by Garris Elkins | May 14, 2020 | Obedience, Reformation, Trust
A few nights ago, I had an interesting dream. In the dream, the Lord asked me to sell my recumbent bicycle and buy a mountain bike. I thought the request to be odd since I enjoy the laidback riding position of a recumbent. It’s like peddling while sitting in an easy...
by Garris Elkins | Apr 5, 2020 | Discernment, Discipleship, Discipline, Gifts, Obedience, Restoration, Supernatural, Word, Worship
In this time of cultural pause, unrealized callings empowered by a prophetic promise will rise to the surface to be discovered and released. God never wastes a season, no matter how challenging it might appear. Each chapter of life is filled with the potential...
by Garris Elkins | Apr 2, 2020 | Family, Love, Marriage, Obedience, Relationships
When I was 12-years old, I went pheasant hunting with my dad and brother near Los Banos, California. We saw a promising field and asked the landowner for permission to hunt. He was gracious and took us out on his property to show us where the birds hung out. On...
by Garris Elkins | Mar 13, 2020 | Culture, Death, Deliverance, Discernment, Fear, Kingdom of God, Obedience, Peace, Power, Spiritual Warfare, Trust, Truth, Wisdom
We have entered a domino moment in history with the fear of a deadly virus spreading around the globe. If another significant domino falls, like the outbreak of a major war, a global financial collapse, or a natural disaster of national significance, our sense of...
by Garris Elkins | Mar 8, 2020 | Change, Courage, Faith, Faithfulness, Favor, Fear, Freedom, Future, Obedience
Spiritual combustion takes place when we step over the threshold of an obstacle in faith, and enter a new realm of the Spirit. It is like an explosion of fire in the natural when smoldering embers deprived of oxygen are suddenly exposed to increased oxygen, and...
by Garris Elkins | Feb 24, 2020 | Death, Deliverance, Family, Fathers, Grace, Healing, Humility, Integrity, Justice, Obedience, Peace, Relationships, Spiritual Warfare
There are times when the environment of spiritual conflict is more deadly than the weapons wielded in actual battle. Environments, whether social, familial or work-related carry life and death potential. In II Samuel 18, David’s army entered a battle in the forest of...
