by Garris Elkins | Apr 6, 2019 | Deliverance, Faith, Freedom, Healing, Hope, Resurrection, Revival, Spiritual Warfare, Trust, Worship
There are some roads we choose to journey upon that will never lead us to the will of God. These roads are not dead ends. They keep going on and on in the wrong direction offering false hope, draining our emotional energy, and never delivering us into a good...
by Garris Elkins | Mar 24, 2019 | Apostle, Church planting, Deliverance, Freedom, Future, Holy Spirit, Kingdom of God, Miracles, Pentecost, Power, Revelation, Spirit, Teaching, Truth, Word, Worship
I watched a video of a whale breaching the realm of water and entering the realm of air just before falling back into the ocean to continue his journey. Flying fish also breach the realm of water, as do Manta rays. When I trout fish, I know the fishing will be good...
by Garris Elkins | Mar 23, 2019 | Family, Freedom, Holiness, Humility, Love, Marriage, Worship
Jan and I have been taking communion together every day for the last 20 years. It is a powerful place of connection and union we share with each other and with the Lord. Our daughter, Anna, brought this small brass goblet back from Israel several years ago as a...
by Garris Elkins | Mar 2, 2019 | Apostle, Change, Deliverance, Fear, Freedom, Future, Holiness, Miracles, Power, Prophecy, Reformation, Spiritual Warfare, Worship
This morning, I sat down in my writing chair a bit earlier than normal. I had a direction for what I planned to write today, but then the Lord changed that direction. As I sat in the early morning stillness, an image developed before me of wax figures. They appeared...
by Garris Elkins | Feb 26, 2019 | Death, Deliverance, Discipleship, Discipline, Faith, Fear, Freedom, God, Intimacy, Love, Obedience, Power, Spiritual Warfare, Vision., Worship
For the last few years, I have loosely followed the career of the rock climber, Alex Honnold. He is super-human in his ability to scale what appear to be impossible rock walls. His most notable climb was made alone without ropes and climbing gear up the face of...
by Garris Elkins | Feb 22, 2019 | Discipline, Faith, Freedom, Future, Gifts, Holy Spirit, Intimacy, Prayer, Pride, Revelation, Trust, Wisdom, Worship
Last night, a memory came to my mind of the time when our family lived in the Caribbean. The kids wanted to see Kingston, Jamaica from the air. I had not flown in a couple of years and wasn’t current so I could not rent an aircraft. I called up a local...
