Thoughts from the Edges

Tag: faith

  • Peace In The Waiting – A devotional for today From the Edges.

    Peace in WaitingPastor Calvin CookMay 20, 2025Philippians 4:6–7 Do not be anxious about anything but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. 7 And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. In our journey these last couple…

  • A Return to Prayer

    Returning to the Place of PrayerPastor Calvin CookMay 16,2025 Scripture: Mark 1:35–39 “And rising very early in the morning, while it was still dark, he departed and went out to a desolate place, and there he prayed…” (Mark 1:35) In a world that constantly pulls us in every direction, where the demand of life never…

  • We Need Each Other on the ROAD. What does your road to Emmaus look like?

    WE NEED EACH OTHER ON THE ROAD(based on Luke 24:13-35 (The Road to Emmaus)Pastor Calvin CookMay 15, 2025 Scripture Focus: Were not our hearts burning within us while he talked with us on the road and opened the Scriptures to us?” Luke 24:32 (NIV) In one of Jesus’s post resurrection show ups, two of Jesus’s…

  • Question Asked and Answered – Maybe! Jesus is showing up and asking an important question!

    Question – Asked and Answered MaybePastor Calvin CookMay 14, 2025Scripture focus John 21:15 – “When they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter,….. “Do you love me more than these?…….. Peter replied…. “Yes, Lord; you know that I love you.” (ESV – paraphrased) Something happened at the lake shore. Jesus showed up once again…

  • Starting Over Again – For all of us From the Edges-

    Starting Over Again –Pastor Calvin Cook –May 13, 2025Scripture focus: John 21:3 Simon Peter said to them, “I am going fishing.” They said to him, “We will go with you.” They went out and got into the boat, but that night they caught nothing. One of my core scriptures is Isaiah 43:17-19, you know this,…

  • 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…

  • 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,…

  • 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,…

  • When Doubt and Give Up Take Over – A morning devotional From the Edges –

    When Doubt and Give-Up Take Over  Pastor Calvin Cook  May 1, 2025 Scripture Focus – Romans 15:13 “May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.”* Thomas struggled with doubt, allowing a “give-up” attitude to take…

  • I Need Proof ! When doubt takes over. Devotions From the Edges.

    I Need Proof Pastor Calvin Cook – 4-28-25 Scripture Focus – John 20:24-29 “Now Thomas, one of the twelve, called the Twin, was not with them when Jesus came. So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord.” But he said to them, “Unless I see in his hands the mark of the…