Thoughts from the Edges

Tag: prayer

  • 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…