My name is James Ford and I am a sinner saved by grace. God has asked me to write a book that I am not qualified to write. But who can refuse God! I thought I would share a little bit about how I got to this point. 

I am a carpenter by trade and have no formal training other than high school and the natural talents and abilities that God has blessed me with. God has challenged me with a mission while I am on this earth. It started when I asked Christ into my life at sixteen years old. I was in Church and the pastor gave an invitation to accept Christ. I asked Christ into my heart then a miracle happened. Jesus appeared to me and his with His right arm touched me on my head. His visage was white as snow and extremely radiant. I was simultaneously terrified and overwhelmed with joy to have such a glorious meeting with my Lord. I really did not understand what had happened to me and I have to admit I was somewhat confused. I did not understand what took place over and beyond initial salvation. Not having anyone to disciple me I changed the best I could but I struggled with sin nature and the world influence on me. It only took 3 to 4 years for me to decide to quit being a Christian. I told Jesus that I did not know how to live as Christians should. I did not know how to control my body, mind and soul in a way that would be pleasing to God. So, I walked away and lived like anyone else would. I worked as a carpenter until I started my own construction company. In 1980 we had a Worldwide recession and I lost everything, which was quite a bit at that time. I was listening to a christian radio station one night and I decided to ask Christ back into my heart. As soon as I finished my prayer the Holy Spirit filled me with such joy and excitement to be back with Christ. I made a promise to Him, no matter what I will persevere this time.

Over the years God has entrusted me with the vision He has always had for my life but it came to me one piece at a time. After a few years, an evangelist named Ron Miller came to my church and had the knack of pulling out of people hidden issues that needed to be dealt with. All the time he was there speaking I felt compelled to ask him to pray for me. We went to a private office and he started walking in a circle and asked God how he was to answer my souls desire. Just FYI, I didn’t share with him any of the feelings I have had inside me from God. After some intense prayer time he said that God had given him the answer: I was to become an end time evangelist, as himself, who was also called by God for the same mission. I thought long and hard about this for a while, but then decided to not think of it again. I didn’t know how I was to go about this mission little alone live it. I was just not ready to go into ministry at that time. After a long time had passed, God reminded me of His call for my life. He started about 35 years ago with some small things to do. He asked me to memorize the book of Joel. So, I did but wasn’t sure why. He also gave me governing values to work on but not being trained or able to write it has been slow coming to fruition at best. Today it is somewhat completed. I have been very slow to get any of these writings done. 

He gave me the Four Commands of Christ 5 to 7 years ago along with the spiritual disciplines. Over the years I have added other content but all said and done it has taken me 35 years to finally get the big picture and start putting it all together. All of this information He has been feeding me has turned into a discipleship program to help Christians maintain their relationship with Christ. Something I needed when I accepted Christ.

My journey was not an easy one and has been full of bumps and down falls that I have endured because of my ignorance and somewhat rebellious spirit. Throughout the years I received pieces of the puzzle and enough training necessary to carry out my mission. At first the steps were small, then became larger as I grew in understanding and faithfulness. God has now given me my full commission: Ezekiel 3:17. With this commission He has given me His words and wisdom summed up as The Four Commands of Christ. All that I am teaching came direct from Christ. All I did was write down what He shared with me. I hope you enjoy Christ’s vision for our future.