by Garris Elkins | Jun 4, 2020 | Discernment, Discipleship, Discipline
Every “yes” we say to God in obedience to His voice is significant. Each yes is part of a much larger spiritual process that will lead us to a place of ultimate victory. Even the smallest of yeses releases a tremendous impact. If we live a life of ongoing yeses, when...
by Garris Elkins | Jun 3, 2020 | Culture, Deliverance, Discernment, Discipleship, Dreams, Future, Kingdom of God, Leadership, Prophecy, Vision.
The prophet Joel spoke of the culmination of time and quoted the Lord, who said, “I will pour out my Spirit upon all people.” The “all people” wording leaves no one out. It will affect believers, non-believers, and those in between. It was an all-inclusive...
by Garris Elkins | Jun 2, 2020 | Honor, Justice, Relationships, Trust, Wisdom
The title of Jerry Cook’s book, “A Few Things I’ve Learned Since I Knew It All,” seems to express what many of us are experiencing as we discover the shallowness of our opinions in this heated time of social unrest. The title of Jerry’s...
by Garris Elkins | Jun 2, 2020 | Forgivness, Freedom, Kingdom of God, Restoration
When a friendship is healed and restored after an experience of misunderstanding and separation, it forms the deepest kind of friendship. If something takes place that separates good friends, and they come back together through mutual humility and forgiveness, a...
by Garris Elkins | Jun 1, 2020 | Freedom, Future, Kingdom of God, Reformation, Spiritual Warfare, Teaching, Transition
When I look down at the gear shift area in my truck’s center console, the shift knob indicates several choices that will create motion. The only position that produces no movement is neutral. Perhaps my car’s transmission is a metaphor for life. Without...
