by Garris Elkins | Apr 6, 2019 | Deliverance, Faith, Freedom, Healing, Hope, Resurrection, Revival, Spiritual Warfare, Trust, Worship
There are some roads we choose to journey upon that will never lead us to the will of God. These roads are not dead ends. They keep going on and on in the wrong direction offering false hope, draining our emotional energy, and never delivering us into a good...
by Garris Elkins | Apr 5, 2019 | Deliverance, Discipleship, Discipline, Faith, Freedom, Future, Hope, Identity, Kingdom of God, Love, Marriage, Obedience, Provision, Relationships, Rest, Thankfulness
Recently, I met with a spiritual son who lives in a distant city. We touch base each year when he is in town. The moment we met I saw something new and fresh in his face. By his own admission, the unresolved wounds from his past had dictated his response to life. He...
by Garris Elkins | Mar 27, 2019 | Dreams, Eternity, Faith, Family, Fear, Forgiveness, Future, Gifts, Giving, Healing, Hope, Joy, Justice, Kingdom of God, Miracles, Obedience, Prophecy, Revelation, Trust
Jan and I take a daily walk together. Normally, we walk at mid-morning after our writing schedule is finished, but on this particular morning, we had to be on the road early so we walked just after sunrise. I’ve walked past the home in the photo hundreds of time but...
by Garris Elkins | Mar 26, 2019 | Eternity, Family, Father, Future, Hope, Intimacy, Love, Restoration, Spirit
On November 27, 2017, a best friend of mine died. Abby was my Australian Shepherd. She lived just a few days shy of 15 years. To say I was devastated at her passing would be an understatement. I cannot remember grieving like that in all my life. A few weeks ago, the...
by Garris Elkins | Mar 21, 2019 | Deliverance, Fear, Freedom, God, Hope, Integrity, Love, Miracles, Obedience, Resurrection, Spiritual Warfare, Tranistion, Vision., Word
For almost 20 years I have hiked the section of a trail depicted in this photo. It has never been rutted like this in all those years. A combination of weather events, poor trail maintenance and just life in the wild produced these deep ruts. The beginning and the end...
by Garris Elkins | Mar 6, 2019 | Courage, Death, Deliverance, Discipleship, Fear, Freedom, Healing, Hope, Intimacy, Jesus, Joy, Marriage, Mercy, Miracles, Reconciliation, Rest, Restoration, Spiritual Warfare
A massive landslide took place last week on the Oregon coast. The landslide is almost a mile in length. It has displaced the coast highway downslope toward the ocean turning the highway into an impassible mass of crumbled asphalt and dirt. It looks like the remnants...
