Tag: bible

  • What Will Have My Heart today? Will it be God or ?.

    What Will Have My Heart Today? Devotionals on HolinessPastor Calvin Cook | October 12, 2026 “Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.” — Romans 12:21 (KJV) Last Evening as I was preparing for the upcoming sermons in October on holiness, I found myself pausing at this particular verse in Romans. When we…

  • Exceedingly, Abundantly More ! Part 1

    Exceedingly, Abundantly More Devotionals on Holiness — Part OnePastor Calvin Cook | October 8, 2026 Ephesians 3:20–21 (KJV) “Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us, unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all…

  • RECEIVE – Allow the Holy Spirt to move !

    RECEIVE Pastor Calvin Cook October 7, 2026 — Day 28 of 30 Praying for Ourselves “Therefore, brothers and sisters, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way opened for us through the curtain, that is, his body, and since we have a…

  • May the Song I Sing – O Jesus I Have Promised become my life.

    O Jesus, I Have Promised Pastor Calvin Cook October 6, 2026 “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.”  Matthew 16:24 Recently the Hymn – “O Jesus I have Promised” came rushing into my mind. At some very interesting points the hymn’s lines became a…

  • Lead Us Not Into Temptation. Following Jesus from the Edges.

    Lead Us Not into Temptation Pastor Calvin Cook October 5, 2026  – Day 26 of 30 Praying for Ourselves “And lead us not into temptation but deliver us from the evil one.” Matthew 6:13 While praying the Lord’s Prayer this week, I paused over one line: “Lead us not into temptation.” Temptation is defined by…

  • Sitting in a place I don’t normally Sit – Listening, Praying and Following Jesus from the Edges.

    I’m Sitting in a Place I Don’t Normally Sit Pastor Calvin Cook October 1, 2026 “Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.” — Psalm 51:10, KJV This morning is different. I have been drawn into a different place of purpose, prayer, and thought. It began with something…

  • “I want to be where you are.” God

    I Want to Be Where You Are Pastor Calvin CookSeptember 30, 2026 “I am with you always, even unto the end of the world.” — Matthew 28:20 The last few days have been a wild ride. Days of doubt. Days of prayer. Days of following the unknown. Days of crying out, Why, Lord? But this…

  • Devoted to Prayer as a Church — Following Jesus from the Edges –

    A Church Devoted to Prayer Pastor Calvin CookSeptember 29, 2026 — Day 16 of 30Praying for the Church “They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.”  Acts 2:42 Today, our thirty-day prayer journey turns toward praying for the Church. I know that some of you…

  • POUR OUT YOUR SPIRIT ON WORSHIP TODAY

    Pour Out Your Spirit on Our Worship Pastor Calvin CookSeptember 27, 2026 — Day 16 of 30 Written and prayed at 2:30AM, Kane PA Praying for the Church “I will pour out my spirit on all flesh.” — Joel 2:28 For the early morning pre-dawn moments as I prepare for worship today, I am praying…

  • Are Our Prayers Before Us, Behind Us, or With US? Thoughts on Prayer from the Edges.

    Are Our Prayers Before Us, Behind Us, or With Us? Pastor Calvin Cook September 26, 2026 – Day 15 of 30 The weight of the day ahead is already on my mind. The list of items and issues that need completed, the celebrations of life that I have been given responsibility for, the preparation that…