by Garris Elkins | Aug 3, 2017 | Humility, Love, Mercy, Prayer
Judgment needs to be disciplined or it will end up directing the course of our lives toward negative outcomes. Many times the thought of a person I do not agree with or have a strained relationship with will cross my mind. With that thought comes a lure of...
by Garris Elkins | Aug 2, 2017 | Courage, Deliverance, Discipleship, Discipline, Gifts, Prayer, Prophecy, Redemption, Revelation, Spiritual Warfare, Wisdom
As a young rookie cop, my Field Training Officer (FTO) taught me a lot about life and police work. During one very slow graveyard shift, we were parked along a lonesome stretch of highway when a car drove by with one of its taillights out. My FTO said, “Let’s check...
by Garris Elkins | Jul 30, 2017 | Change, Courage, Eternity, Hope, Intimacy, Jesus, Obedience, Peace, Prayer, Promise, Spiritual Warfare, Transition
When Jan and I lived in Europe we traveled by car when air and rail travel was not an option. Driving across the Alps and entering a tunnel that is several miles long was a very strange and unnerving experience. Most of the tunnels in the United States are short – you...
by Garris Elkins | Jul 24, 2017 | Deliverance, Faith, Gifts, Pentecost, Power, Prayer, Prophecy, Spiritual Warfare, Supernatural, Vision.
In the small town where I live there are several very good restaurants. One of those restaurants has an Italian name and serves continental cuisine. In the middle of the morning when the chefs are prepping for the day they begin to melt butter and sauté garlic....
by Garris Elkins | Jul 13, 2017 | Hope, Joy, Prayer, Prophecy, Teaching, Worship
Have you ever started to sing the opening lines of an old song but forget the rest of the lyrics? You sounded great singing the first few words then mumbled the remainder of the chorus hoping you might recall the lyrics. I just did that with an old 60’s song. As I was...
by Garris Elkins | Jun 19, 2017 | Discipline, Gifts, Holy Spirit, Intimacy, Obedience, Peace, Prayer, Promise, Rest, Worship
Certain sounds pull on the deep emotions of my soul. The sound of a violin solo, water moving across smooth stones in a mountain stream or a loon calling out as it swims across a lake through a wisp of early morning fog. There are two levels where we process these...
