Thoughts from the Edges

Tag: prayer

  • And Jesus Said “YOU DO THIS”. Thoughts from Edges while following JESUS.

    You DO ThisCollective thoughts from Pastor Calvin CookAugust 22, 2025 Sometimes it is hard for me to get my thoughts, visions, dreams, ideas into one central theme. I’m sorry for those close to me that I exhaust. I just feel that the mission of God is so very, very important for our time and that…

  • A PRAYER FOR UNCERTAINITY

    A PRAYER OF DEVOTION Pastor Calvin Cook August 12, 2025 The 20th Chapter of 2 Chronicles has spoke to me and I present this to draw us into a time of prayer for everything in our life that we are going through, for our families, our churches, and our community. Devotional Prayer: “We Do Not…

  • OUTSOURCING YOUR INTIMACY ! Thoughts on Relationship with God From the Edges.

    Devotional: Outsourcing Your Intimacy with GodFrom the heart of Pastor Calvin CookAugust 1, 2025Scripture Focus: Jeremiah 29:13 (ESV) “You will seek me and find me, when you seek me with all your heart.” Prelude – (written after the devotional was written) Todays devotional is from a series of moments with God in seeking and discernment…

  • Returning – Thoughts From the Edges while following Jesus.

    Returning July 22, 2025 Pastor Calvin Cook – Gail and I returned from our short vacation last evening. Immediately I thought of things that needed attention that had remained incomplete before we left. There was and always is plenty of mail to look at. Doesn’t seem so overwhelming when done every day but now there…

  • The PRAYED and ANSWERED DANGEROUS PRAYER – I want you to intervene in everything.

    PRAYED and ANSWERED DANGEROUS PRAYER July 15, 2025 Scripture – John 14:26 26 But the Helper (Comforter, Advocate, Intercessor—Counselor, Strengthener, Standby), the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name [in My place, to represent Me and act on My behalf], He will teach you all things. And He will help you remember…

  • They Had Been with Jesus – what does this look like?

    They Had Been with Jesus Acts 4:13 – Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were uneducated, common men, they were astonished. And they recognized that they had been with Jesus. Last night was a night that I will not soon forget. Some people close to me, showed…

  • The Story Isn’t Over – but it will take some realization – A Morning Devotional From the Edges.

    The Story Isn’t Over – Pastor Calvin Cook – June 13, 2025 Scripture focus: John 21:25  Now there are also many other things that Jesus did. Were every one of them to be written, I suppose that the world itself could not contain the books that would be written. u(ESV) I keep coming back to…

  • RETURNING to MONDAY – regardless if we want to or not! Time to think about Jesus.

    RETURNING TO MONDAY – Pastor Calvin Cook – June 2, 2025 Scripture focus: Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, Sabbath day’s journey away. And when they had entered, they went up to the upper room, where they were staying. Peter and John and James and Andrew, Phillip…

  • A Return to Prayer

    Returning to the Place of PrayerPastor Calvin CookMay 16,2025 Scripture: Mark 1:35–39 “And rising very early in the morning, while it was still dark, he departed and went out to a desolate place, and there he prayed…” (Mark 1:35) In a world that constantly pulls us in every direction, where the demand of life never…

  • Feeling Deserted – But We are Never Forsaken – A Good Friday Devotional

    Good Friday Devotional: “Deserted—but Not Forsaken” Pastor Calvin Cook Scripture: Isaiah 43:2, Matthew 26:36-45, Matthew 27:46, John 19:30 “When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you; when you walk through fire you shall not be burned, and the flame shall not consume you.”…