by Garris Elkins | Jan 8, 2019 | Change, Courage, Deliverance, Discipleship, Family, Healing, Holy Spirit, Intimacy, Justice, Mercy, Obedience, Power, Promotion, Rest, Restoration, Revelation, Trust, Worship
You have probably heard someone say, “I feel thin”, as in feeling weak, exhausted or powerless when faced with a challenging situation. As I thought of the thin places in my own life, the Lord began to unpack a word of encouragement. The thin places in our lives...
by Garris Elkins | Jan 7, 2019 | Courage, Death, Deliverance, Discipleship, Discipline, God, Identity, Obedience, Revelation, Spiritual Warfare, Trust, Truth
My first night as a rookie-cop-in-training, I was lost in many ways. It was all so new and unfamiliar. I was thrust into another world. With so much coming at me I felt like a thirsty man trying to take a drink from a fire hose running at full blast. That first...
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...
by Garris Elkins | Oct 22, 2018 | Change, Courage, Discipline, Family, Fear, Freedom, Integrity, Justice, Obedience, Peace, Provision, Repentance, Restoration, Transition
As Jan and I were walking into town, I noticed a line of trees still carrying the fullness of color in their fall foliage. Most of the leaves on the other trees in town had already fallen, but this line of trees was still in the fullness of its colorful display. ...
by Garris Elkins | Oct 19, 2018 | Church, Courage, Deliverance, Faith, Fear, Freedom, Future, Kingdom of God, Miracles, Obedience, Promotion, Rest, Trust, Worship
I was driving around town completing some errands and noticed an abundance of “Be Prepared To Stop” signs. Several road projects are being completed in our community so the bright orange signs are very present. After passing the fifth sign, the Lord began to speak to...
by Garris Elkins | Oct 6, 2018 | Culture, Deliverance, Discipleship, Discipline, Freedom, Mercy, Obedience, Spiritual Warfare
This is a photo I took of a steel grate that covers a hole a dug by a prospector during the southern Oregon gold rush of the 1850’s. The pit is deep. At the bottom, an old antique car rests in a dirt tomb along with various discarded articles like an old miner’s stove...
