Thoughts from the Edges

Tag: bible

  • The Way of Holiness – Following Jesus From the Edges

    GOD SPEAKING DEVOTIONAL #4 The way of Holiness – Pastor Calvin Cook January 22, 2026 Scripture: Wash and make yourselves clean. Take your evil deeds out of my sight; stop doing wrong.17 Learn to do right; seek justice. Defend the oppressed. Take up the cause of the fatherless; plead the case of the widow. Isaiah…

  • Hearing Jesus in the snow storm – Speaking Peace – Devotionals From the Edges.

    GOD’S WAY DEVOTIONAL – #3 Following Jesus From the Edges GOD SPEAKING – “PEACE” Pastor Calvin Cook January 21, 2026 Scripture – “And he awoke and rebuked the wind and said to the sea, “Peace! Be still!” And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm.” Mark 4:39 (ESV) Today as we focus on…

  • Devotionals on God’s Way – Today – God Desiring Relationship.

    GOD’S WAY DEVOTIONAL – #2 Following Jesus From the Edges GOD’S RELATIONSHIP Pastor Calvin Cook January 20, 2026 Focusing on a series of devotionals and journaling, asking the question “Am I doing, living into what God wants or what I want?” “Am I doing what others expect of me or what God is expecting of…

  • God’s Way – Devotional’s From the Edges asking what next?

    God’s Way Pastor Calvin Cook January 19, 2025 An Introduction to asking is this what God is desiring? Scripture: “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” (Jeremiah 29:11) Big deep breath this morning…

  • Really God? This is what You are saying? A Devotional on Carrying Burdens and Figuring It Out.

    REALLY GOD? THIS IS WHAT YOU ARE SAYING? A Devotional on Carrying Burdens and Figuring it Out Pastor Calvin Cook January 16, 2026 I preface this devotional once again with the reason for these devotionals. I write these devotionals to myself and share them to a very wide audience now. Sometimes as I write I…

  • Coming Home – A reflection “From the Edges” on longing, Repentance, and Grace.

    Coming Home A Devotional Reflection on Longing, Repentance, and Grace Pastor Calvin Cook – January 15, 2026 Sorry for my absence for the last couple of days. But it has been a couple of days of reflection while trying to recuperate from this mid-winter sinus infection and praying for clarity of mind. During the last…

  • I Will – I Did –

    I Will. I Did. Pastor Calvin Cook January 12, 2026 A Devotional on Faithfulness, Follow-Through, and Living What We Say In the words of Jesus : “Let your ‘Yes’ be ‘Yes,’ and your ‘No,’ ‘No.’” Matthew 5:37 (NIV) As I begin this morning in my devotional time, I was drawn to my journal and my…

  • AFTER THIS THE SHIELD – Following Jesus From Edges – Devotional

    After this the Shield Pastor Calvin Cook January 9, 2026 Why am I where I am today with my thoughts? I received a question from a reader asking how I focus these thoughts each morning and how most times they are varied. There is a long answer to the question but most recently it has…

  • Stepping Into God’s Story.

    Stepping Into God’s Story A Devotional from David and Goliath Pastor Calvin Cook, January 8, 2026 Scripture: 1 Samuel 17:45–47 (NIV) : “You come against me with sword and spear and javelin, but I come against you in the name of the Lord Almighty… For the battle is the Lord’s.” I love how the Holy…

  • UNLESS –

    UNLESS Pastor Calvin Cook January 7, 2026 “Unless the Lord builds the house, the builders labor in vain.” — Psalm 127:1 (NIV) This morning, I was praying through scripture. Today’s focus during this prayer time was on Psalms 3 and 5. It seemed that each verse took me to a different place of prayer. I…