Thoughts from the Edges

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  • Waiting – From the Edges – A Morning Devotional

    From the Edges – Morning Devotions April 4, 2024Pastor Calvin CookWaiting –Scripture focus – Psalm 37:7 ESVBe still before the Lord and wait patiently for him; fret not yourself over the one who prospers in his way, over the man who carries out evil devices! It seems that we spend much of our time waiting.…

  • From the Edges – A View of Good Friday –

    From the Edges – Morning DevotionsPastor Calvin CookLent – Good FridayLuke 23:44-49 It was now about the sixth hour, and there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour, 45 while the sun’s light failed. And the curtain of the temple was torn in two. 46 Then Jesus, calling out with a loud…

  • Devotions From the Edges – Replace

    From the Edges – Morning Devotional Pastor Calvin Cook Lent – Day 38 – Replaced Scripture focus – 1 Corinthians 1:26-31 For consider your calling, brothers: not many of you were wise according to worldly standards, not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth. 27 But God chose what is foolish in the…

  • Poured Out – From the Edges – Devotional

    From the Edges – Morning DevotionalPastor Calvin Cook – 3-27-2024 Lent – Day 37 Wednesday of Holy Week – Poured OutScripture focus – Luke 5:16-17 But now even more the report about him (Jesus) went abroad, and great crowds gathered to hear him and to be healed of their infirmities. But he (Jesus) would withdraw…

  • From the Edges – Morning DevotionsPastor Calvin CookLent – Day 33 – The Anxiety of JesusScripture Focus – Mark 11:15-18 15 And they came to Jerusalem. And he entered the temple and began to drive out those who sold and those who bought in the temple, and he overturned the tables of the money-changers and…

  • From the Edges – Morning Devotional Commitment and Sacrifice.

    From the Edges – Morning Devotion Pastor Calvin Cook LENT – Day 31 Commitment and Sacrifice Scripture focus – John 12:1-3 Six days before the Passover, Jesus therefore came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, whom Jesus had raised from the dead. So, they gave a dinner for him there. Martha served, and Lazarus was one…

  • From the Edges – Peace Be Still – A morning devotional.

    From the Edges – Morning Devotional Pastor Calvin Cook Lent – Day 30 – PEACE BE STILL Peace Be Still: Finding Calm in the Storm Scripture Focus: “He got up, rebuked the wind and said to the waves, ‘Quiet! Be still!’ Then the wind died down and it was completely calm.” – Mark 4:39 (NIV)…

  • From the Edges – Focus on Restoration – Morning Devotional

    From the Edges – Morning Devotions Pastor Calvin Cook Lent – Day 29 – Restoration Focus Scripture focus – Psalm 103:1-5 Praise the Lord, my soul; all my inmost being, praise his holy name. Praise the Lord, my soul and forget not all his benefits who forgives all your sins and heals all your diseases,…

  • From the Edges – Morning Devotions – Receive It

    From the Edges – Morning Devotions 3-18-24 Pastor Calvin Cook Lent – Day 28 – Receive It Scripture Focus – Colossians 3:23-24 Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters, since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a…

  • From the Edges – A Response to Fear

    From the Edges – Morning DevotionsPastor Calvin CookLENT – DAY 26 – A RESPONSE TO FEARScripture focus – Mark 4:35-41 On that day, when evening had come, he said to them, “Let us go across to the other side.” And leaving the crowd, they took him with them in the boat, just as he was.…