PASTOR JOHN COLLINS, EVANGELIST: WHAT SHOULD WE BE PRAYING FOR?
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The best day I ever spent was in continued prayer. It left my spirit lighter, I felt like there
was accomplishment in an otherwise lackluster kind of day, and it just felt
plain good. Prayer isn’t about
asking for yourself, it is part of what Jesus taught to care about
others….prayer for others is what we should be doing because we should do for
others what we want done for us. There
simply isn’t enough prayer, and God does
want to hear from us, from our heart. It
is a relationship that those who were found to be righteous in the eyes of God
had: Abraham, Job, Enoch, Elijah, Mary, Esther,
Daniel, Moses and others….all of these individuals are recorded as having a
full relationship with God
through prayer that pleased God.
Evil in this world is because of our free will, Pastor John Collins
reminds us, just as Jesus taught during His ministry. God
gave us free will, as a good Father, He
allows us to make our own choices in our lives.
He cares that much about us to allow us to choose instead of being
robot-like creatures. Evil is a product
of individuals being selfish, self-serving, desiring power and recognition (Pastor
John Collins, January, 2018).
“If God is so powerful, why does He allow bad things to happen? That is always a question for those who would deny that there is a God and would claim that if there was a God at all then He must not care about us and must not be all good as those who believe in His say. God gave men free will to live and choose to behave as they would have it and for that reason there will always be evil in this world. Evil is just selfish desires and power grabs manifested in this world.” Pastor John Collins, January 2018.
Pastor
John Collins is an evangelist
and the head
pastor of Love
That Cross Ministries and John Collins Ministries. Pastor
John Collins has been involved with revival of faith and hope for
several years since launching a series in Wyoming. Pastor Collins has
traveled across the country, redeeming
the Gospel and
preaching salvation
from his heart
with passion. As an evangelist, Pastor
John Collins is determined to bring as many people back to God as possible, but
first we need to hear the truth
of the Gospel,
not the watered down versions that have become the general template for most
pastors on the pulpit, whether in the public eye through media or a local
community style church. Old style tent
revival preaching is the trademark of Pastor
John Collins, preached with humility and reverence for God
and Jesus
Christ.
Pastor John Collins writes:
“And this is the condemnation, that the light has come into
the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were
evil. For everyone practicing evil hates the light and does not come to the
light, lest his deeds should be exposed. But he who does the truth comes to the
light, that his deeds may be clearly seen, that they have been done in God.”
John 3:19-21 (NKJV).
There is true evil in this world. We can look around and see
it. Many people would like to ignore it, not be bothered by it, not have it
touch their lives and just go about their business. Sometimes evil intrudes and
we are shocked, hurt and want to question if there is a God at all. If God is
so powerful, why does He allow bad things to happen? That is always a question
for those who would deny that there is a God and would claim that if there was
a God at all then He must not care about us and must not be all good as those
who believe in His say. God gave men free will to live and choose to behave as
they would have it and for that reason there will always be evil in this world.
Evil is just selfish desires and power grabs manifested in this world. Evil is
those choosing to lash out at others because of their own hurt. Evil is
defiance and rebellion acted out in order to lift oneself up. Evil is petty and
there will come a time when God chooses to step in and bring about further
revelation to this world.
Some wait for God to act and some want to ignore the signs
but while there is still yet time we should be praying for more light to shine
in the darkness. Prayer is a powerful thing and God wants to hear from us, not
just about our lives, our desires, our sicknesses and needs, our family and
friends but about our hopes and thoughts regarding this world. Do you consider
praying about those who suffer, the abused men, women and children? Do you pray
for the weak? Do you pray that those who protect us are themselves protected?
Do you pray that righteousness would make its way into the government? Do you
pray that foreign nations would be strengthened in food and health to limit the
depletion of your own country? Do you pray that revelation would come from God
that would minimize the desire to blow each other up? There are people whose
only desire is for more power, more money, more weapons and the opportunity to
display it all for the world to see. There is evil in this world because some
only care about themselves and they don’t value life or the gifts that come
with it.
What so many have forgotten, failed to realize or choose to
ignore is that the only true power in this world comes from God alone and all
of the rest is an illusion. God is the one who has all of the strength and He
really does want us to make the best choices available to us and sometimes
people just don’t know what that is. Changing things in this world can start
with hope and prayer. Change does need to come, more light needs to permeate
the dark and more people need to wake up to the reality that things are
changing and we need to change as well. We need more righteousness in this
world, not more rebellion. Pray for that.
“For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten
Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.”
John 3:16 (NKJV).
Love That Cross, Pastor John Collins
Prayer is powerful.
It changes lives. You can believe that.
Pastor
John Collins broadcasts Sunday mornings at 1000 a.m. Mountain Time
on Heaven’s Country Radio with Marty Smith at www.heavenscountry.com. Pastor John Collins’
broadcasts are always on target relating to the issues that we are facing right
now and he preaches it the way we need to hear it. Pastor John Collins
has other recordings, media, interviews, radio programs, blogs, sermons, and YouTube
clips that can be accessed by clicking on the links found within this
blog. If you would like to reach Pastor John Collins,
he can be contacted through his personal email at jc65777@yahoo.com.
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