by Garris Elkins | Aug 8, 2015 | Courage, Destiny
Recently, our family was having a leisurely summer dinner on our patio. At the end of the meal, my daughter directed my attention to a rock on the deck just behind my chair. When I turned to look at the rock a word sprung up unexpectedly in my heart with such...
by Garris Elkins | Aug 6, 2015 | Freedom, Humility, Prophecy, Redemption
“Now our knowledge is partial and incomplete, and even the gift of prophecy reveals only part of the whole picture!”I Corinthians 13:9 When Paul penned these words he was sharing a principle for life and especially for prophetic ministry. Nothing we do or say is...
by Garris Elkins | Aug 4, 2015 | Courage, Faithfulness, Humility, Prophecy
At some point you will share a word with someone and they will not like what they hear. They may disagree with your delivery or even the content of your theology. The wider the audience for your ministry becomes the more this will happen – sometimes with regularity....
by Garris Elkins | Aug 3, 2015 | Freedom, Prophecy
Every life will have those moments when something so significant takes place that it indelibly marks your life forever. These events become the before and after point for everything else that follows. These marker events can be a divorce, assassination of a public...
by Garris Elkins | Aug 2, 2015 | Gifts, Obedience, Prophecy
The prophetic gift is not a water faucet you turn on and off at your pleasure. There will be times when you do not have a word to share. It is important for your integrity and for the safety of those to whom you minister that you do not put yourself in a place...