by Garris Elkins | May 12, 2018 | Destiny, Discipleship, Freedom, Future, Honor, Identity, Peace, Pride, Promotion, Provision, Supernatural, Worship
I was invited to speak at a conference in Southern California. When I was contacted and provided with the event details, I was given my travel information and asked to make my own airline reservations. I was told I would get a reimbursement check along with my...
by Garris Elkins | May 2, 2018 | Deliverance, Faith, Father, Forgiveness, Future, Giving, Humility, Kingdom of God, Obedience, Peace, Provision, Reconciliation, Restoration, Trust, Worship
The situation you have been forced into through no fault of our own is not your final destination and condition. God always has a plan to prosper His people no matter what their circumstance may seem to indicate. Joseph, who was sold into slavery and unlawfully...
by Garris Elkins | Apr 14, 2018 | Creativity, Death, Eternity, Family, Freedom, Revelation, Spirit, Worship
The separating veil is so thin. It is sheer and wafting before our eyes like fine gauze. If we could only imagine how thin and close it is to us – the eternal, the other side of all things as we now know them. They walk there with Him, our departed loved ones,...
by Garris Elkins | Apr 8, 2018 | Courage, Culture, Discipleship, Evangelism, Fear, Future, Identity, Kingdom of God, Marriage, Mercy, Obedience, Reformation, Spiritual Warfare, Teaching, Wisdom, Word, Worship
There are several bills under consideration in California (AB 1779, 2943, 2119) that would prohibit the church from freely ministering to those in same-sex relationships and gender identity issues, who want to seek help as they process these life-altering decisions....
by Garris Elkins | Mar 29, 2018 | Forgiveness, Freedom, Justice, Mercy, Obedience, Power, Pride, Reconciliation, Relationships, Restoration, Trust, Truth, Wisdom, Worship
No offense is greater than the potential of reconciliation. It does not matter if you were the perpetrator or the victim. If you are willing to invite God into an offense He will set in motion the miracle of forgiveness. Even if it appears for a time that the...
by Garris Elkins | Mar 27, 2018 | Courage, Death, Deliverance, Faith, Fear, Hope, Justice, Mercy, Reconciliation, Restoration, Thankfulness, Trust, Worship
Some spiritual battles were so intense that in the heat of combat we lost connection with people. Some never returned home. God is about to reunite those who were taken captive or who have been missing in action. A beautiful reunion is coming. Last week, I was in...