by Garris Elkins | May 3, 2019 | Change, Church, Courage, Deliverance, Discernment, Faithfulness, Favor, Fear, Future, Hope, Peace, Provision, Tranistion, Vision., Worship
When Jan and I moved to southern Oregon 20 years ago, we spent our days off driving around the area looking for a home to purchase. In our initial search, we found a nice home on some acreage in the hills. While talking with the owner everything seemed well planned...
by Garris Elkins | Apr 25, 2019 | Dreams, Faithfulness, Favor, Fear, Future, Grace, Hope, Mercy, Promise, Promotion, Provision, Rest, Trust
Once God makes a promise to you that promise will never be able to escape even when it seems to have disappeared from your sight. God has a plan to reconnect you with His promise and experience the joy of its fulfillment. I watched a YouTube video showing a police...
by Garris Elkins | Apr 23, 2019 | Change, Courage, Discipleship, Discipline, Future, Holy Spirit, Integrity, Promise, Promotion, Provision, Redemption, Tranistion
The lessons you learned in past transitions will help guide you in your future transition. Revisit those lessons and learn from them again. Just like professional athletes revisit the basics of their sport with their coach, so the followers of Christ revisit the...
by Garris Elkins | Apr 5, 2019 | Deliverance, Discipleship, Discipline, Faith, Freedom, Future, Hope, Identity, Kingdom of God, Love, Marriage, Obedience, Provision, Relationships, Rest, Thankfulness
Recently, I met with a spiritual son who lives in a distant city. We touch base each year when he is in town. The moment we met I saw something new and fresh in his face. By his own admission, the unresolved wounds from his past had dictated his response to life. He...
by Garris Elkins | Apr 3, 2019 | Courage, Deliverance, Discipleship, Discipline, Pride, Promotion, Provision, Trust, Truth
The private and unseen issues of character and integrity carry the greatest significance as you move higher in your calling. Don’t neglect them. If our character and integrity are left undisciplined, we will create, through neglect, the greatest jeopardy to...
by Garris Elkins | Mar 18, 2019 | Deliverance, Discipline, Freedom, God, Holy Spirit, Pride, Provision, Revelation, Spiritual Warfare, Teaching, Trust, Truth, Wisdom
In social media, there is something called “sponsored content”. Sponsored content is advertisement space a person or business purchases to push a product or a video repeatedly before a select audience. It is an attraction device. I have come to not like sponsored...
