by Garris Elkins | Mar 9, 2017 | Deliverance, Father, Hope, Identity, Joy, Peace
Last night, I had two separate dreams that were somehow connected. Both dreams looked like oil paintings. One image was of a bow, as in a bow and arrow. At first, I expected to see the image of an arrow shot into the air and stuck in the ground but instead of the...
by Garris Elkins | Mar 6, 2017 | Change, Courage, Destiny, Faith, Identity, Leadership, Ministry, Peace, Provision, Revelation, Transition, Trust
Some of you will be asked by God to try something new, something you have never done before. You have no experience in this new place of faith. You will bring to the challenge more than you realize. Apart from flag and touch football games during recess at school, I...
by Garris Elkins | Feb 17, 2017 | Church, Destiny, Discipline, Faith, Faithfulness, Holy Spirit, Peace, Revelation, Spiritual Warfare
When Jan and I were based in Kingston, Jamaica, we learned a lot about the history of the island. One day, I was speaking with an old-timer who told me about the day when the first traffic signal was installed on the island. If you were to visit Jamaica today, you...
by Garris Elkins | Feb 12, 2017 | Joy, Kingdom, Peace
In order to be used by God to the fullest measure while living on earth, we must constantly keep heaven in mind. Without the concept of heaven filling our thoughts we will not be able to live up to our full Kingdom potential because desperation and fear will drive our...
by Garris Elkins | Feb 10, 2017 | Deliverance, Freedom, Holy Spirit, Kingdom of God, Peace, Spiritual Warfare, Truth
Every lie about your identity in Christ has been uttered with a purpose. The enemy plans to use his lies to herd you toward an ambush where the destruction of your faith lies in wait. It is time to stop believing the lies and running in panic. God wants you to uproot...
by Garris Elkins | Feb 6, 2017 | Love, Marriage, Mercy, Peace, Promise, Restoration
For the last several weeks, I have felt that we, as the Church, need to take a bath. After a long and brutal election cycle, emotion and opinion ran wild. We watched as words were tossed around like verbal dirt clods striking anyone who was standing in the way. ...
