by Garris Elkins | Jan 1, 2020 | Creativity, Deliverance, Dreams, Favor, Freedom, Future, God, Grace, Promise, Promotion, Restoration
Women who are pregnant possess a unique beauty. They are carriers of new life and the life they carry illuminates something in their expression only seen during pregnancy. I remember when Jan was pregnant with our children. She has always been a stunning beauty to me,...
by Garris Elkins | Dec 31, 2019 | Deliverance, Discipline, Favor, Fear, Peace
A wise mentor once said, “Your authority will never be established until it is challenged.” Over the years, there were times when I wanted so badly to respond in fleshly tones to the challenge but held back my negative response. Through personal failure, I...
by Garris Elkins | Dec 29, 2019 | Family, Grace, Healing, Mercy, Relationships
When my father passed away 30 years ago, I wanted to keep one of his hats. He was from a generation where if a man went outside, he wore a hat. I remember several years after his passing that I picked up one of his hats and held it to my face. I could still smell a...
by Garris Elkins | Dec 28, 2019 | Prophecy, Revelation
In the remaining days of 2019, you will be invited to look back over the events of the last year. Publications and newscasts will have special end-of-year reports. While a review has some merit, God is asking many of us to look ahead into 2020 and see the coming year...
by Garris Elkins | Dec 28, 2019 | Courage, Forgiveness, Freedom, Grace, Honor, Hope, Humility, Mercy, Obedience, Peace, Reconciliation, Relationships
Those who mock you are mocking from a place of personal sorrow. They are not sure they will ever have what you have, so their defensiveness uses mockery as a form of emotional insulation distancing them from their sad reality. Be willing to look past the mockery into...