by Garris Elkins | May 12, 2018 | Destiny, Discipleship, Freedom, Future, Honor, Identity, Peace, Pride, Promotion, Provision, Supernatural, Worship
I was invited to speak at a conference in Southern California. When I was contacted and provided with the event details, I was given my travel information and asked to make my own airline reservations. I was told I would get a reimbursement check along with my...
by Garris Elkins | May 3, 2018 | Discipline, Dreams, Joy, Kingdom of God, Peace, Provision, Rest, Revelation, Trust
The week I graduated from high school, two of my friends and I, crammed our backpacks and bodies into a 1959 VW and drove to Yosemite from our homes in Los Gatos, California. It was a rite of passage of sorts. We would spend the next 10 days hiking and...
by Garris Elkins | May 2, 2018 | Deliverance, Faith, Father, Forgiveness, Future, Giving, Humility, Kingdom of God, Obedience, Peace, Provision, Reconciliation, Restoration, Trust, Worship
The situation you have been forced into through no fault of our own is not your final destination and condition. God always has a plan to prosper His people no matter what their circumstance may seem to indicate. Joseph, who was sold into slavery and unlawfully...
by Garris Elkins | Apr 21, 2018 | Destiny, Dreams, Eternity, Future, Identity, Leadership, Peace, Power, Provision, Revelation, Spiritual Warfare, Trust
Jan and I just returned from an outstanding time at the Leader’s Advance at Bethel Church in Redding, California. Whenever I am in an environment where apostolic vision is partnering with God at the leading edge of revelation, revival, and reformation, I return...
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 | Jan 19, 2018 | Faith, Father, Gifts, Hope, Identity, Provision, Rest, Thankfulness, Vision., Worship
In my life, the greatest blessings I received were not the result of a well-crafted human plan. I could not create the blessings I have been given. I could not predict them or see them coming. These blessings simply arrived out of the goodness of God’s heart and...