Pastor John Collins, Redeeming the Gospel

Pastor John Collins: our resilient spirit How many of us have not felt despair asks Pastor John Collins of John Collins Ministries? Things happen in this life we live here that are sad, dark, scary, ugly and leave us feeling like we want to curl into a fetal position and just stay there.   That darkness is of Satan and it is meant for us to be separated from God who loves us.   It gives that evil being pleasure to know he can torture God’s creations.   We know pain because it’s part of this world, says Pastor John Collins.    So many of us do not know how to handle the pain because society has driven God from church, family, and home.   There is an epidemic of narcotic and opioid use that is out of control.   Alcoholism destroys families and individuals.   The agony of this life is overwhelming at times and we simply are at a loss to understand how to cope.   Pastor John Collins reminds us: the answer is faith.   Believing in something that we cannot see

PASTOR JOHN COLLINS REDEEMING THE GOSPEL, JOHN COLLINS MINISTRIES: Faith is believing without seeing, acting on belief without being able to put your eyes or hands on something viable.   Faith in God and belief in the words of the Bible and the stories within it are difficult because the world that we live in screams at us that it can’t possibly be truth, that there is no evidence.   There is evidence available to us every day, in the survival of trauma victims, in the healing of wounds, in the birth of a child, in receiving something that was needed but not know how it could possibly happen.   We don’t recognize the evidence now, any more than those people who have lived before us thousands of years ago. Pastor John Collins , evangelist and head pastor of John Collins Ministries and Love That Cross Ministries , has brought revival through his sermons and preaching around the country for many years.   His style of preaching  makes the Word of God and the life of Jesus and

Pastor John   Collins writes: “ ‘Now My soul is troubled, and what shall I say? ‘Father, save Me from this hour’? But for this purpose I came to this hour. ‘Father, glorify Your name.’ Then a voice came from heaven, saying, ‘I have both glorified it and will glorify it again.’ Therefore the people who stood by and heard it said that it had thundered. Others said, ‘An angel has spoken to Him.’ Jesus answered and said, ‘This voice did not come because of Me, but for your sake.’” John 12:27-30 (NKJV). Jesus grew up knowing the duty and responsibilities that He had been given. He knew what would come and He lived with an awareness of what was to be gained. He did not live with His own needs and wants but with those of His Father’s. Jesus was driven to give as He had always seen God give. It is so clear that Jesus wanted those He encountered to understand the gifts that came from the Father. He wanted them to know that God was reaching out to them. He often pointed out that cert

Pastor John Collins: “The truth does lie inside of you and it is accessible to you.”~ Pastor John Collins.  Have you ever felt that there is a space inside of you that needs to be filled?   Do you search for something to fill that void?   We are created with the need for God.   The space that we feel is our soul reaching for God.   Pastor John Collins , evangelist and pastor of Love That Cross Ministries , posts daily devotionals that speak to our souls.   God created us, created that drive in us to need Him .   Our world is methodically erasing the “ foundation of faith ” ( Pastor John Collins , 2018) that is necessary for hope and trust in God .   Society has so much evil , so much negative , it’s difficult to peel away from the world because it clings to us like a skin that we can’t shed .   It’s taking us away from God and the acceptance of sin as normal drives us further from God .   What do you look forward to when you wake up in the mornin

PASTOR JOHN COLLINS WRITES: “It is written in the prophets, ‘And they shall all be taught by God.’   Therefore everyone who has heard and learned from the Father comes to Me.”   John 6:45 (NKJV). The teachings of Jesus were insightful and revealed the heart of the law .   He came with miracles and truth and compassion and mercy .   He came with clarity and sadness for the people.   It is sad to see people refuse to get right with God , to see people rebel in their hearts and choose their own will over God’s will . It is sad to watch people choose to be sinners and choose to harm others to lift themselves up .   Believe me, there is still plenty today for Jesus to weep over . Our world is filled with people choosing to self-govern and claim rational thought for themselves and believing that there is no God , that their own moral code will sustain them and see them through this life and that there is no cause to concern themselves with an eternal l

PASTOR JOHN COLLINS: RESIST PRIDE “Then a dispute arose among them as to which of them would be greatest. And Jesus, perceiving the thought of their heart, took a little child and set him by Him, and said to them, ‘Whoever receives this little child in My name receives Me; and whoever receives Me receives Him who sent Me. For he who is least among you all will be great.’” Luke 9:46-48 (NKJV). Who is worthy to be lifted up? How does God choose those that He would separate and use for His purposes? He chose Abraham and Abraham was considered a friend of God’s . He chose David and David was a man after God’s own heart . He sent His Son who died for us all.   Even those who walked with Jesus thought of themselves and the impact that they would have on this world. This is so wonderful to know that the human instinct to desire to rise above and be great was felt in those men who walked with Christ . This allows us to recognize this in ourselves and work to overcome that

PASTOR JOHN COLLINS: HOPE TODAY As we read the headlines and listen to the newscasts and media speculate and sensationalize the hate, discord, unhappiness, and lies that are so prevalent in the world today: from ISIS, to school shootings, North Korea, nuclear weapons, natural disasters and the like, we as a whole tend to feel that there is no hope.   It seems that God is not there or He has forgotten us, His promises, and that Jesus may very well just be a good story about a guy who was pretty charismatic and stirred up the hearts of people, only to upset the politicians of the day and get Himself “killed”.   This is not so.   God truly is at work among us. King Solomon recognized the hopelessness of mankind when he became the Preacher in Ecclesiastes and wrote about the pointlessness (vanity) of man’s struggle without the wisdom of faith in God .   We are much the same in our world right now.   King David , Solomon’s father, recognized this as well, and wrote about