by Garris Elkins | Jan 8, 2017 | Courage, Deliverance, Discipline, Faith, Holy Spirit, Redemption, Resurrection, Trust
Be careful in the coming days regarding the decisions you make and where you allow those decisions to lead you. What seems obvious can actually be a danger hidden within a false hope. Trust the Spirit, not the practical sounding advice you receive from your...
by Garris Elkins | Dec 22, 2016 | Death, Deliverance, Resurrection, Spiritual Warfare
As a kid growing up in church, I heard the following words repeated over the years, “The finished work of the Cross”. I often wondered what those words meant. I have now come to understand their meaning. Jesus went as far as possible in His obedience as the Second...
by Garris Elkins | Dec 16, 2016 | Culture, Deliverance, Freedom, Healing, Promise, Redemption, Restoration, Resurrection
When I was a young cop, I was assigned to a unit with the acronym, OCCIS. The formal name was the Organized Crime and Criminal Information Section. It was a federally funded task force sourced from multiple police agencies in the Silicon Valley of California. We...
by Garris Elkins | Nov 24, 2016 | Change, Dreams, Fathers, Hope, Love, Miracles, Pentecost, Power, Provision, Resurrection, Thankfulness
My first car was a 57 Chevy like the one in the picture. Same color. The only difference was mine had solid chrome wheels and moon hubcaps and a bit of rake in the rear. I bought mine for $500.00 in 1966. It had a 283 with a 4-barrel Holley carb and a Hurst 3-speed....
by Garris Elkins | Oct 12, 2016 | Eternity, Faith, Fear, Future, Gifts, Pride, Prophecy, Resurrection
The labels of “Conspiracy Theorist”, “Wacko” and “Nut Job” have been used to describe people whose understanding of reality was way off the grid of what most people considered normal. I am sensing we have entered a time when some of the people who hold controversial...
by Garris Elkins | Sep 17, 2016 | Courage, Destiny, Dreams, Faith, Favor, Fear, Future, Hope, Intimacy, Obedience, Promotion, Restoration, Resurrection, Trust
If someone were to ask me why Jan and I are walking in a place of convergence and blessing at this point in our lives, I would say we have tried to follow each nudge of God’s Spirit for the last 43 years. Those nudges were not always really clear forms of direction....
