by Garris Elkins | Feb 9, 2019 | Change, Courage, Deliverance, Faith, Family, Freedom, Future, Hope, Love, Marriage, Prayer, Restoration, Spiritual Warfare, Transition, Wisdom
In our many years of living life together, Jan and I can speak with confidence (in the Lord) when it comes to navigating through the unexpected and fearful changes that life can bring. In the beginning, the challenging and unplanned interruptions in our lives felt as...
by Garris Elkins | Jan 31, 2019 | Rest, Restoration, Trust
In the area where I live there are a couple of decommissioned police cars parked on busy streets. The police cars get people’s attention and cause them to slow down. It works for me. Even though I actually prefer driving the speed limit, when I see...
by Garris Elkins | Jan 29, 2019 | Apostle, Church, Culture, Death, Discipleship, Eternity, Freedom, Future, Holy Spirit, Kingdom of God, Ministry, Reformation, Restoration, Teaching
Three years ago, the Lord took me on a journey to discover the impact of reformation, both within the Church and within the culture. Like others interested in the subject, I began to study, write and speak about the different spheres of cultural influence and what it...
by Garris Elkins | Jan 23, 2019 | Apostle, Church, Death, Deliverance, Faith, Five-Fold Ministry, Gifts, Kingdom of God, Ministry, Power, Prophecy, Reformation, Restoration, Revival
Each day, I write words that are prophetic in nature hopefully bringing encouragement and instruction. These words do not contain graphic imagery. Today will be different. The image used to carry this word is graphic. It is not meant to offend. Twice in the last...
by Garris Elkins | Jan 16, 2019 | Change, Church, Courage, Freedom, Gifts, Holy Spirit, Kingdom of God, Power, Promotion, Prophecy, Restoration, Transition, Trust
On my drive home, I noticed that a paraglider had landed in a vacant lot in town. It was obvious this was not his intended landing spot. As I drove past the pilot, he was gathering up his fabric wing and harness and walking toward the street. He looked fine and...
by Garris Elkins | Jan 12, 2019 | Deliverance, Discipline, Faith, Future, Joy, Marriage, Restoration, Trust, Vision.
This morning, I got down on our living room floor to do a plank workout. I do this every day to strengthen my core. When I do planks, I use the stopwatch function on my iPhone to measure the duration for each plank I perform. Today, I went to set my stopwatch and...
