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 | Feb 6, 2019 | Apostle, Change, Deliverance, Faith, Future, Integrity, Kingdom of God, Leadership, Transition, Wisdom, Worship
I have a group of friends who have invested months of detailed planning and strategized for a project of immense potential. The scale of this Kingdom enterprise is in the hundreds of millions of dollars. Non-Disclosure Agreements have been created and honored in the...
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 5, 2019 | Apostle, Change, Church, Culture, Five-Fold Ministry, Kingdom of God, Reformation, Revival, Transition, Wisdom, Worship
I have some friends whose daughter is a professional fit model. A fit model is someone with perfect physical dimensions used by clothing designers to check the drape and fit of the clothing they create. The fit model is, in essence, a living mannequin. Fit models are...
by Garris Elkins | Oct 26, 2018 | Change, Discipline, Future, Integrity, Kingdom of God, Obedience, Promotion, Rest, Restoration, Revelation, Transition, Wisdom
For the last few weeks, I had been sensing a change was coming. I’ve written daily for several years. This daily routine was primarily for me to learn the discipline of writing. Over the years, this routine has become the seedbed for several books and opened the door...
by Garris Elkins | Oct 22, 2018 | Change, Courage, Discipline, Family, Fear, Freedom, Integrity, Justice, Obedience, Peace, Provision, Repentance, Restoration, Transition
As Jan and I were walking into town, I noticed a line of trees still carrying the fullness of color in their fall foliage. Most of the leaves on the other trees in town had already fallen, but this line of trees was still in the fullness of its colorful display. ...
