by Garris Elkins | Aug 13, 2019 | Courage, Death, Deliverance, Family, Fear, Freedom, Future, Healing, Mercy, Promise, Resurrection, Spiritual Warfare, Trust, Worship
A couple of months ago, I took one of those at home tests called Cologuard that people use in place of a colonoscopy. I had a colonoscopy 17 years ago and got a clean bill of health at that time, so I thought instead of going through the process of a colonoscopy, I...
by Garris Elkins | Aug 11, 2019 | Change, Courage, Transition
Letting go will be harder than you think. Start letting go today, no matter how far in the future your transition may be. In our grasping at life, we are trying to find a sense of security. Our grasping says: “As long as I can hold onto this present situation or...
by Garris Elkins | Aug 7, 2019 | Change, Courage, Creativity, Deliverance, Destiny, Dreams, Faith, Favor, Future, Gifts, God, Grace, Honor, Hope, Love, Promise, Redemption, Resurrection, Worship
When a life plan falls apart it and a feeling of discouragement arrives, it is too easy to believe a lie that says God has only one plan for our life. In those painful experiences, we can give up because we don’t see a new way forward, thinking we serve a...
by Garris Elkins | Aug 4, 2019 | Apostle, Change, Courage, Deliverance, Discipleship, Dreams, Favor, Fear, Freedom, Future
When you don’t know the next step, declare the heart of God into the unknown. Declarations of God’s heart will make a way when no way forward is visible. Declarations uttered in faith are like spiritual bulldozers; they have the power to push aside walls of...
by Garris Elkins | Aug 2, 2019 | Change, Courage, Creativity, Deliverance, Discernment, Favor, Future, Gifts, Hope, Leadership, Promotion, Provision, Relationships, Tranistion
Jan and I are processing the next season of our lives. This is not about the next few months or even a year or two. We are processing decades. Amid this spiritual exercise, the Lord spoke, “You will find a new assignment within your current assignment.” What I...
by Garris Elkins | Jul 31, 2019 | Courage, Death, Deliverance, Discernment, Discipleship, Discipline, Faith
God placed an internal alarm clock inside me that awakens me about 4:00 each morning. He put the alarm clock there about 12 years ago when He commissioned a writing anointing in my life. Those early morning hours of stillness have become a creative retreat between the...
