by Garris Elkins | Jan 21, 2019 | Culture, Deliverance, Discipleship, Evangelism, Family, Freedom, Future, Healing, Identity, Love, Pentecost, Promotion, Reformation, Spiritual Warfare
The eyes of people with whom we hold deep disagreement over social and spiritual issues are about to be opened. When their eyes open, they will be able to see what was not previously seen due to the obstructions of prejudice, misinformation, and unhealthy...
by Garris Elkins | Jan 18, 2019 | Deliverance, Dreams, Freedom, Future, Holiness, Kingdom of God, Obedience, Power, Pride, Prophecy, Revelation
In the coming days, some of you will walk into familiar settings and God will open your eyes to see what was previously hidden. When this revelation takes place, give God a moment of pause so He can unpack clearly the reality of what you are seeing. This will not be a...
by Garris Elkins | Jan 12, 2019 | Deliverance, Discipline, Faith, Future, Joy, Marriage, Restoration, Trust, Vision.
This morning, I got down on our living room floor to do a plank workout. I do this every day to strengthen my core. When I do planks, I use the stopwatch function on my iPhone to measure the duration for each plank I perform. Today, I went to set my stopwatch and...
by Garris Elkins | Jan 10, 2019 | Deliverance, Discipleship, Hope, Humility, Identity, Restoration
When Jan and I visited Venice, Italy we did what most tourists do, we took a gondola ride, ate great Italian food and enjoyed the unique architecture of a romantic city built along beautiful canals. During our time in Venice, we also took a water taxi to the island of...
by Garris Elkins | Jan 8, 2019 | Change, Courage, Deliverance, Discipleship, Family, Healing, Holy Spirit, Intimacy, Justice, Mercy, Obedience, Power, Promotion, Rest, Restoration, Revelation, Trust, Worship
You have probably heard someone say, “I feel thin”, as in feeling weak, exhausted or powerless when faced with a challenging situation. As I thought of the thin places in my own life, the Lord began to unpack a word of encouragement. The thin places in our lives...
by Garris Elkins | Jan 7, 2019 | Courage, Death, Deliverance, Discipleship, Discipline, God, Identity, Obedience, Revelation, Spiritual Warfare, Trust, Truth
My first night as a rookie-cop-in-training, I was lost in many ways. It was all so new and unfamiliar. I was thrust into another world. With so much coming at me I felt like a thirsty man trying to take a drink from a fire hose running at full blast. That first...
