by Garris Elkins | Jun 26, 2019 | Creativity, Death, Deliverance, Destiny, Dreams, Faith, Fear, Freedom, Future, Honor, Hope, Humility, Love
Throughout Scripture, a scarlet thread of the life of Jesus has been present from Genesis to Revelation. This is not just a historic thread to be observed academically from a distance. It is a personal thread revealed to us to help us see the life of Jesus Christ at...
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...
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 | May 2, 2019 | Courage, Culture, Discernment, Discipleship, Discipline, Freedom, Grace, Honor, Integrity, Love, Mercy, Peace, Relationships, Spiritual Warfare
Very little in this life is what we call “either-or”. I used to be either-or in my younger days while still in the early stages of spiritual maturity. I thought strongly proclaiming my side of an issue and drawing lines in the sand was the mark of a spiritually...
by Garris Elkins | Apr 29, 2019 | Discipleship, Dreams, Faith, Family, Fathers, Future, Grace, Identity, Kingdom, Leadership, Love, Promise, Promotion, Prophecy, Relationships, Transition
Last night, I was invited along with a group of other men to honor a young man on his 12th birthday. It was a rite of passage. After a dinner of the young man’s choice – BBQ hamburgers – we went outside and sat around an open fire pit. Each of us was asked to...
by Garris Elkins | Apr 27, 2019 | Culture, Discernment, Discipleship, Fear, Freedom, Future, Holy Spirit, Justice, Kingdom, Love, Peace, Prophecy, Prophetic, Spiritual Warfare, Supernatural
Every once and awhile I will feel unsettled. Unexamined, those unsettled feelings can affect my outlook on life and my response to the people I love. It happened yesterday. I awoke in the morning feeling out of synch. It was not a matter of hidden sin or...
