by Garris Elkins | Aug 26, 2017 | Discipline, Forgiveness, Holiness, Humility, Leadership, Mercy, Obedience, Peace, Prayer, Reconciliation, Relationships, Wisdom
As a young cop, I had to learn about the judicious use of firearms. In my training, there was a term called, “Pray and Spray.” Pray and Spray means that when a threat appears that could cause death or great bodily harm, the undisciplined person will start praying and...
by Garris Elkins | Aug 7, 2017 | Courage, Discipline, Forgiveness, Freedom, Humility, Mercy, Obedience, Reconciliation, Relationships, Spiritual Warfare
Each of us will encounter an occasional anonymous critic. If you open your mouth and express your opinion you will have someone who has no relationship with you pull out their fillet knife of correction and attempt to cut you down to their size. These are people whose...
by Garris Elkins | Aug 3, 2017 | Humility, Love, Mercy, Prayer
Judgment needs to be disciplined or it will end up directing the course of our lives toward negative outcomes. Many times the thought of a person I do not agree with or have a strained relationship with will cross my mind. With that thought comes a lure of...
by Garris Elkins | Jul 19, 2017 | Discipleship, Discipline, Faith, Future, Humility, Obedience
The image was a bit shocking. I saw someone walking across a stage. They were speaking to an audience. They were in the middle of making a presentation when all of a sudden the entire stage background and all the stage props crashed down around them. The performer...
by Garris Elkins | Jul 14, 2017 | Courage, Discipleship, Forgivenss, Freedom, Humility, Kingdom of God, Mercy, Peace, Pride, Reconciliation, Restoration, Revelation, Teaching, Truth
When we pile on a perceived error the truth gets buried. This piling on can resemble a football game where the ball is in the hands of one of the players at the bottom of the heap. The officials referring the game must remove each person from the pile to find the...
by Garris Elkins | Jul 7, 2017 | Hope, Humility, Mercy, Peace
If you want to know what death sounds like speak a word of hope. Death will always protest hope and demand that all voices be silent except its own. A word of hope has greater authority than the language of condemnation. Just a whisper of hope will shout down the...
