by Garris Elkins | Oct 14, 2015 | Fear, Future, Hope
It seems every so often dear people within the Church become consumed with fear. They have been afraid of various things, Y2K, asteroids, The DaVinci Code, the color of the moon and so on. This fear has become a market. When a market emerges some religious...
by Garris Elkins | Aug 31, 2015 | Faith, Favor, Fear, Hope, Joy, Promise, Provision
I have lived through 65 seasons of fall. You would think by now I would fully understand the coming and going of each new season. This morning as I sat in the early morning darkness, I heard the distant sound of a truck shifting gears. At the moment the driver shifted...
by Garris Elkins | Jun 25, 2015 | Courage, Destiny, Faith, Fear, Freedom, Hope, Humility, Joy, Restoration, Resurrection
We all have the tendency to try and distance ourselves from the places of our greatest weakness. Somewhere in our journey of faith we discover a hidden gem of truth – our weak places are where God promises to do His most powerful work. Jesus revealed this gem of...
by Garris Elkins | May 22, 2015 | Change, Courage, Destiny, Dreams, Favor, Fear, Future, Hope, Promise, Redemption, Trust
The door into the new season of your life hangs on the hinges of your attitude. What you choose to believe will become the hinge upon which the door to your future hangs. Your belief and attitude toward God and your future will determine if your door is...
by Garris Elkins | May 18, 2015 | Faith, Hope
In the current state of national and international affairs the gift of faith will be required now, more than ever, if we are to correctly see and interpret the times in which we live. The unbelieving culture of Jesus’ day was much like the culture of our...
by Garris Elkins | May 11, 2015 | Hope, Promise
Some of you are feeling a tremendous amount of internal pressure. This pressure is not the result of a build up of personal frustration or the challenges you face in an unstable culture. Something else is taking place. It would be easy to misinterpret the real...
