by Garris Elkins | Jul 5, 2017 | Courage, Culture, Discipleship, Discipline, Fear, Forgivenss, Holy Spirit, Humility, Identity, Mercy, Pride, Reconciliation
It is always a dangerous game to judge a person based on rumor and second-hand information. I have stopped coming to any conclusion about someone unless I have firsthand information about them from personal interaction with them. The higher in public visibility you...
by Garris Elkins | Jun 19, 2017 | Discipline, Gifts, Holy Spirit, Intimacy, Obedience, Peace, Prayer, Promise, Rest, Worship
Certain sounds pull on the deep emotions of my soul. The sound of a violin solo, water moving across smooth stones in a mountain stream or a loon calling out as it swims across a lake through a wisp of early morning fog. There are two levels where we process these...
by Garris Elkins | Jun 6, 2017 | Gifts, Holy Spirit, Revival, Supernatural, Transition
Some of you have been living your life in such a predictable way the thought of something supernatural and unexplainable happening is not on your radar. You have been asleep in the slumber of the predictable. You have been faithfully managing the affairs of your life...
by Garris Elkins | Jun 4, 2017 | Gifts, Holy Spirit, Pentecost
On the Day of Pentecost, no one was expecting the events to unfold as recorded in Scripture. It was a complete surprise, even though the prophet Joel spoke of the events of Pentecost 800 years before they happened. In John 20, days before Pentecost took place, the...
by Garris Elkins | May 24, 2017 | Church, Courage, Discipleship, Holy Spirit, Jesus, Truth, Word
Have you ever heard someone say, “If it’s not in the Bible, I won’t believe it!” While I understand the desire for truth expressed in that statement, we need to understand a much larger reality about Jesus who is the Word and the partial presentation of His life given...
by Garris Elkins | May 20, 2017 | Death, Deliverance, Freedom, God, Holy Spirit, Jesus, Peace, Relationships, Resurrection
As a 28-year old police detective, I thought I had seen it all until I was handed the homicide case of an 18-month old little girl named Savannah. I will never forget her name because God used her death to bring me life. Savannah was murdered by the drunken, live-in...
