Thoughts from the Edges

Tag: jesus

  • Ashes to Beauty – What Jesus Can Do –

    What Jesus Can Do – Ashes to BeautyFrom the heart of Pastor Calvin CookSeptember 3, 2025 Life is brutal and hard and often leaves us standing in despair. It seems that many times the hope we once had that brought us joy is completely gone and all that remains is the ashes of disappointment, grief,…

  • Ashes To Beauty – What Jesus Can Do –

    What Jesus Can Do – Ashes to BeautyFrom the heart of Pastor Calvin CookSeptember 3, 2025 Life is brutal and hard and often leaves us standing in despair. It seems that many times the hope we once had that brought us joy is completely gone and all that remains is the ashes of disappointment, grief,…

  • When We Ask God and God Answers – Asking questions from where we are.

    When We Ask God and God AnswersFrom the heart of Pastor Calvin CookSeptember 2, 2025 Scripture – James 1:16-18 Do not be deceived, my beloved. Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change. Of his…

  • Did God Bring Me to This Place? Are we in the place we need to be with God?

    Did God Bring Me to This Place?Pastor Calvin CookSeptember 1, 2025 Scripture Focus – Genesis 45:7–8 But God sent me ahead of you to preserve for you a remnant on earth and to save your lives by a great deliverance. 8 “So then, it was not you who sent me here, but God. He made…

  • What Is New Today? A Saturday Morning Devotional to Pause Us.

    New Every Morning –A Saturday morning Thought from Pastor CalvinAugust 30, 2025Scripture Focus: “The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.” — Lamentations 3:22–23 (ESV) This past week while on the road in the early morning for various reasons,…

  • Making Room – In the Midst of Everything – Following Jesus From the Edges –

    Devotional: In the Midst of EverythingPastor Calvin CookAugust 29,2026Scripture: “Be still, and know that I am God.” – Psalm 46:10 Life rarely slows down. Our schedules fill, our responsibilities weigh heavy, and distractions press in from every side. In the midst of everything—whether it’s joy, sorrow, busyness, or weariness—there is a gentle invitation from God:…

  • Carrying Loads that seem to heavy – Thoughts from the Edges –

    Carrying LoadsPastor Calvin CookAugust 27, 2025Psalm 55:22 Cast your burden on the Lord, and he will sustain you; he will never permit the righteous to be moved. Thinking today about carrying loads, burdens, heaviness, and everything whether it be dealing with anxiety, disfunction, personalities, division, confrontations and everything else that we deal with on a…

  • What Matters – Just One Thing ! Thoughts from the Edges while following Jesus.

    The One Thing That MattersPastor Calvin CookAugust 27, 2025 Scripture: Mark 8:36 – “For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his soul?” These are some thoughts from my personal journey of faith. Yesterday, I turned to a wise council for care, an independent a unknowing, listening ear to…

  • Are Your Ears Tingling – Ready to hear from God?

    Are Your Ears Tingling Morning Devotional by Pastor Calvin Cook August 26, 2025   Scripture: 1 Samuel 3:10-11 And the Lord came and stood, calling as at other times, “Samuel! Samuel!” And Samuel said, “Speak, for your servant hears.” 11 Then the Lord said to Samuel, “Behold, I am about to do a thing in…

  • ARE YOUR EARS TINGLING – Get ready to hear from the Lord.

    Are Your Ears Tingling Morning Devotional by Pastor Calvin Cook August 26, 2025   Scripture: 1 Samuel 3:10-11 And the Lord came and stood, calling as at other times, “Samuel! Samuel!” And Samuel said, “Speak, for your servant hears.” 11 Then the Lord said to Samuel, “Behold, I am about to do a thing in…