by Garris Elkins | May 9, 2014 | Dreams, Faith, Future, Gifts, Hope, Miracles, Power, Prohecy, Supernatural
When you don’t know the next step, declare the heart of God into the unknown. Declarations of God’s heart will make a way when no way forward is visible. Declarations uttered in faith are like spiritual bulldozers; they have the power to push aside walls of...
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 | Apr 25, 2014 | Dreams, Forgiveness, Healing, Hope, Identity, Trust
There are two kinds of sorrow. One sorrow will lead us away from the source of our pain into a place of isolation. The other sorrow will lead us toward the source of our pain to embrace its presence in a fellowship of suffering with Christ. The sorrow that leads us...
by Garris Elkins | Apr 24, 2014 | Church, Culture, Dreams, Faith, Future, Miracles, Pentecost
As the Day of Pentecost approaches each year I am always stirred by the Spirit to watch for significant events that might take place. Many of these events happen very visibly. We can forget that something else may have taken place out of sight that set...
by Garris Elkins | Apr 20, 2014 | Dreams, Favor, Hope, Identity, Intimacy
God has created you as a unique person. There is only one of you. The very breath of God fills your lungs. There have been many attempts to blind you from seeing this reality. Some of your life has been built around unchallenged lies that have whispered to you that...
by Garris Elkins | Apr 16, 2014 | Dreams, Faith, Future, Hope, Rest, Trust
This Dullness This dullness in your soul will soon pass. It feels like all the unique edges that defined you in the past have been rubbed away. You feel like your life has become stalled. This sense of dullness has a purpose. God will use this time to redesign your...