by Garris Elkins | Oct 1, 2026 | Prophetic
Hope means something different when we have to trust—when nothing has changed and the answer is still hidden from us. We can talk about hope. We can agree with God about a word of promise, but our understanding has not expanded. We respond like Sarah when the Lord...
by Garris Elkins | Sep 11, 2026 | Prophetic
Each generation receives prophetic words spoken over them by the fathers and mothers of faith from the generation before. Jan and I have received such words from people like Dick Mills, Jean Darnall, and others who carry a similar heart. They spoke hope-filled words...
by Garris Elkins | Aug 11, 2026 | Prophetic
The Psalmist writes to those who are living under the weight of deferred hope that speaks louder than God’s promise. The delay has been years. Doubts fill your mind, and you are pressed to give up the good fight of faith: “Unless the Lord had helped me, I would soon...
by Garris Elkins | Aug 10, 2026 | Prophetic
Of late, I have been watching videos describing the life of coal miners in Appalachia. It’s a secluded and isolated way of life. Some families lived in a “holler,” meaning “at the end of a road.” It is a simple, rugged life with its drawbacks. But the...
by Garris Elkins | Aug 7, 2026 | Prophetic
We can settle it in our hearts once and for all that God can be trusted—all the time. Each time we read about a promise fulfilled in Scripture, it was written to instruct us on how to live in hope and how to endure all things. The fulfillment of promises proves God’s...
