by Garris Elkins | Dec 26, 2019 | Change, Deliverance, Faith, Favor, Future, Hope, Promise, Transition, Trust, Truth
This time between Christmas and the New Year is an interesting week. It is like an intermission, a pause before we do it all over again. This morning, I sensed the Lord saying, “No more of the same.” Some of you have grown accustomed to life moving forward as...
by Garris Elkins | Dec 24, 2019 | Change, Dreams, Favor
It has been a long and tiring journey for some of you as you made your way through the calendar of 2019. Something different will take place in 2020. The new year is aggressively coming to you with excitement like a person working their way through a crowded room,...
by Garris Elkins | Dec 23, 2019 | Eternity, Faithfulness, Family, Fathers, Future, Identity, Peace, Thankfulness
As we get older, something visits us with increasing regularity. That visitor is closure. Seasons of life come to an end. Places we once lived change over time and close behind the door of our history. The lives of friends and loved ones end transitioning from this...
by Garris Elkins | Dec 22, 2019 | Creativity, Family, Favor, Fear, Jesus, Mercy, Redemption, Trust
A friend of our family shared this painting of the nativity scene by the artist Gari Melcher on her Facebook wall. When I saw the image, I stopped and stared, stunned by its raw beauty. It conveyed to me something more profound and impactful than any other nativity...
by Garris Elkins | Dec 21, 2019 | Change, Church planting, Culture, Discernment, Faithfulness, Favor, Five-Fold Ministry, God, Grace, Honor, Humility, Leadership
Look across the landscape of your life and ask, “Who is the least likely person I know who might become a devoted follower of Jesus Christ?” This is a question the first believers in Jerusalem would have no problem answering. They would have said, “Saul!” Saul, who...
