by Garris Elkins | Jan 12, 2018 | Change, Courage, Deliverance, Faith
I watched a video of a motorcycle cop riding his bike through a set of narrowly spaced cones in a riding competition. It was amazing to see his balance, discipline, and timing. He was trained to do these maneuvers. It did not come naturally. When you train to...
by Garris Elkins | Jan 11, 2018 | Courage, Creativity, Deliverance, Faith, Fear, Future
I have walked up the trail and past the tree depicted in this picture for the last 15 years. On the day I took this photo, I had stopped to catch my breath and noticed the nail in the tree for the first time. It looks like a small sheetrock nail, and from its...
by Garris Elkins | Jan 10, 2018 | Faith, Pride, Truth
Whenever you see a group of believers marching forward in intellectual lockstep fearful of entertaining a differing opinion, you will find the Holy Spirit has been pushed to the perimeter of their thinking. If we are not careful, the Church can appear to our culture...
by Garris Elkins | Jan 9, 2018 | Discipleship, Faith, Fear
One of the marks of a spiritually mature person is their ability to live with certainty in a place defined only by a fine line. A spiritually immature person feels the need to live behind thick margins created by a fear-based definition of life. They think distance...
by Garris Elkins | Jan 6, 2018 | Faith, Holy Spirit, Hope, Power, Prophecy, Provision, Revelation, Trust, Wisdom
When I got up this morning, I put short ribs in our slow cooker. The short ribs, garlic, salt and pepper, mushrooms, red onions and port wine will work together for the next 8 hours to create an unbelievably delicious meal. The ribs will be served alongside mashed...
by Garris Elkins | Jan 3, 2018 | Destiny, Evangelism, Faith, Father, Future, Gifts, Honor, Identity, Kingdom of God, Leadership, Love, Promise, Relationships, Resurrection, Transtion
In 1961, as a young boy, I had the honor to walk with my father down the 18th hole at Pebble Beach where my father chipped onto the green and one-putted the final hole to win his flight in the California Golf Championship for his handicap level. My father was playing...
