by Garris Elkins | Jan 2, 2018 | Change, Church, Courage, Future
With every transition in your life, God will give you a word to guide you forward. Waiting for that word is wise. Stepping over the threshold of the doorway into a new season without knowing the content of that word will create confusion and doubt at some point in the...
by Garris Elkins | Jan 1, 2018 | Courage, Faith, Humility, Obedience
In 2017, we celebrated the 500th anniversary of the Reformation. Actually, the Reformation took place in the years that followed Martin Luther nailing his 95 Theses on the church door in Wittenberg, Germany. Luther had no idea he was starting the Reformation. He was...
by Garris Elkins | Dec 31, 2017 | Death, Eternity, Faith, God, Jesus, Miracles, Peace, Relationships, Revelation, Spirit, Trust, Worship
Today, December 31, would have been my dog’s 15th birthday. Abby died Thanksgiving weekend. I have missed her so much in the last month. A few minutes ago, a most beautiful and amazing thing happened to me. When I opened my iPhone calendar to check any...
by Garris Elkins | Dec 31, 2017 | Five-Fold Ministry, Gifts, Holy Spirit, Prohecy, Prophetic, Revelation
The most significant message delivered in a prophetic word is hope, not a prediction or the revelation of a previously unknown fact. We seem to rate the ability to declare hidden things like dates, names and what might happen in the future as more significant. While...
by Garris Elkins | Dec 30, 2017 | Creativity, Discipline, Future, Jesus, Obedience, Prayer, Promotion
This morning, just a bit after 4:00 am, I drove my daughter, Anna, to the airport to catch a flight that would take her to Mexico. Her travels will end with a ride in a converted fishing boat from Puerto Vallarta to the remote village of Yelapa, Mexico. In Yelapa,...
