by Garris Elkins | Dec 18, 2016 | Future, Hope, Kingdom of God, Reconciliation, Redemption, Restoration
When things are taken from us by death or through a painful circumstance of life, our first response can be to begin looking for a replacement. We want to fill our place of loss with someone or something. We think by filling the void with a replica we can make the...
by Garris Elkins | Dec 16, 2016 | Culture, Deliverance, Freedom, Healing, Promise, Redemption, Restoration, Resurrection
When I was a young cop, I was assigned to a unit with the acronym, OCCIS. The formal name was the Organized Crime and Criminal Information Section. It was a federally funded task force sourced from multiple police agencies in the Silicon Valley of California. We...
by Garris Elkins | Dec 14, 2016 | Dreams, Father, Favor, Giving, Honor, Identity, Provision, Redemption, Thankfulness
The fulfillment of a promise God made to you is about to arrive as a beautifully wrapped gift. You will be astonished to discover the wrapping and presentation of the promise will be as equally beautiful as the gift itself. When I was a kid growing up in the 1950’s...
by Garris Elkins | Nov 28, 2016 | Forgivenss, Reconciliation, Redemption
You were hung on a relational clothesline and dismissed. You were literally hung out to dry. Those who did this to you thought by hanging you in this isolated place they would never see you again. But God had another outcome in mind. While you were hanging in...
by Garris Elkins | Aug 31, 2016 | Culture, Mercy, Redemption
Last weekend our entire community rallied together to find a lost runner. A local doctor went for a run on Friday morning and got lost. Thankfully she was discovered alive 56 hours later. She spent two nights in the mountains wearing only her running shorts, a tee...
by Garris Elkins | Jul 29, 2016 | Destiny, Dreams, Faithfulness, Favor, Future, Hope, Love, Mercy, Obedience, Power, Provision, Redemption, Thankfulness, Truth
God is good. Those three words comprise the greatest truth a human being will ever discover about God. The spiritual giants of the faith discovered that truth time and time again throughout the course of history. The record of their discoveries is contained in...
