by Garris Elkins | Mar 18, 2017 | Love, Marriage, Mercy, Promise
This morning the following blessing appeared in my email in-box from my wife, Jan. It is a blessing she is writing for her third book of blessings. Jan inserted my name as a personal encouragement to me. The original will have the words, “your spirit”. There is...
by Garris Elkins | Mar 10, 2017 | Church, Deliverance, God, Kingdom, Miracles, Promise, Provision, Resurrection, Spiritual Warfare
Recently, I noticed someone was writing on social media about the Throne Room of Heaven. They spelled Throne Room as “Thrown Room.” I am sure it was an example of spell-check-gone-wild. I smiled at the implications. The Throne of Heaven is not a static place. The...
by Garris Elkins | Feb 23, 2017 | Deliverance, Forgivenss, Freedom, Mercy, Prayer, Promise, Redemption, Relationships, Resurrection, Wisdom
I was getting ready to begin writing this morning when an image entered my mind. It was the image of a blast zone. This blast zone was the center of a target where an explosion would take place from the detonation of an incoming missile. Anyone or anything within the...
by Garris Elkins | Feb 21, 2017 | Creavity, Faith, Hope, Joy, Love, Promise, Relationships, Restoration, Teaching
I talked to a friend who is an accomplished hunter. Each year he successfully harvests both elk and deer. He hunts with a bow and arrow. In order to get within the limited range of his weapon, he must be very aware of how the animals he hunts process a threat. He uses...
by Garris Elkins | Feb 6, 2017 | Love, Marriage, Mercy, Peace, Promise, Restoration
For the last several weeks, I have felt that we, as the Church, need to take a bath. After a long and brutal election cycle, emotion and opinion ran wild. We watched as words were tossed around like verbal dirt clods striking anyone who was standing in the way. ...
by Garris Elkins | Feb 5, 2017 | Faithfulness, Freedom, Healing, Hope, Joy, Promise, Restoration, Truth
The greatest theft is the theft of our passion for God. Passion is the ignition system God has placed within us that ignites our destiny. It is the flame we use to touch the woodpile of purpose that will cause us to burn for God. ...
