by Garris Elkins | Mar 12, 2019 | Change, Discipleship, Faith, Fear, Freedom, Future, Humility, Intimacy, Kingdom of God, Power, Relationships, Spiritual Warfare, Transition
I took the attached photo of an empty signpost while on a walk through the small town where Jan and I live. It looks like city workers planted the signpost in the ground with plans to attach a sign in the near future. After I walked past the bare signpost, I...
by Garris Elkins | Mar 3, 2019 | Change, Courage, Freedom, Future, Identity, Promotion, Rest, Transition
Life is a collection of journeys, not just a single trip. Each journey has a measure of faith assigned to it that we are to ask God to release. Without this measure of faith, we will process the journey only with natural sight and without assurance for those parts of...
by Garris Elkins | Feb 24, 2019 | Change, Courage, Family, Kingdom of God, Revelation, Transition
Every season in your life will have a promise assigned to it. The children of Israel entered the Promised Land with a promise. The Early Church did not leave Jerusalem until the promised Spirit came. You will not move successfully through life without a promise....
by Garris Elkins | Feb 20, 2019 | Change, Courage, Discipline, Faith, Fear, Future, Hope, Obedience, Pride, Revelation, Transition, Trust
Make the small course correction the Lord is asking you to make. It will be an important decision at this point in your journey. If you have the faith to make this turn and align your direction with God’s voice even though you still do not see the destination, it will...
by Garris Elkins | Feb 17, 2019 | Change, Creativity, Destiny, Eternity, Obedience, Promotion, Provision, Revelation, Transition, Worship
When we over-control our lives, we lose a sense of wonder and mystery. Some people have so over-planned and controlled every aspect of their lives they have taken on the sole responsibility for the realization of all aspects of their future. To the natural mind, this...
by Garris Elkins | Feb 16, 2019 | Apostle, Discipleship, Faith, Fathers, Five-Fold Ministry, Gifts, Holy Spirit, Honor, Kingdom of God, Leadership, Obedience, Promotion, Revelation, Transition, Vision.
With the recent passing of the prophet Paul Cain, Jan and I were talking about his life and calling. As we continued our conversation, Jan said, “Do you remember the time at a conference in the 1990s in Switzerland when Paul Cain, Rick Joyner, and Bobby Connor prayed...
