PASTOR JOHN COLLINS, JOHN COLLINS MINISTRIES: REVIVAL BLOG

From John Collins Ministries: “And besides they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house, and not only idle but also gossips and busybodies, saying things which they ought not.” 1 Timothy 5:13 (NKJV). “But shun profane and idle babblings, for they will increase to more ungodliness.” 2 Timothy 2:16 (NKJV). “Thorns and snares are in the way of the perverse; He who guards his soul will be far from them.”  Proverbs 22:5 (NKJV). I heard it through the grapevine, word on the street is, rumor has it, have you heard, what’s the latest, give me the scoop, the skinny, the 411, the juicy news, the dirt, good old fashioned gossip…the conversations we all live for, right?  There are magazines, TV shows, reality shows, locker rooms, bedrooms, living rooms, kitchens, cafeterias, basements, bathrooms, internet sites, cell phones all devoted to spreading the news of the actions of others, whether famous or not.  We do it ourselves.  We are a world that thrives on g...

From John Collins Ministries:  "Then God said, ‘Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our image; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.’” Genesis 1:26 (NKJV). Is God a male chauvinist? Is the Bible geared toward male chauvinism? There are plenty of men who adhere to this belief and use it to justify their domination of women and there are plenty of women who adhere to this belief and use it to justify their hatred of men and their defensiveness of ‘girl power’. Let me set the record straight for all of those who like to blame God and the Bible for everything that is wrong in their lives and in this world; God is NOT a male chauvinist!! God is pro salvation, be it for a man or a woman. God created both male and female and each have their responsibilities to God, to their f...

From John Collins Ministries: “I have heard what the prophets have said who prophesy lies in My name, saying, ‘I have dreamed, I have dreamed!’ How long will this be in the heart of the prophets who prophesy lies? Indeed they are prophets of the deceit of their own heart, who try to make My people forget My name by their dreams which everyone tells his neighbor as their fathers forget My name for Baal. The prophet who has a dream, let him tell a dream; And he who has My word, let him speak My word faithfully. ‘What is the chaff to the wheat?’ says the Lord. ‘Is not My word like a fire?’ says the Lord, ‘And like a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces?’ Therefore, behold, I am against the prophets, says the Lord, who steal My words every one from his neighbor. Behold, I am against the prophets, says the Lord, who use their tongues and say, ‘He says.’ Behold, I am against those who prophesy false dreams, says the Lord, and tell them, and cause My people to err by their lies and b...

From John Collins Ministries: “Oh, that You would rend the heavens!   That You would come down! That the mountains might shake at Your presence- As fire burns brushwood, As fire causes water to boil- To make Your name know to Your adversaries,That the nations may tremble at Your presence! When You did awesome things for which we did not look, You came down, The mountains shook at Your presence.” Isaiah 64:1-3 (NKJV). God created mankind and has not left him alone. God has come down, given His word, directed and fought for His people and has given His Son for us. God has come down and instructed His people and God has given man free will . God has not given up on mankind and yet so many want God to come down again. What would you do if God came to you? Would you feel justified in His presence , would you welcome Him and would you feel good about discussing your life and your choices with Him ? If God came down would you be ready and would your fa...

From John Collins Ministries: “A man’s heart plans his way, But the Lord directs his steps.” Proverbs 16:9 (NKJV). “The way of life winds upward for the wise, That he may turn away from hell below.” Proverbs 15:24 (NKJV). There is a process to growing up, claiming adulthood and proceeding to live your life . There are choices that you make and each one of those choices determines who you are and who you will become . Those that are aware of their eternal soul and want to go to heaven learn to make those choices by determining the good will of the Lord and choosing to do His will . You may not think that it is any big deal to tell a lie , omit the truth or to be selfish in this one small matter. You may think nothing of passing up an opportunity to be kind and compassionate just this once. You may think that work is more important than that baseball game or that home cooked meal. You may think that you can make it up to them at another time...

Being able to repeat Bible verses does not make you a righteous person John Collins, Evangelist, John Collins Ministries From John Collins Ministries: “Does not wisdom cry out, And understanding lift up her voice? She takes her stand on the top of the high hill, Beside the way, where the paths meet. She cries out by the gates, at the entry of the city, At the entrance of the doors; ‘To you, O men, I call, And my voice is to the sons of men. O you simple ones, understand prudence, And you fools, be of an understanding heart.’” Proverbs 8:1-5 (NKJV). There is a big difference between biblical knowledge and biblical wisdom . There are many people out there that can quote the Bible because they have memorized certain passages that further their points of view. There are many preachers out there that can speak with seemingly great amounts of biblical knowledge but the really smart person is a person that knows how to take that biblical knowledge and apply it to thei...

Let us love ourselves enough to wait on the Lord and not give up on us. You faith is worth the fight and the kingdom of heaven awaits. If a tear is shed today just know that laughter is on the horizon. God is always good.  Pastor John Collins, John Collins Ministries  Prayer for the day, Pastor John Collins: Lord, help me to embrace the moments of my life that are hard to get my arms around. Enable my eyes to see YOU in them. Help me to always acknowledge the abundance of your goodness to me. I lift to YOU the deepest struggles in my life, I trust YOU to open my eyes to see all YOU have for me in them. Reveal to me the fullness of it all, Thank you for opening my eyes to your truths and allowing me to spread your word. PSALM 138:3 In the day when I cried out, YOU answered me, and made me bold with strength in my soul. “Cast your burden on the Lord, And He shall sustain you; He shall never permit the righteous to be moved.” Psalm 55:22 (NKJV). T...

From John Collins Minstries: Does the Bible promise us to walk this life without hurt? We become offended when hurt, and seeds of bitterness grow. It is up to us to pull out the weeds. Pastor John Collins, John Collins Ministries “Pursue peace with all people, and holiness, without which no one will see the Lord: looking carefully lest anyone fall short of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up cause trouble, and by this many become defiled.” Hebrews 12:14-15 (NKJV). Bitterness is something that we must be on guard against and we must have complete honesty with ourselves if we are to monitor our hearts so that we can repent if we find ourselves gone astray . Bitterness will creep up on you and it is easy to allow it to happen. We like to think of ourselves as deserving the best and we become very offended when others hurt us, reject us and when we perceive that we have not received our ‘due’. We must be careful to find the bala...

FROM JOHN COLLINS MINISTRIES:  “For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.” Matthew  6:14-15 (NKJV). If anyone has read the  Bible , gone to  church  to hear the  gospel  or been  taught  of our  Lord Jesus Christ  and has not realized yet that it is necessary to  forgive others  in order  to obtain forgiveness , please keep reading. Who do we think we are  when we  get hurt  and become  offended  and our  defenses  go up and we become  bitter  and  resentful  of those who have  crossed our paths  and  crossed us ? Who do we think we are to  withhold forgiveness  from someone who has  wronged us ? Who do we think we are to expect what we are unwilling to give? The  Bib...

PASTOR JOHN COLLINS: 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 turned us into a society of broken relationshi...

PASTOR JOHN COLLINS, REVIVAL: SEPARATED  We look around at our country and we see division.   A teen shot in Pittsburgh by a police officer sets the community off into a spin.   A shooter in Annapolis Maryland puts us into an all too familiar routine of terrorism through victimization.   We fight against each other.   Know what?   We as people fight against each other in church and beliefs too, observes Pastor John Collins of Love That Cross and John Collins Ministries. “Throughout the last 2000 years or so there have been many separations within the body of Christ because of dissension among its members. This has led to different denominations and beliefs with different dogmas within Christianity. This is not how it should be.” Pastor John Collins, April 2018. Believing in Jesus is simple.   There is no call for separation or arguing that this group is better within another group, which is exactly what happened at the beginning of...

Pastor John Collins, Evangelist: Hang Tough! How can we be strong in a world of violence?   We have wars, threatened wars, suicides, hatred, aggression, and disasters of nature that take away everything we own.What do we do?  Pastor John Collins of Love that Cross and Pastor John Collins Ministries has the answer. Trust Jesus.   It’s a simple answer that has been available to us for over two thousand years.   Salvation is the free gift that God has given us, with forgiveness and a chance at eternal life once we are done with life here.   But living is tough, right?   There’s crime and drugs and death in the media.   Terrorists threaten.   Across the world, attempts on our faith and our stifling our hope push at us as believers.   Jesus and God are bigger.   Much bigger, and all it takes is to accept that They are real and make Them your own.   “Be cautious in this world, take nothing for granted and call on ...