My name is Nikita Isakov, me 23. I was born in Kharkov, in the family of Alexis and Iryna Isakov, servants of the Adventist Church. I have an older brother Artem, he already has his own family.
With God, a lot of interesting things ahead
Nikita Isakov, musician
Dad and mom met in the institute, then married. Soon they began attending the program of the preacher James Gilli, after which they were baptized and became members of the Adventist Church. His parents were offered a ministry in the church and after some time he became a pastor, seeing his vocation in this.
I love music very much. I can not say that I have come to this somehow. Our whole family is musical. The father of the first education - the conductor of the orchestra, he graduated from the Kharkov Institute of Culture. Mum sings well, she has her solo album "In front of you in debt." I, as far as I remember, always wanted to play the guitar - I pulled me to this instrument. I looked at the guitarists and imagined myself in their place, well, and then came home, took a badminton racket, stood in front of the mirror and imagined myself a musician. He listened to many Christian music, dreamed that I would be able to play and sing once. Then I was a child. At the music school, I went to the age of 11 already consciously. Grateful to the teachers, they gave a good foundation in my music path.
In 2008 I began attending the church №15 ADF in the city of Dnipropetrovsk. At every service there was live music, there was a large group of worship and I played there. For some time he was the head of the musical department in the church. At each ministry we played with a group of 5-6 songs. It was a period of my life from 13 to 18 years old. I lived with our musical ministry and every day, looking forward to Fridays - on this day, we grouped up and rehearsed before the Sabbath-keeping. It was a great time, I think then I began to more progressively form as a musician. It is also worth noting that thanks to this service, I was absolutely not interested in secular companies and entertainment. I lived in ministry! My church played a big role in my spiritual formation. I talked a lot to the youth and pastors, was actively involved in the life of the church. Baptism was deliberately taken in 17 years, on March 17, 2012 in Kryvy Rih, after the program "What if so? .." conducted by Victor Alekseyenko.
Subsequently, I realized that music is part of me. There is no such day that I would spend without a song. Always want to sing, play, develop, create something new, put ideas into practice. And it does not pass, it does not burn.
At the same time, I graduated from Dnipropetrovsk National University, specializing in Journalism and Information. Since 10 years I started to get interested in the media, took many church events, eventually decided to still get education in this direction. Music and the media are two things that I always liked and were interested in. Now they are about the equivalent time in my life. But in music I feel my vocation, no matter how loud it sounds. Believe me, God will continue to follow!
I am serious about writing songs. At first, music comes with inspiration, and then I work on words. Mostly with the texts I ask for help from my friends - authors of poetry. Creating a song is a difficult and long process, sometimes one inspiration is not enough, you need to take your hands and bring the case to the end. I always worry that every word in the composition is justified, and indeed, it eventually became a high-quality song - where music corresponds to the text and vice versa. All my songs in one way or another speak of God. I believe that God himself sends some experiences in my life, some thoughts, then this all pours out in the songs. The song passes through the heart, and then touches the hearts of the listeners.
The song is what's happening in the heart and pours into words, into music
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Our music group is 15 communities of Dnipropetrovsk.
After many concerts, when people come up to me and say how inspired they are, I'm convinced that this is not my merit! I am happy to feel the instrument in God's hands. It pleases! Serving God is for me the best inspiration and, of course, the meaning of life. God is my best friend. I believe that He blesses if faithful to Him.
Why am I an Adventist? I can say that I asked this question before baptism. It was then that I became firmly established in my faith. While studying the Bible, I saw that the Adventist Church meets the criteria of the Scriptures. I compared what other Christians believe and what the Adventist Church believes and took the Bible's point of view. I believe that my church follows clearly the Scriptures, but at the same time I understand that, above all, the church is people. We live on a sinful earth, and it will never be perfect. I find answers to life questions in the Bible.
As for my creativity and plans for the future ... I released my first album "Trust" in 2016, which consists of 10 tracks plus a bonus track "Time will come" in English. After the release of the album, I have spent more than 20 performances and charity concerts in Ukraine and abroad. For me, this is also a very special ministry when I can help people and serve God.
Charity concert "Time will come"
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More recently, with God's help, the second album "Share with a Dream" was published. It is available on all music venues, as well as on the site n.isakov.org. There is an opportunity to support my ministry financially on the same site, thus redeeming part of the money that was invested in the recording of songs.
I believe that God inspires me to work and write music. He helps me to go through the difficulties he has with me in my joys. If He had not been in my heart, my life would have been fundamentally different. I do not know how without God I could cope with my emotions, as if I were going through my hard times. When I pass these moments with God, then I want to share with people that only in God is happiness, only He can help, only He will support.
My songs are mostly gospel. I preach my songs. Sometimes I'm asked why I did not choose my father's path to becoming a pastor. At this stage, I see that I can serve because of what I do and it has an impact. As life goes on, I do not know. If there is such a need, I do not rule out the possibility that I will become a pastor once too. But now, my ministry is manifested through music. I see this in my call to serve. At the moment, I am also working on Nadia TV channel, my post is a journalist and director. I also work as a music producer. I love the activities I am engaged in.
For me, music is just a tool that can reach the heart of a person, tell about eternal values and influence positively.
My life position is to understand that God gives each person talents not just, not only for earning money, but above all - for serving Him with these talents, for a mission. Our mission, as Christians, is to convey the Word of God. If you do it, then I know that God will bless. I feel it in my life everyday.
I believe that there is still a lot of interesting things ahead with God!
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