by Garris Elkins | Jul 24, 2014 | Church, Future, God, Pentecost, Transition
A quick shift has taken place. Everything has changed. You didn’t see it coming. You feel like you have been pushed from a familiar room through an unseen doorway into a strange new place. No one asked your permission. It just happened. Nothing looks the same. The...
by Garris Elkins | Jul 23, 2014 | Faith, Holy Spirit, Hope, Miracles, Pentecost, Power, Trust
Recently, your life has felt like a fully loaded locomotive moving at full speed with train cars lined up behind you as far as the eye can see. There has been a tremendous momentum developed in your life in this past season. Through unforeseen events all of...
by Garris Elkins | Jul 22, 2014 | Peace, Trust
With international tensions rising and fear taking hold of nations, I want to release the words of Isaiah the prophet as a timely reality check. The news broadcasters and the fear mongers want to rob the Church of her peace. This is a time to take hold of the hope...
by Garris Elkins | Jul 22, 2014 | Change, Faith, Holy Spirit, Honor, Kingdom of God, Obedience, Peace, Trust
Put down the religious talking points. Someone else crafted these words and handed them to you. Now they are demanding that you speak them if you want to belong to the group. These are not your words, nor do they express the heart of God. It is right for you...
by Garris Elkins | Jul 21, 2014 | Five-fold, Holy Spirit, Power, Supernatural
God has prepared a new wine for release. Like an expert would do in a natural wine tasting you will try to use your previous process of evaluation and your experienced spiritual palate to determine the quality of the new wine. This will not work because what...