by Garris Elkins | Jun 6, 2015 | Change, Courage, Destiny, Discipline, Dreams, Future, Humility, Intimacy, Kingdom of God, Peace, Rest, Revelation, Wisdom
As you journey through life you will hear people speak of human potential. Every human has natural potential, but this potential is not where the greatest breakthroughs occur because our human potential is limited by human intellect and ability. As you...
by Garris Elkins | Jun 2, 2015 | Dreams, Fear, Freedom, Peace, Promise, Prophecy, Restoration, Revelation, Supernatural, Vision.
I live in Oregon where just yesterday we had five earthquakes off our coast. These earthquakes took place in a region near a major undersea subduction zone that if released will bring great devastation to the western states of America and beyond. Off our...
by Garris Elkins | May 29, 2015 | Discipline, Faith, Future, Humility, Peace, Rest
As I bit into the beautiful apricot, I was expecting the sweet familiarity of a fruit I have known all my life, but instead, I received an explosion of sour. I knew it was still early in the year for the best apricots when I purchased a bag full at my local market. I...
by Garris Elkins | May 28, 2015 | Peace, Reconciliation, Trust
There have been a series of false starts in your life. You have wanted to see your life move forward and you thought it was your job to deliver yourself into a place of blessing. This has always been God’s task – not yours, but you seemed to have picked up...
by Garris Elkins | May 24, 2015 | Peace, Promise, Trust
In the last season you felt the pressures of life close in around you. You felt crushed under the weight of what you experienced. You ran away and thought you had finally distanced yourself from the pain, but those uncomfortable feelings are coming to visit once...
by Garris Elkins | Apr 4, 2015 | Death, Destiny, Eternity, Faith, Fear, Freedom, Future, Holy Spirit, Joy, Mercy, Peace, Promise, Resurrection, Tranistion
What makes our belief in the resurrection of Jesus Christ so powerful is the resolution it provides for the largest questions we have about life and death. All we believe is crafted around Jesus rising from the dead into new life. No other belief system offers...
