by Garris Elkins | Jun 9, 2019 | Change, Courage, Deliverance, Dreams, Faith, Fear, Freedom, Joy, Mercy, Miracles, Obedience, Peace, Prophetic, Resurrection, Supernatural, Tranistion, Vision.
You know how it is when you wake up a bit too early in the morning and look at the illuminated clock on your nightstand. You hope you can go back to sleep. This morning, the clock read 3:12 AM here in Oregon. In that waking moment, I saw an interesting...
by Garris Elkins | May 29, 2019 | Courage, Creativity, Deliverance, Discernment, Discipline, Dreams, Faith, Fear, Future, Joy, Mercy, Peace, Prophecy, Provision, Rest, Supernatural
Clarity and confirmation are coming. A significant marker that will guide you through this last challenging leg of your journey will soon appear. Its presence will pilot you into a new place, one that has remained hidden until this moment of time. God will...
by Garris Elkins | May 24, 2019 | Discipleship, Discipline, Dreams, Faith, Favor, Freedom, Grace, Joy, Justice, Obedience, Peace, Provision, Wisdom, Worship
When I was a kid, I grew up in the Silicon Valley of California before the high tech companies arrived. Our valley was a continuous expanse of fruit orchards. My first real job was at age 9 picking prunes. The ease of picking prunes would depend on how the...
by Garris Elkins | May 9, 2019 | Deliverance, Faith, Freedom, Future, Joy, Justice, Love, Mercy, Obedience, Peace, Redemption
This morning, Jan shared a dream with me she had last night. In the dream, we were running and laughing with joy across a frozen lake. As soon as Jan finished describing the dream, I saw something in the Spirit. Some of you are facing an impossible...
by Garris Elkins | Mar 27, 2019 | Dreams, Eternity, Faith, Family, Fear, Forgiveness, Future, Gifts, Giving, Healing, Hope, Joy, Justice, Kingdom of God, Miracles, Obedience, Prophecy, Revelation, Trust
Jan and I take a daily walk together. Normally, we walk at mid-morning after our writing schedule is finished, but on this particular morning, we had to be on the road early so we walked just after sunrise. I’ve walked past the home in the photo hundreds of time but...
by Garris Elkins | Mar 6, 2019 | Courage, Death, Deliverance, Discipleship, Fear, Freedom, Healing, Hope, Intimacy, Jesus, Joy, Marriage, Mercy, Miracles, Reconciliation, Rest, Restoration, Spiritual Warfare
A massive landslide took place last week on the Oregon coast. The landslide is almost a mile in length. It has displaced the coast highway downslope toward the ocean turning the highway into an impassible mass of crumbled asphalt and dirt. It looks like the remnants...