PASTOR JOHN COLLINS, JOHN COLLINS MINISTRIES: REVIVAL BLOG

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...

PASTOR JOHN COLLINS: GOD'S PROMISE OF PEACE Pastor John Collins (February, 2018) ~ “Peace can sometimes seem like an unattainable goal…. Peace is fragile and it takes an effort to choose to maintain hope in the promises of GOD. It takes a conscious effort to accept that bad things happen and that it is part of life.” There is peace in knowing you belong to God~ John Collins, Evangelist Cancer, illness, loss of a job, loss of a marriage, there are so many things that keep us from the peace of God.   Back biting politics, self-gratification, violence in school are all symptoms of the lack of hope and faith we have in God today. Pastor John Collins has been preaching a message of hope and faith for many years across the United States in an effort to bring us back to God.   The salvation of Jesus is the beginning of hope for us to return to God, the peace that God offers through a relationship between Jesus, God, and us will ultimately give us peace, e...

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: GOD'S PROMISE OF PEACE Pastor John Collins (February, 2018) ~ “ Peace can sometimes seem like an unattainable goal …. Peace is fragile and it takes an effort to choose to maintain hope in the promises of God. It takes a conscious effort to accept that bad things happen and that it is part of life.” Cancer, illness, loss of a job, loss of a marriage, there are so many things that keep us from the peace of God.   Back biting politics, self-gratification, violence in school are all symptoms of the lack of hope and faith we have in God today. Pastor John Collins has been preaching a message of hope and faith for many years across the United States in an effort to bring us back to God.   The salvation of Jesus is the beginning of hope for us to return to God, the peace that God offers through a relationship between Jesus, God, and us will ultimately give us peace, even in the face of the day to day struggles and lifetime pain that we all endur...