by Garris Elkins | Sep 24, 2020 | forgiveness, Freedom, Kingdom of God, Prophetic, Relationahips
Toward the end of my mother’s life, I sat down with her for three days and taped interviews about her life experiences. One topic that emerged during our conversation was the issue of race relations. My mother grew up in the deep South during the 20s and 30s. My...
by Garris Elkins | Sep 23, 2020 | Culture, Kingdom of God, Prophetic, Trust
Most of you who read what I write each day know that for nine years, I worked in law enforcement. I served in two different agencies in both California and Oregon. Police work is like military service. Once a cop, always a cop. To this day, I still slow down when I...
by Garris Elkins | Sep 22, 2020 | Love, Prophetic, Relationahips, Trust
Today, I went shopping for a few ingredients for my crab mac n’ cheese recipe. In the parking lot, I ran into a friend of ours who lives in our neighborhood. As friends do, we talked about life, and the subject of what I was preparing for lunch came up. Our...
by Garris Elkins | Sep 22, 2020 | Church, Culture, Discernment, Discipline, Family, forgiveness, Freedom, Honor, Prophetic, Relationships, Truth
It never ceases to amaze me (and I admit, at times, it can frustrate me) how easily some people can read into something I wrote or said and allow their bias to be the interpreter of my intent. Our bias is a powerful filter that can cause us to interpret the purpose of...
by Garris Elkins | Sep 21, 2020 | Culture, Miracles, Prophetic, revelation, Supernatural, Truth
This morning, when I finished reading the following verse, I sensed the Lord wanted to say something. “When our enemies and the surrounding nations heard about it, they were frightened and humiliated. They realized this work had been done with the help of our...
by Garris Elkins | Sep 10, 2020 | Prophetic
Strong leaders don’t wait for approval before they act for the good others. They do what they can to serve people in their moment of need and deal with the flak of dissenters later. Find this kind of leader and you will have found a leader with a heart after...
