by Garris Elkins | Jul 22, 2014 | Change, Faith, Holy Spirit, Honor, Kingdom of God, Obedience, Peace, Trust
Put down the religious talking points. Someone else crafted these words and handed them to you. Now they are demanding that you speak them if you want to belong to the group. These are not your words, nor do they express the heart of God. It is right for you...
by Garris Elkins | Jul 3, 2014 | Death, Future, Hope, Intimacy, Peace, Trust
What if you could come back to this day and do it all over again? What if you could return to that unkind conversation and respond differently? What if you could discover the profound experience you missed because it was hidden behind the familiar? What if you could...
by Garris Elkins | Jun 19, 2014 | Hope, Peace, Prophecy, Trust
Today, I sent the following words of encouragement to a wonderful husband and wife team who are serving God. As I sent this message, I felt the Lord ask me to also post these words for others to read because some of His servants are experiencing a challenging season...
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 7, 2014 | Faith, Hope, Peace, Power, Trust, Vision.
The pane of glass you are looking through has, over time, become smudged and smeared by the challenges of life. You are only seeing life in vague and partial images. You really don’t know what life is supposed to look like anymore. But that is about to...
by Garris Elkins | Jun 5, 2014 | Peace, Rest, Restoration, Trust
You are juggling so many things in your life. You believe the survival of what you are juggling depends on you keeping everything airborne and constantly in motion. What if you simply stopped? You are afraid that if you stopped juggling all these things they...
