by Garris Elkins | Dec 19, 2014 | Change, Culture, Destiny, Identity, Leadership, Restoration
In the early 1970’s during the Jesus Movement anyone with a King James Bible (KJV) and a dictionary who could explain what the 400 year-old language meant was considered a Bible scholar. Some of the wording used in that old translation was so strange to our ears...
by Garris Elkins | Dec 8, 2014 | Courage, Destiny, Dreams, Faith, Fear, Future, Humility, Intimacy, Joy, Peace, Prayer, Promise, Provision, Rest, Restoration, Supernatural, Thankfulness, Worship
When the Word says a peace is available that is beyond your current ability to understand it does not mean this peace is something you are not able to experience. The offer of God’s peace is not put out in front of you as something unattainable that continues to...
by Garris Elkins | Dec 6, 2014 | Change, Courage, Destiny, Discipline, Fear, Forgivness, Humility, Identiy, Redemption, Restoration
A wall of judgment sprang up in front of you without warning. A comment someone made has caused this wall to appear and its presence is impeding your forward motion. You have slammed hard against its cold and rejecting presence. The judgment this comment produced has...
by Garris Elkins | Nov 26, 2014 | Culture, Death, Faith, Forgivenss, Freedom, Honor, Kingdom, Leadership, Reconciliation, Restoration, Truth
(This morning one of my former students posted a question on my Facebook wall. I normally answer these kinds of questions with a personal email, but felt this one was important to answer publicly because the response of the church to these culturally charged...
by Garris Elkins | Nov 19, 2014 | Discipleship, Family, Fathers, Favor, Fear, Identity, Peace, Promise, Provision, Rest, Restoration, Trust
There is no steering wheel in another person’s life that you can grab to help steer their life away from crisis and sorrow. In the human will and mind these steering wheels do not exist. For those who want to help another person this can be both frustrating and...
by Garris Elkins | Nov 15, 2014 | Change, Destiny, Discipleship, Freedom, Kingdom, Rest, Restoration, Spirit, Trust, Vision., Wisdom
When God pulls the plug in some area of your life He does this to drain away what is present in order to make room for something new. Before you start trying to plug the drain and fix the leak it is important to understand what is taking place. The Apostle Paul told...
