by Garris Elkins | Jun 21, 2019 | Change, Courage, Deliverance, Discernment, Faith, Holy Spirit, Hope, Marriage, Miracles, Redemption, Relationships, Spiritual Warfare, Supernatural
Have you ever wondered why people freeze up and are unable to respond to an emergency? There is something called the “startle factor.” It occurs in a state of emergency when overwhelming outside stimuli takes place like stark visuals and loud noises. It causes people...
by Garris Elkins | Jun 18, 2019 | Dreams, Family, Favor, Futre, Marriage, Relationships
Tonight, I’m thinking of the warm summer nights of my boyhood riding in my dad’s 59 Chevy pickup. Mom and dad were up front. My brother and I rode in the back seated in the truck bed. It was a Friday night ritual heading into town to get broasted chicken and...
by Garris Elkins | Jun 15, 2019 | Deliverance, Discernment, Discipline, Faith, Family, Fear, Hope, Integrity, Justice, Mercy, Reconciliation, Relationships
There are times on social media and in our personal relationships when people will unfollow us because they were afraid of where our faith would take them if they continued in the relationship. People can struggle with another person’s faith because it exposes...
by Garris Elkins | Jun 12, 2019 | Deliverance, Discipline, Faithfulness, Favor, Healing, Relationships, Truth
Life has enough drama. We don’t need to create drama or follow its leading. Drama is best left on a stage. Give your significant other, your co-workers, social media and the world a gift – a drama-free interaction with you. People who carry peace instead of...
by Garris Elkins | Jun 11, 2019 | Discernment, Discipline, Grace, Healing, Honor, Identity, Kingdom of God, Leadership, Mercy, Ministry, Relationships, Supernatural, Truth, Vision.
Over the years, I’ve heard people make a variety of statements that caused me to pause and ponder the credibility of what they spoke. I once heard someone say, “If you are going to lead you need to read.” While that sounds good on the surface, it fails as a...
by Garris Elkins | Jun 5, 2019 | Change, Discipleship, Evangelism, Family, Favor, Freedom, Future, God, Grace, Kingdom of God, Promise, Reconciliation, Redemption, Relationships, Restoration, Thankfulness, Vision.
Over the years, friends have given me unique gifts from antiquity. The coin and the frame in which it is displayed sit atop a bookshelf in our living room. There have been times in the last 20 years when I stopped to look at the coin and wondered through whose hands...
