by Garris Elkins | Mar 13, 2017 | Destiny, Dreams, Future, Holy Spirit, Jesus, Obedience, Provision, Spirit
Whenever I drive to a distant city for pleasure or ministry, I do one thing before I check into my hotel. I fill up my car with gas. I do this in case an emergency comes during the night that would require me to depart immediately at an hour when an open gas station...
by Garris Elkins | Dec 27, 2016 | Apostle, Culture, Destiny, Dreams, Faithfulness, Favor, Five-Fold Ministry, Future, Kingdom of God, Miracles, Obedience, Power, Promotion, Revival, Vision.
Each morning, I sit down and ask God if there is something He wants me to write. It is never a challenge to find something to write. What is the challenge is finding something He wants me to write. This morning, I asked that familiar question once again. Immediately,...
by Garris Elkins | Dec 13, 2016 | Obedience, Revelation, Supernatural, Wisdom
For a few years as a cop, I was part of an Organized Crime unit. It was very different than working the street in uniform in a marked car. All of us had beards and long hair. We looked like outlaw bikers. One of the things we routinely did was to conduct stakeouts. TV...
by Garris Elkins | Oct 27, 2016 | Creavity, Faithfulness, Obedience
Someone asked me how to get started writing. I told them to first create a storage and retrieval system. A place of storage provides a way for you to accumulate what you have written. It also provides a method for future retrieval. Without a storage and retrieval...
by Garris Elkins | Oct 10, 2016 | Love, Mercy, Obedience
The phrase, Coup de Gras, is a term we use to describe a deathblow of mercy swiftly administered to end suffering. It is also written, Coup de Grace, depending on the dictionary one uses. There is another kind of Coup de Gras. The Coup de Gras of God is a swift and...
by Garris Elkins | Oct 5, 2016 | Discipleship, Discipline, Faithfulness, Gifts, Obedience
My uncle owned a Texaco service station in Livermore, California in the 1950’s. It was back in the days when a car pulled in for gas four uniformed men would run out to meet the incoming customer. One attendant greeted the customer. Another checked air pressure in the...