by Garris Elkins | Aug 9, 2016 | Hope, Obedience, Prayer, Provision
Last weekend while ministering in Salem, Oregon, an image began to develop over the heads of the people who filled the sanctuary of the church where I was preaching. I saw small clouds filled with precipitation on the verge of release floating above their heads. I...
by Garris Elkins | Aug 8, 2016 | Eternity, Faith, Fear, Future, God, Joy, Obedience, Peace, Rest
Recently, I was speaking in a church that had three Sunday morning services. For each service hundreds of people would gather for worship. In order to move that many people in and out of their facility it required a great deal of organization, timing and...
by Garris Elkins | Aug 6, 2016 | Courage, Fear, Future, Hope, Kingdom of God, Restoration, Spiritual Warfare
The phrase, “I am ready to throw up my hands”, is defined in the dictionary as, “to give up in despair.” This should never be the mindset of a follower of Jesus Christ because hope is always on our horizon. I have heard this negative confession made by a number of...
by Garris Elkins | Aug 5, 2016 | Five-Fold Ministry, Prophecy, Supernatural
For the last several weeks, I have been preparing material for a video presentation I have been asked to make for the Welton Academy on the subject of Prophetic Alignment. As I gathered material a story from my past came to mind illustrating the importance of being...
by Garris Elkins | Aug 4, 2016 | Future, Hope, prayer repentance hope, Revelation
For the last two days, I have been on the road. Each morning, I was up before dawn in a place where I was able to see the very first rays of a new day rising behind the mountains to the east. The mountains looked dark and undefined as the sunrise backlit their...
