by Garris Elkins | Nov 30, 2017 | Courage, Deliverance, Discipline, Family, Fear, Freedom, Future, Hope, Love, Marriage, Obedience, Peace, Power, Prayer, Promise, Reconciliation, Relationships, Revelation, Spiritual Warfare, Vision.
I was sitting in my writing chair listening to some beautiful instrumental Christmas music. It was a piano solo. As the pianist continued to play a soft melody, in the distance, I heard the wailing song of a siren clearing the way in route to an unknown trauma. The...
by Garris Elkins | Nov 29, 2017 | Faith, Family, Father, Favor, Gifts, God, Holy Spirit, Identity, Intimacy, Love, Prayer, Prophecy, Spirit, Trust, Truth, Vision., Wisdom
Many of us kneel at our bedside before retiring for the night to ask God’s blessing on our sleep and our dreams. Have you ever thought about doing the same thing before you leave your bed in the morning? Each morning when I awaken, I have many thoughts running through...
by Garris Elkins | Nov 27, 2017 | Courage, Honor, Jesus, Kingdom of God, Reconciliation, Spiritual Warfare, Truth
Two believers stood facing each other in a display of mortal spiritual combat. They had become gladiators of a false faith. The arena of their conflict was the public forum. They had trained themselves for this day preparing their weaponized opinions. They sharpened...
by Garris Elkins | Nov 26, 2017 | Church, Five-Fold Ministry, Kingdom of God, Power, Restoration, Spirit, Teaching, Wisdom
I was awakened this morning by an image that looked like Stonehenge the ancient place of worship constructed of encircled upright stones near the town of Wiltshire, England. It was not actually Stonehenge I was seeing, but a modern version symbolizing something within...
by Garris Elkins | Nov 25, 2017 | Courage, Death, Deliverance, Eternity, Fear, Future, Mercy, Miracles, Power, Redemption, Restoration, Trust
On Christmas Eve in 1971, seventeen-year-old Juliane Koepcke was a passenger on an airliner flying across the vast Peruvian rain forest when the aircraft was struck by lightning. The airliner broke apart 10,000 feet in the air. At the time of the event, Juliane was...
