by Garris Elkins | Aug 2, 2019 | Apostle, Culture, Deliverance, Discernment, Discipleship, Five-Fold Ministry, Freedom, Holy Spirit, Justice, Kingdom of God, Leadership, Prophecy, Prophetic, Redemption, Word
Some mainstream social media platforms and search engines are demonstrating a level of control and censorship not imagined just a few years ago. Consideration of an opposing opinion is being denied and in some extreme cases defined as domestic terrorism. As...
by Garris Elkins | Jul 26, 2019 | Courage, Deliverance, Faith, Faithfulness, Freedom, Future, Rest, Spiritual Warfare
God has given you the ability to ascend in faith the obstacles of life while others may fall behind. Some of those who fall behind are people you know through the daily activities of life. They might even be friends. This is not because you are better than anyone...
by Garris Elkins | Jul 23, 2019 | Courage, Creativity, Discipleship, Dreams, Faithfulness, Freedom, Future
As a boy growing up in America in the 1960s, things with wheels fascinated me. Bicycles were my first set of wheels followed by a go-kart, a mini-bike and then at about age 14, I realized the possibility of driving a car. I couldn’t legally drive alone until age 16....
by Garris Elkins | Jul 20, 2019 | Apostle, Change, Courage, Deliverance, Discernment, Freedom, Kingdom, Kingdom of God, Supernatural, Transition
In a dream, I saw Jesus running across a stream. He looked like all of us who have run across a narrow mountain stream landing on each available stone with the ball of our foot. It’s a delicate dance of passage. In the dream, Jesus wasn’t landing on stones. His...
by Garris Elkins | Jul 18, 2019 | Change, Church, Courage, Death, Deliverance, Discernment, Fear, Forgivness, Freedom
This week we realized one of our beautiful maple trees had finally died. It has been a slow death. We tried to help the tree, but its disease was stronger than our desire for it to live. The maple stands 65 feet and is positioned at the front of our property. Last...
by Garris Elkins | Jul 16, 2019 | Destiny, Dreams, Eternity, Faith, Favor, Fear, Freedom, Future, Grace, Honor, Hope, Love, Mercy, Provision, Redemption
As I read through the 14th chapter of Revelation, I came across verse 13. One part of that verse caught my attention. The text reads, “…for their good deeds follow them.” As I pondered what that phrase could mean for us today, I began to get a sense of what the...
