by Garris Elkins | May 8, 2011 | Church, Culture, Forgiveness, Hope, Transition
Each life is like a photo album that contains snapshots of individual moments in time. No life is fully defined by a single image. We are made up of a composite of our experiences.One snapshot of time does not define our identity.Our identity is in a Person, not in a...
by Garris Elkins | Mar 21, 2011 | Faith, Kingdom of God, Leadership, Transition
In the life of each believer there are times when it is obvious that the favor of God is resting upon our lives. In these times of visible favor we will see doors open and access granted that previously had not taken place. I am in one of those seasons. As I see...
by Garris Elkins | Dec 16, 2010 | Faith, Hope, Restoration, Revelation, Transition
This morning I was hiking in the hills above my home like I do each week. I have hiked these trails for the past 8 years and come away from these times refreshed. Normally, I am a very observant person. Maybe this is because 30 years ago I was a police officer and you...
by Garris Elkins | Nov 11, 2010 | Transition, Verse
Poised and suspended now attached to what is known, familiar, doable. A release is coming, a falling and a rising up to meet me, of something new and undefined. Needing, even wanting, to see the release, trembling like a water droplet hanging on clinging amidst the...
by Garris Elkins | Oct 13, 2010 | Hope, Obedience, Prayer, Transition
On Tuesday mornings I gather with other believers in the sanctuary at Living Waters Church to pray. Like we do each week, we put on some worship music and spend an hour together in God’s presence. There is something powerful and spiritually fulfilling about...
by Garris Elkins | Aug 17, 2010 | Forgiveness, Healing, Obedience, Restoration, Transition
For the last several weeks I have been going through a deep pressing of my soul. God is wanting to get to the foundation of who I am and that will always stir a life. Discovery is never a comfortable process. This morning I read the following verses from Mark, chapter...
