PASTOR JOHN COLLINS DAILY DEVOTIONALS: HOW TO BECOME CHRISTIAN

PASTOR JOHN COLLINS, LOVE THAT CROSS:  BECOMING CHRISTIAN

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What does it mean when we choose to accept the salvation of Jesus Christ, seek sincere forgiveness, and become Christian?  What do we need to do become good Christians?  Simply saying that we believe in God, that we believe in Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior is not enough.  There is work to be done, preaches Pastor John Collins of Love That Cross Ministries.  Asking Jesus to come into your life is the first step.  From that point onward, our journey is lifelong.  Paul turned his life around in an instant, and yes, that is possible:  for Paul and most of us it is a struggle and a journey that we must work on every day.  What we were taught, what we believe, our habits, our thoughts will poison our heart and keep us from becoming righteous.  It is a process of choosing to do things differently.  Where do we find how to do this?  The Holy Bible.  That book is the blueprint on how to live, how to act, how to become a Christian.  Everything we do can be measured by what is in the Holy Bible.  If you attend a church that does not encourage you to get into the Holy Bible, it’s likely time to change churches.  If the sermons you hear don’t help you let go of who you were and help you to become a better Christian, then it is likely time to find another source.  The whole pivot point of becoming a Christian is seeking Jesus Christ, every day, so that you can work on the salvation of your soul.  Your eternal life and where you spend that eternity depends upon it. 

“God wants to see us make the effort to choose His ways over our ways. That is why we are not given perfection and complete faith immediately upon belief. We must choose to work for what we want. That is how we show God and Jesus when we are tested that we want them above all. This is why it is so important to be open to finding our faults, open to repentance and open to growing as a Christian. Nothing of value in life will come without effort. We must choose what we are willing to make an effort for in our lives.” ~ Pastor John Collins, March 2018.

Pastor John Collins is a nationally and world known evangelist and the head pastor of Love That Cross Ministries and John Collins Ministries.  Pastor John Collins has been spreading revival of the Word of Jesus Christ for many years, beginning with a fresh approach to redeeming the Gospel in Wyoming.  Pastor John Collins speaks the truth when he preaches, and he has a way of reaching into our hearts and making us feel what we need to do to change ourselves.  Pastor John Collins makes the Gospel easy to understand, very much like the late Reverend Billy Graham, with the humility of the late Reverend David Wilkerson. 

In daily devotionals, Pastor John Collins writes:

“Not that I have already attained, or am already perfected; but I press on, that I may lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus has also laid hold of me.  Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead.  I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.  Therefore let us, as many as are mature, have this mind; and if in anything you think otherwise, God will reveal even this to you.” Philippians 3:12-15 (NKJV).

Following Jesus is work and not easy work because it calls for self-sacrifice and self- honesty and self-awareness. We must be willing to look within ourselves and see the truth. We must be willing to let go of what needs to be let go of and to make the continuous effort to seek righteousness in all that we do.

How do we do this? What needs to happen for us to be good Christians? When you first believe and ask for forgiveness, if you are sincere, you are forgiven. But that does not mean that you have obtained righteousness. There is work to be done. Your past beliefs, habits and mentality will continue to poison your heart. You need to learn to see things differently and to react to things differently and to choose to act differently. Just because you choose Jesus will not make lust disappear from your heart immediately if you are a very lustful person. You must recognize that lust is not right and make the effort to change the way you feel about looking at what is desirable to you. It will take practice and in time through effort your thoughts will grow to become less lustful and your heart will respond by not being filled with lust when you see that object of desire.

God wants to see us make the effort to choose His ways over our ways. That is why we are not given perfection and complete faith immediately upon belief. We must choose to work for what we want. That is how we show God and Jesus when we are tested that we want them above all. This is why it is so important to be open to finding our faults, open to repentance and open to growing as a Christian. Nothing of value in life will come without effort. We must choose what we are willing to make an effort for in our lives.

Let us be open to allowing God to show us what needs to be let go of inside of us. Let us be willing to find what we need to repent for and to find within ourselves the genuine ability to see things as God does so that change does come for us and it stays once we have obtained it.

It is not easy to look in the mirror and it is very easy to deny what we hear from others as just judgmental nonsense. Be willing to accept that there is a need for repentance inside of you and be willing to accept the need for change. Be willing to work for the salvation of your soul knowing that you have the best champion in your corner, our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

“I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.” Philippians 4:13 (NKJV).

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Pastor John Collins can be heard live every Sunday morning on Heaven’s Country Radio with Marty Smith at www.heavenscountry.com, at 1000 a.m. Mountain time.  Other sermons, recordings, interviews, and blogs by Pastor John Collins can be viewed by clicking on the backlinks found within this blog.  Pastor John Collins can be reached personally through his email at jc65777@yahoo.com for prayer, hope, and encouragement.  Pastor John Collins says it best, he is in it to win it for God.

PASTOR JOHN COLLINS, DAILY DEVOTIONALS: FEAR

PASTOR JOHN COLLINS DAILY THOUGHT:  TRUST IN GOD OR TRUST IN YOURSELF~ FACING FEAR

Fear is a liar.  Those are lyrics in a song by Zach Williams, and those words ring true.  Fear is of Satan and it is fear that drives so much of the bad things that are happening in our world today.  Fear is what keeps us from being the good neighbor that Jesus Christ taught us to be, it keeps us from reaching across cultural barriers, gender barriers, racial barriers, and poverty barriers of the homeless and ostracized. “Fear not” is in the Bible 365 times.  God’s promises teach us to be strong and confident; the saying is “God’s got this”, if we let Him.  God sent us His Peace, Jesus Christ, to help us get through the storms, the failures, the pain, the hurt of this world. It is that Peace that is the biggest promise of all, hope in the salvation given through the sacrifice of His Son, Jesus.  Our faith in Jesus and God is the salvation of our soul.  Where we spend eternity after this life depends on that faith.

Pastor John Collins (January, 2018) ~ “We must move forward in this life with confidence and faith and not fear, but we must also move forward with humility and not pride and a true desire to please God because it matters and where your soul ends up depends upon it.”

Pastor John Collins is an evangelist and head pastor of Love That Cross Ministries and Pastor John Collins Ministries.  Pastor John Collins is driven to redeem the Gospel and bring the news of salvation and hope offered by the sacrifice of Jesus Christ.  Pastor John Collins has been spreading revival for more than ten years, reaching into our hearts and souls and telling us what we need to hear.  Pastor John Collins’ style of preaching is similar to that of Billy Graham, telling the Word of God in a manner that is easy to understand and hear.  Like David Wilkerson, Pastor John Collins is humble and approachable to answer questions and guide us closer to God, Jesus, and the Cross.

Pastor John Collins writes:

“For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and love and of a sound mind.” 2 Timothy 1:17 (NKJV).

Fear is where bad thoughts and bad decisions lie. Fear can make you be suspicious of your loved ones, fear can make you act crazy and overbearing towards your children, fear can make you act territorial on your job and fear can costs you relationships that you cherish. Fear can make you hit the bottle, buy a bag or slam the needle. Fear can keep you from living your life peacefully. Fear can keep you inside your home, fear can keep your from opening up to others and fear can ruin your life. God does not want us to live in fear whether we are aware of it or not. God does not want us to be weak because of fear nor give in to what we do not believe in because of fear, whether it is fear of not getting along and being accepted, fear of getting hurt or fear of losing something or someone. God wants us to be strong and confident in the face of fear because we know that His promises are true.

There have been many self-help books and seminars on fear and on the power of positive thinking. Many people have grasped the concept of positive thinking and have chosen to devote themselves to changing the way that they think in order to have better outcomes on their situations in life. There are 2 options when it comes to positive thinking: you can stand in your personal power to think yourself into a positive outcome of whatever place you find yourself or you can stand in godliness and trust in the Lord to help you find solutions to your problems and grace to accept your failures along with wisdom to grow in your faith which allows your soul the maturing that God is hopeful that you will claim while you live here on earth. God is aware of all of your joys, problems, fears and complications in your life. God wants you to stand strong in your faith with loyalty to Him and with a heart for Him. God wants you to learn to trust Him and to know that without Him you are nothing, without Jesus you are nothing. That is the truth of this world. Positive thinking comes from knowing you are loved and in return you are obedient to the will of God. Positive thinking that leads to heaven comes from knowing that you are meant to live your life with the knowledge that it gets messy and how you deal with all of it is the test and it is your greatest opportunity to show your love and faith in God.

Positive thinking is good when it is based on faith in God. But positive thinking that is based on what you can create and claim for yourself is arrogant and selfish and without true knowledge. We must move forward in this life with confidence and faith and not fear, but we must also move forward with humility and not pride and a true desire to please God because it matters and where your soul ends up depends upon it. 

“And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.  For I say, through the grace given to me, to everyone who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think soberly, as God has dealt to each one a measure of faith.” Hebrews 12:2-3 (NKJV).

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Pastor John Collins can be heard live weekly at during the 1000 a.m. hour, Mountain time, on Heaven’s Country with Marty Smith.  Other recordings, media, blogs, radio programs and more can be viewed or heard through the links found within this post.  Pastor John Collins can be reached personally through his email at jc65777@yahoo.com to help you through spiritual difficulties, prayer, and wants to help you find or strengthen your faith in God and Jesus Christ.

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).

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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. 

PASTOR JOHN COLLINS, DAILY DEVOTIONAL THOUGHTS: HOPE

PASTOR JOHN COLLINS, EVANGELIST:  "Hope is like sunshine, everyone needs a ray of it"

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 his emotions, despair and his hope and love for God in spite of what he felt about the society in which he lived.  There is still that same hope today.

“It may appear that we live in a society without faith because there is so much madness that takes place. There may seem to be a loss of hope and belief among people today but I believe that God is working among us.  I believe that salvation is at work among us. I believe that truth is here among us. It is for us to open our hearts and let Jesus in. It may not be a popular choice but it is the only choice that brings true hope and true peace.” ~ Pastor John Collins, February, 2018.

Pastor John Collins head pastor and evangelist of Love That Cross Ministries and Pastor John Collins Ministries preaches that same message of hope that Jesus Christ brought to us over 2000 years ago.  Pastor John Collins tells it like it is in a style very similar to the late Reverend Billy Graham and Reverend David Wilkerson, with humility and a manner that can be understood by all.  Our hearts are begging to feel the hope of God and the love of Jesus, and Pastor John Collins brings that in each and every one of his sermons and discussions.  Pastor John Collins has said it many times, “hope is like sunshine, everyone needs a ray of it.”

Pastor John Collins continues to spread the word of God and the hope of Christ in daily devotionals that can be found on his Facebook page, his website for Love That Cross Ministries, and through weekly Sunday morning broadcasts on Heaven’s Country Radio online at 10:00 a.m. Mountain Time. Pastor John Collins also continues to spread revival through guest speaking and preaching around the country.

Pastor John Collins writes:

“HELP, Lord, for the godly man ceases! For the faithful disappear from among the sons of men.
They speak idly everyone with his neighbor; with flattering lips and a double heart they speak.” Psalm 12:1-2 (NKJV).

When we read the words of King David we know that he saw the lack of reverence for God in his fellow man. Just as we can see the same lack of reverence today. But, do not be dismayed because although it may seem hopeless in today’s society to be a true man of God, a true follower of Christ, there is hope. God has not given up on us.

It may appear that we live in a society without faith because there is so much madness that takes place. There may seem to be a loss of hope and belief among people today but I believe that God is working among us. I believe that salvation is at work among us. I believe that truth is here among us.
It is for us to open our hearts and let Jesus in. It may not be a popular choice but it is the only choice that brings true hope and true peace. It is for us to cling to the Cross with love and devotion. It is for us to trust in God to care for us and to love us through every moment of every day.

Yes, there are faithless among us. There are shallow people with shallow hearts all around us. Yet, we take courage from David and stay true to God. We can read his words and know that although he saw wickedness that caused dismay in his soul, he hung on to hope that lies in our Lord. We are to do the same and trust that God and Jesus will see us through the day. Wake up every day and hold on to that truth.

Pray with conviction and do not be dismayed by the turmoil that may be surrounding you because the day will come when it will fall away and your faith will have been tried, tested and proven.  Do not count yourself among those that have no reverence for God. Do not count yourself among those that flee from Jesus and salvation. Count yourself among those that have come to the Cross in supplication, broken, and in desperation. Count yourself among those that claim Jesus as their Savior and count yourself blessed.

“But I have trusted in Your mercy; my heart shall rejoice in Your salvation. I will sing to the Lord, because He has dealt bountifully with me.” Psalm 13:5-6 (NKJV).

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PASTOR JOHN COLLINS: GO AND SIN NO MORE

PASTOR JOHN COLLINS: NOT ONCE SAVED, ALWAYS SAVED

Pastor John Collins (January, 2018) ~ “Too often, I have heard Christians say that they don’t have to think about sin or worry about sin because Jesus paid the price for all of their sins. The problem with thinking this way and living with the assumption that it is impossible for a believer to go to hell just because they believe in the price that was paid on the cross by Jesus is that there are a lot of Christians who will end up going to hell because they didn’t bother to pay attention to the specifics of Jesus’ ministry. Jesus said He came to fulfill the law, not to abolish it. Jesus said to obey the commandments of God and to go and sin no more.”

Pastor John Collins emphasizes that Jesus said He came to fulfill the law, not to abolish it (Matthew 5:17, NKJV).  The Ten Commandments that were given to Moses were not replaced when God sent Jesus and He began the journey of His ministry to give us our salvation.  God’s word is the same now, as it was then, and the same as it will be in the future.  It hasn’t changed, in spite of the spin feel good preachers put on that Word. It takes more than believing in God and in Jesus, it takes listening to all of what Jesus said, to go and sin no more, as Pastor John Collins, evangelist and head pastor of Love that Cross Ministries and Pastor John Collins Ministries, preaches in his sermons and revivals.  Faith is more than believing.  It is learning to understand that we sin, every day, and that we need to work to not sin, it is learning the extreme sacrifice and pain that Christ Jesus endured so that we could have the chance of hope to be with God.  It is seeking forgiveness every day, because to know Jesus, to know God, because to continue to intentionally sin without seeking to fix ourselves is not going to get us into heaven, according to the Bible and to what Pastor John Collins preaches through his revival tours.

Pastor John Collins continues to spread the word of God and preach the works of Jesus Christ in sermons and in daily thoughts from the scriptures.  Pastor John Collins’ simple messages are reminiscent of the late Reverend Billy Graham style with a humbleness of Reverend David Wilkerson, reaching into your heart and demanding you examine your life and your faith.  Jesus did not die to simply erase all our sins, He died so that we could choose to accept His sacrifice and ask Him to take away our sins.  It’s there for the asking, and according to the Bible and Pastor John Collins, the act is one of participation, not one of tolerant inclusion. Pastor John Collins preaches it, you have to ask for that love, that forgiveness, it isn’t simply handed to you, and Jesus Christ came to fulfill the prophecies, not to replace the Ten Commandments that so many churches mistakenly deliver in weekly sermons.  We crave that love, that grace, in our very hearts, we have to ask for it, then we have to work to not sin.  It’s as simple as that.

Pastor John Collins writes:

“For sin shall not have dominion over you, for you are not under law but under grace. What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace? Certainly not!” Romans 6:14-15 (NKJV).

Too often, I have heard a Christian affirm that all past, present and future sins have been paid for by Christ Jesus when He died on the cross and rose again. Too often, I have heard Christians say that the law is dead and therefore irrelevant because Jesus replaced the Law of Moses. Too often, I have heard Christians say that they don’t have to think about sin or worry about sin because Jesus paid the price for all of their sins. The problem with thinking this way and living with the assumption that it is impossible for a believer to go to hell just because they believe in the price that was paid on the cross by Jesus is that there are a lot of Christians who will end up going to hell because they didn’t bother to pay attention to the specifics of Jesus’ ministry. Jesus said He came to fulfill the law, not to abolish it. Jesus said to obey the commandments of God and to go and sin no more.

There is more to the relationship that you have with God through Jesus than just believing, as James aptly explains that even the demons believe and tremble. It is not enough to espouse a belief in the work of Christ and go about living your life free of contemplation of your own sin. It is not enough to go about living your life as you see fit and to casually assume that you are forgiven any transgression without your efforts to seek righteousness in all you do. Too many Christians think nothing of being of this world while claiming the protection of salvation. The problem with that is that there will be too many Christians who find themselves mistaken and disappointed with the result when it is too late to do anything about it.

When you truly understand the price that has been paid by Christ and you have faith in your own salvation because you know that Jesus did indeed die in your place then you should respond to that wonderful gift by making a complete effort to seek godliness in your life. You should seek righteousness in all that you do, you should base your entire life on the principles of God and not on the standards of this world. You should seek to be conscious of Jesus and His sacrifice every day, not just Sunday and the holidays. You should be teaching your children how to get to heaven by being an example of godliness. You should never let your guard down on sin and you should never take for granted the grace that God has chosen to bestow.

“Do you not know that to whom you present yourselves slaves to obey, you are that one’s slaves whom you obey, whether of sin leading to death, or of obedience leading to righteousness?” Romans 6:16 (NKJV).

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Pastor John Collins has been spreading revival of faith and hope for many years.  Recordings, sermons, interviews, blogs, videos and other media of Pastor John  Collins can be accessed through clicking on the links found within this post.

PASTOR JOHN COLLINS, LOVE THAT CROSS DEVOTIONAL: MISGUIDED FAITH

PASTOR JOHN COLLINS, EVANGELIST: FAITH

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 Love That Cross Ministries, has brought revival through his sermons and preaching around the country for many years.  His style of preaching is much like that of the late Reverend Billy Graham, making the Word of God and the life of Jesus and His offer of hope and salvation simple to understand for us all.

Pastor John Collins brings us encouragement that God is not done with us, that He is very real, Jesus is very much alive and among us, and that there is Hope waiting for this world on His time.  Pastor John Collins says God wants the opportunity for all of his children, all of humanity, to know our God, to know our salvation, to know our Savior, Jesus Christ.  He wants us to know that we all have value.  That Hope will come, and the world will have the opportunity to understand true faith, not what man has created over the millennia to fill in the questions and blanks that each generation has struggled with from the beginning.

“God has created, given, blessed and warned us so many times and yet we get in our own way. Our pride keeps us from truly answering the call of God. There are divisions of belief and there are so many groupings of people who have decided that their way is the only way, their way is the best way and they live in that rigidity to their downfall” ~ Pastor John Collins.

Pastor John Collins writes:

“Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will by no means pass away.  But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, but My Father only.  But as the days of Noah were, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be.” Matthew 24:35-37 (NKJV).

God is not done with us and our story as the people who were chosen to live on this planet is not over. What have we done, as a people, with the blessings and truth that has been provided for us? God has created, given, blessed and warned us so many times and yet we get in our own way. Our pride keeps us from truly answering the call of God. There are divisions of belief and there are so many groupings of people who have decided that their way is the only way, their way is the best way and they live in that rigidity to their downfall.

It is difficult when you cannot convince someone of the truth and simplicity of Jesus Christ. It is difficult when you look around and see so much misguided faith that came from so long ago and it is so ingrained in cultures that there seems to be no getting through. Faith in the work that was done on the cross is fading and faith in God Himself is fading in this world. That is why God is not done and that is why God will bring further revelations. God will step in and it will be up to this world whether they want to believe or not, whether they want to respond or not. It is time to wake up and to get right with God. It is time to acknowledge that this world is broken, Christianity is broken and we must have compassion for those who do not believe and may have different beliefs but our compassion for the souls of others must not include compromising our own faith. You must stand in your faith and know your truth. These are frustrating times because the shouts of the world are getting louder and many people who do not hold to what a Christian believes are demanding compromise and inclusivism which is denying the commandments of God. We must be willing to stand firm in our faith and to not waiver in our commitment to our obedience to God.

The day will come when your faith will be rewarded. Jesus said it would be tough because if the world hated Him for no reason then it was sure to hate His followers. We are not to repay evil with evil but to overcome evil with good. It is enough that you trust in the truth of the Holy Bible, the truth of God, and the truth of Jesus Christ. Do not be fooled into believing that all paths lead to heaven and take the time to know the scriptures and be comforted in the fact that God will not leave this world in the condition that it is currently in because He cares for His people and He knows His own. Be still and know that He is God and take the time to pray to Him, thank Him for all that you have, and make known to Him how much you love Him.

“The Lord is exalted, for He dwells on high; He has filled Zion with justice and righteousness. Wisdom and knowledge will be the stability of your times, and the strength of salvation; the fear of the Lord is His treasure.” Isaiah 33:5-6 (NKJV).

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Pastor John Collins has preached salvation and hope through his revivals for many years.  Links to excerpts and recordings of radio clips, interviews, sermons, printed material, and other media can be found throughout this post.