by Garris Elkins | Jun 25, 2019 | Change, Deliverance, Dreams, Faith, Fear, Future, Grace, Healing, Joy, Justice, Obedience, Peace, Trust
Telling God where you will go or not go is the beginning of a detour you might not return from. When we begin to demand that God show us what our future and its provision will look like, we begin taking a dangerous detour. This is a road paved with fear. This...
by Garris Elkins | Jun 21, 2019 | Change, Courage, Deliverance, Discernment, Faith, Holy Spirit, Hope, Marriage, Miracles, Redemption, Relationships, Spiritual Warfare, Supernatural
Have you ever wondered why people freeze up and are unable to respond to an emergency? There is something called the “startle factor.” It occurs in a state of emergency when overwhelming outside stimuli takes place like stark visuals and loud noises. It causes people...
by Garris Elkins | Jun 17, 2019 | Culture, Death, Deliverance, Discernment, Faith, Justice, Prophetic, Rest, Spiritual Warfare, Supernatural, Wisdom
Jan and I live in a small cottage built during World War II. It was part of an officer’s housing unit in a military training facility located in southern Oregon during the war. After the war, our home was purchased at auction and moved to its current location in...
by Garris Elkins | Jun 16, 2019 | Culture, Discernment, Dreams, Faith, Fathers, Favor, Fear, Future, Gifts, Grace, Hope
Today, I took a few minutes between errands to visit a car show that takes place each year in Medford, Oregon. Row after row of classic cars was lined up on a grass field in one of our city parks. In the middle of all the cars was an Olds 442 muscle car. I stopped in...
by Garris Elkins | Jun 15, 2019 | Deliverance, Discernment, Discipline, Faith, Family, Fear, Hope, Integrity, Justice, Mercy, Reconciliation, Relationships
There are times on social media and in our personal relationships when people will unfollow us because they were afraid of where our faith would take them if they continued in the relationship. People can struggle with another person’s faith because it exposes...
by Garris Elkins | Jun 9, 2019 | Change, Courage, Deliverance, Dreams, Faith, Fear, Freedom, Joy, Mercy, Miracles, Obedience, Peace, Prophetic, Resurrection, Supernatural, Tranistion, Vision.
You know how it is when you wake up a bit too early in the morning and look at the illuminated clock on your nightstand. You hope you can go back to sleep. This morning, the clock read 3:12 AM here in Oregon. In that waking moment, I saw an interesting...
