by Garris Elkins | May 19, 2018 | Dreams, Faith, Faithfulness, Favor, Freedom, Hope, Justice, Mercy, Miracles, Obedience, Peace, Promise, Provision, Relationships, Spiritual Warfare, Thankfulness, Vision., Worship
Yesterday, I brought home some cherries. As I was eating the cherries, I noticed most of the cherries in the basket were double cherries. It was hard to find a single cherry in the basket. In all my life, I had only seen a double cherry a time or two....
by Garris Elkins | Mar 26, 2018 | Faith, Fear, Five-Fold Ministry, Freedom, Future, Hope, Peace, Promise, Provision, Revelation, Trust
The situation that created a flood of emotion in your life is beginning to recede. Just as Noah had to trust the plan of God when the rains came, so it has been with you. Continue to wait in His presence with expectant trust. The mountaintops are beginning to appear...
by Garris Elkins | Mar 21, 2018 | Discipleship, Faith, Fathers, Future, Honor, Hope, Identity, Leadership, Obedience, Promise, Promotion, Trust
For those of you who are seen as elders in the Church, either by age or assignment, you offer a significant gift to those who are just beginning their journey of faith. That gift is the hope and possibility of a future. You live in age and experience several decades...
by Garris Elkins | Feb 5, 2018 | Church, Culture, Discipline, Identity, Promise, Redemption, Restoration, Truth, Vision., Wisdom, Worship
God is asking many of us to change the filters through which we interpret the issues of life. Some of these filters are so clogged nothing new is able to pass through. We are choking to death for the lack of a fresh breath of revelation. I’m usually on it when it...
by Garris Elkins | Jan 17, 2018 | Faith, Future, Holy Spirit, Kingdom of God, Miracles, Power, Promise, Prophecy, Reformation, Revival, Truth, Wisdom
You know the feeling you get when you hear words in your heart that are not typical in your normal vocabulary. The words get your attention because you know its God speaking and not your imagination. I heard two words like that a few days ago. The words were, “Global...
by Garris Elkins | Jan 3, 2018 | Discipline, Humility, Promise, Revelation, Teaching, Truth, Wisdom
God is vast and beyond our ability to fully comprehend and so are all the things He plans to do in the coming year. He is the God of surprises, and we should not be surprised by that fact. At this time of year, many of us will offer a word saying, “This is what God...
