by Garris Elkins | Feb 14, 2018 | Courage, Discipline, Fathers, Fear, Future, Gifts, God, Honor, Identity, Leadership, Peace, Pride, Reconciliation, Relationships, Restoration, Trust
As a young and insecure pastor, I listened to Ron Mehl, the pastor of the Beaverton Foursquare Church, give some sage advice. At the time, I had less than 10 people attending my struggling church plant. Ron had thousands. I was asked to meet with a group of equally...
by Garris Elkins | Feb 9, 2018 | Apostle, Church, Courage, Discipleship, Fathers, Five-Fold Ministry, Future, Honor, Identity, Kingdom of God, Reconciliation, Relationships, Revelation, Teaching, Truth, Wisdom
We need to do a better job relating to each other when we find ourselves holding an opposing position on an issue of faith. These positions are in essence, only an opinion we have attached to very complex subjects. Our opinions are never the full measure of truth. I...
by Garris Elkins | Feb 8, 2018 | Fear, Forgiveness, Intimacy, Marriage, Pride, Reconciliation, Relationships, Trust, Truth, Women
Last night, I had a powerful dream. It was a nightmare. I dreamt that I had never confessed my worst sins to my wife. It was a horrible feeling – a feeling worse than the sins themselves. When I awoke, I literally thanked God it was just a bad dream. The purpose of...
by Garris Elkins | Dec 29, 2017 | Change, Courage, Creativity, Deliverance, Fear, Healing, Leadership, Love, Obedience, Power, Reconciliation, Relationships, Restoration, Resurrection, Revival, Spiritual Warfare, Transition
The last few days of a year, just before the coming New Year, can be a depressing and stress-filled time for some people. This feeling of anxiety comes because compression is taking place. All of the unresolved, unfulfilled and unhealthy things that walked with us...
by Garris Elkins | Dec 28, 2017 | Courage, Discipleship, Faith, Father, Fear, Honor, Jesus, Kingdom of God, Marriage, Obedience, Peace, Reconciliation, Relationships, Teaching
The term, “cut and dried”, is a term first used to describe an herbalist cutting and drying herbs and then packaging them for sale. It was also used to describe the process of cutting, drying and bailing grass into hay bales as a final product. The term has come to...
by Garris Elkins | Nov 30, 2017 | Courage, Deliverance, Discipline, Family, Fear, Freedom, Future, Hope, Love, Marriage, Obedience, Peace, Power, Prayer, Promise, Reconciliation, Relationships, Revelation, Spiritual Warfare, Vision.
I was sitting in my writing chair listening to some beautiful instrumental Christmas music. It was a piano solo. As the pianist continued to play a soft melody, in the distance, I heard the wailing song of a siren clearing the way in route to an unknown trauma. The...
