by Garris Elkins | May 25, 2020 | Apostle, Change, Church, Faith, Kingdom of God, Leadership, Mercy, Pride, Reconciliation, Teaching, Word
Over the years, I’ve noticed we can make Scripture say what we want it to say when our opinion on a subject has become entrenched and unmovable. I know this because I have been guilty of the practice. Like you, I have “proof texts” for everything I think an...
by Garris Elkins | May 24, 2020 | Discernment, God, Grace, Healing, Honor, Hope, Justice, Kingdom of God, Leadership, Mercy, Reconciliation
Learning to discern the difference between personal preference and conviction is an important distinction to make. Personal preference is something we all have because we have been uniquely created and live within different lifestyles and social environments. We can...
by Garris Elkins | Mar 28, 2020 | Church, Family, Reconciliation, Relationships
Have you noticed arguments about the non-essential issues of life and the theological arguments over personal preferences have left the online conversations? When a globally fearful presence is prowling the streets of our cities, we rise to something better in our...
by Garris Elkins | Mar 5, 2020 | Deliverance, Discernment, Dreams, Future, Hope, Joy, Love, Promotion, Reconciliation, Trust, Worship
You have most likely heard the phrase, “If the election were held today…” Those words are typically followed by predictions based on data obtained at a given moment in time. This way of looking at life is not predictive. It is short-sighted and spiritually myopic....
by Garris Elkins | Feb 12, 2020 | Family, Father, Fathers, Favor, God, Grace, Reconciliation, Relationships
A significant transition takes place in our relationship with God when we longer see ourselves as working FOR God, but WITH God. That transition takes place when we no longer see ourselves a – sinners, but as saints fully redeemed servants, but as friends...
by Garris Elkins | Dec 28, 2019 | Courage, Forgiveness, Freedom, Grace, Honor, Hope, Humility, Mercy, Obedience, Peace, Reconciliation, Relationships
Those who mock you are mocking from a place of personal sorrow. They are not sure they will ever have what you have, so their defensiveness uses mockery as a form of emotional insulation distancing them from their sad reality. Be willing to look past the mockery into...
