being in the vein of God...words cannot express

WOW... My words, and all my tears, and the shaking of my body cannot express fully how it feels to be in the vein of God right now. The only reason I am in this state, is because I got on my knees, repented, and praised God tonight. I love this feeling. God is here, and He is soo mighty. He could squash me, snuff out my candle, or tottaly ignore me. BUT HE DOES NOT. HE LOVES ME.
I am soo in awe, these tears of joy, wow.

My God is awesome
He raises me back up when I fall,
He seeks me, and finds me when I am lost.
He leads me to the well of living water.
My God has rescued me from my despair and my shame.
My Jesus died for me, so that I could live in abundance.
My Jesus blesses me, and comforts me in my times of despair.

I have been listening to all these songs tonight, and I have found total Peace.
It seems as if God has just stopped time, just so that me and Him can have this awesome worship session. So intimate, so overwhelming.
I cannot stand, I must sit, and get on my knees, and just let it all come out.
I cannot help but to sing praises to my King.

Hallelujah Jesus, Hallelujah!!

Chris Tomlin
In the secret, in the quiet place
In the stillness You are there.
In the secret, in the quiet hour I wait,
Only for You,'cause I want to know You more;

I want to know You,
I want to hear Your voice
I want to know You more.
I want to touch You,
I want to see Your face
I want to know You more.

From Phil Whickham's song I Will Wait For You There:
And with outstretched arms
I will sing out melodies
And my beating heart
Will pour out a symphony
Hallelujah’s in the morning
Hallelujah’s in the night
I will wait for you as long as I have life

From Kutless: All Who Are Thirsty:

All who are thirsty
All who are weak
Come to the fountain
Dip your heart in the stream of life
Let the pain and the sorrow
Be washed away
In the waves of his mercy
As deep cries out to deep (we sing)

Come Lord Jesus come

Gang, God is calling out to us, He is pleading with us.
It only takes a moment with Jesus, to change your life forever.
Amidst all the chaos and confusion right now, I have peace. I did not earn it with good works, I was given it by God's Grace and Mercy. People search their whole lives apart from Jesus to find this Peace.
I dkn where you stand with Jesus, but just ask Him to come into your heart right now! And if you already have Him in ur heart, just keep asking for this Peace.
I promise you that if you let Jesus into your heart, you will be changed forever.

From the deepest parts of my soul, I sing out to Christ.

wow, these chills, are just so amazing. The Holy Spirit of God is right here, right now.


I just pray that all of you and your loved ones will have moments where time seems to stop, and it is just you and Jesus. It all comes off, everything is laid out on the table.

1 Corinthians 4-9

4I always thank God for you because of his grace given you in Christ Jesus. 5For in him you have been enriched in every way—in all your speaking and in all your knowledge— 6because our testimony about Christ was confirmed in you. 7Therefore you do not lack any spiritual gift as you eagerly wait for our Lord Jesus Christ to be revealed. 8He will keep you strong to the end, so that you will be blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9God, who has called you into fellowship with his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, is faithful.

Divine Romance

WoW, I cannot express how happy I am today. These past couple of days have been nothing short of amazing. Great friends, Great family, and an AWESOME GOD!!!!

But tonight, I got some prayers answered. Miracles happened, and revelations from God came pouring into my heart tonight.

I got more direction tonight, and it is just so overwhelming.

"I rejoice in this Divine Romance"

Tonight, I got to talk about bounderies with a friend of mine. "But Nick, boundaries suck" No, not these boundaries. As Pastor said, "You protect what you value." I value my heart, and what God wants for me. And I value my friend's heart and what God wants for my friend as well.
I cannot go into detail because it is very very personal, but God gave me and my friend a chance to talk about setting up a system where we are dependent on God in our friendship. How awesome is that gang!! I mean we both were upfront and honest about God being in control and keeping Christ the focus of our lives and our friendship.

so why is it soo special?
Because I have been praying for more friendships where God is the focus. Friendships that are so Christ charged. Friendships where I can feel the heartbeat of God..etc you get the point.

Sure I want to hang out, and have a great time, and do random crazy stuff. I mean C'mon, I'm crazy lol.
But I also want God to be glorified in all those things. I mean I don't sit around and have to have deep talks about God all the time, but I want to talk about the wonders He is doing in my life and my friends lives only by His Sheer Grace. I want to have insight in my friend's lives, and listen to the insight they give me about my life. Fellowship of the Believers (Acts).

Of course more happened, but God was there! I could actually feel Him being there, leading the way.

I guess the point is that, God puts people in your life for a reason. We do not always know why, but God is using that person to bless you and help you out. And you are doing the same thing for htat person.
But we have to focus on Christ, and His will, not ours. The more we give our friendships to Christ, the more amazing things He will do in our friendships.
I am learning more and more about that each day, especially this week!

I do not know where God is leading, but I am soo excited because I know He will def have something totally mind blowing to show me in that friendship. I mean haha He is God lol.

I just encourage you talk with your friends and ask them if they are praying for their friendships. It's cool to pray for a person who is your friend do not get me wrong. But pray about how can Specifically bless your friendship with that person. Ask Him.....What can God do in that friendship that will Glorify Him and bless yours. God always has something cool up His sleeve, and He is ready to take it out and lay it on the table, but why not unlock it through prayer?

I do not fully know the path that this friendship will take, but I DO KNOW that God is in control, and that the more I focus on Him, the better the path will be.
Just because we do not see God's plan up front, doesn't mean that He is stiffing us out of something awesome. It just means that He will reveal it to us when the time is right. We have some growing to do before we see the reason and learn to be patient.

And right now I am content and excited about where things are. I mean yeah, nuff said haha...


I have seen the reason why certain people have been put in my life in like 2 minutes, others, it takes years.

I am just soo excited about the talk I had tonight because it really answered some prayers, and God really showed me the path that I must take.
SUPER EXCITED!!!!

PRAISE GOD!!

SONG OF THE NIGHT!! "DIVINE ROMANCE" BY PHIL WHICKHAM.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=hGYadYHnQCU&feature=PlayList&p=B12A019ACC14A961&index=10

"I Will Wait for You There"

So it breaks my heart to see my friends struggle with their faiths. I just breaks my heart to see them so broken, ashamed, alone, and angry. I know I feel those feelings when I struggle with my faith.
They question God, and His will for them. I am not saying that is wrong. I say that is right but we should do so in prayer. We should lay all things out on the table before the Lord.
We should rejoice in our suffering as it says in Romans 5:1-5. But sometimes that is just hard, and we don't really want to do that.

But if there was one thing I did right today, it was encouraging a friend of mine to seek God in prayer and really ask Him to show her, and guide her. I know that God will deliver her, and lead her in the right path, but only if she asks Him to.

I am so excited to know that we have a God who loves us so much, and who wants the very best for us. But it saddens me because I know that we are sinful by nature, and we like to rebel against God. It is eaiser to rebel, than it is to surrender all to Christ.

Think of it this way: so we wait for God in the midst of our struggles, and sometimes it really really sucks, but when God saves us, it is oh soo sweet, and we finally understand why we went through what we did!! Praise God.

Here is a link to Phil Whickham's "I Will Wait For You There."
This Video really made my night!!!

I will wait for You there
Down on my knees where I met You
Give You all of my cares
Find a grace to hold onto now
I’m calling for You

I really love that part, but oh the whole song is awesome.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wc4603p8bIE&feature=PlayList&p=B12A019ACC14A961&index=11


So continue on gang, continue to seek God, and lay all things at the foot of the Cross. We have a Jesus who loves us oh so much. With the Lord's help we shall overcome.

Life is Crazzzzyy!!! but God is soooo GOOD!!!

so guys, it has been a while, life is just soo crazy right now as most of you college people can relate.

I may not be the best person in the world, and I do get alot of things wrong, and I do not always folllow through with what I promise. There have been some things that I just suck at right now.
I can't seem to get my life in order. But I know that God is working on my heart, and for that I do have peace.

I owe one of my friends money, and another one owes me money. I have not written my friend, and I really need to do that. I need to study more, and I need to work more to pay for rent, and gas, and heat, and pay my friend back.
I, I, I, I,....... Where is God? I cannot do all these things on my own, and I suppose that the more I try to do things on my own, and not let God help me, the deeper into trouble and despair I will go.

Maybe you guys are going through the same tings. Idkn. But I do know one thing. God is giving me peace. A peace that He is there, and that He will guide me, but I have to do my part by letting Him lead me!

haha Okay lets change it up now!

I have had a great day today. I usually don't have bad ones, becuase I try not let the few negative aspects, turn into the focus of my day. I try to lay it all out and run hard after God.

I got to play with the after school kids again lol! That really made my day! I was the super-vilian and they were the good guys who tried to drown me! It was great, Chad and I threw those kids up in the air, and spun them around in the water. I learned that I could do a flip underwater with two kids on my back.

I think we can learn a lot from Children. Their innocence and their passion to just live in the moment and fun can be applied to my walk. Why should I get all worked up about the past, when it is over and done with? God has saved me, and raised me from those things.
I should just focus on today and what God wants me to do.

okay so I am rambling

But guys, THE PAST IS OVER, WE ARE NEW CREATIONS IN CHRIST IF WE HAVE PLACED OUR TRUST IN JESUS.

2 Corinthians 5:17 (New International Version)

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!


as Jason Upton sings
"Who the SON set free, is free indeed." from FREEDOM!!

AMEN.
So am I free from the struggles of life... heck no. But I am free from my old dead self. I have a new self who can overcome because I have Jesus in my heart, and I run so hard after Him.
You are Free if you have Christ gang. So let us rejoice in our sufferings and continue to run hard after Christ. I know I am!!

ROMANS 5:1-5
1Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we^[a]have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, 2through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we^[b] rejoice in the hope of the glory of God. 3Not only so, but we^[c] also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; 4perseverance, character; and character, hope. 5And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us.

AMEN and AMEN!!!

recap of this past's week...

Sorry for all you avid Nick Cook bloggers lol hahahahahaha
I am sure there are close to none.
sorry for not have blogged this past week.
Between the 12page paper, the presentation on that class about my paper... which by the way it was a rd blah. The exam I had on friday, the lack of sleep. The work schedule.... I have not had really anything laid on my heart to blog about. well... thats public haha.

Okay, so Thank God for saving my butt today from these crazy fast drivers!!
Thank You Jesus, for just Your Grace this week as I have messed up, and failed you again and again. I am sure glad You are there to help me focus on my school work!!!

Just stop gang, just stop and be quiet and listen to God. It is soo hard with all these distractions, but who said it would be easy. I have not done that as much as I should, and these are the times that we really need to seek God. I know I do.


Handel's Messiah was amazing tonight, and It did my heart good to see and hear the whole thing!

Derek, Jenna, Barton, Skip, Kim, and all the others did a super duper job tonight! Glory to God!!!

I want to leave you with this link.... it takes a minute to get into the song, but I love this song by David Crowder.
It gives me the Holy Spirit Chills...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3n2B6T6uFIQ

night

Im gonna go get down on my knees and Pray.
I have lots to be thankful about, and to pray to God about. I have lots of friends who need God's touch in their lives, and the lives of loved ones.

But h