Pastor James Otieno’s Powerful Testimony
Pastor James Otieno says “Choosing Jesus Christ was the best choice I ever made! I’ve regretted making many choices in life, but Jesus Christ is more precious than all the Gold of this world. Surely I would rather have Jesus than silver and Gold. May I sit at the feet of Jesus, because there I lay down all my sins and sorrows and when I’m weary find sweet rest to my heart”.
Pastor James continues – I was saved by Gods wonderful grace in June 28-6-1990. This was at the age of 15yrs. I had been so depressed that I had wanted to commit suicide. Praise God, at my very lowest point the Lord saved my soul in one very glorious moment.
I was in a room all by myself and had deadly poison with me and I was about to take it However, by God’s grace there was a gospel tract lying on the the table and the big question on the tract was “Can I be saved? What Must I do ?”. There was great light on the tract and I decided to read in it before killing myself.
The Lord spoke to me clearly through the book of Ezekiel 11:17-20& Ezekiel 18:30-32 . I was tired of my life because of my sins and my disobedience to my parents, teachers and community. Nobody wanted me near their children and homes. Nobody loved me. But I’m so thankful that God loved and wanted to give a new heart to love Him. Anew heart to love Him and walk in his perfect will and newness of life in Christ Jesus. I called loudly on the Name of Jesus Christ and was thrown by the power of God to the floor. The blood of Jesus Christ washed me clean.
After this experience I went back to my dwelling. I had been living away from my family for two years because my father had promised to kill me if I ever set my foot in his compound. When my Dad saw me he grabbed a spade and approached me, coming towards me to kill me . But God had done such a mighty work in my heart I was able to smile at him and tell him that I did not fear death. I was ready to die since my sins were already forgiven and I was sure of getting to heaven if he killed me. But The power of God would not let him harm me. He told me that if I wanted him to believe that I’m saved I would allow him to takes me back to school. I agreed and we went to school. When we arrived at school I witnessed to my teacher’s about my new birth and new heart.
They admitted me back to school, telling me that they wanted to see my Jesus and new life in him showing in my life. I thank God that in a very short time by His grace I came to be the school Christian Union Leader and Pastor, bringing many students in my city to Jesus Christ.
I received powerful call into ministry. During a church service, a certain sister ‘ Jane Akumu’ prophesied over my life. The Holy Spirit spoke through her to the church regarding my calling, then she laid hands on me for God had set me aside for ministry. The same night my mother saw a vision of a big bible falling from heaven to my hands and a voice said to her “let James be mine for his portion is in my word.”
By the leading of the Holy Spirit , I started YACU- (Young Apostles Christian Union.) The YACU members are now bishops and have founded many churches in Kenya and South Africa. Later, The Lord spoke to me to initiate ‘Christ Missions Services International’ according to Luke 8:1. This was for the wining souls for Jesus Christ and teaching and preparing people for the kingdom of God. The aim was also planting and caring for small churches in the poor villages in Kenya. Also holding revivals and crusades for the churches and providing humanitarian needs as the Lord provides – depending on God and his faithful children.
Keep praying for the missions here. We trust God to supply all we need for this work. I find joy in winning, maintaining and preparing souls for Jesus and his kingdom. This I pray to do until I breath my last. I thank God for many people who have supported me and many that will purpose in their hearts according to the leading of God to be part of this heavenly trust ministry. Together with you we win souls for Jesus Christ.
Formation of Ministry
On Good Friday day 2016, I was walking by a procession of Roman Catholics who were carrying a large Cross of Christ crucified. I heard the Holy Spirit speaking to me. The Lord Jesus was desiring that truly redeemed, born again Christians filled with His Spirit and faith would do something similar. This was not to proclaim a dead religion that was a “works religion” trying to please God by one’s own righteousness and righteous acts, This would be by preaching the true gospel of Jesus Christ that declared a righteousness given to sinful man by Faith in Christ alone.
Eph 2: 8, 9 – It is by grace you have been saved through faith, and this not from yourselves; it is the gift of God, not by works, so that no one can boast.
Unsaved man, full of pride, always wants to contribute something to his salvation – so that he can boast a little. But God’s way is a FREE salvation. Salvation in Christ is GIVEN FREELY by grace alone. To receive such a glorious thing as sCOMPLETELY FREE is a ‘ hammer blow to man’s religious pride. This FREE OFFER is the “ offence of the cross, ( Gal 5:11)!” Sinful mans’ “commercial mind insists on contributing at last ‘ a little’ to his salvation. But God insists salvation MUST BE FREE, by faith – trusting Christ alone.
I knew in my heart that the church Jesus came to build as declared to the apostle Peter in Matthew chapter 16, is today a people who are spread through many denominations and religious organisations. Knowing this I purposed in my heart to approach Spirit filled believers from many (and non denominations) to get inspired with the vision of the true gospel preaching of the cross.
I was the oldest person in the group as I began to speak to Christians. Some of the believers that I spoke to were only 9 years old. The oldest of the teenagers were around 18; anyway, many responded to the call and the vision.
In 2016 these faithful ones gathered together with me and preached Jesus Christ and the power of His cross.. On the first walk we covered 4 km preaching as we went; the result was that many souls gave their hearts to the Lord Jesus. At that time we used a plan to stop at various locations and marketplaces, singing and preaching. In the second ( 2017), the number of workers and the number of converts began to increase. Yearly the numbers have grown and in last year (2022) we had the joy of seeing a very large number of people marching and preaching together.
The thing that has thrilled my heart is the large number of young people that have responded to the call to this ministry. The ministry has reached new territories for God. I am asking for those who are reading this testimony to pray for expansion and new territories to be brought into the kingdom of the Lord. As the evangelist/prayer walkers move on they continually pray for the whole world and for missionaries in different parts of the globe. I expects that April 2025 in the prayer walk (which is the time of the Jewish Passover) that there will be many young people and many Christians working with him! Being the time of the ‘passover’, April is a very important time to proclaim the great salvation which was given to children of Israel when the blood was being applied to the door post. As the evangelists walk each year please pray with me we that many people will apply the Precious Blood of Jesus to the doorpost of their hearts. May that great salvation of God come to them and they will be prepared for the kingdom of God.
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