by Garris Elkins | May 7, 2014 | Forgiveness, Future, Hope, Humility, Restoration
This offense that has so visibly dishonored you will continue to be powerful if you allow it to remain and have a place of influence in your life. There is something you can do. You can remove the power of this offense by blessing the person who hurt you. If you bless...
by Garris Elkins | May 6, 2014 | Discipline, Forgiveness, Future, Honor, Repentance, Restoration
You fell and this failure hurts. Contact with the hard concrete of personal failure is both bruising and painful. At the moment of your failure you were stunned by the impact and a spiritual concussion took place. Like a physical brain in trauma your capacity to...
by Garris Elkins | May 5, 2014 | Honor, Marriage, Trust
You see her weep and you call her “an emotional woman.” You may not say those words out loud, but they are in your heart and guiding your response. You have forgotten that when God created us, and all that surrounds us, He performed that act of creation as both...
by Garris Elkins | May 5, 2014 | Dreams, Faith, Future, God, Healing, Hope, Obedience, Prayer, Prophecy
The turnaround you are about to experience will be like one of those children’s games where you are blindfolded spun around and then the blindfold is removed. It will take a moment or two for you to get your bearings because the experience has made you dizzy. ...
by Garris Elkins | May 4, 2014 | Favor, Future, Hope, Ministry, Power, Prophetic, Transition
You are planning for your coming life-transition around dates, timetables and available resources. These are wise things to consider, but they should not be your first consideration. The psalmist said, “Take delight in the Lord, and He will give you your hearts...
