by Garris Elkins | Jun 1, 2022 | Prophetic
I remember the first time it happened. Jan and I were returning from a conference in the first year of our pastoral ministry. We had driven eight hours away to spend a few days with fellow pastors and were on our return trip home. About an hour out, we felt a shift...
by Garris Elkins | May 31, 2022 | Prophetic
In a life of faith. it is important to know when to put the brakes on and when to accelerate. Without that knowledge, we will collide with things we could have avoided. I remember being trained as a young cop how to drive defensively. Our trainer was a man with a...
by Garris Elkins | May 30, 2022 | Prophetic
There are situations where the words “overwhelming evidence” are used to describe a crowd bias, not the complete truth of a matter. These lynch mobs feed off cultural emotion, not the wisdom of the Spirit. A mob will rush to the jail of bias to overcome due process...
by Garris Elkins | May 29, 2022 | Prophetic
A pruning of the assumptions we thought we would carry into the future is taking place. Some are wasting their sorrow over the pruning because they do not understand its purpose. In the coming days, we will see the “why” for the removal of our assumptions....
by Garris Elkins | May 28, 2022 | Prophetic
Every morning I do an exercise called “The Plank.” It works my body from head to toe. Its most important benefit is what it does to my core. To be strong at the core of our body affects the immediate areas of muscle and skeletal structure, but its most important...
