by Garris Elkins | Nov 15, 2019 | Courage, Death, Deliverance, Discipleship, Discipline, Fear
I am not afraid of heights…certain kinds of heights. Yesterday, I was doing a few to-do list things around our home. One item was using the leaf blower to clear leaves from our roof. Jan was meeting with someone in town, so I decided to have the job done when she...
by Garris Elkins | Nov 14, 2019 | Courage, Deliverance, Discernment, Dreams, Gifts, Healing, Holiness, Love, Prophetic, Resurrection, Vision.
At our best, we only see and understand the events of life in part. The experience of personal and cultural change has deposited people in new places without their full knowledge of how they arrived or what had actually taken place in the transition. Most of life...
by Garris Elkins | Nov 12, 2019 | Culture, Deliverance, Discernment, Dreams, Faith, Faithfulness, Fear, Holy Spirit, Leadership, Prayer
Yesterday, I was walking through a sporting goods store and saw some baseball gloves, aka mitts. It had been years since I held a glove. I picked one up and put it on. As soon as my hand slipped into the glove, I sensed the Lord speaking. He said, “Give Me something...
by Garris Elkins | Nov 10, 2019 | Culture, Death, Deliverance, Favor, Freedom, Kingdom of God, Leadership, Reformation, Spiritual Warfare
Yesterday, a sad image was posted of a dead eagle lying face down in a creek in western Oregon. Authorities are seeking information that would lead to the arrest of the person responsible for killing the magnificent creature. When I first saw the image, I was filled...
by Garris Elkins | Nov 8, 2019 | Courage, Culture, Deliverance, Discernment, Faith, Hope, Peace, Promise, Supernatural, Vision.
I was looking at a photograph of a favorite surfing spot of mine from my younger days in Santa Cruz, California. As a young man waiting for the next set of waves, my attention was focused only on what was immediate and soon to arrive. Now, when I look at the...
by Garris Elkins | Oct 31, 2019 | Culture, Deliverance, Discernment, Faith, Freedom, Holy Spirit, Leadership, Mercy, Pride, Reconciliation, Reformation, Spiritual Warfare, Truth
In prayer, I just saw a demon spirit called Dark Agenda running through an open door into the heart of our nation. As the demon ran forward he was focusing his attention on the beating heart of America. As he ran forward, he stumbled and then stumbled again and...
