by Garris Elkins | Oct 31, 2017 | Discipleship, Forgivenss, Gifts, Holy Spirit, Identity, Intimacy, Obedience, Pride, Provision, Trust, Wisdom, Women
Our character is not determined by our geography or our social status. It would be an insult to a single mother who is trying to raise her children in an inner city ghetto to honor God and then limit the potential of her children to the level of sorrow that surrounds...
by Garris Elkins | Oct 28, 2017 | Deliverance, Discipline, Father, Future, Kingdom of God, Prayer, Pride, Promotion, Provision, Restoration, Spiritual Warfare, Truth
When Jan and I lived in Europe, we visited a cathedral that was uniquely constructed. The interior of the sanctuary had a smooth, rounded ceiling. The tour guide said a whisper softly spoken in one corner would rise and follow the curvature of the ceiling and be...
by Garris Elkins | Oct 27, 2017 | Obedience, Peace, Pride, Spiritual Warfare, Truth, Wisdom
If you are a street cop, every so often you will have a pursuit. You attempt to pull over a car for a minor traffic violation and someone decides to run. The drivers can range from being a dumb kid in his parent’s car to a full-blown felon on the run. One evening...
by Garris Elkins | Oct 26, 2017 | Culture, Discipline, Fear, Gifts, Kingdom of God, Pride, Promotion, Provision, Revelation, Spirit, Wisdom
I do a bit of writing each day. I was a late starter, age 58 in fact. That was seven books and a thousand blog articles ago. In the process of that endeavor, I have learned a few things. If you are a person who desires to write, here are a few suggestions: 1. ...
by Garris Elkins | Oct 22, 2017 | Honor, Kingdom of God, Obedience, Pride, Promotion
If you have something of value to say, it will be repeated somewhere by someone who will fail to give you credit for being the original author of the thought. A few years ago, this began to happen to me on a regular basis. Someone would use a phrase I coined or a...
by Garris Elkins | Oct 12, 2017 | Favor, Freedom, Justice, Prayer, Pride, Provision, Revelation, Supernatural, Wisdom, Word
The words, “Ripe Reasoning”, came to my mind after a few moments of spontaneous prayer in the Spirit. I had never heard that phrase before and knew it was the vocabulary of Heaven describing something God was about to do in this season of time. I also knew I was...
