PASTOR JOHN COLLINS, DAILY DEVOTIONAL: GOD DID THAT

PASTOR JOHN COLLINS, EVANGELIST: TAKE A MOMENT AND KNOW GOD

Do you take the time each day to look around and marvel at the world around us?  Mountains, trees, animals, lakes, skies filled with billowing clouds, birds of every color, the tiny whisker of a mouse, flowers that smell wonderful and are of every color, shape, and size, the freshness of children at play, fish swimming….these are too numerous to list.  God did that.  God gave life, at the beginning of creation, and again each and every time there is birth. God did that.  To witness the birth of a child, you need to marvel at the conception, the growth of those two small cells to develop into a human being with a soul.  God did that.  It may seem like these are everyday things, they are not, and in fact, we’ve become removed from the origination of all these marvelous things just as we have become removed from God and His Son, Jesus Christ, who was sent as a sacrifice to redeem us from sin.  God didn’t do that, we did the removing.

Pastor John Collins (January, 2018) ~ “When your days are busy and you are overwhelmed you can take a moment to be still and know God. The miracles of life are too many to list and human life is precious. We stand in awe of God for bringing about His plan for redemption for us all while at the same time we need to be able to stand in gratefulness of the gift of life that we have been given and to never take for granted those whom we love because they too are a gift from God and yes, God did that.”

Pastor John Collins is a world known evangelist and the head pastor of Love That Cross Ministries, Love That Cross Revival, and Pastor John Collins’ Ministries.  Pastor John Collins’ style of preaching is reminiscent of Billy Graham, making the Gospel simple to understand and reaching into the hearts of those who hear Pastor John Collins.  Pastor John Collins is redeeming the Gospel of Jesus Christ for us:  the Word has become watered down and filled with the interpretations and changes made by humans and the hope and salvation found within the teachings of Jesus Christ are being lost.  Pastor John Collins does not preach what we want to hear, he preaches the truth and what he says is often not comfortable for us to absorb.  Pastor John Collins would rather have people not like him for what he says than to be loved and tell people what they want to hear.  Pastor John Collins is bringing that hope and bringing God back into our lives.  It is our salvation and our souls that Pastor John Collins strives to influence.  While in a way arrogant for God, Pastor John Collins is humble as Reverend David Wilkerson.

Pastor John Collins writes:

“Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a Son, and shall call His name Immanuel.” Isaiah 7:14 (NKJV).

The birth of Jesus was a miraculous thing, a glorious sign and wonderful blessing. Mary was chosen to carry the Son of God and to be gifted with calling Him her son. What a privilege to be given and what a great responsibility. How the heavens rejoiced at the coming of the Lord. God is so full of love that He chose to display His power humbly and to give His love freely. There is so much for us to learn from the birth and life of Christ, from His death and Resurrection and there is so much hope to be placed upon Him. There is strength in humility and there is power in recognizing the infinite greatness of God and in knowing that you can have a clear perspective on your own life and the wonder of it all.

The gift of life is precious and should never be taken for granted. Sarah was barren until her old age when she received the promise of God and gave birth to Isaac. Hannah was barren and mocked and had to endure spiteful pity but she believed and prayed and waited and she was given Samuel and then many more children. Elizabeth was barren but faithful and was given a miracle birth as well by being allowed to be a mother to John the Baptist. The gift of life is not only precious and miraculous when it brings into this world a child that will alter the trajectory of human existence but every child born is amazing. God made it possible for women to carry children and birth them and the physical body is a miracle in itself and God did that. The human brain is complex and the human spirit has depths that should amaze us all and God did that. You can look at a baby and know that God is good and that you are blessed to be a witness and participant in this thing called life.

When your days are busy and you are overwhelmed you can take a moment to be still and know God. The miracles of life are too many to list and human life is precious. We stand in awe of God for bringing about His plan for redemption for us all while at the same time we need to be able to stand in gratefulness of the gift of life that we have been given and to never take for granted those whom we love because they too are a gift from God and yes, God did that.

“And in that day you will say: ‘O Lord, I will praise You; Though You were angry with me, Your anger is turned away, and You comfort me. Behold, God is my salvation, I will trust and not be afraid; ‘For Yah, the Lord, is my strength and song; He also has become my salvation.’” Isaiah 12:1-2 (NKJV).

LOVE THAT CROSS PASTOR JOHN COLLINS

Pastor John Collins can be heard live during the 1000 a.m. hour, Mountain Time, on Heaven’s Country Radio with Marty Smith.  Other recordings, writings, blogs, radio programs and more can be found by clicking on the links within this post.