Tag: christianity
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It’s Not Over….till GOD says! A Morning Devotional
It’s Not Over Till God SaysPrepared by Pastor Calvin CookFebruary 20, 2025Scripture focus: And Joseph said to his brothers, “I am about to die, but God will visit you and bring you up out of this land to the land that he swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.”(Genesis 50:24) Life can sometimes feel…
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Meant to Destroy – A Personal Story – Hope and Healing abounds.
MEANT to DESTROY – A PERSONAL STORY Prepared by Pastor Calvin Cook February 19, 2025 Yesterday was a scary day. I came home at lunch time to find Gail very unresponsive. Thinking the worst had happened I prepared to take her to the Emergency Room, realizing that I couldn’t, I called 911 and soon 2…
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Cursed? or Blessed? Morning Devotions From the Edges
It is Not About the Curse Prepared by Pastor Calvin Cook Scripture focus – 1 Peter 3:14: But even if you should suffer for righteousness’ sake, you will be blessed. Have no fear of them, nor be troubled. Some would say that the story of Joseph is about being cursed. Being beat up by the…
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SEEK – FIND – RECEIVE – A Devotion from the Edges while Following Jesus.
Seeking, Finding, and Receiving Prayerfully prepared by Pastor Calvin Cook February 13, 2025 Luke 11:9-10 And I tell you, Ask, and it will be given you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. 10 For every one who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who…
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NO RETURN, IF YOU NEVER LEAVE – Thoughts From the Edges.
NO RETURN, IF YOU NEVER LEAVE – Pastor Calvin Cook – 2-6-2025 Scripture focus – Deuteronomy 4:30 When you are in distress and all these things have come upon you, in the latter days you will return to the Lord your God and listen to His voice. In Deuteronomy 4:30, we are reminded of God’s…
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Pushed Into Light – Doing what is right! Following Jesus from the Edges – Morning Devotions.
Pushed into Light – Doing what is RightPrepared by Pastor Calvin CookScripture – Matthew 5:13-16 “You are the salt of the earth, but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trampled under people’s feet.14 “You are the…
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MOVING FORWARD and SCRAMBLED EGGS – A Morning Devotional From the Edges.
MOVING FORWARD and SCRAMBLED EGGS Prepared by Pastor Calvin Cook February 4, 2025 Isaiah 43:18 “Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past.19 See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland. This…
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NO NEED TO RETURN TO GOD – Morning thoughts from the lessons of Joseph’s life.
NO NEED TO RETURN TO GOD Prepared by Pastor Calvin COOK January 27, 2025 Scripture focus – Genesis 39:1-3 39 Now Joseph had been taken down to Egypt. Potiphar, an Egyptian who was one of Pharaoh’s officials, the captain of the guard, bought him from the Ishmaelites who had taken him there. 2 The Lord…
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A Devotion for the Hurting – Find comfort in Jesus –
A Devotion for the Hurting – Prepared by Pastor Calvin Cook – January 15, 2025 Over the last few weeks as I have been with others who are going through test, trials, brokenness, grief and a raft of other emotions and situations, I have relied heavily on the words and promise of Jesus as contained…
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A Dwelling Place – A Devotion for the Revelation of God –
And It Came to Pass A Dwelling Place – Prepared by Pastor Calvin Cook 1-13-2025 Scripture: John 15:4-5 _”Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me. I am the vine; you are the branches.…
Thoughts from the Edges 