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...
by Garris Elkins | Jul 30, 2019 | Change, Church, Deliverance, God, Holy Spirit, Justice, Leadership, Mercy, Reformation, Revival, Spiritual Warfare, Worship
Something is being manifested in nature causing me to think the created order is responding to what the Spirit is releasing in Oregon and beyond. Two events are taking place at the same time and in the same location in this region- one literally on top of the other. A...
by Garris Elkins | Jul 28, 2019 | Change, Courage, Creativity, Deliverance, Discipleship, Future, Intimacy, Promise
We can make our plans, but in the end, it is the Lord who directs our steps. Making a plan is a good exercise. Because we only see in part, even our best plans are only partial. Something is always missing. The larger image in our minds must be the picture of...
by Garris Elkins | Jul 26, 2019 | Courage, Deliverance, Faith, Faithfulness, Freedom, Future, Rest, Spiritual Warfare
God has given you the ability to ascend in faith the obstacles of life while others may fall behind. Some of those who fall behind are people you know through the daily activities of life. They might even be friends. This is not because you are better than anyone...
by Garris Elkins | Jul 22, 2019 | Courage, Deliverance, Discipleship, Discipline, Future, Gifts, Holy Spirit, Intimacy, Promise, Redemption, Sacrifice, Supernatural
Deep water feels different than shallow water. If you have ever jumped off a boat into the middle of a deep lake or out at sea, you will know what I mean. Yes, water is water, but the unknown depths beneath your dangling feet do something to your perception. For many,...
