Thoughts from the Edges

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  • From the Edges Surrounded

    Morning Devotions – From the Edges Pastor Calvin Cook LENT – DAY 3 – SURROUNDED – Scripture focus – 2 Kings6: 16-17: He said, “Do not be afraid, for those who are with us are more than those who are with them.” 17 Then Elisha prayed and said, “O Lord, please open his eyes that…

  • From the Edges – Morning Devotions – Fighting Won Battles

    From the Edges – Morning Devotions LENT – DAY 2 – Fighting Won Battles – Pastor Calvin Cook Scripture focus – 1 John 4:4 (NLT) “But you belong to God, my dear children. You have already won a victory over those people, because the Spirit who lives in you is greater than the spirit who…

  • From the Edges – Morning Devotional – This will hurt me more than you.

    Scripture Focus – Jeremiah  31:18-20 Recently I watched an episode of “Leave It to Beaver”.  For us old folks we know this program, we loved this program, but the generations beyond us have no reference to this and other programs. I know I am living in the past because I love those old programs, my…

  • From the Edges – Preparing for Worship by the Stream

    Worship by the Stream – For a quick respite, Gail and I were at our home in Hyndman PA. On my morning walk I experienced scripture come alive through the lessons of scripture and walking beside the stream. Hyndman sits in a beautiful valley with Wills Creek flowing through and the Wills Mountains standing on…

  • From the Edges – A Level Playing Field

    From the Edges – Morning DevotionsA Level Playing FieldScripture focus – Jeremiah 31: 7-9I was recently reading an article in regard to building up and helping commerce and sustainability in third world countries. Of specific interest is the present situation in Haiti. You know of our passions for Haiti and though I have very specific…

  • From the Edges – A life of Allowing God –

    Morning Devotions – Allowing God ! Scripture focus – Jeremiah 31: 3-6 What are you allowing God to do?  What are you not allowing God to do?   So much of what is happening in our lives is what we have allowed God to do. Have you allowed God to have his way. I know…

  • Saturday Morning Preparing our Hearts for Worship – From the Edges.

    Preparing our hearts for Worship WORSHIP IS Scripture focus – Proverbs 2:1-11 Through the night I kept hearing Proverbs 2. I thought it strange and questioned the Lord “But don’t you know today is the day my devotion centers around preparing for Worship. Again, I heard “Proverbs 2”. “OK Lord” I responded, “I’ll think about…

  • From the Edges – Why Things Didn’t Go Better

    FROM the EDGES Why Things Didn’t Go Better Pastor Calvin Cook Focus Jeremiah 29:24-32 There is this unspoken thought, sometimes spoken very loudly with the question, why didn’t things go better. I have asked that question a lot. It seems through life’s ups and downs, mountain tops and valleys, that the question of why didn’t…

  • From the Edges – When did the trouble start?

    From the Edges – Morning Devotional When did the Trouble Start – Scripture focus – Jeremiah 29:15-19 In the middle of Jeremiah 29 at verse 15 we start to see a shift. It is almost like we live in this gooey, fuzzy, warm feeling relationship where we feel the assurance from God that everything will…

  • Morning Devotional From the Edges “The Good Promise Renewed”

    todays focus JEREMIAH 29:10 The Good Promise Renewed – If you know Gail and I well, you know we have these two Manx cats, Mabel and Sylvia that occupy a lot of our attention. Even though they don’t ask for our attention when they are in “missing mode” we seek to find them, wherever they…