by Garris Elkins | Apr 18, 2018 | Family, Father, Freedom, Gifts, Joy, Relationships
Today, former First Lady Barbara Bush passed away. What a great lady she was. I just read a brief bio of her life and like each of our First Ladies, I must admit, I find they are more interesting than their husbands. I have been married to a very strong, informed and...
by Garris Elkins | Apr 17, 2018 | Creativity, Deliverance, Faith, Future, Leadership, Promotion, Revelation, Wisdom
Spirit-led imagination functions in a place of unexplored possibilities outside the boundary of what is currently known and defined. This imagination takes place on the leading edge of an expanding revelation. C.S. Lewis described an experience called a “baptism...
by Garris Elkins | Apr 16, 2018 | Change, Courage, Creativity, Culture, Five-fold, Kingdom of God
The prophetic voice of the Church should sound different than the voices of the political and social pundits we hear on our favorite news outlet. When our voice becomes saturated with the same frustration and uses the same talking points as this battling political...
by Garris Elkins | Apr 15, 2018 | Courage, Discipline, Humility, Love, Mercy
Our authority is never established until it is challenged. In the challenge, the condition of our heart is revealed. These challenges can become a gift to us if we are willing to exchange our fear, defensiveness and the need to control the situation for humility. Once...
by Garris Elkins | Apr 14, 2018 | Creativity, Death, Eternity, Family, Freedom, Revelation, Spirit, Worship
The separating veil is so thin. It is sheer and wafting before our eyes like fine gauze. If we could only imagine how thin and close it is to us – the eternal, the other side of all things as we now know them. They walk there with Him, our departed loved ones,...
