by Garris Elkins | Apr 25, 2019 | Dreams, Faithfulness, Favor, Fear, Future, Grace, Hope, Mercy, Promise, Promotion, Provision, Rest, Trust
Once God makes a promise to you that promise will never be able to escape even when it seems to have disappeared from your sight. God has a plan to reconnect you with His promise and experience the joy of its fulfillment. I watched a YouTube video showing a police...
by Garris Elkins | Apr 24, 2019 | Courage, Discipleship, Discipline, Favor, Fear, Future, God, Holy Spirit, Leadership, Peace, Promotion
We live in a world where prominence is seen as a promotion. We are told the trajectory of our lives must always move upward and outward toward a place of greater visibility. In the Kingdom of God, the opposite can actually take place when the hand of God is on a...
by Garris Elkins | Apr 21, 2019 | Eternity, Faith, Fear, Future, Grace, Kingdom of God, Redemption, Resurrection, Supernatural, Truth, Worship
This morning, I walked outside and stood on our front porch while it was still dark. I wanted to experience the predawn environment of the first Easter morning when Mary Magdalene came to visit the Lord’s tomb. Scripture says, “Early on Sunday morning, while it was...
by Garris Elkins | Apr 20, 2019 | Church, Deliverance, Eternity, Favor, Fear, Five-Fold Ministry, Freedom, Future, Healing, Hope, Intimacy, Kingdom, Promise, Resurrection
The cross and the tomb are both empty, but the throne is forever occupied. That is God’s Easter message to the Church – Jesus has risen to His place of honor! He was raised from death to occupy a place of enthronement where all powers and authorities contrary to the...
by Garris Elkins | Apr 18, 2019 | Courage, Culture, Death, Deliverance, Discernment, Fear, Freedom, Mercy, Redemption, Supernatural, Wisdom
Last weekend, a sad and tragic incident took place in our area when someone out for an early morning walk, was stabbed by a delusional man. The suspect had been hearing voices for the last 18 months telling him to kill someone. Finally, he obeyed those voices and...
by Garris Elkins | Apr 17, 2019 | Deliverance, Discernment, Discipline, Eternity, Faith, Fear, Forgiveness, Freedom, Healing, Hope, Mercy, Reconciliation, Trust
Belgian priest, mathematician, and astronomer, Georges LeMaitre wrote to Albert Einstein inquiring about his theory of relativity. In his letter, LeMaitre made the following statement “Your theory suggests there was a day without a yesterday.” The inquiry was a...