Tag: christianity
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Some Morning Thoughts –Moving Forward When You Feel Like You’re Just Keeping Your Head Above Water –
Moving Forward When You Feel Like You’re Just Keeping Your Head Above WaterPastor Calvin Cook –May 5, 2025Scripture: “But one thing I do: forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.” — Philippians…
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Do You Recognize JESUS? Following Jesus from the Edges.
Do You Recognize Jesus? Pastor Calvin Cook May 7, 2025 “Just as day was breaking, Jesus stood on the shore; yet the disciples did not know that it was Jesus.” — John 21:4 The disciples had been through so much with Jesus. They had walked with Him, watched Him heal the sick, heard His teachings,…
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Faith Without SEEING –
Faith without Seeing –Pastor Calvin Cook –May 6, 2025 Scripture Focus : John 21:4 Just as day was breaking, Jesus stood on the shore; yet the disciples did not know that it was Jesus. (ESV) I am thinking through this morning how many times in the post resurrection appearances of Jesus, that Jesus showed himself,…
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What are You Hiding From? God? Sin?
“What Are You Hiding From?”Pastor Calvin Cook – April 24, 2025Following Jesus From the Edges – Scripture focus – Genesis 3:8-10 Then the man and his wife heard the sound of the Lord God as he was walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and they hid from the Lord God among…
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A New Beginning in the Presence of Jesus – Morning Devotional
A New Beginning in the Presence of JesusPastor Calvin CookApril 22, 2025Scripture : John 20:19-22 On the evening of that first day of the week, when the disciples were together, with the doors locked for fear of the Jewish leaders, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you!” 20 After he…
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RUNNING TO THE RESURRECTION – Finding Jesus – Happy Easter
Running to the Resurrection Pastor Calvin Cook Easter Morning. April 20,2025 Scripture: John 20:3-8 (NIV) “So Peter and the other disciple started for the tomb. Both were running, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first… He saw the strips of linen lying there… Finally the other disciple, who had reached the…
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“IT IS FINISHED” Is it really? A Saturday Devotional before Easter
“It Is Finished” Pastor Calvin Cook – Silent Saturday, April 19, 2025 Scripture focus: “When Jesus had received the sour wine, he said, ‘It is finished,’ and he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.” — John 19:30 (ESV) “Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a…
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Feeling Deserted – But We are Never Forsaken – A Good Friday Devotional
Good Friday Devotional: “Deserted—but Not Forsaken” Pastor Calvin Cook Scripture: Isaiah 43:2, Matthew 26:36-45, Matthew 27:46, John 19:30 “When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you; when you walk through fire you shall not be burned, and the flame shall not consume you.”…
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Pausing in the Upper Room – A Devotional for the Thursday of Holy Week.
PAUSING IN THE UPPER ROOM Pastor Calvin Cook April 17, 2025 Isaiah 43:25, God speaks of forgiving transgressions for His own sake, which is also reflected in the Last Supper, where Jesus’ blood is poured out for the forgiveness of sins: “I, even I, am he who blots out your transgressions, for my own sake,…
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What Is Jesus Leading You To? A Morning Devotional to move into the New Thing God is Doing in Your Life.
What is Jesus Leading You ToPastor Calvin CookApril 16, 2025 Key Verse: “Your transgressions I will blot out.” (Isaiah 43:25) This morning, I am asking the question “What is Jesus Leading Me To?” I hope it is a question that you will seriously ask yourself, not just for a moment or a season, but through…
Thoughts from the Edges 