by Garris Elkins | Jul 27, 2023 | Prophetic
The year was 1979. I had fallen away from the Lord over the years and now the Lord came to retrieve a broken son. During the night, the Lord appeared to me and for hours He tenderly washed away my sin. The next morning, I began a process of confession and repentance....
by Garris Elkins | Jul 12, 2023 | Prophetic
Sin makes us weary. It’s a weariness that comes from trying to carry the unrepented oppression of sin. That oppression makes our life feel like we are trapped in a small room with no windows and no air conditioning in the heat of summer. We begin to suffocate. Back in...
by Garris Elkins | Apr 1, 2023 | Prophetic
Every time I see a video of someone walking a dangerous animal on the end of a leash, my first thought is a question, “Are you kidding?” In our anthropomorphic world reality is overcome by the untrustworthiness of our emotions and the false hope that the beast on the...
by Garris Elkins | Feb 17, 2023 | Prophetic
As a young pastor, an early mentor of mine, Roy Hicks, Jr. of Faith Center in Eugene, Oregon, shared the two signs of revival with a group of us. He said revival has two components – repentance and young faces. The revival at Asbury University in Kentucky began when...
by Garris Elkins | Oct 25, 2022 | Prophetic
Last week, Jan and I watched the movie, Noah. One of our favorite actors, Russell Crowe, starred in the film. We saw the movie when it first came out in 2014, but since it has been a while since we last watched it, we watched it again. The film takes liberty with the...
