by Garris Elkins | Mar 6, 2019 | Courage, Death, Deliverance, Discipleship, Fear, Freedom, Healing, Hope, Intimacy, Jesus, Joy, Marriage, Mercy, Miracles, Reconciliation, Rest, Restoration, Spiritual Warfare
A massive landslide took place last week on the Oregon coast. The landslide is almost a mile in length. It has displaced the coast highway downslope toward the ocean turning the highway into an impassible mass of crumbled asphalt and dirt. It looks like the remnants...
by Garris Elkins | Mar 6, 2019 | Family, Father, Intimacy, Love, Marriage
I’m guessing I kiss or hug Jan at least 10 times a day. Our love involves a continuous intimate physical encounter. Jesus did not come as a vaporous spirit. He came to incarnate a physical representation of God’s love. Don’t settle for a stale...
by Garris Elkins | Mar 5, 2019 | Courage, Death, Deliverance, Faith, Fear, Hope, Power, Prayer, Provision, Spiritual Warfare
I walked out into our front yard and saw the remnant of a major snowstorm that hit our area last week. The storm was so severe and impacting that the governor of Oregon declared parts of western Oregon a disaster area. Tens of thousands of people were left without...
by Garris Elkins | Mar 4, 2019 | Culture, Discipline, Freedom, Future, Intimacy, Jesus, Obedience, Promotion, Wisdom
Every intersection of life has a word from the Lord in place that will function as a traffic signal. As you approach these intersections read the signals carefully and wisely. Some have sped through these intersections without wisdom and their assumptions...
by Garris Elkins | Mar 4, 2019 | Dreams, Eternity, Family, Five-Fold Ministry, Future, Hope, Miracles, Obedience, Prayer, Reconciliation, Restoration
Perhaps it’s because I am writing this on Sunday evening knowing Monday is coming that I sense a somber, tender sorrow of sorts. Monday is that day when the routine of life is re-engaged, again. These routines become so circular and repetitive that we can forget...
