by Garris Elkins | Jan 13, 2023 | Prophetic
I continue to see a sad reality taking place again and again in the lives of believers, mine included. It is the need to control. It’s not how long we have “walked with the Lord” or what position we hold within the Church that determines our spiritual maturity....
by Garris Elkins | Jan 11, 2023 | Prophetic
From time to time there seems to be an absence of honest confrontation taking place among God’s people, especially when it comes to gossip. It’s never innocent. Someone will always become the victim of such loose and dishonoring speech. Years ago, I came across...
by Garris Elkins | Dec 31, 2022 | Prophetic
Jan’s mom and my mom had to say too many hard goodbyes to their children over the years. Jan and her siblings lived in a boarding school in Honduras for 7 months of the year while her parents served as missionaries in El Salvador. In the 1950s there were no homeschool...
by Garris Elkins | Dec 29, 2022 | Prophetic
I didn’t play football in high school but tried out in college and made the team. Originally, I was assigned to play an offensive line position but later transitioned to a defensive end. I loved to play that outside position to prevent an end run. My opponent would...
by Garris Elkins | Dec 12, 2022 | Prophetic
A pastor wrote me a series of messages beginning at the start of the pandemic up until recently to let me know what I was writing was causing problems in his church and his family. In one message he said because I am no longer a pastor that I should remain silent...
