by Garris Elkins | Mar 6, 2019 | Courage, Death, Deliverance, Discipleship, Fear, Freedom, Healing, Hope, Intimacy, Jesus, Joy, Marriage, Mercy, Miracles, Reconciliation, Rest, Restoration, Spiritual Warfare
A massive landslide took place last week on the Oregon coast. The landslide is almost a mile in length. It has displaced the coast highway downslope toward the ocean turning the highway into an impassible mass of crumbled asphalt and dirt. It looks like the remnants...
by Garris Elkins | Mar 4, 2019 | Dreams, Eternity, Family, Five-Fold Ministry, Future, Hope, Miracles, Obedience, Prayer, Reconciliation, Restoration
Perhaps it’s because I am writing this on Sunday evening knowing Monday is coming that I sense a somber, tender sorrow of sorts. Monday is that day when the routine of life is re-engaged, again. These routines become so circular and repetitive that we can forget...
by Garris Elkins | Feb 28, 2019 | Deliverance, Discipleship, Fear, Freedom, Peace, Restoration, Revelation, Spiritual Warfare
Jesus did not minister to the side effects of sin and human brokenness. He pressed through the surface manifestations and went straight to the heart of an issue. Those listening and watching these revelatory events were unaware that something deeper was at play. Jesus...
by Garris Elkins | Feb 27, 2019 | Apostle, Church, Courage, Deliverance, Five-Fold Ministry, Freedom, Holy Spirit, Kingdom of God, Power, Reformation, Restoration, Spiritual Warfare
Some prophetic voices are warning us of a coming civil war in America. That civil war will not start sometime in the future. It is here now. It’s not a war of bullets and bombs. It is social, political and moral combat taking place right before our eyes. We can...
by Garris Elkins | Feb 27, 2019 | Courage, Deliverance, Discipline, Forgiveness, Healing, Holiness, Hope, Integrity, Prayer, Pride, Promotion, Restoration, Trust, Wisdom
The negative and demeaning conversations that take place behind your back and outside your presence are typically based on assumption and misinformation. These conversations are called gossip. Do not align your concern with an attempt to correct these sad...
by Garris Elkins | Feb 13, 2019 | Death, Freedom, Future, Hope, Joy, Justice, Promotion, Prophecy, Reconciliation, Restoration, Spiritual Warfare, Worship
I saw the image of an urn holding the ashes from a dead season of life. The urn was reluctantly placed on the mantle of someone’s personal history thinking they only had one chance and that chance had died. In their grief, they saw their future as nothing more than...
