by Garris Elkins | Jun 13, 2022 | Prophetic
Not all assignments from the Lord are considered normal. Isaiah, for example, got this prophetic assignment from the Lord, “Take off the burlap you have been wearing and remove your sandals. Isaiah did as he was told and walked around naked and barefoot” (Isaiah...
by Garris Elkins | Jun 8, 2022 | Prophetic
I love the wide-open space of sagebrush-dotted prairies. These places are removed far from the noise of civilization. There is a hush in that kind of place that soothes my soul. While watching an advertisement for a Tesla, I tried to imagine someone wanting to...
by Garris Elkins | Jun 1, 2022 | Prophetic
I remember the first time it happened. Jan and I were returning from a conference in the first year of our pastoral ministry. We had driven eight hours away to spend a few days with fellow pastors and were on our return trip home. About an hour out, we felt a shift...
by Garris Elkins | May 5, 2022 | Prophetic
My father was a real cowboy, not a dude. He rode in the last remnants of the Old West. He told me a story of riding across an Arizona desert in the 1920s and running out of water. The situation would have had a dangerous conclusion had he not done one thing – he...
by Garris Elkins | Apr 15, 2022 | Prophetic
Last week, I was proofreading Jan’s new and soon-to-be-released book of blessings from Isaiah. I came across a line in one blessing that addressed our resistance to how God chooses to accomplish His plan for our lives and His ability to do so. Jan wrote that without...
