by Garris Elkins | May 14, 2020 | Discernment, Discipleship, Trust, Truth
Soon, our culture will begin to reassemble. In our reassembling, we will also have to reassemble fragmented relationships that were divided over divergent opinions on what has taken place during the pandemic and how we should have responded to the challenge. As we...
by Garris Elkins | May 13, 2020 | Revelation, Teaching, Truth, Vision., Wisdom, Word
When something crosses our path and challenges our perspective, our first response is many times crafted from a variety of issues like our unresolved fears, pride, past acts of betrayal, or the pain of relational abandonment. These are surface responses that are...
by Garris Elkins | May 10, 2020 | Love, Revelation, Trust, Truth, Wisdom
I listened to an interview with a combat vet talking about his experience in war. He said, on the day of his most intense battle, everybody on both sides thought they were right. Maybe that is one of the most conflicting issues in any kind of warfare, whether in...
by Garris Elkins | May 7, 2020 | Relationships, Revelation, Trust, Truth, Wisdom
Every subject will have layers of understanding. It is wise to discern the heart of God in a matter before we make a decision or provide an answer that could negatively affect a relationship or alter the direction of our life. God’s heart on a subject...
by Garris Elkins | May 3, 2020 | Deliverance, Discernment, Discipline, Truth, Vision., Wisdom
When historians look back and review this time in our national history, what will they write? Honest historians will write with reflective clarity seeing in retrospect what we have been trying so hard to comprehend. Today, many are trapped in shallow layers of...
by Garris Elkins | May 1, 2020 | Humility, Trust, Truth, Wisdom
In Psalm 86:17, David made a request of the Lord, “Send me a sign of your favor.” When opposition was coming against David from all quarters, and his circumstances were overwhelming, he knew to recognize the favor of God on His life would bring much a...