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What Will God’s New Creation Look Like?Pastor Calvin CookMarch 24, 2025 Scripture focus: “Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it?” – Isaiah 43:19 God is always at work—renewing, restoring, and redeeming. When the Prophet Isaiah spoke these words (about 750 BC) to Israel, they were in…

Isaiah 43 Devotional Gathered to Receive and Proclaim Pastor Calvin Cook March 21, 2025 Key Verse: “I will gather you.” (Isaiah 43:5) We have heard God’s message, but now we must be ready to receive it and respond.  In our Bible Study last night, we reflected on the messages God’s people have received throughout history.…

Isaiah 43 DevotionalsJourney of UnityPastor Calvin CookMarch 20, 2025 Key Verse: “I will bring your offspring from the east, and from the west I will gather you.” (Isaiah 43:5) We need each other! We need to be together in a fellowship that passes lines of disparity and pain to be together and in a caring…

Isaiah 43 Devotionals Where All Anxieties Cease Pastor Calvin Cook March 19,2025 Key Verse: “Bring my sons from afar and my daughters from the ends of the earth.” (Isaiah 43:6) God’s love is inclusive and far-reaching, drawing His children from every corner of the earth. For me the question is circling of where God is…

Isaiah 43 Devotional The Starting Point Pastor Calvin Cook March 17, 2025 Key Verse: Isaiah 43:5 “I will bring your offspring from the east, and from the west I will gather you.” (Isaiah 43:5) For anything to be successful and satisfying there must be a starting point. One of the things that I believe we…

Isaiah 43 DevotionalSecure in RedemptionPastor Calvin CookMarch 13, 2025 Key Verse: “Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine.” (Isaiah 43:1) In a recent conversation, the question of doubting if we are in the right place with God came up. We constantly have these questions: Do I…

Isaiah 43 DevotionalAre You Afraid of God’s LovePrayerfully prepared by Pastor Calvin Cook Key Verse: “Fear not, for I have redeemed you.” (Isaiah 43:1) Are you afraid of God’s love? Most of us would quickly respond “No”! Think about your answer and ask the question of yourself once again. “Are you afraid of God’s love?”…

Remaining Faithful in Waiting Prayerfully prepared by Pastor Calvin Cook Scripture focus: Numbers 14:24 Continuing in the same thinking as we did yesterday and returning once again to the powerful lessons from Numbers 13 and 14, I can’t help but think that we are always waiting for something. Is what we are waiting for worth…

Hearing from God Devotionals From the Edge Pastor Calvin Cook 2-08-25 John 8:47 tells us, “Whoever belongs to God hears what God says. The reason you do not hear is that you do not belong to God.” These words from Jesus are a powerful reminder that hearing from God requires a relationship with Him. As…

Putting Off the Important Pastor Calvin Cook February 22, 2025 Scripture focus – Hebrews 12:11 No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it. Do you ever feel like the world is crashing in on you?…