by Garris Elkins | Apr 19, 2023 | Prophetic
In 1903, Henry Ford’s lawyer was given some bad advice. He was advised not to buy stock in the Ford Motor Company. A local bank president told Ford’s lawyer, “The horse is here to stay.” The lawyer wisely ignored that advice and bought $5,000 worth of stock selling it...
by Garris Elkins | Apr 18, 2023 | Prophetic
Last Sunday, Jan and I were speaking at Empowered Life Church in Talent, Oregon. My friend, Ivan Roman, is the pastor of the church. He was in New York on a speaking engagement, so he asked me to cover the preaching assignment in his absence. As we began to worship,...
by Garris Elkins | Apr 17, 2023 | Prophetic
In your present suffering, God has given you an advantage. Discovering the nature of that advantage will change everything, especially the pain you now feel. A few days ago, I wrote an article titled, “Interpreting the Sounds of Groaning” from Roman Chapter 8. I...
by Garris Elkins | Apr 16, 2023 | Prophetic
One of the great challenges for a follower of Jesus Christ is living in a place of spiritual tension between seeing individuals or representatives of a government involved, even promoting, lies and evil, and wanting them to come to know the Lord. That place of tension...
by Garris Elkins | Apr 15, 2023 | Prophetic
There is a level of despair that cannot be expressed with words. It is a guttural utterance emanating from a person who is at the end of their rope not knowing what to do next. It’s a sound made when people experience the unexpected loss of a loved one, the...
by Garris Elkins | Apr 14, 2023 | Prophetic
Be careful not to prematurely judge a person or a word that creates a disruption of a long-held assumption. Those who create these disruptions might be carrying a message from God intended to protect and deliver those willing to examine the message to determine its...
