by Garris Elkins | Nov 14, 2019 | Courage, Deliverance, Discernment, Dreams, Gifts, Healing, Holiness, Love, Prophetic, Resurrection, Vision.
At our best, we only see and understand the events of life in part. The experience of personal and cultural change has deposited people in new places without their full knowledge of how they arrived or what had actually taken place in the transition. Most of life...
by Garris Elkins | Nov 12, 2019 | Culture, Deliverance, Discernment, Dreams, Faith, Faithfulness, Fear, Holy Spirit, Leadership, Prayer
Yesterday, I was walking through a sporting goods store and saw some baseball gloves, aka mitts. It had been years since I held a glove. I picked one up and put it on. As soon as my hand slipped into the glove, I sensed the Lord speaking. He said, “Give Me something...
by Garris Elkins | Nov 8, 2019 | Apostle, Culture, Discernment, Discipline, Dreams, Favor, Five-Fold Ministry, Holy Spirit, Kingdom of God, Reformation, Truth, Wisdom
Each night, I kneel by our bed and pray for my family that we would have dreams in the night birthed by the Spirit. Last night, I was the recipient of that prayer. In the dream, I was sitting across from someone known throughout the world, not only as one of the...
by Garris Elkins | Nov 4, 2019 | Creativity, Dreams, Eternity, Faithfulness, Favor, Fear, Freedom, Future, God, Holy Spirit, Identity, Mercy, Obedience, Peace, Thankfulness, Transition, Trust, Wisdom
When I write a book or an article, it is rarely done in a linear fashion. I am not a traditional author who works from an outline. Donald Miller, the author of Blue Like Jazz, once said of his writing style, “If you want to see where my next book will come from, read...
by Garris Elkins | Nov 2, 2019 | Church, Creativity, Dreams, Faithfulness, Favor, Future, Holy Spirit, Intimacy, Kingdom of God, Ministry, Prayer, Promise, Revelation, Sacrifice, Worship
In a dream, I saw a large conference center. It was just used to host a gathering of hundreds of people. When the event was finally over, and all the attendees had departed, a stillness settled over the facility. Looking around the room, I could see it needed...
by Garris Elkins | Oct 30, 2019 | Discernment, Discipleship, Dreams, Faithfulness, Grace, Kingdom, Kingdom of God, Obedience, Wisdom
Nine times in the first six chapters of Ecclesiastes, Solomon uses the phrase “chasing after the wind.” He implies that to chase after even the good things in life without a greater purpose on the horizon of our efforts will enslave us to spend our lives chasing only...
