by Garris Elkins | Feb 10, 2015 | Faithfulness, Favor, Honor, Identiy, Leadership, Love, Redemption, Rest, Restoration
These are the six questions at the bottom of my daily prayer sheet that have been in my bible for the last 15 years. After praying through the daily list at the top of the sheet, I come to these questions and make myself answer them honestly before the Lord. When we...
by Garris Elkins | Feb 3, 2015 | Death, Destiny, Dreams, Eternity, Faith, Fathers, Forgivness, Joy, Kingdom, Love, Mercy, Peace, Redemption, Rest, Resurrection, Transtion
Recently, I was invited to preach in a church here in Oregon. During worship, I saw an image that was one of the most beautiful things I had ever seen. I was shown the arrival of a believer into eternity. There was immense joy within the image. Jesus...
by Garris Elkins | Jan 21, 2015 | Discipleship, Discipline, Honor, Humility, Identity, Kingdom, Leadership, Love, Redemption, Spiritual Warfare, Wisdom
Years ago, when I was a police Field Training Officer (FTO), the first week having an inexperienced rookie riding with you in a squad car was an interesting experience, both for you as the FTO and for the trainee. Each night during that first week I would begin the...
by Garris Elkins | Jan 19, 2015 | Courage, Discipleship, Discipline, Favor, Forgivenss, Mercy, Obedience, Peace, Prayer, Redemption, Restoration, Sacrifice
Recently, I read a response to something I had written on one of my social media accounts. The response was a bit edgy and confronting. When I read the persons comment (I don’t know them), I realized their response revealed a lack of understanding of the...
by Garris Elkins | Jan 16, 2015 | Deliverance, Destiny, Fear, Forgivenss, Healing, Humility, Intimacy, Joy, Peace, Promise, Provision, Redemption, Resurrection, Tranistion
Today, I was recalling a sorrowful experience in my life. It was an unfortunate misunderstanding. Time and distance had caused me to lose contact with the other person involved. For multiple decades I carried the sorrow of what happened between...
by Garris Elkins | Jan 13, 2015 | Apostle, Change, Courage, Deliverance, Destiny, Faith, Future, Identity, Joy, Miracles, Redemption, Resurrection, Revival, Supernatural, Tranistion
For the last two days, I have been seeing the image of a powerful locomotive radically changing it’s direction. The locomotive was heading in one direction down a single and predictable set of tracks and then, in single moment of time, the Lord altered its...
