by Garris Elkins | Mar 27, 2020 | Faithfulness, God, Grace, Healing, Hope, Joy, Promise
The Lord is doing a work of increase in this time of decrease. While the garment of your patience has become frayed and threadbare, and you feel naked and exposed, the Lord has been crafting something new to clothe your thoughts and emotions. He will not waste your...
by Garris Elkins | Mar 26, 2020 | Culture, Deliverance, Faith, Faithfulness, Fear, Future, Holy Spirit, Hope, Justice, Mercy, Peace
For the last 40 years, whenever my life entered a confusing and challenging time, I went to the Psalms. This morning the Lord invited me back to the Psalms into a quiet place with Him. I am sheltering in place with the peace of God. Historians tell us that in times of...
by Garris Elkins | Mar 25, 2020 | Courage, Death, Deliverance, Trust, Truth
Dread has become the most dangerous virus now stalking our nation. Psalm 91:6 addressed the issue of dread, “Do not dread the disease that stalks in darkness, nor the disaster that strikes at midday.” The Cambridge Dictionary defines dread as “to feel extremely...
by Garris Elkins | Mar 23, 2020 | Courage, Deliverance, Discipline, Freedom
You will wear the failed plan of the enemy like a pair of expensive snakeskin western boots. What the enemy had planned to use to crush your life will become a testimony of God’s intervening love and deliverance in this time of great cultural shaking. As I prayed this...
by Garris Elkins | Mar 22, 2020 | Faith, Fear, Freedom, Hope
You will make it through this challenging season. The fear and panic circling your mind like hungry wolves are lies that must be confronted, or they will devour your hope. This is not a time to rely on your personal strength. It will not be enough to get you through...
