by Garris Elkins | Sep 12, 2015 | Church, Destiny, Faithfulness, Five-Fold Ministry, Future, Honor, Ministry, Provision, Redemption, Revival, Transition
During my first year of ministry, I told my pastor, Roy Hicks, Jr. the spiritual ground where I was attempting to plant our new church was hard. I was hoping for sympathy. Instead, I received truth. Roy said, “Don’t focus on the ground.” I have never...
by Garris Elkins | Sep 3, 2015 | Courage, Destiny, Dreams, Faithfulness, Future, Gifts, Identity, Joy, Peace, Redemption, Thankfulness
–>This morning, Jan and I walked through our neighborhood. It was a beautiful morning filled with blue skies, white clouds and crisp air. In our small town, deer walk freely among the homes. One of the homes we passed is known for its very elaborate...
by Garris Elkins | Aug 8, 2015 | Courage, Destiny
Recently, our family was having a leisurely summer dinner on our patio. At the end of the meal, my daughter directed my attention to a rock on the deck just behind my chair. When I turned to look at the rock a word sprung up unexpectedly in my heart with such...
by Garris Elkins | Jul 21, 2015 | Change, Church, Courage, Destiny, Dreams, Faith, Identity, Kingdom, Leadership, Tranistion
My father was a house-moving contractor. During the 1950’s and early 60’s when the freeway systems of California were being constructed, an entire track of homes in the path of a coming freeway would be sold and moved to new locations. Each house was raised from...
by Garris Elkins | Jul 18, 2015 | Change, Courage, Destiny, Dreams, Eternity
An unredeemed dark history will repeat itself unless interrupted and redefined by a fresh work of God’s Spirit. The cycles of human brokenness we see playing out in the daily news has numbed people causing them to exchange hope in a bright future for a false belief...
by Garris Elkins | Jul 16, 2015 | Church, Culture, Destiny, Faith, Favor, Holy Spirit, Kingdom, Miracles, Power, Promise, Spiritual Warfare, Trust
The Lord is about to perform a radical intervention in the affairs of earth. This radical intervention will be breathtaking because when God moves in these radical manifestations they will literally take our breath away in a gasp of wonder. Many are worried...
