by Garris Elkins | Apr 22, 2014 | Future, Intimacy, Rest
Your past cannot be changed. Some linger in their past living in the sorrow of what cannot be changed. Don’t be one of these unfortunate ones. The failure of your past is part of the dead life – something that has been swallowed up by the new life God has...
by Garris Elkins | Apr 21, 2014 | Faith, Future, Hope, Obedience, Trust
You have been told to walk through this new doorway, but you are hesitating. You are hesitating because crossing its threshold means you will need to trust again and trust carries with it a familiar and uncomfortable vulnerability. Stepping in faith will only make you...
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...
by Garris Elkins | Apr 15, 2014 | Future, Hope, Transition, Trust
The answer is coming. It will come because God always answers His children. You are not like someone who takes a number in an office and waits your turn. Your request has gained the attention of your Heavenly Father. All the power and resources of His...
by Garris Elkins | Apr 14, 2014 | Faith, Future, Hope, Power, Trust
The wall has appeared once again. Its cement blocks of sorrow are held in place by the mortar of your despair. As you look up at the face of this wall its formidable presence tells you to stop trying and give up. Each time this wall has appeared in the past the same...
by Garris Elkins | Apr 8, 2014 | Faith, Future, Hope
It is time to lift your head. You have lost a sense of vision because you have become downcast by your circumstance. You have been convinced to look down and receive a sentence that has imprisoned you in hopelessness. When you look down you only see...
