by Garris Elkins | Nov 17, 2017 | Apostle, Church, Courage, Discipline, Fathers, Five-Fold Ministry, Leadership, Revelation, Teaching, Vision.
A limited, and sometimes shrinking demographic can become your loudest voice of support. Those who want things to remain the same are not always happy with the possibility of change. Many times this group will sense a change is coming and will increase the volume of...
by Garris Elkins | Nov 15, 2017 | Courage, Creativity, Deliverance, Dreams, Faith, Family, Fear, Future, Honor, Identity, Marriage, Miracles, Promotion, Provision, Relationships, Restoration, Thankfulness, Trust, Vision.
In 1968, at age 60, my father had a heart attack. For a man who was a carpenter and had to work with his hands to make a living, this changed everything. After his heart attack, my father took a remodeling job in an adjoining city with a plan for a house to...
by Garris Elkins | Sep 3, 2017 | Promise, Redemption, Transition, Vision.
The older I become the more my years both past and those yet to come hang like wind chimes waiting for me to pass by. I am the breeze they anticipate my passage a billowing against their calendared surface moving, making the music of life, ...
by Garris Elkins | Jul 24, 2017 | Deliverance, Faith, Gifts, Pentecost, Power, Prayer, Prophecy, Spiritual Warfare, Supernatural, Vision.
In the small town where I live there are several very good restaurants. One of those restaurants has an Italian name and serves continental cuisine. In the middle of the morning when the chefs are prepping for the day they begin to melt butter and sauté garlic....
by Garris Elkins | Jul 21, 2017 | Faith, Hope, Vision.
In my 50th year, a friend invited me to climb the tallest mountain overlooking our region. Mount McLoughlin stands 9,499 feet. For the last almost 8,000 years it has held prominence in our area. Before that, it lived in the shadow of the volcanic peak known as Mount...
by Garris Elkins | May 31, 2017 | Deliverance, Faith, Hope, Prophecy, Prophetic, Revelation, Vision.
God is about to make a significant change regarding the speed at which certain things will take place in your life. He is about to reorder your understanding of time, dates and process. In the Spirit, I saw the image of a clock. It was a tall antique clock that stood...