I WORSHIP AND GIVE ALL PRAISES TO THE ALMIGHTY GLORIOUS GOD, TO THE LORD OF LORDS, AND KING OF KINGS, JESUS CHRIST
I am a great sinner, and God saved me. My name is Fernando Barrientos Rodriguez, TDCJ #02026848 But my family and those closest to me know me as Nano. I am a Hispanic Man, Mexican American and a Man of God. I am a new Creation in Christ. I am a Living Witness to the Grace, Mercy, Miracles, and the Covenant Jesus Christ has for the whole world of sinners who choose to or are called to be SAVED by his Name and Blood. I am a man who has been redeemed and restored by Grace. All praise goes to the Almighty Glorious God, our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. I was once one of the greatest sinners of the world. I was once a Gangster, Mafioso, Monster, 51/50 Criminal. Now I Am a Man of God who serves the Master, the Messiah, the Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Prior to my incarceration, I was a lost soul. Pain, hurt and suffering had me blind. I was scarred by trauma at the young age of 7 by experiencing physical abuse and violence by peers around me, bullying throughout Elementary and Middle School. I was suicidal due to the pain and trauma. The pain turned to rage and the rage turned in to violent acts on my family and innocent people. I grew up fast knowing the world can be dark, cruel and ugly. Early in my childhood I turned to wickedness. I was taught to fend for myself using violence as a defence coping mechanism. I have fought my whole life beginning at my childhood, up until the point I fully surrendered my life to the Lord. I started driving at 12, I started using drugs and selling drugs at the age of 13, I was affiliated with gang and crime activity at the age of 14. I was very selfish in my actions and I didn't value my life growing up. As a teenager I was rebellious, full of hate and dysfunctional. I caused myself, my family and innocent people so much unnecessary pain. God's Wisdom has showed me that I was suffering with mental anguish, depression, and suicidal tendencies. By not knowing how to express this negativity to my family or people who could of helped me, I was fighting mental health problems by suppressing these feelings and emotions due to traumatic experiences I went through as a kid. I was once a man who was lost to depression, anger, selfishness, and hurting others. I do not blame anyone for my trails, failures, or mistakes. I take full responsibility for all of my actions. Looking back at my past from my childhood until now, I realize now that God has been protecting me and granting me his Grace and Mercy. The Lord has transformed my life for his Glory! The devils attempts at my life happened to me for God's Glory! My story is His Story. The Holy Spirit guided me to understand that the pain, the trauma, my failures and mistakes are opportunities for his Glory. All the best testimonies are born in the messiest messes for him to come claim and clean with His Blood. The dark, cruel and ugly experiences of life are illuminated with and by his Light and gorgeous Glory of goodness and Grace. When I finally submitted my life to Jesus Christ on January 13, 2023 the one true Living God, my life was transformed and given true purpose. When I submitted and finally accepted Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior, He through the Holy Spirit guided me and helped me become the Man of God I am today. I consider every day a Blessing and a Miracle that I am still alive. I repent for my sins. On November 2023, I was baptized to the Christian Faith by the Holy Spirit, Mr.Wayne Edson, and the Gateway Church. This experience changed my life. This experience has changed the trajectory of my way of thinking and living. It has taken me 29 years of my life to finally submit and surrender my all to Christ but God never makes mistakes nor will he ever leave nor forsake anyone. I started taking the initiative to make the changes necessary to become a Man of God and to become a new Creation in Christ. I finally understand God's Grace.
God has granted me Favor and Blessings my whole life. I was blind due to pain and trauma but I thank God for his Grace and Mercy! I have transitioned my thinking process and my actions have been a work in progress. I received my G.E.D. in 2016 I was granted the Valedictorian student at the ceremony, I have received several Christian Faith certificates. I work on my Character Development to become the man God intends me to be. I read the Word of God every day now. My relationship with Christ is one of a kind. I have created a brand / company called G.M.M.C which stands for "God's Master Mind Coalition". It is an idea I have that will be a Personal Development program that I will create to help youth and people understand the Word of God, also how to learn about money as a resource to be used to invest, save and spend wisely using biblical Kingdom Principles. I will become a Lifestyle Entrepreneur. (All in God's time of course). I know God is Real because he has showed me his Grace and Mercy through my family and believers in Christ who have poured their love and compassion on me. My family, the believers of Christ and the Gateway Church members have been the greatest Blessing in my life. I thank God every day for redeeming me and restoring my sanity and peace. I was transformed and given true purpose. I am becoming a Godly and disciplined man and thanks to God's Spirit I am becoming all he intends me to become. I have made amends with my past and my sins. I have learned to forgive all the people who ever hurt me as well. Thanks to the Word of God and the great Man of God I've met along the way and the Gateway church members I have learned to live by Faith in God's Grace. I will continue to Live by Faith in Christ and through the Holy Spirit. I have made great goals, I will remain committed and focused in accomplishing my goals. I will continue to grow in Faith through the Holy Bible Scriptures. I live to inspire people to receive the free gift of Salvation in Christ and the Sanctification of the Holy Spirit. I aspire to become the best man I can be. My goals in life is to become a successful businessman, a Lifestyle Entrepreneur, an Author, to become a man who will one day have a great Godly wife and to one day create my first child but my life's calling is to speak the Good news of the Gospel. God is the Master, the Messiah, the Creator who is a Graceful and Merciful God. Jesus Christ redeems and saves our Spirit to inherit eternal life. To the person who reads this, I pray that the Lord grants you Favor and Blesses you and your family for thousands of generations to come, in the name of Jesus Christ. Thank you for taking the time to read this. The greatest is yet to come not only for me but for the whole existence of Life. God's Kingdom is within us all. The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand. To God's Magnificent Majestic Creation, keep on shining bright on Earth as you are in the Glory of the Kingdom of Heaven and all praises go to God, Master, Messiah, Creator
Fernando Rodriguez Barrientos
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