Tag: god

  • Surrender and Sacrifice in Worship – From the Edges.

    From the Edges – Morning Devotional Pastor Calvin Cook Lent – Day 32 – Surrender and Sacrifice in Worship Scripture focus – Romans 12:1-2 (NIV) Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God – this is true and…

  • 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 – 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.…

  • Feeling Held Back – From the Edges – Morning Devotions

    From the Edges – Morning DevotionsPastor Calvin CookLENT – DAY 23 – Being Held Back (3-11-2024)Scripture Focus – Proverbs 4:10-15 Hear, my son, (child) and accept my words, that the years of your life may be many. I have taught you the way of wisdom; I have led you in the paths of uprightness. When…

  • A Decision to Follow – From the Edges – Morning Devotions

    From the Edges – Morning Devotions Pastor Calvin Cook LENT – Day 21 – THE DECISION TO FOLLOW Matthew 7:13-14 ESV 13 “Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. 14 For the gate is narrow…

  • Morning Devotions – From the Edges – Where is God?

    Morning Devotions – From the Edges Pastor Calvin Cook 3/6/2024 LENT – Day 19 – WHERE IS GOD Scripture focus – Proverbs 1:22-27 “How long will you who are simple love your simple ways?  How long will mockers delight in mockery and fools hate knowledge? Repent at my rebuke! Then I will pour out my…

  • Feeling Defeated – Morning Devotion From the Edges –

    FROM the EDGES – Morning DevotionsPastor Calvin Cook 3-5-2023LENT – DAY 18 – FEELING DEFEATEDScripture focus – Luke 15:20 (NIV) – “So he got up and went to his father. But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion for him; he ran to his son,…

  • Where There is Worship – Morning Devotional from the Edges.

    From the Edges – Morning Devotional 3-2-24 LENT – DAY 16 – WHEN THERE IS NOTHING THERE IS WORSHIP Scripture focus – Hebrews 12:28-29 “Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be thankful, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe, for our “God is a consuming fire.”…

  • From the Edges – Thoughts on Being Lost –

    From the Edges – Morning Devotional 2-28-24 Pastor Calvin Cook LENT – Day 13 – Thoughts on Being Lost – Scripture focus – 2 Peter 3:9 The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach…

  • FROM the EDGES – Morning Devotional – Where is Here !

    From the Edges – Morning Devotional 2-27-24 Pastor Calvin Cook LENT – Day 12 —— WHERE is HERE – Scripture focus – Exodus 3 I woke up this morning thinking about Moses. Not really Moses but the call that God placed on Moses. Comparing it to my own life and the call that God is…