by Garris Elkins | Jun 30, 2014 | Faith, Honor, Love, Miracles, Power, Trust
You have been shopping at the spiritual sale rack. You have not believed there is more for you. God has called you to an extravagance of faith that to some people will appear outlandish. Don’t allow people with meager mindsets to be your spiritual fashion...
by Garris Elkins | Jun 28, 2014 | Faith, Obedience, Power, Trust
You are sitting in your boat. The waves of your daily routine are splashing against the hull in monotonous predictability. As you wonder about the next step in your life you hear the Lord speak, “Step out and come to Me.” Between you and His voice is an...
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 25, 2014 | Deliverance, Holy Spirit, Obedience, Pentecost, Power, Trust
Within the bowl of fruit something unusual is taking place. The rotten fruit is not infecting the other pieces of fruit. In fact, just the opposite is taking place. The healthy fruit is beginning to transform the rotten fruit. In a natural way of thinking...
by Garris Elkins | Jun 20, 2014 | Change, Freedom, Power, Prayer, Transition
The ripe fruit of your labor has finally fallen from the tree, but it has become suspended in mid-air like the freeze-frame of a motion picture. You see its sweetness, but you can’t touch or taste it just yet. You have wondered why you have not been able to eat...
by Garris Elkins | Jun 18, 2014 | Forgiveness, Future, Hope, Power, Repentance, Trust
The phrase, “throwing in the towel” was used in boxing matches when the trainer saw that his boxer was getting destroyed in the ring. The trainer, seeing what appeared to be an inevitable and devastating defeat, would throw a towel into the ring and the referee would...