September 5, 2021

While there is nothing apocalyptic about the new 666 laws that went into effect on September 1, 2021, there does appear to be a degree of evil in the origin of some of them.  Take for an example, the law that allow anyone twenty-one years of age or older, with no criminal record, the right to possess a handgun with no license and no training.  That, my dear friends, is absolute madness.  The wise man said it well:  “When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.” (Proverbs 29:2)

Good government is the responsibility of us all. Now, more than ever we must vote.  Do not allow any impediments prevent you from exercising this sacred right.  God has a way of turning things around.  You must remember Joseph, how he treated his brothers kindly.  The experiences in Joseph’s life taught him that God brings good from evil for those who trust Him.

Do you trust God enough to wait patiently for Him to bring good from the bad that happens to you?  You can trust Him because, as Joseph learned God can transform evil into good, please take note of what Joseph says to his brothers: “And Joseph said unto them, fear not: for am I in the place of God?  But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.”  (Genesis 50:19-20)

Be encouraged,

Pastor J. Amos Jones

August 29,2021

The surveys taken on Sunday mornings reveal that approximately 84% of the adults attending morning worship services have been fully vaccinated for COVID-19.  That my brothers and sisters is really good and to God be the glory.  Now, after having said that, there is still 16% of those in attendance that have not received their COVID-19 injection.  It is to that 16% that we appeal.  For your health and wellbeing and for that of your family and friends, please get vaccinated!  Whatever reservations you might have about being vaccinated, please consider that this has become a pandemic of the unvaccinated.

We have available the where-withal to bring this pandemic under control, however, the unvaccinated person must overcome whatever impediment that prevents a needle in the arm.  How apropos are the words of Hosea 4:6a: “My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge:”.  For one to attain knowledge there must be an acquisition of information.  Listen to the health reports and ask the Holy Spirit to guide you into all truth.  He has been tasked to guide us unto all truth (John 16:13).

According to the state health department, as of Tuesday, August 24^th, the percentage of eligible people who are fully vaccinated stands at 55.7 percent for the state of Texas.  Dear People, we can beat this pandemic.  Get your injection.

Pastor  J. Amos Jones

August 22, 2021

The following is a reprint of a previous “From the Pastor’s Desk” article.  We believe you will find it helpful.

“All we have to fear is fear itself” (Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 32^nd President of the U.S.A).  How right President Roosevelt was then, and how true that statement is today.  For many, and that includes some believers, the fear of the coronavirus has literally petrified them and they are incapable of acting in a reasonable or expected manner.  Fear has traumatized them.

How many times in scripture does the Lord Jesus tell His followers to “fear not”? Answer:  Enough for us to get the message.  “For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind (wisdom)” (2 Timothy 1:7).  Paul mentions here 3 characteristics of the believer that will help us overcome our fear of the coronavirus or any other malady: Power, love, and a sound mind (wisdom).  These are available to the believer  because the Holy Spirit resides in us.  Fear, my brothers and sisters, is a negative faith.  Fear says the worst is going to happen, while faith says God has everything under control.  Faith says: “For He will save you from the trap of the fowler, and from the deadly pestilence.  He will cover you and completely protect you with His pinions and under His wings you will find refuge; His faithfulness is a shield and a wall “(Psalm 91:3-4 AMP).  Know this, fear questions God’s word and the God of the word.  “So faith comes from hearing [what is told], and what is heard comes by the [preaching of the] message concerning Christ (Romans 10:17 AMP).

Dear Ones, all we have to fear is fear itself.

Pastor J. Amos Jones

February 7, 2021

Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, “What are you doing for others?”  (Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.).   It is this Pastor’s desire and prayer that out of Black History month will come the sense of community and the knowledge that the living God is with us and that it is He that has delivered us.  Dr. King’s life and work as a national leader of the Civil Rights Movement was geared to improving the lot of all people—irrespective of race, creed, or heritage.  He envisioned a world where we will all enjoy the blessings of freedom, hope, and justice.  Dr. King’s dream has not as yet been fully realized, however, we praise God for the great improvements that have been made.  We are all aware of the significant contributions to our community made by Dr. King, but the question each of us must answer is this:  “What am I doing for other?”

Dear ones, we share a common destiny.  God has richly blessed all of us.  We need only look to where the Lord has brought us from.  I must remind you that we are blessed to be a blessing.  God gives to each of us according to our individual abilities.  Having said that, we all have something to contribute to the betterment of our society.  Please know this, you can have what you want, if you help others get what they want.  There is still much to be done to address the helplessness, the hopelessness, the futility that is the breeding ground for Black-on-Black crime.  We will not find the answer to this country’s ills in the political arena, even with a black Vice President, but the answers are in the purview of the living God who is “among us”.  Listen to the Apostle Paul:  “I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.”  So can we.  Let’s get busy.

Pastor J. Amos Jones

January 31, 2021

Time is something that we all know about. But it is hard to tell exactly what time is.  Time is one of the factors that help us describe and locate any given event.  We say, for example, “On last Sunday we celebrated Sunday School Appreciation Day”.  We also ask, “What time do you have?” or with exasperation we might exclaim, “I don’t have time for this!”  In the natural, we might say that time is one of the dimensions of the physical universe in which we live.  May I remind you, man is a spirit that lives in a body, who possesses a soul?  With that said, then the above definition cannot be complete in the spiritual realm, time is a commodity in the commerce of the Kingdom of God.  It is the period between two eternities.  Time emanates from God, who sits outside of time and in His sovereignty, orchestrates time.  The wise man Solomon tells us in the book of Ecclesiastes, chapter number three, there is a time for everything:  A time to be born, to die; to plant, to pluck up; to kill, to heal; to break down, to build up; to weep, to laugh; and the wise man continues through the weary round of life to illustrate that to everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven.

Everything is appropriate in its own time.  Although God has planted eternity in the hearts of men, even so, man cannot see the whole scope of God’s work from beginning to end.  Let’s examine time as the commodity of commerce in the kingdom “But when the fullness of the time was come God sent forth His son, made of a woman, made under the law, To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons” (Gal. 4:4-5).  In eternity past, the God of the universe had you (and me) on His mind.  Hear the Prophet Hosea: “Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy: break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek the Lord, till He come and rain righteousness upon you.” (Hosea 10:12).  It’s time to live right, it’s time to act right, and it’s time to seek the Lord in every area of our lives.  (In all thy ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct thy paths.)

Question:  Are you aware of the time?  Hear the Apostle Paul: “the time is short” (1 Cor 7:29). “And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed (Romans 13:11).  Dear ones, it is time to wake up and let the church be the church.  Be blessed as we spend our time wisely.

Pastor J. Amos Jones