Nigel James Testimony 11 04 2016.
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I’m a village boy of Oakdale, born in July 1960
I believe I am well liked even though I have only few close friends.
I had quite a blessed life from a young age, my parents were a close couple and the home was very stable, we living opposite the Villagers in TreeTops near the Comprehensive school.
I was a fairly quiet lad but always busy making things in my dads workshop.
My brother was Seven years older totally opposite to me into sports etc, I was more into climbing trees and motorbikes.
I attended St David’s Church on a Sunday morning until the age of fourteen or so.
God was something resembling Father Christmas back then,I had no one to tell me otherwise, I often thought about God and his many Churches scattered everywhere like his Bibles, there must be a God with All this Infrastructure surely!
I dropped out in my teens, my mother did not seem to be worried, indeed neither mum or dad attended church apart from the normal occasions marriages and funerals etc.
As I grew I also built a distance between the Heavenly Father , after all he was far away in this place they called Heaven, or I thought.
In my late teens I entered into the earthly normal things like alcohol, girls motorbikes and the likes.
I was generally a good boy visiting my elderly grandparents and disabled relatives regular on my motorcycle delivering fish and chips on Saturday nights.
I had a few girlfriends and played the field I suppose , then…….
In 1981 I met the Most stunning girl who became my main priority and shortly my fiancée and wife, in 1985.
Wow where have the years gone, 31 years married this May.
We soon had two cracking Gorgeous children Rhys and Ceris.
We had it all, good well paid job as an engineer, a house cars etc yes we had it all without realising that there was someone absent, Yes it’s God, but we didn’t realise it then, please read on I promise you it could be worthwhile.
In 1993 after eight years of peace in matrimony we were in trouble, I could not believe it, tears led to anger which led to infidelity on a grand scale, the person I craved for was swept away in a strong a rip tide, as a Christian Now, I can see the “devil at work, work of which he is a master ,I was hurt and I spiralled into Sin which only made it worse especially for the kids who had become a pitiful and tearful factor in the tangled mess , if only we reached out for God then!!
We eventually got things back together, there must have been someone Praying for us!!!!!**
Ok the Devils plans were smashed but for the next thirteen years he steadily and patiently glued the many fragments together for another attempt to destroy our marriage, this was planned for 2006, like acid this time it was powerful and managed to burn and hurt more people than the first attempt.
Again my affair fizzled out at a steady pace we regained friendship after a year of talking and rebuilding.
In 2009 my Ceris met a lad Gerald her eventual husband who’s parents were deeply rooted with Jesus, Gerald dropped out but was drawn in close at a funeral, he attended Church again and Ceris reluctantly followed and then, We Christians would say She had a “touch from the King” and gave her heart to the Lord.
Where am I going with this? Are you getting bored yet? All this God stuff rubbish I hear you mutter, please read on.
Jenny was encouraged by Ceris to go to Tab Life Centre Pontllanfraith, she was immediately influenced by the invisibly Holy Spirit spending more time on the floor than on her feet. She also accepted Jesus and was Born Again!!!! Was she real or what I thought.
She would say on returning home “it’s cold in this house” I suggested to turn up the heating but it was Not her meaning, I never understood till months later.
Our little grand daughter Madison-Grace was a year old and was christened, I went along and can remember these freaks bouncing about, loonies with their hands in the air.
You see my Sin History and baggage was quite a burden on my soul but in the world it was a respectable achievement, well amongst the unsaved, I remember saying “at least I will go down with a smile on my face”, nothing is further from the truth.
The things I experienced were the envy of most men but drew tears to the cheeks of Jesus knowing I could remain a lost sheep.
One spring day in 2010 I came to Jenny’s and Ceris’s baptism, but I should mention I was undergoing a softening process listening to John Hagee on the God channel, an American Preacher heavy into the Gospel, his preachings were mostly believable !!!!!
Back to the Baptism, I was upset listening to Ceris’s testimony of her life before Christ, a life of self harm, sadness of Not being Loved and bullied, well a string of things I was not aware of, What kind of a dad had I BECOME!! I knew Nothing, I wept and realised damage had been done, damage I could Not correct but….. This Jesus was about to prove me wrong.
After the Baptism a lady Maria from Cardiff was leading the prayers and it seemed she was talking directly into my heart, how could this be, she simply said if this message touches your heart and is real to you then step forward and receive the Lord, he is waiting, the Lord is shouting
, don’t be afraid.
Well I can say that twenty yards in front of me seemed like the gateway to Heaven,
In tears I repeated a simple prayer publicly and the Lord Entered my heart, soul and life.
Yer Yer I hear you say.
From that day my life, relationships, work, finances, character and outlook on this
life has been totally transformed, it’s not all plain sailing as some family relationships have deteriorated and changed as well, it’s not a walk on a bed of Rose Petals.
I stopped swearing, drinking, my music tastes changed to glorifying Jesus, generally my burdens are light.
So what am I saying?
Since I was Saved I have been reborn, knowing through my experiences that there Really is a God, Blessings and favour are my closest friends, the power of prayer is So awesome, I can’t put it into words, God loves praise and is likewise eager to administer blessings to All that believe.
** Listen up!!!!!!
Prayer? As I mentioned earlier, Way Back in 1993 neighbours Mary and Graham were sensitive to our situation, they Loved us So So much they prayed for Us for Months at home and in Church, These Prayers were Answered like so many of my own. What amazing people, and an Awesome Amazing Father.
You may be reading this and possibly you have certain thoughts and connections with my story, I’m Not typing these words to impresses of draw you to our Church, I have No hidden agenda ,I’m not elongation the truth just telling my story, My real Sincere account.
If Life is getting you down, you may have troubles or problems, relationship issues, addictions or issues, you may be worried or concerned about someone else,
Knowing the Lord Will make the difference believe me, give Jesus a try it really works, it won’t cost a thing apart from time.
Church is Not about money or removing life’s enjoyment, but it puts the Joy back into Life.
Maybe you are successful and educated and feel God can’t possibly benefit you, you can’t be further from the truth really.
It’s like I suppose flipping a coin, heads you win Tails you loose but the way Jenny and I look at it, its a better way generally of living your life, the Lords way, This I know after living in the both worlds.
Gods promise is eternal lasting into and beyond this life, “what good will it be for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul” Matthew 16:26. The only way to paradise is to receive Jesus Christ and be born again. John 3:3.
I often get upset Now at family funerals, if the above is true And you are not Saved, the Chapel of Rest is exactly that, Not a Waiting room to Everlasting Life.
My Mum of Dad are Not Saved, 88 years old and still rejecting the Lord, they think they are safe having lived a compassionate life, but the Truth is like Me, You and every Worldly Human being we are FILTHY rags to the Lord, You need Jesus to be cleansed, you need Jesus to be your Advocate to enter the kingdom of God.
Ok I won’t know until the end of my life but Gods word give us a promise if we believe in him and become “Born Again” we Will enter the Kingdom of God.
If I was to pin a small note or reminder of every blessing or answered prayer on my front door the postman would Not find the letter box.
The personal blessings and experiences have without doubt convinced me that God listens and is real, so why should I disbelieve his word, his Promise, my Inheritance?
My life now is faith based, I pray and glorify the father, and the father blesses me, I no longer need to worry as the Lord rewards me daily with Blessings and Favour “in abundance”, It’s true.
I extend my Hand to the Lord, my hand that reaches out in faith, when connected to the Lord the grip will remain unless I should decide to release, He can’t insist that I Love him, but I do never the less.
Faith has shown me he is there always, and will be there Until my last and final breath.
That day when it arrives, I will take the narrow road,I will bow my head, bend my knee and confess my belief that Jesus is Lord. Jesus will Testify that He knows me and points to my name entered into the Lambs book of Life in March 2010, he will smile and say “come my son, I have prepared a place for you”
Time is trundling on indeed I can’t believe I’m 56 years old,
Yes One day he will take he home. I Believe it as he said it in his living word,
Indeed God cannot lie !!!!
May Gods blessings be upon you and remain with you forever.
Nigel James.
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