by Garris Elkins | Nov 20, 2017 | Change, Deliverance, Fear, Future, Gifts, God, Holy Spirit, Identity, Kingdom of God, Obedience, Promotion, Provision, Tranistion, Vision., Wisdom, Word
You may need to exit a toxic relationship, a financial struggle or a season of wandering without purpose. Until you initiate a plan to walk away from these situations and into a place of peace and provision, you could languish in their pain longer than...
by Garris Elkins | Nov 14, 2017 | Discipline, Faith, Fear, Freedom, Giving, Humility, Identity, Joy, Obedience, Pride, Promotion, Provision, Wisdom
This morning, I sat down in front of my laptop computer to begin writing. I wanted to update a document I was working on by synchronizing the font style of the various files I had imported from different sources that don’t use my preferred font. I randomly placed my...
by Garris Elkins | Nov 11, 2017 | Apostle, Deliverance, Discipleship, Kingdom of God, Power, Pride, Promotion, Revelation, Spiritual Warfare, Truth, Wisdom
When I awoke this morning the Lord revealed an image to me. It was a warning about spiritual wolves that enter innocent lives and faith gatherings with the intent to tear apart hope, trust, and faith with the teeth of deception. In the image, I saw a lone wolf hiding...
by Garris Elkins | Nov 4, 2017 | Discipline, Eternity, Freedom, Hope, Intimacy, Peace, Spiritual Warfare, Thankfulness, Trust, Wisdom, Worship
I awakened in the middle of the night and turned over in bed. I was now facing in Jan’s direction. Like I do many times in the middle of the night, I took a moment to pray for her before slipping back to sleep. Jan was sleeping so deep and in such peace that she...
by Garris Elkins | Oct 31, 2017 | Discipleship, Forgivenss, Gifts, Holy Spirit, Identity, Intimacy, Obedience, Pride, Provision, Trust, Wisdom, Women
Our character is not determined by our geography or our social status. It would be an insult to a single mother who is trying to raise her children in an inner city ghetto to honor God and then limit the potential of her children to the level of sorrow that surrounds...
by Garris Elkins | Oct 30, 2017 | Change, Courage, Faith, Future, Miracles, Promotion, Resurrection, Revival, Transition, Wisdom
Jan and I are away from home a lot in this season because of the calling God placed on our lives. This kind of life requires pacing, rest and the intentional care of our bodies in order to rightly steward what God has us doing. We try to watch what we eat and continue...
