by Garris Elkins | Aug 28, 2019 | Deliverance, Favor, Freedom, Future, Honor, Mercy, Promise, Redemption
Your set back will become a set forward when God intervenes. You cannot change what has taken place or who was wounded in the painful process, but you can change the condition of your heart. A changed heart will invite God’s hand to reach down and transform your...
by Garris Elkins | Aug 22, 2019 | Faith, Favor, Fear, Forgivness, Freedom, Future, Healing, Hope, Mercy, Promise, Redemption
The fears we live with made their initial appearance when we chose to listen to their lies. In moments of fearful uncertainty, is where hell can speak its deceptive script in the most effective ways. These lies will always contradict God’s truth about...
by Garris Elkins | Aug 18, 2019 | Humility, Kingdom of God, Mercy, Transition
You can always do a transition better. No transition will ever be perfect. “Perfect” is not the goal. We have an unrealistic tendency to want our life transitions to be perfect. We need to revisit our definition of reality. In retrospect, each one of my...
by Garris Elkins | Aug 13, 2019 | Courage, Death, Deliverance, Family, Fear, Freedom, Future, Healing, Mercy, Promise, Resurrection, Spiritual Warfare, Trust, Worship
A couple of months ago, I took one of those at home tests called Cologuard that people use in place of a colonoscopy. I had a colonoscopy 17 years ago and got a clean bill of health at that time, so I thought instead of going through the process of a colonoscopy, I...
by Garris Elkins | Jul 30, 2019 | Change, Church, Deliverance, God, Holy Spirit, Justice, Leadership, Mercy, Reformation, Revival, Spiritual Warfare, Worship
Something is being manifested in nature causing me to think the created order is responding to what the Spirit is releasing in Oregon and beyond. Two events are taking place at the same time and in the same location in this region- one literally on top of the other. A...
by Garris Elkins | Jul 16, 2019 | Destiny, Dreams, Eternity, Faith, Favor, Fear, Freedom, Future, Grace, Honor, Hope, Love, Mercy, Provision, Redemption
As I read through the 14th chapter of Revelation, I came across verse 13. One part of that verse caught my attention. The text reads, “…for their good deeds follow them.” As I pondered what that phrase could mean for us today, I began to get a sense of what the...
