by Garris Elkins | Jun 30, 2019 | Dreams, Family, Integrity, Intimacy, Justice, Kingdom, Provision
In a life-transition, you will never find yourself in a situation where God does not have a plan of rescue in place. Trust him. Ship captains don’t start their sea voyages by planning to sink. Neither do we start our transitions by planning to sink. However,...
by Garris Elkins | Jun 25, 2019 | Change, Deliverance, Dreams, Faith, Fear, Future, Grace, Healing, Joy, Justice, Obedience, Peace, Trust
Telling God where you will go or not go is the beginning of a detour you might not return from. When we begin to demand that God show us what our future and its provision will look like, we begin taking a dangerous detour. This is a road paved with fear. This...
by Garris Elkins | Jun 18, 2019 | Discernment, Humility, Justice, Kingdom of God, Mercy, Prophecy, Revelation, Spiritual Warfare, Truth, Vision., Wisdom
We have all heard the term “keeping abreast of the latest news.” It’s a fairly common phrase. I have always thought it meant to keep informed on the latest happenings in the world. It has a deeper meaning. The word “abreast” is defined to mean “beside one...
by Garris Elkins | Jun 17, 2019 | Culture, Death, Deliverance, Discernment, Faith, Justice, Prophetic, Rest, Spiritual Warfare, Supernatural, Wisdom
Jan and I live in a small cottage built during World War II. It was part of an officer’s housing unit in a military training facility located in southern Oregon during the war. After the war, our home was purchased at auction and moved to its current location in...
by Garris Elkins | Jun 15, 2019 | Deliverance, Discernment, Discipline, Faith, Family, Fear, Hope, Integrity, Justice, Mercy, Reconciliation, Relationships
There are times on social media and in our personal relationships when people will unfollow us because they were afraid of where our faith would take them if they continued in the relationship. People can struggle with another person’s faith because it exposes...
by Garris Elkins | Jun 8, 2019 | Courage, Culture, Discipleship, Fear, Forgiveness, Grace, Identity, Justice, Love, Mercy, Obedience
Each time we perform to feel loved we deform love’s beauty. In our performance, we become a slave to a conditional form of false love that Jesus came to set us free from. Performance is subtle. It can masquerade as religious dedication but when you begin...
