Thoughts from the Edges

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  • From the Edges I Could have just moved on !

    Morning Devotions – From the EdgesPastor CalvinI Could Have Just Moved On –Today, I got out of sync, away from normal practices and discipline. I had a sleepless night. Not for any reason other than maybe not putting my mind to rest. The first couple of hours were OK but by 1AM I was walking…

  • From the Edges – Walking the Way !

    Morning Devotions – Walking the Way! Scripture focus – Jeremiah 31 Walking the way of the Lord is tough. We want to, we really want to, but there are so many distractions. In our trying to be faithful to the call of the Lord but more to walking within the will of God. We don’t…

  • Saturday Morning Preparing our Hearts for Worship – From the Edges.

    Preparing our hearts for Worship WORSHIP IS Scripture focus – Proverbs 2:1-11 Through the night I kept hearing Proverbs 2. I thought it strange and questioned the Lord “But don’t you know today is the day my devotion centers around preparing for Worship. Again, I heard “Proverbs 2”. “OK Lord” I responded, “I’ll think about…

  • From the Edges – At the Mountain Top

    Morning Devotions – From the Edges Pastor Calvin Cook Where you have been to where you are going Scripture focus – Jeremiah 30:8-10 In that day, declares the Lord Almighty, I will break the yoke off their necks and will tear off their bonds; no longer will foreigners enslave them. . Instead, they will serve…

  • From the Edges – Why Things Didn’t Go Better

    FROM the EDGES Why Things Didn’t Go Better Pastor Calvin Cook Focus Jeremiah 29:24-32 There is this unspoken thought, sometimes spoken very loudly with the question, why didn’t things go better. I have asked that question a lot. It seems through life’s ups and downs, mountain tops and valleys, that the question of why didn’t…

  • Following Up – Something personal.

    It’s early in the morning and Sunday is before me. Never did I ever imagine that when the Holy Spirit spoke the word Expectancy into my heart for my Saturday Morning Devotion to Prepare our Hearts for Worship, would I experience a continual teaching on what it is to be Expecting. Most of the time…

  • Thoughts from the Edges Preparing Our Hearts for Worship.

    SATURDAY MORNING PREPARING OUR HEARTS FOR WORSHIPThoughts From the Edges – Pastor Calvin Cook WORSHIP – EXPECTING MORE –I watched a movie this week of a very well-known Christian song writer, performer Rich Mullins who lived a very indifferent life and died at a very young age. By an indifferent life, I mean, as God…

  • From the Edges – Searching for Sanctuary

    FROM the EDGES – Seeking what We Are Searching For Pastor Calvin Cook Focus Jeremiah 29:15-23 This morning I found myself searching for Sanctuary. As I have told you in writing and preaching, of that desire to find Sanctuary. The meaning of Sanctuary can muster up many thoughts some of which being “a consecrated place…

  • From the Edges – When did the trouble start?

    From the Edges – Morning Devotional When did the Trouble Start – Scripture focus – Jeremiah 29:15-19 In the middle of Jeremiah 29 at verse 15 we start to see a shift. It is almost like we live in this gooey, fuzzy, warm feeling relationship where we feel the assurance from God that everything will…

  • Morning Devotional From the Edges “The Good Promise Renewed”

    todays focus JEREMIAH 29:10 The Good Promise Renewed – If you know Gail and I well, you know we have these two Manx cats, Mabel and Sylvia that occupy a lot of our attention. Even though they don’t ask for our attention when they are in “missing mode” we seek to find them, wherever they…