by Garris Elkins | May 8, 2013 | Faith, Family, Hope, Miracles, Obedience, Trust
Each family will go through seasons of challenge and suffering in the course of a lifetime. As a family, we recently experienced one of those times. In the end, God showed up and pointed the situation in a new direction, but at the start we felt...
by Garris Elkins | Apr 24, 2013 | Faith, Future, Hope, Prophecy, Transition
I will never forget the impact our eighth grade graduation speaker had on my young and developing life. The impact was not positive. I only remember the beginning words of his opening sentence. To his credit, he may have said more, but I shut down...
by Garris Elkins | Apr 2, 2013 | Church, Identity, Kingdom of God, Leadership, Revival, Transition
Twenty years ago, I sat in a large convention center with several thousand pastors. We were attending a denominational conference. One of the scheduled speakers had to cancel at the last moment and Roger Whitlow, a pastor of a large and impacting church in...
by Garris Elkins | Mar 19, 2013 | Prophetic
A television interview yesterday on The Dove TV about prayer, revival, leadership and God-Whispers.http://var/web/site/public_html.youtube.com/watch?v=GjFFt0tWdXI
by Garris Elkins | Feb 28, 2013 | Evangelism, Faith, Forgiveness, Future, God, Healing, Honor, Humility, Prayer, Restoration, Spiritual Warfare
I was afraid to go into Junior High School. Horror stories filled my young head about the “big kids” who really didn’t like little guys like me. We heard stories about getting our pants pulled down in front of girls. Much of what I lived in fear of never took place. ...