by Garris Elkins | Jul 3, 2018 | Church, Culture, Discipline, Holy Spirit, Kingdom of God, Prayer, Prophecy, Revelation, Spiritual Warfare, Trust, Truth, Wisdom
We can build traps to capture things that do not exist. We can also build traps to capture what we fear. Not far from where I live is The Bigfoot Trap. In case you don’t know who Bigfoot is (also known as Sasquatch) he is the mysterious ape-like creature that some...
by Garris Elkins | Jun 15, 2018 | Prayer, Prohecy, Revelation, Spiritual Warfare, Trust, Truth, Wisdom
Something unusual just happened. I was putting the final touches on a word I wanted to post on my blog and social media accounts when my cursor began to backspace uncontrollably deleting everything I had written. It was like the Pac-Man icon on steroids. I frantically...
by Garris Elkins | May 25, 2018 | Death, Deliverance, Faith, Favor, Fear, Miracles, Peace, Power, Prayer, Spiritual Warfare
I just returned from a ministry trip along the northern coast of California. I was driving through Eureka and stopped at a supermarket to buy some food when something strange took place. Before I share the story, I need to give you some background. While driving along...
by Garris Elkins | Apr 26, 2018 | Faith, Prayer, Trust, Truth
Today, you will be walking into answers to prayer you could not have imagined or even thought possible. All your life you have been faithfully prayed for by people you know and many whom you do not know and will never meet. Walk forward into these answered prayers...
by Garris Elkins | Apr 13, 2018 | Creativity, Discipleship, Eternity, Faith, Fear, Forgiveness, Future, Holy Spirit, Identity, Jesus, Kingdom of God, Prayer, Pride, Revelation, Spiritual Warfare
I was listening to a YouTube video of an old rocker (Peter Frampton) to see if I wanted to invest the money in a concert he is doing this summer. As I listened to some of his old familiar songs, I was transported back in emotional time. I could feel the rumble of the...
by Garris Elkins | Mar 9, 2018 | Courage, Deliverance, Eternity, Faith, Fear, Hope, Prayer
There are times in our lives when the failure of a relationship or a dream will take us by surprise. When this happens, we think that part of our life is sure to crash. Crashing is not God’s plan. He has trained you to successfully navigate these difficult...