by Garris Elkins | Oct 7, 2016 | Destiny, Eternity, Faith, Fathers, Favor, Healing, Honor, Hope, Integrity, Love, Pride, Promise
Never underestimate the impact a single act of obedience can have on your life and on those who remember your time on Earth. A missionary friend of mine told me the following story. I hope it encourages some of you who are in a challenging season of life. Charlotte...
by Garris Elkins | Oct 2, 2016 | Church, Culture, Destiny, Favor, Honor, Integrity, Kingdom of God, Miracles, Prophecy, Reconciliation
BREAKING NEWS What if in early in 2017, after a new President of the United States had been in office only a few short weeks, the following news headline was posted by the media? *************** AP) – The President of the United States suffered what appeared to...
by Garris Elkins | Sep 27, 2016 | Favor, Trust
You are stepping into new territory. It is like a construction site where new concrete walkways are being poured. The forms God has set up to define your path are being filled with the equivalent of spiritual concrete. God has set these forms to hold the wet...
by Garris Elkins | Sep 17, 2016 | Courage, Destiny, Dreams, Faith, Favor, Fear, Future, Hope, Intimacy, Obedience, Promotion, Restoration, Resurrection, Trust
If someone were to ask me why Jan and I are walking in a place of convergence and blessing at this point in our lives, I would say we have tried to follow each nudge of God’s Spirit for the last 43 years. Those nudges were not always really clear forms of direction....
by Garris Elkins | Sep 13, 2016 | Destiny, Faith, Faithfulness, Family, Favor, Fear, Hope
Every morning I have a ritual. I get the coffee ready and put out something sweet for Jan to have with her coffee when she gets up. This morning there was a Mason jar with just a little bit of honey left in the bottom. It was a cool night so the honey was slow making...
by Garris Elkins | Sep 5, 2016 | Apostle, Church planting, Destiny, Dreams, Faithfulness, Favor, Holiness, Humility, Integrity, Kingdom of God, Promise, Vision.
When the famous missionary Dr. David Livingstone died in Africa in 1873, the Africans loved him so much they removed his heart from his chest and buried it in African soil. His body, without his heart, was taken back to Britain and interred at Westminster Abbey....