{"id":365,"date":"2019-10-16T14:01:03","date_gmt":"2019-10-16T14:01:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/myhoperadio.com\/?page_id=365"},"modified":"2019-10-16T14:01:22","modified_gmt":"2019-10-16T14:01:22","slug":"deborah-a-jones","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/myhoperadio.com\/deborah-a-jones\/","title":{"rendered":"Deborah A. Jones"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tell us a little about your family.<\/strong>
\nI have one sister and two brothers. I have three kids, James, Savina, and Erricks, and six grandkids!\u00a0\u00a0 I had wonderful parents but both are now deceased.Describe your spiritual journey.<\/strong><\/p>\n

One Wednesday night I was drinking really heavily and on my way to the Kroger\u2019s store in Dayton, Ohio, to steal some more Wild Irish Rose wine.\u00a0 I ran into a lady and her sister who gave me a tract.\u00a0 I couldn\u2019t sleep all that night\u2014I kept drinking but I could not get drunk.\u00a0 So the next night, Thursday, I made arrangements so I could go to the church listed on the tract.\u00a0 That Thursday night, I got baptized in Jesus\u2019 name and received the Holy Spirit, and it changed my whole life.\u00a0 God saved me\u2026a drunk!\u00a0 Can you believe it?\u00a0 I live an overcoming life every day!<\/p>\n

What is a favorite passage of Scripture in the Bible?<\/strong>
\nMy favorite passage of Scripture is Jeremiah 29:11: \u201cFor I know the plans I have for you declare the Lord. Plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.\u201d (KJV)<\/p>\n

What is your music background?<\/strong>
\nI started singing when I was very young\u2014I loved to sing.\u00a0 Church songs were always my musical background and I love choirs.\u00a0 My favorite singers have always been the Clark Sisters since I was a teenager.\u00a0 Their music ministered to me in good times and bad!<\/p>\n

Describe the nature of your ministry.<\/strong>
\nI travel out of town to churches or groups\u2014wherever I am invited where people will listen to my testimony.\u00a0 I speak at ladies\u2019 groups, churches, prisons, schools, and half-way houses.\u00a0 I love to evangelize and sing.\u00a0 I have a testimony because I\u2019ve certainly been blessed, I assure you!<\/p>\n

What is one of your favorite songs to sing? Why is it a favorite?<\/strong>
\nMy favorite song to sing is \u201cLord Keep My spirit Right\u201d because there was a time in my life when a man named Mark Rentzel informed me that was what I needed to help God help me do.\u00a0 My spirit was not right when he told me that.\u00a0 (The song, which was written by Pam Rentzel, is a direct result of that conversation.)\u00a0 Another song I love is \u201cJesus I\u2019ll Never Forget What You\u2019ve Done for Me, Jesus I\u2019ll never forget how you set me free.\u201d\u00a0 That song is a favorite because that\u2019s exactly what the Lord did and I can\u2019t forget it!<\/p>\n

What is the best advise you have been given?<\/strong>
\nThe best advice I have been given was from Pastor Charles Shearer from Mobile, Alabama (Saraland).\u00a0 \u201cDon\u2019t pull your sins back out from the blood of Jesus\u2014keep them under the blood!\u201d<\/p>\n

If you had the attention of the world what would you say?<\/strong>
\nJesus lives and He is the best thing that has ever happened to me!<\/p>\n

Any loves other than music?<\/strong>
\nI love to speak to women who have been through the same things I have been through\u2014victims of abuse, rape, and alcoholism\u2014so I can tell them \u201cIt\u2019s gonna be all right and with God you can come out of this!\u201d\u00a0 I like to go to girls\u2019 prisons to catch them with this message while they are still young.\u00a0 I tell them about Jesus so they won\u2019t make the same mistakes I fell into.\u00a0 I encourage them to choose life!<\/p>\n

What are five things you can\u2019t live without?<\/strong>
\n(1) Jesus (2) My momma\u2019s Bible\u2014out of which I study and preach! (3) A song (4) I want to say fried chicken, but I\u2019m gonna have to stay away from that in order to be healthy! (smile) (5) Hugs!<\/p>\n

Who do you want to send a \u2018shout out\u2019 to?<\/strong>
\nI would like to send a shout out to my three children, James, Savina,\u00a0 and Erricks, and to Pastor Charles and Sister Judy Shearer who I will forever adore.\u00a0 My baby brother, James, who is taking excellent care of me since I got so sick and am waiting on my healing.\u00a0 My brother, Marlon, the strong patriarch of my family, and my sister Brenda.\u00a0 Of course, I want to give a shout out to Pam Rentzel, my \u201csista\u201d for life and her husband Mark, the greatest teacher that ever lived!\u00a0 Also I want to include Brother and Sister Robert Kayuha who have really been a stabilizing force in my life!\u00a0\u00a0 Thanks to all of you!<\/p>\n

Where can we listen, purchase, and connect with you?<\/strong>
\nYou can listen to me on MyHopeRadio.com<\/em>, and purchase my CD from pentecostalpublishing.com<\/em>. Also you can order my book \u201cFrom the Guttermost to the Uttermost\u201d and CD at pentecostalmusicians.com<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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