by Garris Elkins | Apr 29, 2014 | Faith, Forgiveness, Future, Honor, Hope, Trust
In this last season you have felt like the rug has been pulled out from under your feet. Your life resembles one of those slow motion camera shots where a person is thrown up into the air and suspended in time awaiting the eventual crash back to earth. These...
by Garris Elkins | Apr 27, 2014 | Faith, Future, Honor, Hope, Repentance, Trust
You have painted yourself into a corner. Mistakes and misjudgments have brought you to this place. As you look out from this isolated corner you feel like you want to break free and run, but you are afraid of ruining the paint job. The natural mind says, “Wait...
by Garris Elkins | Apr 26, 2014 | Future, Hope, Rest, Trust
For a while you have felt stuck in the revolving doors of your circumstance. There have been brief moments when you thought your timing would allow you to step off, but it hasn’t worked out. You feel trapped. You long for freedom and a sense of...
by Garris Elkins | Apr 25, 2014 | Dreams, Forgiveness, Healing, Hope, Identity, Trust
There are two kinds of sorrow. One sorrow will lead us away from the source of our pain into a place of isolation. The other sorrow will lead us toward the source of our pain to embrace its presence in a fellowship of suffering with Christ. The sorrow that leads us...
by Garris Elkins | Apr 23, 2014 | Forgiveness, Honor, Hope, Redemption, Rest, Trust
The Honor is Coming There is honor coming to your life. What will make this honor so unique is that it will be released into that place where you had previously been dishonored. You will be surprised at its arrival because you have made your life work...
by Garris Elkins | Apr 21, 2014 | Faith, Future, Hope, Obedience, Trust
You have been told to walk through this new doorway, but you are hesitating. You are hesitating because crossing its threshold means you will need to trust again and trust carries with it a familiar and uncomfortable vulnerability. Stepping in faith will only make you...
