by Garris Elkins | Jul 31, 2016 | Change, Destiny, Dreams, Faith, Freedom, Hope
Today, I was watching the beautiful Yakima River flow past our hotel room moving downstream to join with the mighty Columbia. In the river I saw an image. It was the image of a single gallon of water floating downstream hidden in the middle of the river’s massive...
by Garris Elkins | Jul 29, 2016 | Destiny, Dreams, Faithfulness, Favor, Future, Hope, Love, Mercy, Obedience, Power, Provision, Redemption, Thankfulness, Truth
God is good. Those three words comprise the greatest truth a human being will ever discover about God. The spiritual giants of the faith discovered that truth time and time again throughout the course of history. The record of their discoveries is contained in...
by Garris Elkins | Jul 27, 2016 | Church, Courage, Destiny, Discipleship, Dreams, Faithfulness, Future, Hope, Kingdom of God, Miracles, Power, Promotion, Revival
God is leading His people to a new place. This will require a fresh anointing of God’s Spirit in those places where we have allowed our experience with God to become dry. Without that fresh anointing we will remain immobilized and unable to move forward to complete...
by Garris Elkins | Jul 16, 2016 | Destiny, Fear, Five-Fold Ministry, Gifts, Holy Spirit, Hope, Kingdom of God, Leadership, Prayer, Prohecy, Revelation, Spirit
When I was a young pastor, I hiked alone to the very crest of the Rocky Mountains that overlooked the Flathead Valley in northwest Montana. Jan and I were pastoring a church in the valley below in the city of Kalispell. As I stood atop the rocky ridgeline to my right...
by Garris Elkins | Jul 5, 2016 | Change, Courage, Destiny, Dreams, Faithfulness, Family, Future, Hope, Prayer, Promotion, Restoration, Transition
Crossing New Frontiers 2016 marks 170 years since the Applegate Wagon Train crested the Cascade Mountain Range near Ashland, Oregon and a weary band of pioneers viewed the beautiful Rogue Valley for the first time. These were brave pioneers who accepted a risky...
by Garris Elkins | Jan 11, 2016 | Deliverance, Faith, Fear, Hope, Obedience, Promise, Sacrifice, Tranistion, Trust
God intends every tight and pressing spiritual passage to be followed by a release into the wide and expansive place of His goodness and provision. Some of these passages take longer than others to accomplish. Some take only a moment or a day. Others can take weeks,...
