by Garris Elkins | Mar 5, 2021 | Change, Creativity, Eternity, Faith, Family, Future, Prophetic
I have lived long enough to know that in life, new discoveries in familiar places are always possible. Last week, I was removing some old dry leaves from the bushes along our gravel driveway. As I pulled back the brush to get to the leaves, I saw the numbers “1960”...
by Garris Elkins | Feb 15, 2021 | Church, Discernment, Discipleship, Freedom, Future, Holy Spirit
Romans 8:5 tells us: “But those who live by the impulses of the Holy Spirit are motivated to pursue spiritual realities” (TPT). The word “impulses” jumped out at me and captured in words what I have been experiencing as I learn how God prompts us to live. Jan and...
by Garris Elkins | Feb 14, 2021 | Dreams, Eternity, Family, Favor, Future, Honor, Intimacy, Jesus, Joy, Love
This morning, as I look at the flowers and card I got for Jan, I think back to an evening fifty-one years ago when I took Jan on a spontaneous date. I entered our college cafeteria and saw her. We had been introduced a week or so earlier so I wasn’t a stranger....
by Garris Elkins | Sep 28, 2020 | Eternity, Future, Hope, Love, Marriage, Prophetic, Relationahips
Today a beautiful moment occurred. I had prepared lunch and called Jan to meet me at the table on our patio. It was a lunch like many we have experienced together over the last 48 years. This time it was somehow different. Knowing our years ahead are far less than...
by Garris Elkins | Sep 26, 2020 | Discernment, Future, Hope, Promise, Prophecy, Prophetic, Trust
This morning, Jan said to me, “Something has been birthed.” Around our house, that means the Spirit brought something into our realm that was not present before the birthing process took place. This process has been very uncomfortable on many levels. Just...
by Garris Elkins | Sep 15, 2020 | Culture, Faith, Future, Hope, Trust
We are in the middle of a climate change – a change in the climate of our culture. This climate change is stirring up winds that will move us past our current reality pushing aside the fog of deception. This wind is beginning to blow across our nation, steering us...
