This article was published in Christian Newswire:
"Evangelist Pastor
John Collins, Love That
Cross Ministries, is recognized as one of the 15 most influential
pastors living today by Inspirational Faith Magazine.
His faith is unwavering and inspirational.
His preaching
is spiritual and moving. His style is vibrant and animated. Pastor John Collins is a fresh and honest example for
evangelism, revival, and renewal that is sweeping the United States.
Pastor John is a man of God and he lives to serve God. He
was not always a Christian
and didn’t believe in God. For the past ten years, Pastor John has grown into an outspoken, dynamic evangelist,
very much like a modern day Billy Sunday of the 1930’s. Late last
month, Pastor John Collins heard God
tell him to walk for Him. Pastor John is quoted to say “Was sitting
Sunday watching the Cubs play when I felt GOD tell me to walk for him” and he
believes that when God asks Pastor John to do something, Pastor John obeys. Creating a sign which says “Blessed are the peacemakers,
BLUE LIVES MATTER, GOD MATTERS,” Pastor John
Collins walked 19 miles the next day in the
July heat. Pastor John did not look for attention for that walk, but people did notice and have spread that message across the country by social media. “GOD MATTERS.”
Too many times, God asks us to act for Him
and we ignore Him or we don’t hear His voice. That quiet voice is drowned out by a chaotic world that is noisy and all too quick to turn its back on the One who created it. Pastor John Collins is not
ashamed to profess his faith. Pastor John does not ignore that quiet voice. Pastor John does not turn his back on
God. Pastor John Collins will take
a firm and unshakeable stand on the difficult issues that are facing this
country. That stand takes guts and
courage. That stand includes taking a sign across country,
19 miles, to tell people “GOD MATTERS”.
Pastor John is NOT a marathon runner. He
DOES NOT devote hours every day to working out to improve his stamina or
increase his strength. Pastor John is very much an average man of
middle age. Pastor John did not have time to have a
professional sign created to catch the eye or to promote the appearance of
God’s task. Pastor John did not have any specially made
footwear or athletic clothing to accomplish God’s task. Most people
struggle to walk two miles on any given day as a form of exercise for their
health benefits. Pastor John simply felt God’s call, got up the
next day and began walking. He did not know when he started out just how many miles he would walk. His goal was to walk to the next town, carrying a sign that stated
“GOD MATTERS”. That next town was 19 miles away: not two miles or five miles, but 19 miles.
What is so special about walking 19
miles carrying a sign?
Most Americans take about 20 to 45 minutes to go 20 miles in a car,
depending upon where they live. In a
days’ time when Jesus Christ lived, the average
distance covered by Jesus and the disciples was about 1 or two miles to get
from one town to another. Pastor John walked those 19 miles unconditionally
without any special preparation in advance, without any
special training, without any specially designed clothing, and without any
advance notice to media to bring awareness to his mission. He did it humbly and
obediently. Pastor John did it because he knows with all his heart that GOD MATTERS in everything.
How many people have the dedication to
anything that would inspire us to get up and go do something without any
preparation or planning in advance? Most churches take
months to go from
suggestion to implementation
of a decision. Most people don’t
have the enthusiasm to participate in something like a
marathon or competition without months of preparation and planning. Pastor John is dedicated to God.
GOD MATTERS so much in Pastor John’s life that he did what he was asked
and then paid a physical price of discomfort
for days. The message here is that God really
wants us as a country and a people. He
hasn’t given up on us even though society on the whole has given up on Him. Pastor
John’s message is very simple: God should
count in our everyday lives, whether
it’s while watching a baseball game or when we are in the depths of
misery. GOD MATTERS and He wants to be
part of our lives unconditionally.
Pastor John Collins will tell
you candidly that he is not politically correct, but he IS biblically correct. What was
written over 2000 years ago in the Holy Bible is just as applicable today as it was when it was
written. God mattered then and GOD MATTERS now. The Holy Bible holds records of men and women who
were called by God to perform and complete what to us
were impossible tasks. Those men and women had faith that barely exists in
today’s world. Pastor John demonstrated a rock solid belief
that God moved him to walk for Him.
Pastor John’s rock solid faith
allowed him to walk 19 miles in the heat of a summer day to serve God, without
any special preparation or fanfare, to spread the message that “GOD MATTERS.”
To Pastor John, “GOD MATTERS.” Pastor John Collins chooses
to serve God by obedience to what God asks of Pastor John. God has played an important role in Pastor John
Collins' life for over 10 years. Pastor John will tell you that he was once so
far from the Cross that he needed binoculars to see it. But now, by
the Grace of God and all that He has blessed Pastor John with, Pastor John Collins will tell
you that he has splinters in his hands from clinging to
that Cross. GOD MATTERS.
With God, everything is possible.
Peace, ending violence, ceasing chaos, living in harmony is not a fairy tale or
an impossible dream. Pastor John Collins wants as
many people to know that God knows what is happening here in the United States and around the world. His
message of GOD MATTERS is meant to reach everyone,
everywhere. What God wants,
according to Pastor John Collins, is for
us as people to get to know God again. We have all stepped so far away from God
that we have forgotten that He really does exist. GOD MATTERS. Pastor John will tell you that God wants us to
read the Holy Bible again, that He wants us to talk to
Him again. Pastor John preaches that God sent Jesus Christ to us as our salvation and our hope. Pastor John preached that hope through his walk for God with the simple
message “GOD
MATTERS”.
Pastor John Collins,
through Love
That Cross Ministries that began in Wheatland,
Wyoming, has
preached across the country, from Idaho to Wyoming, Georgia to North Carolina and many places in between with
the message that GOD MATTERS.
Pastor John Collins says “It’s time
for us to get to know GOD again. GOD MATTERS, BELIEVE THAT.”
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