Thoughts from the Edges

Tag: prayer

  • From the Edges – Preparing for Worship Come and Receive, Go and Tell.

    As we prepare for Worship this weekend. LENT – DAY 4 – WORSHIP –COME and RECEIVE – GO and TELLPastor Calvin Cook Though I truly believe that Worship is the time of acknowledging the presence of God in our lives and setting aside self so that we can offer God with our everything. Our Praises,…

  • From the Edges – Lent Begins – What are you sacrificing?

    Ash Wednesday – Scripture focus –  Hosea 12:6&7 “So the Lord God Almighty shall be his memorial. You shall return to your God; Therefore, observe mercy and judgement, and draw near to your God continually.” Lent can simply be described as a season – “to return God”. I know there are those who will say…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Back to Normal –

    We have used the words or phrase “Getting Back to Normal” over the last couple of years. I have even said it and preached it that we must “get back to normal or what the new normal looks like”.  As I have thought about these words, I am not sure we know what normal is!…

  • 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…