morning Devotional

    It’s Not Over Till God SaysPrepared by Pastor Calvin CookFebruary 20, 2025Scripture focus: And Joseph said to his brothers, “I am about to die, but God will visit you and bring you up out of this land to the land that he swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.”(Genesis 50:24) Life can sometimes feel…

  • Meant to Destroy – A Personal Story – Hope and Healing abounds.

    MEANT to DESTROY – A PERSONAL STORY Prepared by Pastor Calvin Cook February 19, 2025 Yesterday was a scary day. I came home at lunch time to find Gail very unresponsive. Thinking the worst had happened I prepared to take her to the Emergency Room, realizing that I couldn’t, I called 911 and soon 2…

  • Cursed? or Blessed? Morning Devotions From the Edges

    It is Not About the Curse Prepared by Pastor Calvin Cook Scripture focus – 1 Peter 3:14: But even if you should suffer for righteousness’ sake, you will be blessed. Have no fear of them, nor be troubled. Some would say that the story of Joseph is about being cursed. Being beat up by the…

  • What? I need a Plan B – Morning Devotional From the Edges.

    In Place Of – Or Plan B Prepared by Pastor Calvin Cook February 17, 2025 Scripture focus – Genesis 50:19  “But Joseph said to them, “Do not fear, for am I in the place of God?” During this series and look at the life of Joseph and applying it to our life, Genesis 50:19-20  has…

  • A Valentine to Jesus –

    A Valentine to JesusFebruary 14, 2025Valentines Day is a day that we share our feelings of love for another. We send gifts, flowers, cards, eat dinner at special places, spend time together. I thought this morning, why only one day? Shouldn’t we be showing our love and appreciation to those who constantly stand side by…

  • SEEK – FIND – RECEIVE – A Devotion from the Edges while Following Jesus.

    Seeking, Finding, and Receiving Prayerfully prepared by Pastor Calvin Cook February 13, 2025 Luke 11:9-10 And I tell you, Ask, and it will be given you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. 10 For every one who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who…

  • RETREAT Without WITHDRAWING – Moving Forward by Returning – Part 3

    Moving Forward by Returning – Part 3 Retreat Doesn’t Mean Withdrawing – Prayerfully prepared by Pastor Calvin Cook February 12, 2025 Good Morning, may we together just take a deep breath, quiet our lives, and sit for a few minutes just listening to the presence of God. Before anything else today, take a few minutes…

  • A Bright Light in Darkness

    Moving Forward by Returning – Part 2 Prayerfully prepared by Pastor Calvin Cook February 11, 2025 Sleepless nights happen. They creep in when we least expect them, without much warning, or reason of why they’re happening. The choice on these sleepless nights results, sometimes in great anguish, or even in great comfort, and time to…