by Garris Elkins | Mar 30, 2019 | Courage, Culture, Death, Discipleship, Discipline, Humility, Integrity, Kingdom of God, Love, Mercy, Pride, Revelation, Spiritual Warfare
Someone put this sign in front of their home encouraging people to slow down as they transit our neighborhood. When I saw the sign, I thought of more than kids being harmed by careless drivers. I thought of the heated cultural climate in which we currently live. We...
by Garris Elkins | Mar 21, 2019 | Deliverance, Fear, Freedom, God, Hope, Integrity, Love, Miracles, Obedience, Resurrection, Spiritual Warfare, Tranistion, Vision., Word
For almost 20 years I have hiked the section of a trail depicted in this photo. It has never been rutted like this in all those years. A combination of weather events, poor trail maintenance and just life in the wild produced these deep ruts. The beginning and the end...
by Garris Elkins | Feb 27, 2019 | Courage, Deliverance, Discipline, Forgiveness, Healing, Holiness, Hope, Integrity, Prayer, Pride, Promotion, Restoration, Trust, Wisdom
The negative and demeaning conversations that take place behind your back and outside your presence are typically based on assumption and misinformation. These conversations are called gossip. Do not align your concern with an attempt to correct these sad...
by Garris Elkins | Feb 13, 2019 | Courage, Death, Deliverance, Discipline, Humility, Integrity, Obedience, Pride, Reconciliation, Spiritual Warfare, Wisdom
A wall stands in your way and you have been assigned to dismantle its opposing presence. As you engage this spiritual demolition project, trust no assumptions you are carrying from your current assignment or relationships. This is between you and God and no one else....
by Garris Elkins | Feb 6, 2019 | Apostle, Change, Deliverance, Faith, Future, Integrity, Kingdom of God, Leadership, Transition, Wisdom, Worship
I have a group of friends who have invested months of detailed planning and strategized for a project of immense potential. The scale of this Kingdom enterprise is in the hundreds of millions of dollars. Non-Disclosure Agreements have been created and honored in the...
by Garris Elkins | Oct 26, 2018 | Change, Discipline, Future, Integrity, Kingdom of God, Obedience, Promotion, Rest, Restoration, Revelation, Transition, Wisdom
For the last few weeks, I had been sensing a change was coming. I’ve written daily for several years. This daily routine was primarily for me to learn the discipline of writing. Over the years, this routine has become the seedbed for several books and opened the door...
