by Garris Elkins | Mar 16, 2021 | Prophetic
When I was a little boy, my dad was my hero. His love, support, and protection surrounded me as I grew up. Other men also contributed to my life. The Los Gatos, California police officer who would occasionally drive down our dead-end street and stop to talk with me...
by Garris Elkins | Mar 10, 2021 | Prophetic
When I read the biographies of those who followed the Lord during times of persecution, famine, and war, I noticed an absence of a shallow Hallmark-card-like expression of faith. Also absent were religious silliness and legalism. Their lives and expressions of faith...
by Garris Elkins | Feb 27, 2021 | Prophetic
In March of last year, Jan and I sensed the Lord asking us to step back from what we had been doing and enter a time of sabbatical. The timing, by the wisdom of the Lord, aligned with the national time of closure and lockdown. Our sabbatical was more than a reprieve...
by Garris Elkins | Feb 13, 2021 | Prophetic
Last night, Jan and I watched one of those end-of-the-world, apocalyptic films titled Greenland. In the film, a comet is on a collision course with Earth promising to create a near-extinction level event. It was standard and predictable disaster film fare. In...
by Garris Elkins | Jan 30, 2021 | Prophetic
What is taking place in your life isn’t a derailment even though it may seem that way. The Lord has laid a new track into new territory requiring a course correction. The old track was not able to lead you to the destination God had originally promised. You are not...