by Garris Elkins | Jan 23, 2017 | Deliverance, Discipline, Dreams, Faithfulness, Mercy, Peace, Promise
The greatest blessings in my life have all come suddenly and unexpected. They were never planned or programmed. They just appeared – suddenly. We can reduce our life of faith down to a human level of understanding that produces solutions from the exercise of human...
by Garris Elkins | Jan 22, 2017 | Courage, Deliverance, Miracles, Promise, Spiritual Warfare
God has heavenly assets and resources assigned to your life that you cannot see. They are in place to protect you and watch over your life. To the casual observer, you look vulnerable, exposed and out in the open. With God that is never your reality. The recent...
by Garris Elkins | Jan 14, 2017 | Hope, Promise, Trust
We create our best music and write our best books in the middle of the most painful seasons of life. David wrote passionate Psalms in his most devastating moments of personal struggle. Something takes place in us during those times that exposes the fake salesman...
by Garris Elkins | Dec 25, 2016 | Hope, Joy, Love, Miracles, Promise, Relationships, Restoration, Thankfulness
Jan and I have experienced 43 Christmas mornings together. After the birth of our two children, we created a Christmas morning family routine that has become a tradition. Jan and I get up early for coffee and Jan’s homemade cinnamon roles, a recipe given to her...
by Garris Elkins | Dec 16, 2016 | Culture, Deliverance, Freedom, Healing, Promise, Redemption, Restoration, Resurrection
When I was a young cop, I was assigned to a unit with the acronym, OCCIS. The formal name was the Organized Crime and Criminal Information Section. It was a federally funded task force sourced from multiple police agencies in the Silicon Valley of California. We...
by Garris Elkins | Dec 9, 2016 | Gifts, Holy Spirit, Miracles, Promise, Provision
Today, as Jan and I walked along a sidewalk in historic Jacksonville, Oregon we passed a building built in the 1800’s. I noticed mounds of dark purple grapes on the sidewalk. I reached down and picked up one of the grapes and put it in my mouth. It was very sweet. For...
