by Garris Elkins | Mar 29, 2019 | Courage, Creativity, Discipline, Dreams, Freedom, Holiness, Promise, Reformation, Resurrection, Revival, Transition, Trust, Vision., Wisdom
The liftoff you need to get your promise airborne will happen in a most unusual way. You thought you needed to build more runway to get your promise off the ground. You have faithfully been at work hoping the project will have enough distance to attain the right speed...
by Garris Elkins | Mar 28, 2019 | Courage, Culture, Deliverance, Discipleship, Discipline, Faith, Fear, Freedom, Holy Spirit, Identity, Jesus, Kingdom of God, Miracles, Spiritual Warfare, Trust, Truth
I remember the first day I became a cop. I was sworn in and handed a badge. My badge number was 387. Whenever I enforced the law, I served under the authority of that badge. Both complaints and commendations referenced my badge number. It identified me along with my...
by Garris Elkins | Mar 25, 2019 | Change, Church, Courage, Discipleship, Discipline, Freedom, Gifts, Kingdom of God
Every life-transition will reveal our insecurities. One of the gifts of transition is exposure. God sheds light on us so he can heal us and prepare us for what is...
by Garris Elkins | Mar 24, 2019 | Apostle, Church planting, Deliverance, Freedom, Future, Holy Spirit, Kingdom of God, Miracles, Pentecost, Power, Revelation, Spirit, Teaching, Truth, Word, Worship
I watched a video of a whale breaching the realm of water and entering the realm of air just before falling back into the ocean to continue his journey. Flying fish also breach the realm of water, as do Manta rays. When I trout fish, I know the fishing will be good...
by Garris Elkins | Mar 23, 2019 | Family, Freedom, Holiness, Humility, Love, Marriage, Worship
Jan and I have been taking communion together every day for the last 20 years. It is a powerful place of connection and union we share with each other and with the Lord. Our daughter, Anna, brought this small brass goblet back from Israel several years ago as a...
by Garris Elkins | Mar 22, 2019 | Discipleship, Discipline, Family, Forgiveness, Freedom, Healing, Humility, Marriage, Pride, Reconciliation, Relationships, Spiritual Warfare, Trust, Truth, Wisdom
Have you noticed unhealthy critics rarely have original content to present? Their self-appointed mission in life is very narrow, birthed from the limited resource pool of their personal experience and worldview. A critic’s mission in life is to confront,...
