by Garris Elkins | Jul 2, 2014 | Forgiveness, Freedom, Joy, Love, Trust
You are being forced to love in a way that makes you feel uncomfortable. Demanding fingers are pointing to a narrow and shallow definition of love that demands you walk only upon the steeping stones of their limited understanding. The most powerful form of love...
by Garris Elkins | Jun 26, 2014 | Forgiveness, Hope, Joy, Power, Supernatural
You dropped the ball. It was not your intent to do so, but it happened. You were careless. You are in shock as you see the things you once held dear now falling towards eventual destruction. You are expecting the fall and crash to destroy what you dropped, but God has...
by Garris Elkins | Jun 9, 2014 | Faith, Favor, Future, Hope, Joy, Peace
You have been sensing God is about to deliver something new. You are like a person expecting an important package to arrive on their doorstep. You jump up at each new sound and run to the door thinking the delivery person has arrived. This is exactly where...
by Garris Elkins | Jun 4, 2014 | Freedom, Future, Healing, Hope, Joy
The vase is beautiful, but the flowers within the vase have wilted and now lay limp and dry in stagnant water. The vase is your life and the flowers resemble the current condition of your faith. At some point you stopped believing and the beauty of your...
by Garris Elkins | Jun 3, 2014 | Gifts, Intimacy, Joy, Love, Marriage, Mercy
Your life is like a closet. Hanging inside are the promises of God – garments waiting to be worn. You have been assembling these promises for a long time and you have started to wonder if you will ever wear them. Now is the time to get ready. The Lord,...
by Garris Elkins | May 23, 2014 | Dreams, Healing, Hope, Humility, Joy
Recently, you have felt the weight of something pressing down upon your life. It has become like emotional gravity. This constant pressure is having a cumulative effect on your ability to see the goodness of God in this season. The effect of this gravity...
