Montana: John Collins, Pastor and Evangelist of Love That Cross Ministries speaks about God's love.
Pastor
John Collins is determined to bring back God into
each person, each church, one person and one church
at a time. John Collins
is a pastor
and an evangelist
who is bringing that word
of God across the United
States in a new series
of Hope
and Trust. The Truth
of God
and of Jesus
Christ is being preached
so that all
can understand
it in down
to earth words so that we all
can once again
understand
the words of Christ
and what was meant
when Jesus
came to be our Savior
from death over 2000
years ago.
Pastor John Collins does not cut corners, does not pad the truth, and does not pull his punches.
Is
God
great? Is God
loving? Is God
real? Why
am I here? These are the questions
that people
are still looking for, even
after the Hope
that is Christ
was sent here
to us so that we could know
these answers. Our faith is nothing
compared to what those in the Holy
Bible had. The generations
of people
from the time of Jesus
until now have watered
the message
down so much that the very
words of the current
Bible translations
change the meaning of the message that God has for us! God is there for us.
Pastor John Collins says:
“Now a certain ruler asked Him, saying, ‘Good Teacher, what
shall I do to inherit eternal life?’ So, Jesus said to him, ‘Why do you call Me
good? No one is good but One, that is, God’” Luke 18:18-19 (NKJV).
God
is not only good,
but great! God is just fabulous. God is faithful and true, merciful and kind, righteous
and just and He loves you.
God does want the best for you but He also wants you to learn to want what
is best
for you
and that
is not
by your
standards
or the standards
of the world but
by His standards.
God
does know what you need and I am not talking about material things. God
knows what you need to assure that your soul is saved. It takes more than just a casual
‘belief’ that Jesus
died on the Cross
for you in order for you to obtain salvation and entry into heaven. It takes
a true faith in Jesus and that faith
will produce
a belief in His sacrifice that is so strong that it will
lead you into obedience
to His will.
God
will test
you and you will go
through tough times
that will challenge
your faith
and belief.
You will be put in situations
that will give you different
opportunities
and the choices
that you make are what
adds up to a lifetime
of testimony
and what will ultimately
be the fight
of your life. Free
will demands that you choose
the paths
of your life
and each day
will present itself with different
choices. Are you loyal
to God? Are you considering God when you make
your choices
and are you taking
your salvation
into consideration as you
live
your life?
Some people
may think
that God
is absent from their lives, or that God
has let
them down. God is there and God is watching,
waiting, and giving
you the freedom to choose
Him or not. God knows that the hardest lessons in life are the ones that we
learn the best. Do your best to limit your frustrations in life by taking a
moment to remember that life is short and what we do here matters. Remember
that most of what seems overwhelming today may be forgotten a year from now.
Trust that in the good times and in the bad times, God is there and has your
best interests at heart. God wants you to learn to do what is right but more
importantly, God wants you to want to do what is right.
God is amazing and is so beautiful and strong and capable.
You can trust God and you can rely on God and know that He won’t let you down
even if you may be struggling to deal with tough times in your life there is
hope because God loves you. God knows what is right and good and will not let
you down. Trust in Him, obey Him and believe in His Son and salvation is yours.
“The Lord bless you
and keep you;
The Lord make His
face shine upon you,
And be gracious to
you;
The Lord lift up His
countenance upon you,
And give you peace.”
Numbers 6:24-26” (NKJV).
What isn’t being preached in the pulpits today is that we
have to make the commitment to Christ and to God to do what is right. We have to make the commitment to act
Christ-like, to love others, to serve, to obey what His Son taught over 2000
years ago. God IS real. God’s NOT dead. God IS there.
He has never stopped loving us humans, even when we deny Him, blame Him,
ignore Him. He IS the loving Father that
we all want. He loves us so much He knew
we would be just this way, and He gave us the chance of salvation by sending
Jesus Christ to us to help us understand, to teach us. We all have that place for God built into our
hearts.
Pastor John encourages us to open that Bible, to read about
God and His Son, to pray and to simply ask God and Jesus for help. That’s what is expected of us. To seek Them, with all our hearts.
LOVE THAT CROSS, PASTOR JOHN
