by Garris Elkins | May 5, 2017 | Courage, Faith, Honor
Up to this point, your life has been like a background singer providing vocals for a well-known band. You have stood at the back of the stage out of the limelight faithfully adding to the harmony of the sound you helped create. What you do not know it was actually the...
by Garris Elkins | Apr 20, 2017 | Discipleship, Discipline, Faith, Gifts, Hope, Intimacy, Obedience, Peace, Promise, Teaching
Last night, I was teaching a prophetic class in the school of ministry at Life Church in Salem, Oregon. Jan and I met some wonderful people who are hungry for God. Normally when I speak somewhere, my books are made available for sale. A kind woman from the church...
by Garris Elkins | Apr 19, 2017 | Faith, Fear, Hope, Obedience
Something is about to take place with the promise you are ready to abandon. Hang on and wait just a little longer. The promise is coming to the surface. When I was a kid my father took me fishing. One of my favorite ways to fish was with a bobber and worm. A bobber is...
by Garris Elkins | Apr 16, 2017 | Faith, Trust, Vision., Wisdom
This morning, as I worshiped with family and friends, I reflected on the truths and principles that have guided my life. These personal words have been like railroad spikes driven into the soil of my life that have kept the tracks of my faith aligned and secure. Here...
by Garris Elkins | Apr 14, 2017 | Church, Faith, Favor, Fear, Five-Fold Ministry, Kingdom of God, Reformation
In each reformation of the Church, two doorways will appear. One door will be labeled Fear and the other Faith. In some ways, these two doorways can look similar unless properly discerned. The door of fear is framed with the appealing familiarity of a religious...
by Garris Elkins | Apr 12, 2017 | Courage, Creativity, Faith, Future, God, Miracles, Redemption, Spirit, Word
Researchers at Northwestern University have discovered when a sperm and egg unite that a zinc-colored spark of light ignites at the moment of conception. This was a stunning and unexpected discovery regarding the origins of life. Whenever any form of God’s creativity...
