by Garris Elkins | Mar 8, 2020 | Change, Courage, Faith, Faithfulness, Favor, Fear, Freedom, Future, Obedience
Spiritual combustion takes place when we step over the threshold of an obstacle in faith, and enter a new realm of the Spirit. It is like an explosion of fire in the natural when smoldering embers deprived of oxygen are suddenly exposed to increased oxygen, and...
by Garris Elkins | Feb 17, 2020 | Courage, Faithfulness, Family, Fathers, Relationships
I have come to appreciate ornery people – ornery people with a good heart. For some of you who might not know what ornery means, the dictionary definition comes in two forms. One definition describes a person who is irritable, difficult to control, or combative. The...
by Garris Elkins | Feb 12, 2020 | Change, Courage, Deliverance, Faithfulness
When you are in the middle of a very erratic season of life where preferred outcomes and emotions rise and fall each day, that is not a good time to make life-altering decisions. If your life looks like a frenetic graph with up and down spikes resembling the needle...
by Garris Elkins | Feb 4, 2020 | Church, Courage, Culture, Faithfulness, Favor, Fear, Power, Revelation, Spiritual Warfare, Truth, Word
We are the keeper of the keys of heaven. The phrase “the keeper of the keys” has been used to describe someone who maintains, watches over and defends the interest of their employer. A modern-day hotel concierge – the keeper of the keys –...
by Garris Elkins | Jan 31, 2020 | Discipleship, Faithfulness, Favor, Freedom, Future, Grace, Mercy
This morning, I asked the Lord what He wanted me to write. At the moment of my inquiry, I was shown an open hand holding a fresh apricot. The apricot was picked at the peak of perfection. Behind the image of the apricot was a film clip showing the coming and going of...
by Garris Elkins | Jan 30, 2020 | Courage, Destiny, Discipline, Dreams, Faith, Faithfulness
I like to get up in the morning and hit the brew button on our coffeemaker and, within a couple of minutes, have a hot cup of coffee in hand to go along with my Dutch stroopwafel. This morning, the coffeemaker beeped, letting me know the coffee was ready. I placed my...
