PASTOR JOHN COLLINS: CHANGE IS COMING
“And this is the condemnation, that the light has come into
the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were
evil. For everyone practicing evil hates the light and does not come to the
light, lest his deeds should be exposed. But he who does the truth comes to the
light, that his deeds may be clearly seen, that they have been done in God.”
John 3:19-21 (NKJV).
There is
true evil in this world. We can look around and
see it. Many people would like to
ignore it,
not be bothered by it, not have it
touch their lives and just
go about their business. Sometimes
evil intrudes and
we are
shocked, hurt and want to question if there is a
God at all. If God is
so powerful,
why does He allow
bad things to
happen? That is always a
question
for those who would
deny that there is a
God and would claim that if there
wasa God at all then He must
not care about us and must
not be all good as those
who believe in His say. God gave men
free will to live and
choose to behave as
they would have it and for that reason there will always be evil in this world.
Evil is just selfish desires and power grabs manifested in this world. Evil is
those choosing to lash out at others because of their own hurt. Evil is
defiance and rebellion acted out in order to lift oneself up. Evil is petty and
there will come a time when God chooses to step in and bring about further
revelation to this world.
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| Pastor John Collins: Prayer is powerful |
Some wait for God to act and some want to ignore the signs
but while there is still yet time we should be praying for more light to shine
in the darkness. Prayer is a powerful thing and God wants to hear from us, not
just about our lives, our desires, our sicknesses and needs, our family and
friends but about our hopes and thoughts regarding this world. Do you consider
praying about those who suffer, the abused men, women and children? Do you pray
for the weak? Do you pray that those who protect us are themselves protected?
Do you pray that righteousness would make its way into the government? Do you
pray that foreign nations would be strengthened in food and health to limit the
depletion of your own country? Do you pray that revelation would come from God
that would minimize the desire to blow each other up? There are people whose
only desire is for more power, more money, more weapons and the opportunity to
display it all for the world to see. There is evil in this world because some
only care about themselves and they don’t value life or the gifts that come
with it.
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| Pastor John Collins: Prayer changes things |
What so many have forgotten, failed to realize or choose to
ignore is that the only true power in this world comes from God alone and all
of the rest is an illusion. God is the one who has all of the strength and He
really does want us to make the best choices available to us and sometimes
people just don’t know what that is. Changing things in this world can start
with hope and prayer. Change does need to come, more light needs to permeate
the dark and more people need to wake up to the reality that things are
changing and we need to change as well. We need more righteousness in this
world, not more rebellion. Pray for that.
“For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten
Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.”
John 3:16 (NKJV).
Love That Cross, Pastor John Collins
