by Garris Elkins | Sep 25, 2015 | Death, Deliverance, Destiny, Discipline, Faith, Favor, Forgivness, Freedom, Honor, Humility, Pride, Promise, Restoration
The most painful form of rejection is betrayal. Betrayal is a powerful spiritual acid that pours its corrosive presence into your heart eventually eroding your ability to trust. Be careful when under this kind of attack. Betrayal has a goal. It wants to...
by Garris Elkins | Sep 24, 2015 | Change, Forgivenss, Gifts, Humility
When the Apostle Paul said to the church in Corinth, “Anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun!” (II Corinthians 5:17) he used a word to describe “new” that can be translated as “previously non-existent”. In...
by Garris Elkins | Sep 10, 2015 | Change, Humility, Identity, Prophecy, Supernatural, Vision.
This morning, as I was reading scripture, I came to Proverbs 20:27 where the text says, “The Lord’s light penetrates the human spirit, exposing every hidden motive.” When I read those words, I saw the image of a book. As I watched the book a wind began blowing...
by Garris Elkins | Aug 6, 2015 | Freedom, Humility, Prophecy, Redemption
“Now our knowledge is partial and incomplete, and even the gift of prophecy reveals only part of the whole picture!”I Corinthians 13:9 When Paul penned these words he was sharing a principle for life and especially for prophetic ministry. Nothing we do or say is...
by Garris Elkins | Aug 4, 2015 | Courage, Faithfulness, Humility, Prophecy
At some point you will share a word with someone and they will not like what they hear. They may disagree with your delivery or even the content of your theology. The wider the audience for your ministry becomes the more this will happen – sometimes with regularity....
by Garris Elkins | Aug 1, 2015 | Humility, Prophecy, Trust, Truth
One of the most challenging things we can do is bring a word of correction. Hopefully, these corrective words are rare and birthed only by a merciful work of the Spirit and not by our own impatience or frustration at the level of brokenness we see in the lives of the...
