PASTOR JOHN COLLINS: "God's got this!"
Pastor John Collins (January, 2018) ~ “We must move forward in this life with
confidence and faith and not fear, but we must also move forward with humility
and not pride and a true desire to please God because it matters and where your
soul ends up depends upon it.”
Pastor John Collins is an evangelist and
head pastor
of Love That Cross Ministries and Pastor John
Collins Ministries. Pastor John Collins is driven to redeem the Gospel and bring the news of salvation
and hope
offered by the sacrifice of Jesus Christ. Pastor John Collins has been spreading
revival for more than ten years, reaching into our hearts and souls and telling
us what we need to hear. Pastor John
Collins’ style of
preaching is similar to that of Billy Graham, telling the Word of God in a
manner that is easy to understand and hear.
Like David Wilkerson, Pastor John
Collins is humble and
approachable to answer questions and guide us closer to God, Jesus, and the
Cross.
Pastor John Collins writes:
“For God has not given us a spirit of
fear, but of power and love and of a sound mind.” 2 Timothy 1:17 (NKJV).
Fear is where bad thoughts and bad
decisions lie. Fear can make you be suspicious of your loved ones, fear can
make you act crazy and overbearing towards your children, fear can make you act
territorial on your job and fear can costs you relationships that you cherish.
Fear can make you hit the bottle, buy a bag or slam the needle. Fear can keep
you from living your life peacefully. Fear can keep you inside your home, fear
can keep your from opening up to others and fear can ruin your life. God does
not want us to live in fear whether we are aware of it or not. God does not
want us to be weak because of fear nor give in to what we do not believe in
because of fear, whether it is fear of not getting along and being accepted,
fear of getting hurt or fear of losing something or someone. God wants us to be
strong and confident in the face of fear because we know that His promises are
true.
There have been many self-help books
and seminars on fear and on the power of positive thinking. Many people have
grasped the concept of positive thinking and have chosen to devote themselves
to changing the way that they think in order to have better outcomes on their
situations in life. There are 2 options when it comes to positive thinking: you
can stand in your personal power to think yourself into a positive outcome of
whatever place you find yourself or you can stand in godliness and trust in the
Lord to help you find solutions to your problems and grace to accept your
failures along with wisdom to grow in your faith which allows your soul the
maturing that God is hopeful that you will claim while you live here on earth.
God is aware of all of your joys, problems, fears and complications in your
life. God wants you to stand strong in your faith with loyalty to Him and with
a heart for Him. God wants you to learn to trust Him and to know that without
Him you are nothing, without Jesus you are nothing. That is the truth of this
world. Positive thinking comes from knowing you are loved and in return you are
obedient to the will of God. Positive thinking that leads to heaven comes from
knowing that you are meant to live your life with the knowledge that it gets
messy and how you deal with all of it is the test and it is your greatest
opportunity to show your love and faith in God.
Positive thinking is good when it is
based on faith in God. But positive thinking that is based on what you can
create and claim for yourself is arrogant and selfish and without true
knowledge. We must move forward in this life with confidence and faith and not
fear, but we must also move forward with humility and not pride and a true
desire to please God because it matters and where your soul ends up depends
upon it.
“And do not be conformed to this
world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what
is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God. For I say, through the grace given to me, to
everyone who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to
think, but to think soberly, as God has dealt to each one a measure of faith.”
Hebrews 12:2-3 (NKJV).
LOVE THAT CROSS PASTOR JOHN COLLINS
Pastor John Collins can be heard live weekly at during the 1000 a.m. hour,
Mountain time, on Heaven’s Country with Marty Smith. Other recordings, media, blogs, radio
programs and more can be viewed or heard through the links found within this
post. Pastor John
Collins can be reached
personally through his email at jc65777@yahoo.com to help you through spiritual
difficulties, prayer, and wants to help you find or strengthen your faith in
God and Jesus Christ.
