Sunday, October 23, 2011
Saturday, January 29, 2011
COOKE PHOTOGRAPHY: A Collage
COOKE PHOTOGRAPHY: A Collage: "Collage I worked on this afternoon. Framing this one in my living room! It was shot & edited on my iphone, then put together in Photoshop."
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Monday, September 6, 2010
Monday, August 30, 2010
Thoughts...
1 John 4: 11Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. 12No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us.13We know that we live in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit. 14And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of the world. 15If anyone acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, God lives in him and he in God.16And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in him. 17In this way, love is made complete among us so that we will have confidence on the day of judgment, because in this world we are like him. 18There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love. 19We love because he first loved us. 20If anyone says, "I love God," yet hates his brother, he is a liar. For anyone who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen. 21And he has given us this command: Whoever loves God must also love his brother.
Thoughts for Monday...
Our souls…crave…Love. To be loved, and to give love.
Imagine being motivated by love…
* Think about your everyday human relationships…
Isn’t part of the dynamic of our relationships that we are insecure. We have jealousy, envy, bitterness, not being good enough, fear of our weakness to believe, we are afraid of someone leaving us, afraid of rejection, and the list goes on - I mean we spend so much of our energy living in that fear.
Love doesn’t thrive in the environment of fear.
Fear doesn’t thrive in the environment of Love.
Fear determines the boundaries of your life. What you fear defines the parameters of your freedom. If you are afraid of heights you stay low. Afraid of the dark you keep the light on. Afraid of people or talking to people, you choose not to. Fear of spiders you stay away from my basement. :) Afraid of men, because of what some guy or father did to you…so you choose not to trust…you fill in the blank.
When you live in Love, you live outside of fear. When you live in Love, you live in desperation. When you live in Love, you live in Him.
And what happens so much is that we are motivated by fear than we are love. We are motivated by duty because of what we fear if we don’t. We are motivated by fear of being hurt…so we never truly love again.
The reality is we don’t know how to love because we have yet to experience God’s unconditional Love.
God’s love doesn’t have disclaimers hidden in the fine print. Having said that, I don’t think I can really explain it. I totally believe it but without knowing exactly why I believe it or how to make it make sense to anyone else.
Let me try. A word we most often hear when we talk about the subject of God’s love is, "God’s love for us is an unconditional love." Meaning it is unqualified, absolute, without limitations or conditions.
Love moves God to you…and really only love can move you to God. 1 John. 3:19.
The proof that He loves you is that He has been loving you and I from the beginning…"It's in the pudding" whatever that phrase means...:)
John 17:20-25
Remember church - He… is… coming for you! Awesome!
Make time for Him this week. You are changing the world church.
- adam
Thoughts for Monday...
Our souls…crave…Love. To be loved, and to give love.
Imagine being motivated by love…
* Think about your everyday human relationships…
Isn’t part of the dynamic of our relationships that we are insecure. We have jealousy, envy, bitterness, not being good enough, fear of our weakness to believe, we are afraid of someone leaving us, afraid of rejection, and the list goes on - I mean we spend so much of our energy living in that fear.
Love doesn’t thrive in the environment of fear.
Fear doesn’t thrive in the environment of Love.
Fear determines the boundaries of your life. What you fear defines the parameters of your freedom. If you are afraid of heights you stay low. Afraid of the dark you keep the light on. Afraid of people or talking to people, you choose not to. Fear of spiders you stay away from my basement. :) Afraid of men, because of what some guy or father did to you…so you choose not to trust…you fill in the blank.
When you live in Love, you live outside of fear. When you live in Love, you live in desperation. When you live in Love, you live in Him.
And what happens so much is that we are motivated by fear than we are love. We are motivated by duty because of what we fear if we don’t. We are motivated by fear of being hurt…so we never truly love again.
The reality is we don’t know how to love because we have yet to experience God’s unconditional Love.
God’s love doesn’t have disclaimers hidden in the fine print. Having said that, I don’t think I can really explain it. I totally believe it but without knowing exactly why I believe it or how to make it make sense to anyone else.
Let me try. A word we most often hear when we talk about the subject of God’s love is, "God’s love for us is an unconditional love." Meaning it is unqualified, absolute, without limitations or conditions.
Love moves God to you…and really only love can move you to God. 1 John. 3:19.
The proof that He loves you is that He has been loving you and I from the beginning…"It's in the pudding" whatever that phrase means...:)
John 17:20-25
Remember church - He… is… coming for you! Awesome!
Make time for Him this week. You are changing the world church.
- adam
Friday, August 27, 2010
Saturday, August 21, 2010
Monday, August 16, 2010
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
quick pt 1.
So real quick:
I saw this kid (24 yr old dude - maybe younger) riding his bike on silver lake parkway enjoying the weather. Doesn't that sound interesting? There was something unique about what he was doing. Suddenly he had my attention. My first response was a simple smile followed by laugh.
Monday, July 26, 2010
Sunday, June 27, 2010
I feel like one of my primary jobs is to teach Christians how to realize and spend their inheritance. I am convinced that, for the most part, the Church has left the riches of Heaven sitting in the bank, thinking that we only get them when we die and go there. The belief that Heaven is entirely a future reality has reduced far too many of God’s declarations in Scripture about the believer’s identity and calling to “positional” truths that are acknowledged but never experienced. It is time for that to change. - bill Johnson
That's a good word right there. Amen. Let's go to the bank.
That's a good word right there. Amen. Let's go to the bank.
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Storms.
Great words from the female side of the Cookes:
"I was watching our tree in the front yard as the wind blew it into a bowing position and I thought to myself 'wow that tree is going be uprooted!' instantly God said 'no it's not. It has deep roots!' 'it may be young but it's roots go deep...'
She realized in that moment that our roots must have depth in the soil of His heart. His presence must be our greatest desire. For when the storms come we won't be uprooted! Our faith is unshakeable!
"I was watching our tree in the front yard as the wind blew it into a bowing position and I thought to myself 'wow that tree is going be uprooted!' instantly God said 'no it's not. It has deep roots!' 'it may be young but it's roots go deep...'
She realized in that moment that our roots must have depth in the soil of His heart. His presence must be our greatest desire. For when the storms come we won't be uprooted! Our faith is unshakeable!
Friday, June 18, 2010
Violence.
Matt. 11:12
For the kingdom of God to suffer violence means that it permits, rewards or requires, welcomes spiritual violence in our pursuit of God.
Yes we have access to everything in the Spirit of God, but we must take hold of it, embrace it.
Jesus is inviting us to spiritual violence saying in essence, “The kingdom of Heaven allows for violence-will anyone receive this invitation?” This applies to more than the area of spiritual warfare. He is urging us, moving us, motivating us to pursue deep intimacy with Him with a holy, violent love and to cultivate a lifestyle of spiritual violence.
What does that mean?
To be spiritually violent means we will pay any price…any price of self-denial in order to obey God’s will. Solomon said it well, ”If a man would give for love all the wealth of his house, it would be utterly despised...” Song 8:7
Another translation reads:
Love is invincible facing danger and death.
Passion laughs at the terrors of hell.
The fire of love stops at nothing - it sweeps everything before it.
Flood waters can't drown love, torrents of rain can't put it out.
Love can't be bought, love can't be sold.
I'm talking about getting in His presence, prayer, fasting, worship...voluntarily choosing weakness so that He is made strong. So excited about Father's Day. Excited about HIM.
In other words, when love is working its way in our hearts, there is no price too high.
The source of our spiritual violence is not fear; it is the love of God.
For the kingdom of God to suffer violence means that it permits, rewards or requires, welcomes spiritual violence in our pursuit of God.
Yes we have access to everything in the Spirit of God, but we must take hold of it, embrace it.
Jesus is inviting us to spiritual violence saying in essence, “The kingdom of Heaven allows for violence-will anyone receive this invitation?” This applies to more than the area of spiritual warfare. He is urging us, moving us, motivating us to pursue deep intimacy with Him with a holy, violent love and to cultivate a lifestyle of spiritual violence.
What does that mean?
To be spiritually violent means we will pay any price…any price of self-denial in order to obey God’s will. Solomon said it well, ”If a man would give for love all the wealth of his house, it would be utterly despised...” Song 8:7
Another translation reads:
Love is invincible facing danger and death.
Passion laughs at the terrors of hell.
The fire of love stops at nothing - it sweeps everything before it.
Flood waters can't drown love, torrents of rain can't put it out.
Love can't be bought, love can't be sold.
I'm talking about getting in His presence, prayer, fasting, worship...voluntarily choosing weakness so that He is made strong. So excited about Father's Day. Excited about HIM.
In other words, when love is working its way in our hearts, there is no price too high.
The source of our spiritual violence is not fear; it is the love of God.
Thursday, June 17, 2010
Video Project.
Draft 04 LACC from Rethink Media on Vimeo.
This is one of the video projects I am working on for Latin American Child Care.
Long Time.
It has been a long time since i posted anything on this...
I think I am returning to this. For better reasons. I have so many thoughts that maybe posting them might help me and others. Ha. Plus I love my family and there are so many profound things that happen with my kids, I have to share. Also, I really enjoy photography so this blog will be an outlet for that. I guess...
One of my favorite pictures while on a plane to Chile. Shot on an iphone.
I think I am returning to this. For better reasons. I have so many thoughts that maybe posting them might help me and others. Ha. Plus I love my family and there are so many profound things that happen with my kids, I have to share. Also, I really enjoy photography so this blog will be an outlet for that. I guess...
One of my favorite pictures while on a plane to Chile. Shot on an iphone.
Thursday, July 2, 2009
1Church Event.
When the world sees Christianity, they see a people separated by belief systems. What they may not see, and what we ourselves might not recognize, is the power of the 1 thing that brings us together. If we as Christians erase the denominational lines that divide us, even for one night, and come together to exalt the 1 God that unites us, healing will come to our land. On September 11th 2009 at 7pm, we invite you to come together as 1, to worship and contend for the restoration of community. This isn’t a night to make a name for The Freedom Center, but rather to make 1 name famous, seek after 1 heart, and become 1 church. When leaders in the body of Christ join together in praying and believing God for change, it will come. On that night, we’ll not only be believing that our community will be healed, but that Fenton can impact a community across the world in Kenya, Africa. If we shift our focus from preserving our own empires to bringing fresh water to a people on the other side of the world, we’ll start the process of healing our hearts and changing our world. We, as God’s people can weather this economic storm together, with the knowledge that we’ve been chosen. God has a plan to raise up the least of these, and for Fenton, and Michigan as a whole, to bring restoration and change. All you have to do is show up, and believe in the power of 1. Join in the vision of becoming 1 name, 1 heart, 1 church.
When: 09-11-09, 7pm
Where: The Freedom Center, Fenton (tfconline.org)
What: Contending for the sound of Heaven. Unity among the denominations.
Why: Changing the World in Kenya, Africa.
Pass this along to other churches.
change the world.
When: 09-11-09, 7pm
Where: The Freedom Center, Fenton (tfconline.org)
What: Contending for the sound of Heaven. Unity among the denominations.
Why: Changing the World in Kenya, Africa.
Pass this along to other churches.
change the world.
Monday, March 9, 2009
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