by Garris Elkins | Jan 22, 2018 | Giving, Honor, Identity, Kingdom of God, Marriage, Relationships, Revelation, Spiritual Warfare, Teaching, Trust, Truth, Worship
I remember the first time I kissed Jan. It was 47 years ago. We drove from Multnomah School of the Bible (now known as Multnomah University) in Portland, Oregon to the Eagle Creek trailhead in the Columbia Gorge. I had to borrow a car to make the trip. After a long...
by Garris Elkins | Jan 10, 2018 | Discipleship, Jesus, Kingdom of God, Ministry, Power, Restoration, Spiritual Warfare, Word
God speaks to me in dreams and in the waking state just before rising each day. This morning, I received a...
by Garris Elkins | Jan 4, 2018 | Death, Deliverance, Discipleship, Discipline, Fear, Power, Spiritual Warfare
The more steps we have to take in order to complete an act of obedience, the more jeopardy we put ourselves in regarding our spiritual well being. When I was a cop, I never carried anything in my right hand. I am right-handed. My right hand held my handgun. My...
by Garris Elkins | Dec 29, 2017 | Change, Courage, Creativity, Deliverance, Fear, Healing, Leadership, Love, Obedience, Power, Reconciliation, Relationships, Restoration, Resurrection, Revival, Spiritual Warfare, Transition
The last few days of a year, just before the coming New Year, can be a depressing and stress-filled time for some people. This feeling of anxiety comes because compression is taking place. All of the unresolved, unfulfilled and unhealthy things that walked with us...
by Garris Elkins | Dec 27, 2017 | Courage, Faith, Father, God, Honor, Identity, Obedience, Power, Relationships, Restoration, Resurrection, Spiritual Warfare, Thankfulness, Transition, Trust
In the last few days, we have set a lot of timers in our home. Timers were set to bake pies. I set one to check the Christmas prime rib smoking on our Traeger barbeque. A timer was set for the rising dough for Jan’s crazy-good holiday cinnamon rolls. Our house was a...
by Garris Elkins | Dec 25, 2017 | Father, Favor, Joy, Relationships, Restoration, Revelation, Spiritual Warfare, Trust, Worship
When I was a little boy, I would awaken each Christmas morning and for just a moment, not realize it was Christmas. In that pause, I thought it was just another day until my young mind kicked into gear. When the realization – THIS IS CHRISTMAS MORNING! –...
