by Garris Elkins | Feb 22, 2019 | Discipline, Faith, Freedom, Future, Gifts, Holy Spirit, Intimacy, Prayer, Pride, Revelation, Trust, Wisdom, Worship
Last night, a memory came to my mind of the time when our family lived in the Caribbean. The kids wanted to see Kingston, Jamaica from the air. I had not flown in a couple of years and wasn’t current so I could not rent an aircraft. I called up a local...
by Garris Elkins | Feb 21, 2019 | Change, Courage, Faith
A vision for a business, a ministry or a personal life that has become stuck and lost its mobility can turn its adherents into managers of the status quo. It takes courage for someone to rise up and challenge the direction of a vision and make the hard choices to...
by Garris Elkins | Feb 20, 2019 | Change, Courage, Discipline, Faith, Fear, Future, Hope, Obedience, Pride, Revelation, Transition, Trust
Make the small course correction the Lord is asking you to make. It will be an important decision at this point in your journey. If you have the faith to make this turn and align your direction with God’s voice even though you still do not see the destination, it will...
by Garris Elkins | Feb 16, 2019 | Apostle, Discipleship, Faith, Fathers, Five-Fold Ministry, Gifts, Holy Spirit, Honor, Kingdom of God, Leadership, Obedience, Promotion, Revelation, Transition, Vision.
With the recent passing of the prophet Paul Cain, Jan and I were talking about his life and calling. As we continued our conversation, Jan said, “Do you remember the time at a conference in the 1990s in Switzerland when Paul Cain, Rick Joyner, and Bobby Connor prayed...
by Garris Elkins | Feb 14, 2019 | Courage, Deliverance, Faith, Forgiveness, Freedom, Miracles, Revelation
I watched an inspiring video about a Medal of Honor recipient from World War II. The recipient of the medal was a pilot leading a squadron of aircraft sent to protect bombers in route to a bombing mission. The distance they had to fly was at the limit of their fuel...
by Garris Elkins | Feb 12, 2019 | Courage, Discipline, Faith, Fear, Freedom, Holy Spirit, Identity, Kingdom of God, Love, Marriage, Power, Spiritual Warfare, Teaching, Truth, Women
As a kid, I remember watching a television show called Roller Derby. The show depicted women on roller skates racing as a team on an indoor track against an opposing team. I had never seen women act so tough. At age 8, I thought, “Man, I would never mess with any of...
