by Garris Elkins | Mar 5, 2021 | Change, Creativity, Eternity, Faith, Family, Future, Prophetic
I have lived long enough to know that in life, new discoveries in familiar places are always possible. Last week, I was removing some old dry leaves from the bushes along our gravel driveway. As I pulled back the brush to get to the leaves, I saw the numbers “1960”...
by Garris Elkins | Mar 4, 2021 | Prophetic
Our faith links us to the supernatural realm. It connects us with what has been declared impossible, something not measurable within the limits of human practicality. Practical faith is a manageable faith in human terms. It does not need God to survive. A faith...
by Garris Elkins | Mar 3, 2021 | Prophetic
God is calling His Church to come together. He knows we have differences of opinion and in some cases, different assumptions about how to accomplish His will on Earth. None of these divisions have the power to derail us from our shared mission if we are willing to...
by Garris Elkins | Mar 2, 2021 | Prophetic
I have always appreciated people with common sense. The problem with such an open and broad personal definition of sensibility is its narrow interpretation. It is a sense common to those who think alike and see the world through the same interpretive lens. To those...
by Garris Elkins | Feb 28, 2021 | Prophetic
“When there is moral rot within a nation, it’s government topples easily” (Proverbs 28:2). Moral rot is not isolated to governments or their representative political parties. It is a possibility in our individual lives, marriages, businesses, or any endeavor of life....
by Garris Elkins | Feb 27, 2021 | Prophetic
In March of last year, Jan and I sensed the Lord asking us to step back from what we had been doing and enter a time of sabbatical. The timing, by the wisdom of the Lord, aligned with the national time of closure and lockdown. Our sabbatical was more than a reprieve...