by Garris Elkins | Jul 12, 2023 | Prophetic
Sin makes us weary. It’s a weariness that comes from trying to carry the unrepented oppression of sin. That oppression makes our life feel like we are trapped in a small room with no windows and no air conditioning in the heat of summer. We begin to suffocate. Back in...
by Garris Elkins | May 15, 2023 | Prophetic
Yesterday, I failed at something the Lord has been working on in my life. I felt horrible that I made such a foolish choice, again. I knew better. This morning, as I was reading the Psalms, I came to Psalm 106 which opens by describing the faithful love of God. In the...
by Garris Elkins | Apr 1, 2023 | Prophetic
Every time I see a video of someone walking a dangerous animal on the end of a leash, my first thought is a question, “Are you kidding?” In our anthropomorphic world reality is overcome by the untrustworthiness of our emotions and the false hope that the beast on the...
by Garris Elkins | Feb 17, 2023 | Prophetic
As a young pastor, an early mentor of mine, Roy Hicks, Jr. of Faith Center in Eugene, Oregon, shared the two signs of revival with a group of us. He said revival has two components – repentance and young faces. The revival at Asbury University in Kentucky began when...
by Garris Elkins | Sep 18, 2022 | Prophetic
Recently, I was watering the yard plants for someone who was away on vacation. We have traded the favor on previous occasions when one of us went away on vacation. As I watered my way around the property, I came across a small wire trap used to trap ground squirrels...
