by Garris Elkins | May 10, 2018 | Courage, Favor, Fear, Obedience
The favor of God is like a doorway. When it appears, you must choose to walk through its opening. To step across its threshold requires courage. Your existing circle of relationships might not understand the favor of God and demand that you accept the limitations of a...
by Garris Elkins | May 9, 2018 | Change, Courage, Discipline, Fear, Future
There are times when a critical discovery cannot be made by continuing to move forward in the rut of the status quo. Some of the greatest discoveries have been made by people who were agile enough intellectually, spiritually and emotionally to move laterally when an...
by Garris Elkins | May 6, 2018 | Deliverance, Faith, Fear, Freedom, Future, Hope, Kingdom of God, Love, Miracles, Power, Prophecy, Revelation, Spiritual Warfare, Teaching
(I wrote this six weeks ago and parked it in my writing file. Early this morning, I was awakened by thunder and lighting that was not predicted in our weather forecast. When the thunder and lighting appeared unexpectedly, I was reminded of the following word. I...
by Garris Elkins | May 5, 2018 | Death, Deliverance, Fear, Freedom, Holy Spirit, Hope, Peace, repentance. hope future, Restoration, Spiritual Warfare
A regret does not just go away. It must be transformed into something greater by a work of the Spirit in partnership with our will. Every one of us will have regrets for the failures in our lives. What we do with our regrets can literally steer the course of our life....
by Garris Elkins | Apr 29, 2018 | Courage, Death, Deliverance, Faith, Fear, Healing, Obedience, Power, Spiritual Warfare, Supernatural
Recently, I was speaking in a church when a man I know came to say hello. He shared that he had been battling cancer. After the initial overwhelming emotion of that diagnosis was first delivered, he began to experience the fear associated with the possible outcome of...
by Garris Elkins | Apr 20, 2018 | Change, Courage, Creativity, Deliverance, Discipleship, Favor, Fear, Freedom, Peace, Trust
As you look at the picture of this playground ride it is quite possible, as a child, you rode one of these. I did many times. With the help of my friends, we started to spin the ride holding on to the perimeter until all of us got dizzy and were spun off one-by-one by...
