Pastor John Collins, Evangelist, Thought of the Day

Pastor John Collins: Prayer Prayer isn’t about asking for yourself, it is part of what Jesus taught to care about others….prayer for others is what we should be doing because we should do for others what we want done for us.   There simply isn’t enough prayer, and God does want to hear from us, from our heart.   It is a relationship that those who were found to be righteous in the eyes of God had:     Abraham, Job, Enoch, Elijah, Mary, Esther, Daniel, Moses and others….all of these individuals are recorded as having a full relationship with God through prayer that pleased God .   Evil in this world is because of our free will, Pastor John Collins reminds us, just as Jesus taught during His ministry.   God gave us free will, as a good Father , He allows us to make our own choices in our lives.   He cares that much about us to allow us to choose instead of being robot-like creatures.   Evil is a product of individuals being selfi...

Pastor John Collins writes: “But from the beginning of the creation, God ‘made them male and female. For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh, so then they are no longer two, but one flesh.’” Mark 10: 6-8 (NKJV). Divorces are now the norm and multiple marriages with blended families are finding their way through the complications of upheaval. Commitment from the very beginning and the willingness to see it through to the end in relationships is definitely on the decline. What makes people want to end marriages and begin again? Many times, lust is mistaken for love and allows people to justify changing spouses and too often these changes come without the benefits of marriage to begin with. Too many marriages are based on lust and not on love. People want to be romanced and to have their lives filled with heightened passion that is full of excitement and delight. Too many times adultery is the result...

PASTOR JOHN COLLINS: How to become Christian There is a difference between becoming A Christian and becoming Christian.   Pastor John Collins tells us the first step is to speak it with our mouth and believe it in your heart, which is what Paul the Gentile's apostle wrote in Romans.   That's becoming A Christian, but the journey only begins there.   How we become Christian doesn't happen overnight. What does it mean when we choose to accept the salvation of Jesus Christ , seek sincere forgiveness , and become Christian ?   What do we need to do become good Christians ?   Simply saying that we believe in God , that we believe in Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior is not enough.   There is work to be done, preaches Pastor John Collins of Love That Cross Ministries .   Asking Jesus to come into your life is the first step.   From that point onward, our journey is lifelong.   Paul turned his life around in an instant, and ye...