by Garris Elkins | Jan 7, 2020 | Dreams, Faith, Family, Favor, Fear, Future, Grace, Healing, Hope
This afternoon the sun came out and passed through my truck window to warm my face in the middle of a cold winter day. As soon as I felt the warm sun rays, Bob Marley’s reggae song, Jammin’, came on the radio. In a moment of memory, I was transported back to Kingston,...
by Garris Elkins | Jan 6, 2020 | Courage, Discernment, Holy Spirit, Kingdom, Spiritual Warfare, Teaching
“You will be hearing of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not frightened, for those things must take place, but that is not yet the end” (Matthew 24:6). An unholy alliance of nations is forming, a...
by Garris Elkins | Jan 5, 2020 | Change, Courage, Deliverance, Discernment, Favor, Future, Mercy, Redemption, Supernatural, Wisdom
Before you change the course of your life, be careful to rightly discern the direction the relational and spiritual winds are blowing. Some of the first indicators of a positive way forward might not be telling you the whole truth. Paul was being transported as a...
by Garris Elkins | Jan 4, 2020 | Deliverance, Discernment, Fear, Justice, Kingdom, Kingdom of God, Leadership, Reformation, Spiritual Warfare, Teaching, Truth, Vision., Wisdom
The most dangerous enemy is never the most obvious. He plays the long game. Over time, this kind of enemy will use our naivety, personal compromise, and spiritual blindness to construct his dark plan. The products of this deception are things we would never have...
by Garris Elkins | Jan 3, 2020 | Discernment, Discipleship, Discipline, Wisdom
Our faith can be radicalized negatively in isolation. We need the iron of another person’s honoring critique to sharpen our thinking to make sure we do not become a religious lone wolf armed with misinformation and a distorted understanding of God’s heart. Yesterday,...