by Garris Elkins | Dec 20, 2023 | Prophetic
Over the years, I’ve preached about the potter’s wheel in Jeremiah 18. When I preached the story, I stopped short of the other events in that chapter. I wanted to portray a word of hope. But there is more to the story than just a pot being reformed. It was the events...
by Garris Elkins | Jul 30, 2023 | Prophetic
Just before His arrest, Jesus was giving final instructions to His disciples. He said, “When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all truth. He will not speak on his own but will tell you what he has heard. He will tell you about the future” (John...
by Garris Elkins | Jul 16, 2023 | Prophetic
Our religious traditions and personal opinions about matters of faith do not always reveal the Lord. They can make us falsely assume we have discovered all there is to know, but that is a faulty and blinding assumption to make. When John the Baptist was calling out...
by Garris Elkins | Jul 8, 2023 | Prophetic
The worst prisons are the ones we have been convinced do not exist. In that convinced state, we become the warden of our own imprisonment guarding the walls of our mind against any attempt to escape and discover a deeper reality where truth exists. After writing to...
by Garris Elkins | Feb 12, 2023 | Prophetic
I’m guessing it was the years I spent as a cop that formed my understanding of what I am about to write. I’ve seen false bravado and what I would call a “smart-ass” response to life. It didn’t work on the streets. Those responses were not offered from a place of real...
