by Garris Elkins | Sep 4, 2019 | Dreams, Family, Favor, Honor, Love, Marriage
Eating tacos in a converted gas station that’s now pumping out Mexican fare. Listening to Willie Nelson playing in the background. Wearing old jeans and worn boots. It’s an easy space and time. My lady sits across the table, smiling back at me. She’s sending a...
by Garris Elkins | Sep 4, 2019 | Culture, Deliverance, Fear, Future, Holiness, Holy Spirit, Hope, Miracles, Pentecost, Reformation, Resurrection, Revival
Church history is formed over time and can appear like a glacier moving at a speed imperceptible to the natural eye. In these glacial-like seasons, some have given up hope and allowed human opinion to form a worldview in conflict with truth. At other...
by Garris Elkins | Sep 3, 2019 | Courage, Faith, Fear, Justice, Kingdom, Kingdom of God, Leadership
If you want to know what a religious spirit looks like remove its ability to punish someone. At the moment of disempowerment, when the religious spirit stands before you naked and exposed without the trappings of its deceptivecamouflageandlanguage, it will turn...
by Garris Elkins | Sep 2, 2019 | Change, Courage, Deliverance, Discipleship, Freedom, Grace, Hope
Whenever we choose to rest, we will discover our addictions. Rest from anything is the cessation of the effort required to maintain the presence of deception. That effort can be the unhealthy pursuit of power or prestige, eating to ease emotional pain, a life of...
by Garris Elkins | Sep 1, 2019 | Discipleship, Favor, Forgiveness, Healing, Honor, Integrity, Kingdom of God, Leadership, Peace
At some point, you might feel used or even manipulated as you help someone else make a transition. Planned transitions can take on a life of their own. Once plans get rolling, they can feel like a freight train running ahead at full steam. You either get on...