by Garris Elkins | Apr 1, 2015 | Hope, Mercy
The doorway of hope is many times disguised with despair. On the first Easter, in the darkness of the early morning, it was the voice of Jesus, not His unrecognizable image that gave Mary her first sense of hope. Today, as you stand before a personal doorway of...
by Garris Elkins | Mar 31, 2015 | Church, Family, Freedom, Joy, Kingdom, Ministry
As your faith matures it becomes less cluttered with the demands, opinions and speculation of those whose circles of fellowship are birthed, fueled and maintained by increasing levels of discord. You will know that you have come to this place of freedom when you find...
by Garris Elkins | Mar 30, 2015 | Deliverance, Hope, Resurrection, Revival, Worship
This morning, as I sat in the darkness of a still breaking dawn, a goose flew overhead and honked. I wondered how the goose could navigate through the darkness and then I remembered something from my past. It reminded me of my days as a pilot when I would make an...
by Garris Elkins | Mar 27, 2015 | Church planting, Death, Deliverance, Destiny, Future, Hope, Kingdom, Love, Promise, Redemption, Sacrifice
A few years ago a much larger picture of Easter emerged for me. I could not understand why it had eluded me for so many years. I came to realize three things in context and in relationship with each other about the Easter story. The...
by Garris Elkins | Mar 25, 2015 | Culture, Evangelism, Faith, Fathers, Future, Gifts, Kingdom, Leadership, Ministry, Provision, Revival, Vision., Word
Be careful of limiting your understanding of God and how He works to only what is written within the pages of scripture. Someone wisely said, “All of the bible is God, but not all of God is in the bible”. Imagine how challenging it would be to press the Almighty...
