by Garris Elkins | Jul 17, 2024 | Prophetic
In this life when pain and loss come, we are never without the effect of God’s restorative blessings if our heart remains pliable to His will. This is why we can praise the Lord no matter what comes our way. The life of Job is an example of the Lord’s restoration....
by Garris Elkins | Jul 16, 2024 | Prophetic
When an evil act takes place, like the assassination attempt on President Trump, we can miss seeing the miracle of God’s rescue because we allowed our negative predisposition to limit our understanding of what happened. What muddles our understanding are the...
by Garris Elkins | Jul 15, 2024 | Prophetic
The Church has been called to speak truth even when the truth is not popular or accepted. That kind of speech requires courage when forces are set against its release even drawing on our legal system to silence its message of dissent. At some point, threats of...
by Garris Elkins | Jul 14, 2024 | Prophetic
Two days ago, I shared a word about surprises coming in both the political and financial realms. ( https://garriselkins.com/surprises-are-coming-2/ ). As the assassination attempt took place against President Trump, I knew that event was the beginning of those...
by Garris Elkins | Jul 13, 2024 | Prophetic
Every life has a turning point that will change how we interpret our suffering. That point turns our thinking toward a place of hope even if the evidence of hope is not yet present. It is a point where we recognize God’s mercy is present and will appear in our place...
by Garris Elkins | Jul 12, 2024 | Prophetic
I appreciate a principled life. But if we are driven only by principles and not by compassion, the principle will fall flat and become a hard and loveless response to those who are suffering. After listening to Bildad’s insensitive words as to why Job was suffering,...