Thoughts from the Edges

Tag: jeremiah

  • Successful Failure – What is Success according to God –

    A Successful Failure – Pastor Calvin Cook – August 7, 2025 Scripture – O Lord, you have deceived me, and I was deceived; you are stronger than I, and you have prevailed. I have become a laughingstock all the day; everyone mocks me. 8For whenever I speak, I cry out, I shout, “Violence and destruction!”…

  • From the Edges – Morning Devotional – This will hurt me more than you.

    Scripture Focus – Jeremiah  31:18-20 Recently I watched an episode of “Leave It to Beaver”.  For us old folks we know this program, we loved this program, but the generations beyond us have no reference to this and other programs. I know I am living in the past because I love those old programs, my…

  • From the Edges – A Level Playing Field

    From the Edges – Morning DevotionsA Level Playing FieldScripture focus – Jeremiah 31: 7-9I was recently reading an article in regard to building up and helping commerce and sustainability in third world countries. Of specific interest is the present situation in Haiti. You know of our passions for Haiti and though I have very specific…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • SEEKING PEACE – Jeremiah 29:7

    FROM the EDGES – MORNING DEVOTIONAL Seeking Peace JEREMIAH 29:7 Seeking the Peace that God wants to give – In Bible Study with the Youth yesterday we read the words from Colossians 3:15”Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts ………..” Throughout the evening and into the nighttime awake hours, I kept hearing the…

  • Getting back to where You belong –

    MORNING DEVOTIONAL – JEREMIAH 29      (today’s focus Jeremiah 29:1 Getting back to where You belong –  As a practice of discipline every year I choose a verse or two and establish that as the core verse for my life and the ministries which I shepherd. For this year I have chosen Jeremiah 29:11-13— This morning…