by Garris Elkins | Jul 11, 2024 | Prophetic
When people are grieving and suffering, especially someone who has loved God and served Him, our most valuable contribution is silence as we stand with them in their place of pain. Feeling the to speak a “could of-should of” kind of word is the last thing they need to...
by Garris Elkins | Apr 25, 2023 | Prophetic
The storms of life have a purpose. They are used for revelation. They reveal our character, the plans of the enemy, and our true friends. We can’t run away from these storms. We must hunker down in faith to endure their passage by clinging to the Lord. When the storm...
by Garris Elkins | Apr 15, 2023 | Prophetic
There is a level of despair that cannot be expressed with words. It is a guttural utterance emanating from a person who is at the end of their rope not knowing what to do next. It’s a sound made when people experience the unexpected loss of a loved one, the...
by Garris Elkins | Mar 17, 2023 | Prophetic
When Samson, a morally compromised man, married outside his Israelite heritage, he would be manipulated by his conniving Philistine wife to gather intelligence to use against Israel. His parents were confused by their son’s behavior and his lack of a moral...
by Garris Elkins | Nov 9, 2022 | Prophetic
There’s an old hymn we should all sing the morning after election results are made known. We need to sing it to recalibrate our hearts. The hymn, “My Hope is Built on Nothing Less” reaffirms where true hope is founded. The lyrics tell us “On Christ the solid Rock, I...
