by Garris Elkins | Jun 25, 2014 | Deliverance, Holy Spirit, Obedience, Pentecost, Power, Trust
Within the bowl of fruit something unusual is taking place. The rotten fruit is not infecting the other pieces of fruit. In fact, just the opposite is taking place. The healthy fruit is beginning to transform the rotten fruit. In a natural way of thinking...
by Garris Elkins | Jun 13, 2014 | Dreams, Faith, Future, Hope, Pentecost, Power, Promise
You tried to carry your dream with such care. You began to walk forward in its promise. But in a moment of personal stumbling you dropped it and it shattered at your feet. There is no putting it back together. There are too many broken pieces. As...
by Garris Elkins | May 25, 2014 | Change, Holy Spirit, Intimacy, Pentecost, Revival, Transition
You have caught the scent of something new – a fragrance of coming change. God is the one who has awakened this sensitivity in you. Like a person experiencing an exquisite perfume for the first time this unfamiliar fragrance has turned your head in a...
by Garris Elkins | Apr 24, 2014 | Church, Culture, Dreams, Faith, Future, Miracles, Pentecost
As the Day of Pentecost approaches each year I am always stirred by the Spirit to watch for significant events that might take place. Many of these events happen very visibly. We can forget that something else may have taken place out of sight that set...
by Garris Elkins | Apr 18, 2014 | Church, Faith, Favor, Gifts, Holy Spirit, Pentecost, Power, Supernatural
You carry far more than you realize. The moment you invited God to live within you He deposited His eternal and all-powerful Spirit inside your flesh and bones. You have become a carrier of Presence. You carry all the gifts of the Spirit needed to build...
by Garris Elkins | Jun 1, 2013 | Church, Future, Holy Spirit, Identity, Leadership, Pentecost, Transition
I love to read people who understand history and the development of language. A couple of years ago I was struck by a paragraph within an article written by my Fulbright Scholar and Master of Fine Arts educated daughter: “When I taught literature to high school...
