by Garris Elkins | Nov 23, 2016 | Eternity, Future, Hope
Early this morning, as I sat in my chair writing, I was playing the beautiful instrumental work titled Watermark. As the song surrounded me with its beauty my attention was drawn toward the front window of our living room that overlooks a timbered mountainside. Framed...
by Garris Elkins | Nov 9, 2016 | Deliverance, Favor, Freedom, Honor, Hope
I have learned that being prophetic is not limited to the prediction of a future event or a word of encouragement. It also includes the revelation of unseen pathways of hope that are often hidden beneath the intensity of human emotion. This morning both President...
by Garris Elkins | Nov 6, 2016 | Faithfulness, Freedom, Healing, Honor, Hope, Integrity, Kingdom of God, Prophecy
As we enter the final hours before the election results are known, we are holding our collective breath. We are like someone who was handed an envelope with an important notice inside. As the envelope is placed in our hands and we begin to open it up, we draw in our...
by Garris Elkins | Nov 5, 2016 | Change, Courage, Deliverance, Freedom, Hope
We are in the final stretch of a spiritual conflict that resembles a relay race. A baton is being delivered to the final runner who will carry it across the finish line. You are the final runner in this race. A baton of truth and a baton of error are both fast...
by Garris Elkins | Oct 30, 2016 | Change, Deliverance, Discipline, Faith, Freedom, Hope, Love
A powerful truth lay hidden in a familiar verse waiting to be discovered. “Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart.” (Psalm 37:4) “Delight” in this verse means to “be pliable”. “Delight” can be translated, “a request”. As we remain...
by Garris Elkins | Oct 14, 2016 | Honor, Hope, Humility, Integrity, Revelation, Revival
A chain of unusual events, along with a stream of yet-to-be-fulfilled prophetic words, are coalescing and heading toward the United States like an approaching storm. Under the right circumstances, a string of natural storms can come together to form a river in...
