This morning, I woke up hearing in my spirit the word “tottering.” After settling into my writing chair, I searched for the meaning of the word and found the following definition provided by an online Google search. “Tottering: 1 a: being in an unstable condition:...
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Prophetic Horizons
Aligning people with their God-Defined identity.
ASKING FOR THINGS TOO WONDERFUL TO UNDERSTAND
The Lord is waiting for us to ask Him for more. The “more” is the revelation of those things happening in the realm of the Spirit that will invade our conscious mind and life experience and change us forever. This hunger for more will keep us from settling into a...
BLIND OBEDIENCE
The way forward that leads to sanity and wholeness is many times hidden behind the diversions we are told to believe as the absolute truth of a matter, diversions that demand our acceptance without further inquiry.
“The Grape Tree” by Garris Elkins
At the end of our street is where the Grape Tree grows.The Grape Tree is an old oak that has been overtaken by a grape vine that produces wonderfully sweet grapes each year. The little town where we live is one of those historic gold-mining towns that sprang up in the...
“Try It One More Time – Jesus Is Here” by Garris Elkins
Recently, I was reflecting on Luke 5 where Jesus calls Simon to follow Him after he and his friends had fished all night and caught nothing. As I read the text I thought of all who are now struggling with the implications of the global financial downturn and its...
“Trials Becoming Trails” by Garris Elkins
Recently, the Lord downloaded something into my heart – “If you move the letter “i” in the word “trial” it becomes the word “trail.” Trials without the hope of their becoming trails can feel like desperate and discouraging seasons of life.Trials seem static if they...
“Are you a Doctor?” by Garris Elkins
Today, I helped my wife with something I really don't like to do - moving stuff. A friend donated a load of furniture for us to give away, so Jan and I planned to spend the morning unloading several shipping containers at a local storage facility. We are on vacation...
“Risking The Message” by Garris Elkins
Today, I took my weekly prayer-hike in the mountains above our home. I love this scheduled appointment with the Lord. I come away refreshed and renewed each week. As I finished my hike, I stopped at a hillside concert area called, "The Britt". The Britt is positioned...
“A Treasure of Foursquare History – The Romanian Azusa Street” by Garris Elkins
Recently, Jan was rearranging our library. She found a book I thought I had sent to the Foursquare Church headquarters in Los Angeles 15 years ago to archive in the Foursquare Heritage library. But here it was, unsent after all these years, containing a wonderful and...
“Settling For More” by Garris Elkins
In 1999 my wife and I returned to the United States after almost four years of ministry in Europe. When we got off the airplane all of our earthly belongings consisted of the bags we had just cleared through Customs and a single chair and some extra boxes of books...
“Direction Change” by Garris Elkins
On a recent trail hike I noticed a madrone tree branch above my head. I was so impressed by what I saw that I snapped a picture. The image of the twisted branch caught my attention because it had so obviously made a u-turn in its growth pattern. Like other tree...
“Rest in the Reflection” by Garris Elkins
"For all who have entered into God's rest, have rested from their labors, just as God did after creating the world. So let us do our best to enter that rest." Hebrews 4: 10-11 When the word "rest" is used in most Christian teaching we are told that we all need a day...
“Redefining Thomas” by Garris Elkins
Each life is like a photo album that contains snapshots of individual moments in time. No life is fully defined by a single image. We are made up of a composite of our experiences.One snapshot of time does not define our identity.Our identity is in a Person, not in a...
My book is now on Amazon Kindle
For those of you who like to read on a reading device, today Amazon released "Prayers from the Throne of God" on Kindle....
“Walking in Circles and Thanking Jesus” by Garris Elkins
When I was a young pastor-in-training the church I was part of was Faith Center in Eugene, Oregon,. This wonderful church took a step of faith with me and let me try my hand at counseling people. I was so green and yet there I was - in a real office sitting across the...
