by Garris Elkins | Nov 17, 2019 | Discernment, Discipline, Dreams, Future, Grace, Rest, Sacrifice, Truth, Wisdom
There are times when the next step forward is discovered when we simply stop and rest. We live in a culture that continually drives us to experience more and more forward motion. Constant motion is advertised as proof that we have it all together and are on a mission....
by Garris Elkins | Nov 16, 2019 | Discernment, Discipleship, Discipline, Grace, Healing, Honor, Integrity, Love
I would like to comment on many things taking place in the public square, but in doing so, I would probably scare some people and offend others with my frankness. So, I remain silent and pray. My lips carry multiple scars from years of biting them in an attempt to...
by Garris Elkins | Nov 16, 2019 | Courage, Faith, Trust
Together, we ran toward a cliff edge hand in hand, confronting our fear. At its imposing edge, we lept in faith, reaching for the heart of God. At the moment of our leaping, wings of mercy and grace grew out beyond our circumstance, and took us higher and higher...
by Garris Elkins | Nov 15, 2019 | Courage, Death, Deliverance, Discipleship, Discipline, Fear
I am not afraid of heights…certain kinds of heights. Yesterday, I was doing a few to-do list things around our home. One item was using the leaf blower to clear leaves from our roof. Jan was meeting with someone in town, so I decided to have the job done when she...
by Garris Elkins | Nov 14, 2019 | Courage, Deliverance, Discernment, Dreams, Gifts, Healing, Holiness, Love, Prophetic, Resurrection, Vision.
At our best, we only see and understand the events of life in part. The experience of personal and cultural change has deposited people in new places without their full knowledge of how they arrived or what had actually taken place in the transition. Most of life...
