by Garris Elkins | Feb 14, 2021 | Dreams, Eternity, Family, Favor, Future, Honor, Intimacy, Jesus, Joy, Love
This morning, as I look at the flowers and card I got for Jan, I think back to an evening fifty-one years ago when I took Jan on a spontaneous date. I entered our college cafeteria and saw her. We had been introduced a week or so earlier so I wasn’t a stranger....
by Garris Elkins | Aug 28, 2020 | Dreams, Faith, Fathers, Fear, Giving, Intimacy, Marriage, Mercy
When my daughter’s husband-to-be asked me for her hand in marriage, I said, “My answer is ‘yes.’” I told my future son in law my “yes” was because I could entrust my daughter to him to love and care for her now and long after I am gone. Entrusting...
by Garris Elkins | Aug 21, 2020 | Culture, Deliverance, Discipline, Dreams, Fear, God, Justice, Kingdom of God, Leadership, Mercy, Redemption, Relationships, Spiritual Warfare, Trust, Wisdom
Beginning in late May, someone has been shooting at vehicles traveling on Interstate 5, the main north-south freeway that travels along the west coast. The shootings are taking place on a 70 mile stretch of freeway in the area where Jan and I live. The shootings have...
by Garris Elkins | Aug 10, 2020 | Courage, Culture, Deliverance, Destiny, Discernment, Dreams, Faith, Future, Holy Spirit, Kingdom of God, Leadership, Miracles, Pentecost, Power, Prohecy
I listened to an interview with a scientist describing the concept of Singularity. Singularity is a moment in history when seemingly disconnected events happen at the same time with such rapidity, they seem to the human mind as a single event. It would be like all the...
by Garris Elkins | Aug 2, 2020 | Deliverance, Destiny, Discernment, Discipleship, Dreams, Faith, Faithfulness, Favor, Fear, Future, Hope, Identity, Jesus
There has been only one principle that Jan and I followed when needing to discover our next step in life. That principle has been to follow the Lord at all costs. We had a few times when we stumbled, but when we finally stepped out in faith, that single principle has...
by Garris Elkins | Jul 27, 2020 | Culture, Discernment, Discipleship, Dreams, Five-Fold Ministry, Kingdom of God, Ministry, Reformation, Revelation, Wisdom
I shared the following paragraph with someone who is substantially gifted in the technology surrounding the use of the Internet, website design, and social media applications. I wrote, “The city gate is where the business of a community took place in ancient times....
