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 | Jul 28, 2025 | Prophetic
Long before I was a pastor, I worked as a police officer assigned as an intelligence agent in an Organized Crime unit. Our most important discoveries were finding the connections between groups of criminals and the organizations they represented. Some of those...
by Garris Elkins | Jan 2, 2025 | Prophetic
King David had it all: the prestige of his office and the power to do as he wished. The undisciplined possession of those two things is a deadly combination if they are not submitted daily to God. The repeated misuse of prestige and power has been revealed since time...
by Garris Elkins | Jan 27, 2024 | Prophetic
As I am reading through the prophetic books of the Old Testament, I have realized that no matter how disobedient the people of God became, there is always hope because God delights in the act of redemption. In the concluding remarks of Micah, he writes of what God...
by Garris Elkins | Aug 26, 2023 | Prophetic
Only those who know the joy of Huy Fong Sriracha sauce will understand the agony of an empty bottle. It’s like a spicy manna from Heaven. For the last year, it has been out of production awaiting the arrival of its special peppers to begin the production of its...
