by Garris Elkins | Jan 31, 2020 | Discipleship, Faithfulness, Favor, Freedom, Future, Grace, Mercy
This morning, I asked the Lord what He wanted me to write. At the moment of my inquiry, I was shown an open hand holding a fresh apricot. The apricot was picked at the peak of perfection. Behind the image of the apricot was a film clip showing the coming and going of...
by Garris Elkins | Jan 19, 2020 | Five-Fold Ministry, Gifts, God, Grace, Holy Spirit, Kingdom of God, Ministry, Power, Spiritual Warfare, Supernatural
God is increasing your capacity for spiritual warfare. What worked in the past will not be sufficient to engage the battles in your future. This increased capacity is a work of God, not a capacity you can produce. When I was a cop, one of my fellow officers got in a...
by Garris Elkins | Jan 17, 2020 | Church, Culture, Discernment, Grace, Justice, Kingdom, Mercy, Reformation
Something unexpected is about to visit. This unexpected visitation will catch some unaware and off-balance, but only if they are focused on the wrong things. “Unexpected” is a word consisting of two parts. The first part, “un,” denotes the reversal or...
by Garris Elkins | Jan 7, 2020 | Dreams, Faith, Family, Favor, Fear, Future, Grace, Healing, Hope
This afternoon the sun came out and passed through my truck window to warm my face in the middle of a cold winter day. As soon as I felt the warm sun rays, Bob Marley’s reggae song, Jammin’, came on the radio. In a moment of memory, I was transported back to Kingston,...
by Garris Elkins | Jan 1, 2020 | Creativity, Deliverance, Dreams, Favor, Freedom, Future, God, Grace, Promise, Promotion, Restoration
Women who are pregnant possess a unique beauty. They are carriers of new life and the life they carry illuminates something in their expression only seen during pregnancy. I remember when Jan was pregnant with our children. She has always been a stunning beauty to me,...
by Garris Elkins | Dec 29, 2019 | Family, Grace, Healing, Mercy, Relationships
When my father passed away 30 years ago, I wanted to keep one of his hats. He was from a generation where if a man went outside, he wore a hat. I remember several years after his passing that I picked up one of his hats and held it to my face. I could still smell a...
