PASTOR JOHN COLLINS, JOHN COLLINS MINISTRIES: REVIVAL BLOG

from Google images PASTOR JOHN COLLINS, EVANGELIST:  Marriage and divorce What does it take to make a marriage last? “About 40% to 50% of married couples in the United States divorce, according to the American Psychological Association. The divorce rate among those who remarry is even higher” (Harrington and Buckingham, 24/7 Wall Street , Feb. 2, 2018).  Commitment to a partner is meant to be something special that God created for us, but our society and our lack of faith and the change in values of the course of decades has made marriage in the United States a statistic of 50-50% chance of lasting a lifetime.   Sins of the heart that the apostle Paul speaks of destroy marriages.   On top of that, long term relationships are developed without the commitment of marriage-living together is just as common as marriage when four generations ago, this would not even have been considered.   Our lack of faith in God and our denial of His word have ...

PASTOR JOHN COLLINS, EVANGELIST: BUBBLES OF DENIAL from Google images   “Are you talking to me? Are you talking to me?”   If we hear that phrase with a heavy New York accent and a hand gesture by the speaker pointing to himself, we chuckle.   The prophets of old told of tales of horror and pain, and the Hebrews looked at them blankly as if to ask “Are you talking to me?”   Sadly, we are in the same situation now, and it isn’t funny.   The commandments that God wrote for Moses and the Israelites have been padded with the lie that we don’t have to pay attention to them because Jesus replaced them.   Wrong.   Fear and trembling have been padded with shiny promises of wealth and fortune if we give enough money to a prosperity pastor.   Wrong.   Pastor John Collins is passionately preaching and teaching that our will gets us in trouble, that God wants us to come back to Him and find Jesus again follow the will of God .   W...

PASTOR JOHN COLLINS, EVANGELIST: BUBBLES OF DENIAL from Google images   “Are you talking to me? Are you talking to me?”   If we hear that phrase with a heavy New York accent and a hand gesture by the speaker pointing to himself, we chuckle.   The prophets of old told of tales of horror and pain, and the Hebrews looked at them blankly as if to ask “Are you talking to me?”   Sadly, we are in the same situation now, and it isn’t funny.   The commandments that God wrote for Moses and the Israelites have been padded with the lie that we don’t have to pay attention to them because Jesus replaced them.   Wrong.   Fear and trembling have been padded with shiny promises of wealth and fortune if we give enough money to a prosperity pastor.   Wrong.   Pastor John Collins is passionately preaching and teaching that our will gets us in trouble, that God wants us to come back to Him and find Jesus again follow the will of God . ...

PASTOR JOHN COLLINS, EVANGELIST: PRAYER PLEASES GOD from Google images 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. ...

PASTOR JOHN COLLINS, EVANGELIST: 1, 2, 3, FAITH IS NOT A CHECKLIST from google images When Jesus walked and taught, He was not creating more landmines for humanity to get around.   God sent Jesus to teach and bring people back to God because, people being people, those in charge set up roadblocks and traps that prevented people from getting closer to God .   The routines of religion became the focus instead of the worship and appreciation of God .   Jesus went after the Pharisees and the Sadducees because those men set up rules that God never created.   The answers Jesus gave to these men frustrated them because His responses were righteous and they couldn’t argue with Him .   Today, the same thing has happened with the rituals of Sunday morning church and organized religion.   The practices have become routine and empty, devoid of passion for God .   “When you allow the routine of your religion to become the religion its...

PASTOR JOHN COLLINS, EVANGELIST: NOT OUR PLACE From Google images Who are we to look at someone and think “no way” when it comes to salvation?   Is it up to us to know what plans God has for anyone?   We are quick to look at the mom of four who has an abusive drunk husband and wonder “why does she stay with him”? We go to church and look at those who come in and wonder how could someone dress “like that” and come into church? Pastor John Collins , Love That Cross and John Collins Ministries reminds us God has a plan for each and every one of us, it’s His love that patiently waits for us to find the end of ourselves and turn to Him and His Son Jesus Christ .   It is not our place to decide who is and isn’t worth the time to wait that it takes to get to that point as individuals. Self-righteousness and rejection of others just because they aren’t where you think they are supposed to be or judging them on actions of the past or mistakes of the present ...