by Garris Elkins | Sep 14, 2016 | Forgiveenss, Humility, Love, Pride
The most devastating spiritual attacks come to those places in our lives where we are still unresolved. An unresolved place is where the Lordship of Jesus Christ has not yet been established. Only those places given to God are safe in a time of conflict. Every thought...
by Garris Elkins | Sep 6, 2016 | Courage, Forgiveenss, Mercy
An enemy won over to friendship will become a stronger ally than an untested crowd of associates. Do not dismiss your enemies as potential allies. Keep the doors open. Don’t burn your bridges. Test the condition of your heart and watch the hand of God begin to move....
by Garris Elkins | Sep 4, 2016 | Destiny, Discipleship, Dreams, Family, Forgiveenss, Future, Hope, Integrity, Reconciliation, Restoration, Tranistion
You made a righteous decision and instead of being honored you were hung out to dry. All of a sudden you find yourself in a place of relational isolation. The outcome of this situation looks like someone attached a clothes hanger to your shoulders and hung you on an...
by Garris Elkins | Aug 28, 2016 | Forgiveenss, Freedom, Healing, Hope
I have come to realize some of the greatest advancements in life begin their journey from within a place of personal brokenness. At first this doesn’t make sense because it is so contrary to what is spoken in our culture and sadly, in some parts of the Church. I found...
by Garris Elkins | Jul 25, 2016 | Fathers, Forgiveenss, Mercy, Peace, Relationships, Wisdom
Have you noticed some people do better remaining quiet and simply observing life instead of always feeling “called” to intervene in the personal business of another person? I was traveling with a group into the old Soviet Union a few years before it...
by Garris Elkins | Jul 25, 2016 | Fathers, Forgiveenss, Mercy, Peace, Relationships, Wisdom
Have you noticed some people do better remaining quiet and simply observing life instead of always feeling “called” to intervene in the personal business of another person? I was traveling with a group into the old Soviet Union a few years before it...