Tag: bible
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The Sin of Complacency – How do we move forward when we are sitting still?
The Sin of Complacency –From the heart of Pastor Calvin CookOctober 9, 2025 Scripture focus – “For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue, and virtue with knowledge, 6and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with steadfastness, and steadfastness with godliness, 7and godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love.…
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Spirit and Truth – genuine, true, and needed –
Spirit and TruthOctober 8, 2025 While away on retreat, it has not only been a time of worshiping together with other clergy but also a great reminder of the need for personal sabbath, reflection and drawing nearer to God – Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. While the holy fellowship has been great there have been…
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The Need to Continue – personal thoughts on personal Sabbath.
The Need to ContinuePastor Calvin CookOctober 7, 2025 Scripture: “But Jesus often withdrew to lonely places and prayed.” — Luke 5:16 (NIV) There is nothing like my quiet early mornings. It is healing for my hurt, ointment for my wounds, and comfort for the things I can speak to no one about. It is drawing…
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That Which Last Forever – some thoughts from the Edges – answering questions we won’t like the answer –
THAT WHICH LAST FOREVERPastor Calvin CookOctober 6, 2025 A few days ago, I was asked for an explanation of a few verses in 1 Corinthians 13:8-9. Not wanting to take these verses out of context, I have been looking at this whole section of scripture relating to what last forever and why it would seem…
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What About that New Heart – We all need the transformation that only God can do!
What About that New HeartPastor Calvin CookOctober 3, 2025I knew of a person many years ago, who had become very sick because his heart was diseased and not functioning properly. After a long wait, he received a new heart. This was one of the first human heart transplants. The new heart did not come with…
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GOD is ALWAYS with US – Realizing the presence of God.
GOD is ALWAYS with US – Pastor Calvin Cook October 1, 2025 “And behold, an angel of the Lord stood next to him, and a light shone in the cell… and the chains fell off his hands.” — Acts 12:7 The question silenced everything around the crowded restaurant I was in when a person who…
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Shielded From Jesus – May we begin to look fully into Jesus.
Shielded From JesusSeptember 30, 20252 Corinthians 4:1-5 Therefore, since through God’s mercy we have this ministry, we do not lose heart. 2 Rather, we have renounced secret and shameful ways; we do not use deception, nor do we distort the word of God. On the contrary, by setting forth the truth plainly we commend ourselves…
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NOW IS THE TIME – Following Jesus From the Edges –
Now Is the Time Monday, September 29, 2025 From the Bible — “For he says, ‘In the time of my favor I heard you, and in the day of salvation I helped you.’ I tell you, now is the time of God’s favor, now is the day of salvation.” — 2 Corinthians 6:2 I am…
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Out or Through? What is God doing?
Out or Through?Pastor Calvin CookSeptember 25, 2025 I am asking the question this morning : Will God get me out of the mess that I am in or will God walk through it with me until I reach a better place? While I think and pray on this thought, not only for myself but for…
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Is God Calling You to a Deeper Prayer Life – Thoughts from the Edges –
Is God Calling You to a Deeper Prayer Life –Pastor Calvin Cook –September 24, 2025 “Call to me and I will answer you, and will tell you great and hidden things that you have not known.” Jeremiah 33:3 Is God calling us into a deeper prayer life and better understanding of what prayer is? The…
Thoughts from the Edges 