Tag: jesus
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Meant to Destroy – A Personal Story – Hope and Healing abounds.
MEANT to DESTROY – A PERSONAL STORY Prepared by Pastor Calvin Cook February 19, 2025 Yesterday was a scary day. I came home at lunch time to find Gail very unresponsive. Thinking the worst had happened I prepared to take her to the Emergency Room, realizing that I couldn’t, I called 911 and soon 2…
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Cursed? or Blessed? Morning Devotions From the Edges
It is Not About the Curse Prepared by Pastor Calvin Cook Scripture focus – 1 Peter 3:14: But even if you should suffer for righteousness’ sake, you will be blessed. Have no fear of them, nor be troubled. Some would say that the story of Joseph is about being cursed. Being beat up by the…
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SEEK – FIND – RECEIVE – A Devotion from the Edges while Following Jesus.
Seeking, Finding, and Receiving Prayerfully prepared by Pastor Calvin Cook February 13, 2025 Luke 11:9-10 And I tell you, Ask, and it will be given you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. 10 For every one who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who…
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RETREAT Without WITHDRAWING – Moving Forward by Returning – Part 3
Moving Forward by Returning – Part 3 Retreat Doesn’t Mean Withdrawing – Prayerfully prepared by Pastor Calvin Cook February 12, 2025 Good Morning, may we together just take a deep breath, quiet our lives, and sit for a few minutes just listening to the presence of God. Before anything else today, take a few minutes…
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Moving Forward By Returning – A Devotional From the Edges while Following Jesus –
MOVING FORWARD BY RETURNING – Prayerfully offered by Pastor Calvin Cook Daily Devotional: Following Jesus From the Edges It is 4:50 AM on Monday, February 10, 2025 – my day is beginning. I know that there is a busy week ahead, with much to do and focus on. But more than anything I am convinced…
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Allow It To Happen – Morning Devotional – Following Jesus From the Edges.
Allow It To HappenPastor Calvin Cook – 2-7-2025Following Jesus from the Edges Last night in an online prayer group I’m praying with, I felt a prompting to end the time with this scripture from Ephesians 3:20-21. (Personal note Eph 3:20-21) has been a go to scripture in my life. I share this after listening to…
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NO RETURN, IF YOU NEVER LEAVE – Thoughts From the Edges.
NO RETURN, IF YOU NEVER LEAVE – Pastor Calvin Cook – 2-6-2025 Scripture focus – Deuteronomy 4:30 When you are in distress and all these things have come upon you, in the latter days you will return to the Lord your God and listen to His voice. In Deuteronomy 4:30, we are reminded of God’s…
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Pushed Into Light – Doing what is right! Following Jesus from the Edges – Morning Devotions.
Pushed into Light – Doing what is RightPrepared by Pastor Calvin CookScripture – Matthew 5:13-16 “You are the salt of the earth, but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trampled under people’s feet.14 “You are the…
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MOVING FORWARD and SCRAMBLED EGGS – A Morning Devotional From the Edges.
MOVING FORWARD and SCRAMBLED EGGS Prepared by Pastor Calvin Cook February 4, 2025 Isaiah 43:18 “Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past.19 See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland. This…
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Who’s Calling – Should I answer?
ANSWERING THE CALL – Pastor Calvin Cook – February 1, 2025 Scripture – Genesis 37:12-14 ‘Now his brothers went to pasture their father’s flock near Shechem. And Israel said to Joseph, “Are not your brothers pasturing the flock at Shechem? Come, I will send you to them.” And he said to him, “Here I am.”…
Thoughts from the Edges 