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PASTOR JOHN COLLINS, EVANGELIST: THE GIFT OF JESUS CHRIST "We are in need of our Savior. We have been given life everlasting by God in the form and sacrifice of His Son." Pastor John Collins, Evangelist, Love That Cross We are not alone, and we have never been alone, writes Pastor John Collins of Love That Cross Ministries and Pastor John Collins Ministries .   God is with us.   Jesus Christ is with us.   When you look at the birth of a child that wasn’t expected to survive, and that child not only survives, but survives healthily, that is a miracle, and that is the work of God .   Someone is inexplicably cured of a disease that would be a death sentence otherwise, that is a work of God.   When a person cries out in desperation, at the end of their proverbial rope, with nothing left inside them to give, yet instead of giving up, instead of becoming an addict or a victim, they stand strong and continue forward in faith which is strength in know...

PASTOR JOHN COLLINS, EVANGELIST: PEACE WITHIN Peace is where we find contentment says Pastor John Collins of Love That Cross Ministries and Pastor John Collins Ministries .   Our fast-paced lives make it difficult for us to find peace , a minute alone, within ourselves, and finding peace is when we finally let the little things go and seek calm and the love of Jesus Christ Pastor John Collins elaborates. Finding peace is difficult because we live in a society that demands our attention every minute we are awake, and sometimes even sleep is interrupted by the drama that happens around us, no matter how much we try to isolate ourselves .   Others may step in to disrupt our thoughts without giving any consideration to what we are doing: the impulsiveness and impatience and attention seeking of others distract us from finding the peace that as Christians , we know is there for the asking.   Violence and discouraging headline news invade our lives eve...

PASTOR JOHN COLLINS, EVANGELIST: "THERE IS NO GET OUT OF HELL FREE CARD" Wake up and get right with God The saying goes “the road to Hell is paved with good intentions.” Superficially, this can mean something to the effect that if you say you are going to do it, do it. If you promise to do it, then do it, or what you say and do is meaningless. Pastor John Collins of Love That Cross Ministries and Pastor John Collins Ministries puts a more complete view on the saying:   You can have all the best intentions in the world, and even act on those intentions and do the right things for people, but if your heart isn’t focused on God and the salvation that is given by the sacrifice of Jesus Christ on the Cross, and getting closer to Them in your heart and soul, then all the good acts and intentions that you do throughout your life are meaningless, you are not going to make it to heaven , and hell is pretty full of people who had good intentions (paraphrased, Past...

PASTOR JOHN COLLINS, EVANGELIST:  SEEK JOY What do you fight for? So many people believe that this world is the true hell, that we simply have to get through our day to day struggles, make it to the end of our lives, and heaven is guaranteed because we say we believe in Jesus.   Pastor John Collins of Love That Cross Ministries and Pastor John Collins Ministries reminds us that everything belongs to God, but God gave us this world, Earth, to live in, to love in, to experience life in it.   The joys and sorrows, pain and rejoicing that we feel here are all part of living.    Believing in something means to go all in, taking in the lessons that were taught by the original Teacher and making them part of our lives, not simply giving lip service and the shallow belief of occurrence but not of incorporating the action into our very hearts .   That is belief . How do you interact with the people you come into contact with?   Do you try...

PASTOR JOHN COLLINS, EVANGELIST:  THE HOLLOW HEART google images How many times do you ask someone “how’re you doing?” and get the response of ‘I’m okay?,” knowing that the person really isn’t?   Filling in an answer to each other often has become a knee jerk reaction, what is expected response to a truly heart-felt question of concern. Pastor John Collins of Love That Cross Ministries and Pastor John Collins Ministries tells us that our knee jerk ‘amen’ and ‘yes, Lord’ responses to spoken prayer and during sermons are more of a reflex and empty words than coming from a feeling deep in our hearts .   Even prayer that is a recited liturgy is empty of the faith that is needed to remain close to God and Jesus. Imagine you find your child in your home, lying unconscious on the floor.   You discover the child has written a suicide note and has attempted suicide.   The child is committed to a hospital, and you have no idea what is going ...

heartprintsofgod.com PASTOR JOHN COLLINS, EVANGELIST: TALKING TO GOD Paul’s letter in 1 Thessalonians 5 says to “rejoice always, pray without ceasing, in everything give thanks, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you” ( 1 Thessalonians 5: 16) NKJV. Pastor John Collins preaches that God wants to hear our prayers .   Some doctrines teach that there needs to be a person to intervene for your prayer; this is not so.   God sent Jesus Christ to be our intercession for prayer.   When we pray, we are to pray in Jesus’ name, as the old hymn says “what a privilege to carry everything to God in prayer.”   God wants that personal relationship with us, He wants to hear our prayers ~ Pastor John Collins , 2018. What a wonderful thing to be able to talk to our Father about anything and everything, from thanks to pain to worries about family, God is our loving Father who wants to hear from us.   Yes, God knows exactly what we need a...