by Garris Elkins | Aug 26, 2019 | Dreams, Faith, Favor, God, Grace, Healing, Holiness, Hope, Humility, Kingdom, Miracles, Obedience, Peace
At the back of our property, we have a lawn. By this time of year, it is getting really dry. It needs help. We stuck an impulse sprinkler in the ground to water the lawn, giving it some extra attention in the hot summer days of August. Yesterday morning, Jan and...
by Garris Elkins | Aug 20, 2019 | Discipleship, Five-fold, Gifts, God, Grace, Kingdom of God, Prophecy, Prophetic, Spiritual Warfare
We had a massive forest fire just north of our area. It has been contained and the remaining crews are in the mop-up stage. It was called the Milepost 97 Fire referring to milepost 97 on the I-5 freeway in Oregon. I read an article posted by a weather agency that...
by Garris Elkins | Aug 7, 2019 | Change, Courage, Creativity, Deliverance, Destiny, Dreams, Faith, Favor, Future, Gifts, God, Grace, Honor, Hope, Love, Promise, Redemption, Resurrection, Worship
When a life plan falls apart it and a feeling of discouragement arrives, it is too easy to believe a lie that says God has only one plan for our life. In those painful experiences, we can give up because we don’t see a new way forward, thinking we serve a...
by Garris Elkins | Jul 30, 2019 | Change, Church, Deliverance, God, Holy Spirit, Justice, Leadership, Mercy, Reformation, Revival, Spiritual Warfare, Worship
Something is being manifested in nature causing me to think the created order is responding to what the Spirit is releasing in Oregon and beyond. Two events are taking place at the same time and in the same location in this region- one literally on top of the other. A...
by Garris Elkins | Jun 5, 2019 | Change, Discipleship, Evangelism, Family, Favor, Freedom, Future, God, Grace, Kingdom of God, Promise, Reconciliation, Redemption, Relationships, Restoration, Thankfulness, Vision.
Over the years, friends have given me unique gifts from antiquity. The coin and the frame in which it is displayed sit atop a bookshelf in our living room. There have been times in the last 20 years when I stopped to look at the coin and wondered through whose hands...
by Garris Elkins | May 27, 2019 | Apostle, Courage, Discipline, Fathers, Freedom, God, Healing, Honor, Kingdom of God, Leadership, Mercy, Peace, Promotion, repentance. hope future, Sacrifice, Spiritual Warfare, Truth, Wisdom
If you are not familiar with the term “stolen valor” a quick YouTube search will reveal in vivid detail what it means. Stolen valor takes place when someone who never served in the military dons a uniform and medals and tries to impersonate a veteran. There is always...
