by Garris Elkins | Jun 7, 2019 | Change, Courage, Dreams, Faith, Faithfulness, Fear, Future
When a life plan begins to unravel, God knows how to reweave all the disconnected parts into something better. When a well-thought plan begins to unravel, our first response can be to grab all the frayed ends and try to put them back together again. I want to...
by Garris Elkins | May 29, 2019 | Courage, Creativity, Deliverance, Discernment, Discipline, Dreams, Faith, Fear, Future, Joy, Mercy, Peace, Prophecy, Provision, Rest, Supernatural
Clarity and confirmation are coming. A significant marker that will guide you through this last challenging leg of your journey will soon appear. Its presence will pilot you into a new place, one that has remained hidden until this moment of time. God will...
by Garris Elkins | May 26, 2019 | Change, Deliverance, Discipleship, Faith, Faithfulness, Fear, Justice, Mercy, Peace
One of the greatest gifts you can leave behind is to be, as far as it is possible with you, at peace with all people. “As far as possible” means we walk as far forward in the process of reconciliation as the will of the other person will allow. We can walk up...
by Garris Elkins | May 24, 2019 | Discipleship, Discipline, Dreams, Faith, Favor, Freedom, Grace, Joy, Justice, Obedience, Peace, Provision, Wisdom, Worship
When I was a kid, I grew up in the Silicon Valley of California before the high tech companies arrived. Our valley was a continuous expanse of fruit orchards. My first real job was at age 9 picking prunes. The ease of picking prunes would depend on how the...
by Garris Elkins | May 17, 2019 | Apostle, Church, Courage, Death, Discernment, Faith, Fear, Gifts, Holy Spirit, Kingdom of God, Leadership, Spiritual Warfare
In the classic western, Tombstone, Wyatt Earp played by actor Kurt Russell, walks into a bar that used to have more business and a gentrified clientele to see it virtually empty and barely surviving. Customers had been chased off by a bully who sat each day at a card...
by Garris Elkins | May 12, 2019 | Courage, Discernment, Discipline, Faith, Fathers, Freedom, Grace, Healing, Honor, Hope, Mercy, Prophecy, Prophetic, Relationships, Women
On a recent ministry trip, I stayed in a not-so-great motel. It was out in the middle of nowhere. Things didn’t work in the room. The bed sheets looked like they were used the night before by another guest and had not been changed. It is the kind of room where you...
