God has a great habit of giving us unexpected opportunities and placing us in surprising situations. One such occurrence happened this afternoon in the hospitality area of the Parachute Festival here in New Zealand. Out of the corner of my eye I spotted Daniel Bedingfield( he of UK chart success, and brother of the even more successful Natasha). I knew Daniel had spoken to Mac Powell from Third Day on the phone in Atlanta a couple of years ago but they'd never actually met up. So I wandered over to Daniel and introduced myself. He threw his arms around me like a long-lost buddy, and then I took him over to meet the guys. An hour or so later, Mac, Tai and myself finished off an intense and honest conversation with Daniel about his faith, his take on the church, music industry, future plans and loads more. He's a passionate young man, who lives to worship God, admits to not getting it right all the time (don't we all!)and wasn't afraid to open up and be vulnerable with us. He plans to spend the next 2 years concentrating on developing his career in the USA, and we hope to stay in touch with him. 
Right now we have a couple of hours break before a band meal, devotions together and then a mainstage performance after Darlene Zschech and the Hillsong worship team and Joyce Meyer. Third Day will open their set with Agnus Dei and a special guest appearance from Darlene. Incidently, Darlene and her husband Mark are the real deal- friendly, sensible, engaging and offering wisdom about future touring in Asia and the Pacific. I first met them 2 years ago, and Mark put Mercy Ministries UK in touch with me as he's their international director. Kerry Slater, the UK person, came twice to Cardiff to speak at City Temple and an Igniting a Passion event. That's another thing God does- sets up global relationships in the body of Christ.
God's words
- 1Chr. 16:31Let the heavens rejoice, let the earth be glad; let them say among the nations, “The LORD reigns!”
CITY CHURCH CARDIFF, ELIM PENTECOSTAL CHURCH>
- CITY TEMPLE CHURCH CARDIFF
I'm on the pastoral team of this thriving multi-cultural Elim Pentecostal Church in the heart of Cardiff- the capital city of Wales.
THIRD DAY
- THIRD DAY
From 2001-2016 I spent part of my year on the road as pastor to the Christian rock band Third Day.
WALESWIDE
- WALESWIDE
I am part of the church planting and strengthening ministry Waleswide, alongside leaders from across the evangelical spectrum and geographical spread of the nation.
ELIM WALES
- ELIM INTERNATIONAL MISSIONS
Both personally and in my local church role I am pleased to stand with our Elim Missions Dept. - ELIM WALES
I spend part of my time as the regional co-ordinator for Elim in Wales-working with churches and leaders.
GATEWAY MINISTRIES/IGNITE INDIA
- GATEWAY MINISTRIES/IGNITE INDIA
Lots going on in and around Rajahmundry, India- been involved in this work since 2005.
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01/28/2007
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MY PUBLICATIONS
- Lessons From The Road by Nigel James and Third Day.
- Ignite: God's Purpose for This Generation (Paperback) by Nigel James.
- Seven Ways to Ignite Your Life: Life Lessons from 1 Samuel (Paperback) by Nigel James
- Seven Myths of Youth Ministry: How to Re-Ignite Your Passion (Paperback) by Nigel James, Gary Smith
- Seven Ways to Ignite Outrageous Prayer (Paperback) by Carl Brettle, Nigel James
Some of my Sermons
- A Friend Called Grace
- Word and Spirit
- Can We Fix it? Yes We Can?
- I am the Light of the World
- I am the True Vine
- God and the Generations.
- Growing in Grace-Less judgment, more forgiveness, more thankfulness.
- Equipping the Saints-5 fold ministry.
- Led by the Spirit-Paul and Barnabas on Cyprus.
- Unnamed people are vital-the story of Cornelius.
- The Persecuted Church-Stephen the martyr.
- What's the point of Communion?
- Building a healthy future-by putting the right foundations down now.
- Incarnation-short Christmas message.
- Confidence in Uncertain Times.
- Anointed by the Holy Spirit.
- The Holy Spirit-Our director of missions.
- Burden bearers or burden makers?
- Why should I be baptized?
- From the Encounter to the Call.
- Come Over Here And Help Us- The Macedonian Call.
- Rock of Ages.
- People of the Cross- the distinctives of discipleship.
- Samuel-Listen to the Voice of God.
- Kingdom Priorities-Money, Time, and Talents.
- Abraham-Kids, Covenants and Countries.
- Gifted to Lead and Train others.
- Living Tough when things get Rough.
- Ohhhhh!!!!! A small group mentoring!!!! YAY! And loiknog forward to more of your educational videos. You know you are my very favorite artist and I always get so excited when you have new things up your sleeve.
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