by Garris Elkins | Oct 7, 2020 | Forgiveness, Freedom, God, Hope, Prophetic, Repentance
When I was a kid growing up, I remember seeing my mom carrying a large basket full of freshly washed clothes and sheets. She would walk into our backyard and hang the articles on our clothesline. We had no clothes dryer. When mom brought our clothes and sheets back...
by Garris Elkins | Oct 4, 2020 | Courage, Culture, Deliverance, Destiny, Hope, Redemption, Spiritual Warfare
I don’t think it was by chance that my daily reading of Scripture brought me to the book of Esther during this week. As I was reading chapter 9, verse 1 was highlighted to me, “On that day, the enemies of the Jews had hoped to overpower them, but quite the opposite...
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 27, 2020 | Hope, Joy, Miracles, Prayer, Prophetic, Restoration, Supernatural
I’m index finger typing these words on my iPhone because we lost power last night and our house Internet connection is down. Last night someone was fleeing from the police and took down a power pole.At 4:00 am, I walked several blocks to the crash scene and spoke with...
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 25, 2020 | forgiveness, Freedom, God, Hope, Love, Mercy, Prophetic, Redemption, Restoration
While pursuing God is of utmost value after we become aware of His presence and give our lives to Him, we need to remember it was His pursuit of us that initiated our relationship with Him in the first place. Scripture is filled with examples of God’s pursuit of...