by Garris Elkins | May 18, 2017 | Courage, Creativity, Discipleship, Family, Fear, Gifts, Humility, Relationships
Be careful to whom you give permission to edit the content your life. They can end up rewriting your life to such an extent that you look and sound like your editors, not like the unique person God has created. My wife, Jan, is the first person to read the rough draft...
by Garris Elkins | May 10, 2017 | Humility, Leadership, Spiritual Warfare, Truth
Many years ago, I was training a young cop who needed an attitude adjustment. One night, we pulled over a biker for a traffic violation. I had my rookie make contact. He was still maturing in his new role of authority and sounded pushy and arrogant when he spoke to...
by Garris Elkins | Apr 4, 2017 | Change, Dreams, Freedom, Healing, Humility, Mercy, Obedience, Peace, Promise, Provision, Restoration
It was a simple word. The Lord said, “I am restoring derailed lives.” A derailed life is like a derailed train. A train can run off the tracks and crash if something is wrong with the tracks. In order to continue the journey, the tracks will need to be...
by Garris Elkins | Nov 17, 2016 | Apostle, Destiny, Discipline, Five-Fold Ministry, Honor, Humility, Kingdom, Prophecy
If you are carrying rocks of judgment with the intent to verbally stone a prophet for getting a word wrong, it is time to drop the rocks. Stoning is part of an expired covenant. Pray for those who tried their best to hear God and are now licking their wounds and...
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...
by Garris Elkins | Sep 30, 2016 | Courage, Freedom, Humility
In our small town we have 3 color choices for our garbage bins. The red one is for recycling. The green one is for yard clippings and the black one is for household garbage. The black garbage bin goes out each week. There is nothing to remember with the black one....
