by Garris Elkins | Oct 19, 2019 | Discernment, Discipleship, Discipline, Peace
A faucet of rage has appeared and is within reach. As tensions rise and the cultural dialogue heats up, you have found yourself wanting to reach out and open the faucet to let your unbridled emotions and opinions join the current of rage that is flooding our culture....
by Garris Elkins | Oct 18, 2019 | Change, Creativity, Deliverance, Discernment, Faith, Future, Healing, Hope, Kingdom of God, Promise
Yesterday, I was raking up mounds of colorful leaves that covered our back yard. While raking the leaves, the Lord said, “You are raking up the shade of summer.” I knew what He meant. I was raking into piles the very things that provided us with the cool shade we so...
by Garris Elkins | Oct 18, 2019 | Discipleship, Hope, Justice, Trust
If you have learned how to survive in a broken place for an extended season of time, you are stronger than you realize. Your life is living evidence that your faith is working and you are strong even though you might feel weak. In situations of civil unrest,...
by Garris Elkins | Oct 17, 2019 | Change, Courage, Faithfulness, Obedience, Transition
Jan reminded me of something we don’t often consider when we enter a time of change and transition. Using the Israelites as an example, they had to break camp before they could move. Transition is not always immediate. It is a process that involves breaking camp with...
by Garris Elkins | Oct 15, 2019 | Reformation, Restoration, Revelation, Revival
Wallace Henley, a revival historian, shared an interesting note about the Welsh Revival of 1904-5. Henley wrote, “The transformation was so profound and so personal that the mules pulling the coal out of Welsh mines had to be retrained. They only knew the foul curses...
