by Garris Elkins | Mar 8, 2018 | Change, Courage, Creativity, Death, Dreams, Faith, Forgiveness, Future, Gifts, Love, Mercy, Miracles, Prayer, Reconciliation, Restoration, Spiritual Warfare, Thankfulness, Transition
What appears to have been suspended in time in a place of offense is about to change. A new future with a fresh start is being released. Something you thought was closed forever will be reopened, healed and restored. In the 1920’s, an exquisite home was built atop...
by Garris Elkins | Mar 5, 2018 | Courage, Creativity, Deliverance, Humility, Mercy, Obedience, Pride, Reconciliation, Relationships, Restoration, Spiritual Warfare, Teaching, Trust, Wisdom, Word
You are speaking, but you are not being heard. It is like someone has pressed the mute button in a vital conversation. Don’t worry. God is about to unmute your voice. Yesterday, I released a Facebook Live broadcast. I am early in the learning curve of this...
by Garris Elkins | Mar 3, 2018 | Courage, Creativity, Faith, Fear, Forgiveness, Identity, Intimacy, Marriage, Relationships, Restoration, Trust, Women
Your life may look full and in synch with God, but only when you put all of it on the table and take a closer look can you see what is missing. Taking inventory from time-to-time is a good thing. It can also be very revealing and at times, painful. Taking inventory...
by Garris Elkins | Feb 28, 2018 | Change, Creativity, Deliverance, Discipleship, Discipline, Forgiveness, Freedom, Future, Holy Spirit, Marriage, Obedience, Peace, Restoration, Wisdom
Well, we now own a robot. It is not an R2-D2 version of the cute little robot of Star Wars fame, but something called a Roomba. It is a robotic vacuum cleaner made by the iRobot company. It was a gift from my brother and sister-in-law. Thanks, Stan and Sharon. Like...
by Garris Elkins | Feb 23, 2018 | Courage, Creativity, Discipline, Gifts, Holy Spirit, Jesus, Ministry, Obedience, Power, Prophecy, Revelation, Teaching, Trust, Word
The dream I had last night was an announcement followed by a word of encouragement. In the dream, I was standing in front of our bathroom mirror getting reading to go somewhere. I turned my head to the side and saw inside my ear the tip of a pencil sticking out. The...
by Garris Elkins | Feb 18, 2018 | Creativity, Peace, Restoration, Spirit
There are days when my soul is soothed by an hour or two of long instrumental electric guitar solos played by a master guitarist. (Eric Clapton, Carlos Santana, Steve Vai, Mark Knopfler, Joe Satriani, Gary Moore, Stevie Ray Vaughn and my friend, Caleb Quaye, to...
