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My book, Walking Out of Poverty, has been a long time in writing. As you read my story, you will understand my objectives. I was born out of American slavery. I have been down in the valley for a long time, but today I am on the mountaintop. I have completed my book.
My book tells stories of my learned knowledge, my thoughts, and my trying and experiences in life. This was a God-given task from the start. I wanted to share my valuable lessons learned in life with others. I want them to be beneficial to others. I went back to school and got my bachelor’s degree in theology. I learned of a new walk of life. For we have many godly promises and the gift of salvation.
We have a divine right to the riches of life. We have a right to be on the other side of poverty. We can have the things that we need or want. We must learn how to accomplish our objectives. Then we will reach a level of success and fulfillment.

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Santé et bien-être

Développement personnel

développement personnel

Salut (religion)

Salvation

Self-help

Inspirational

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Publié par	Xlibris US
Date de parution	28 juillet 2023
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9798369403662
Langue	English

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WALKING OUT of POVERTY

BISHOP AL JONES

Copyright © 2023 by Bishop Al Jones.
Library of Congress Control Number:
2023913722
ISBN:
Hardcover
979-8-3694-0368-6

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979-8-3694-0367-9

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979-8-3694-0366-2

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A STATEMENT TO STAND ON
The longest mile is accomplished by taking the first step.
—Harry Mayo, June 22, 2012
CONTENTS
Preface
Introduction

Chapter 1 The Early Years
Chapter 2 Life in the Big City
Chapter 3 You’re in the Army Now
Chapter 4 Life in Real Estate
Chapter 5 Accepting the Call of God
Chapter 6 G&A Developers
Chapter 7 Learning Life’s Lessons
Chapter 8 You Don’t Trust God Enough
Chapter 9 Learning the Word of God
Chapter 10 The Names Of Christ
Chapter 11 Toastmasters Is a Must
Chapter 12 Salvation Is Yours
Chapter 13 Sermons Preached and Practiced
Chapter 14 Go Deep, Be Quiet, and Pray
Chapter 15 My Bridge over Troubled Waters

Conclusion
PREFACE
My story of walking out of poverty is a true American story—a story of both faith and salvation. My vision of the process of walking, of taking the necessary steps to accomplish my objectives, was all that I wanted. The word poverty paints a picture of not having enough of what you want when you want it or not having capital when you want it or when you need it. The biggest symbol of being out of poverty is when you can experience and live your desired choices in life.
The idea for my book came to me on a day of continuous trials and immense struggle. At the time, I was a full-time licensed real estate agent actively involved in the business in Los Angeles, California. In real estate sales, the agent is required to go out to list and sell the residential, commercial, or vacant land properties they find. To create a listing is to forge an agreement between the owner of the real property, the seller, and the real estate agent. To do that, the agent must secure buyers for the subject properties based on the terms and conditions described in the agreement, and the agent will get paid a fee or sales commission check.
After a day of working, trying, and getting nowhere, I had returned home at noon for a few minutes’ lunch break. While preparing to continue with the rest of my day and in my emptiness, I sat down and turned on the TV. Then I heard the song by Kenny Rodgers called “The Gambler.” It was a song of advice to a gambler saying, “You got to know when to hold them; you got to know when to fold them, and never count your money at the table.”
From this thought, from these words, from this advice, I got the vision of walking from my home in Gardena to the ocean. I would be walking and knocking on every door in sight, believing that I would get enough new listings, sales, or any real estate business to reach a level of success. So I did some walking, and I did reach a level of some success.
In my planning after reading the book The Law of Success by Napoleon Hill, I made up my mind that I was going to earn $50,000 each year. In my first year of real estate sales, it didn’t happen; I didn’t even get close. A few years later when I got to REMAX Cashier Realty in Carson, for the first time, I earned over $100,000. As time went on, I learned better how to accomplish my objectives—how not to work harder but smarter.
Today I have learned and believe that it all was for the best. I call it a purifying process. Through all my trying, failures, and downfalls, I have gained the ultimate knowledge of the world, and I am a better man. One thing I’ve learned is how to go across the river—in other words, how to get the job done, how to make it in life, and how to accomplish my objectives.
In my steps going forward to get the things that I needed or wanted, I came to be a better person. It all led to my faith becoming stronger.
In some of my recent experiences and accomplishments, I know that God has been with me and that I have walked out of poverty spiritually and financially. I have learned valuable lessons—valuable lessons I want to transform into a message to benefit others. I want to help them too to reach a level of success.
INTRODUCTION
I started writing my book a long time ago. I was a young man then, but as time passed, I had become old. In 1976, when the idea first came to me to write a book called Walking Out of Poverty , the vision was clear. I wanted to tell my story of how I accomplished my objectives. My decision was to try to live on the other side of poverty. The wants and needs of my daily walk were quite demanding, and I knew that the taste of life in this world could be sweet.
After deciding to write a book, I always wanted to share my stories so that they may benefit someone else. Walking out of poverty is a theory of entering into a place of rest and security and the ultimate level of provisions for life. It’s when you reach your desired level of success or fulfillment. In a common sense of thinking, being out of poverty is when you have cash money in your hand and some in the bank.
I am out of poverty in a mindful sense through faith in the power of God. Over the last forty-three years, I was writing little notes, letters, and passages to put in my book. These notes were beneficial nuggets to be used to help someone on their way. In the old days, it was said, “Forty years of wilderness wandering,” but today I can say, “Forty-three years of wilderness trying and learning.” I have been down in the valley; today I am on the mountaintop.
Now through my writing, I must tell you of one of my most valuable lessons learned. It is to know that patience is a virtue of success. One definition of patience is long-suffering or enduring, continuing even in the face of difficulties. Sometimes while wanting and working to reach your desired level of success, you will need to be patient. So as I share my beneficial and valuable lessons learned with you, again, I say to you, “Patience is a virtue of success.”
If in your daily walk on life’s journey “you go to the front door and can’t get in, go on around to the back door, because when you get to the table, the food will taste just as good.” Being out of poverty comes when you are at peace in the process of trying. So embark with me on this walk out of poverty, allowing me to share a few of my experiences, my learned knowledge, as we head toward success.
CHAPTER 1
THE EARLY YEARS
My Story: The Beginning of Life
I was born to my mother, Willie Ella Jones, with a twin brother in rural Mississippi, and my mother with her nurse named us Albert and Alford. It seemed like I could remember that day when my father, Howard Jones, and his family were set to go forward together. As time passed on, I was small and seemingly down low, and I could feel the presence of others. I later learned that there were three or four little girls a few years older than me, and they were our sisters. We were a large family and growing.
The house was small, and the floors were hard. This house, our home, was located just above the edge of the wood line at the end of a cotton field. This was farmland for cotton and corn. Later, my father moved his family straight north about a quarter of a mile on the same small dirt road. The new house was larger with more space for work and play. It was a space for living and sharing with the family.
Our new home had three bedrooms, a hall, and a kitchen. This was so much better for our large, growing family. This was home for Mom and Dad and their twelve children. Father and Mother’s room was sometimes used like the family room. They had a big heater sitting out in the middle of the floor, so it was always a good place to get warm.
Many lessons, stories, and experiences happened while sitting around the heater in the wintertime. We had a large lot for the cows and hogs. Our corncrib and stable was on the north side of the lot. The large, valuable vegetable garden was on the north side of the adjoining lot. We lived at a small intersection where two dirt roads met. A small drainage ditch went off to the west side of the cornfields.
My grandfather Hilton Jones (Paw) and grandmom Bee lived just east of our house. It was almost within hollering distance. Just over from them were Uncle Sherman and Aunt Clyde. Over from them were Uncle William and Cousin Fannie. The Jones family lived on the Hays Brothers and Hall Plantation, a family of sharecroppers. The sharecropping system was an agreement between the parties. The owner of the land allowed us, the workers, to share in the return of what