by Garris Elkins | Dec 12, 2019 | Culture, Deliverance, Favor, God, Hope, Leadership, Spiritual Warfare
The last verse of the following text from Isaiah is where I have parked my hope at this moment in history, “So he himself stepped in to save them with his strong arm.” For many who have not considered the intervening aspect of God’s strong arm in human affairs,...
by Garris Elkins | Dec 11, 2019 | Discernment, Discipline, Faith, Faithfulness, Fear, Freedom, Obedience, Prophecy, Supernatural, Truth, Wisdom, Word
For the last few months, the Lord has been directing Jan and me by the impulses of His Spirit. While we have tried to live that way all of our lives, it has not been as purposeful as it has become of late. A shift in the spiritual realm is taking place. We believe...
by Garris Elkins | Dec 9, 2019 | Culture, Discernment, Discipline, Leadership, Love, Mercy, Reformation, Spiritual Warfare, Vision.
It will be so easy for some of us to overuse the numerical designation for the coming New Year in a prophetic sense, but the number 2020 is real. It’s on our calendar, and it does mean something. This morning, after standing at our living room window and praying...
by Garris Elkins | Dec 9, 2019 | Favor, Fear, Grace, Healing, Honor, Humility, Redemption
When the mess you made finally catches up to you, God will be present in that painful place ready to redeem the negative outcome others have predicted over your life. He will turn the negative mess into something positive because that is His nature. It’s not over...
by Garris Elkins | Dec 8, 2019 | Courage, Deliverance, Discernment, Faith, Freedom, Future, Justice, Spiritual Warfare
I hike a few times each week on the woodland trails above our home. I will occasionally turn around and check my backtrail. I do this for a reason. The cougar population in Oregon has increased at an alarming rate since legislation went into place, limiting the...