by Garris Elkins | Jul 20, 2019 | Apostle, Change, Courage, Deliverance, Discernment, Freedom, Kingdom, Kingdom of God, Supernatural, Transition
In a dream, I saw Jesus running across a stream. He looked like all of us who have run across a narrow mountain stream landing on each available stone with the ball of our foot. It’s a delicate dance of passage. In the dream, Jesus wasn’t landing on stones. His...
by Garris Elkins | Jul 18, 2019 | Change, Church, Courage, Death, Deliverance, Discernment, Fear, Forgivness, Freedom
This week we realized one of our beautiful maple trees had finally died. It has been a slow death. We tried to help the tree, but its disease was stronger than our desire for it to live. The maple stands 65 feet and is positioned at the front of our property. Last...
by Garris Elkins | Jul 13, 2019 | Death, Deliverance, Discipline, Healing, Justice, Kingdom of God, Leadership, Spiritual Warfare
If we are not careful, we can become like the ball in a pinball machine bouncing back and forth between the latest political controversy, moral offense or today’s news broadcast of someone’s wrongdoing. It is like dope. It keeps us spiritually stoned and out of touch...
by Garris Elkins | Jul 12, 2019 | Deliverance, Discipleship, Faith, Faithfulness, Fear, Future, Hope
Only a posture of hope birthed from faith can redefine what has been declared impossible. Choosing hope is a critical step in the process of renewing our minds. The determined choice of hope when all appears hopeless is one of our greatest acts of faith and often the...
by Garris Elkins | Jul 9, 2019 | Change, Courage, Creativity, Deliverance, Discernment, Dreams, Faith, Fear, Freedom, Future, Holy Spirit, Promotion, Supernatural, Transition, Worship
Recently, I watched a video about a new elevator system. Traditional elevators move people up and down between floors. This new elevator adds another function. It can also move passengers side to side, laterally between floors. This up and down, side to side movement...
by Garris Elkins | Jul 6, 2019 | Change, Courage, Deliverance, Discernment, Discipline, Dreams, Faith, Faithfulness, Future
Many of us are sensing a shift taking place in our spiritual lives. This shift is not always accompanied by a change in geography or employment. It is a deeper shift that takes place in the realm of the Spirit. As I was processing that idea, I saw an image of...
