by Garris Elkins | Oct 28, 2016 | Destiny, Favor, Identity, Pride, Promotion
A wise pastor once told me you will be considered an expert on any subject when you travel more than 50 miles from your home to speak. He said people want to believe the best about a guest speaker welcoming them with open arms. Knowing that assumption exists we...
by Garris Elkins | Oct 27, 2016 | Creavity, Faithfulness, Obedience
Someone asked me how to get started writing. I told them to first create a storage and retrieval system. A place of storage provides a way for you to accumulate what you have written. It also provides a method for future retrieval. Without a storage and retrieval...
by Garris Elkins | Oct 27, 2016 | Culture, Death, Faith, Fear, Freedom, Integrity, Kingdom of God, Power, Relationships
You and I have creative potential with our words. We have that potential because we were reborn as God’s children by the breath of the Spirit. We carry the very breath of God. He has assigned our words to be His spiritually reproductive sound on Earth. We use our...
by Garris Elkins | Oct 26, 2016 | Reconciliation, Restoration, Trust
On my way home after a morning of errands and appointments, I noticed a car pull out in front of me with an unsecured box on top of the roof. The box was covered in brown paper. As the car made the turn onto the roadway the box fell off. I stopped to pick it up...
by Garris Elkins | Oct 25, 2016 | Freedom, Future, Trust
One morning last week, I left my motel room to take a morning walk before I drove on to my next ministry assignment. As I walked up a main street, I passed a strange little side street with an “End” sign at the edge of the pavement. The street was only about 10 feet...