by Garris Elkins | Jun 25, 2017 | Apostle, Church, Five-Fold Ministry, Leadership
Creating an apostolic community will challenge our existing thinking and current structures of ministry. The mission of the Church is big and requires big thinkers. An apostolic leader will disrupt comfort levels. They gather around mission instead of preferences....
by Garris Elkins | Jun 23, 2017 | Favor, Holiness, Humility, Identity, Love, Marriage
Yesterday, I did what I do each morning, I write. After I finish writing, I take the time required to make sure what was written was the best I could produce. I also use a grammar program called Grammarly that was introduced to me by a professional writer. After...
by Garris Elkins | Jun 22, 2017 | Faith, Obedience, Trust
We live on a street without sidewalks. It looks like a country road from the 1950’s. Oak trees arch over the street forming a leaf-filled arbor. A few doors down from us, a woman owns a small cottage along a creek. In her front yard is a single gate between two posts....
by Garris Elkins | Jun 21, 2017 | Reformation, Restoration, Spiritual Warfare, Supernatural, Transition, Truth
I cannot think of a more poignant and tender goodbye in all of Scripture than Paul’s farewell address to the Ephesians elders in Acts 20. Paul knew his days were numbered. He was trying to get to Jerusalem as quickly as possible. Paul asked the Ephesians to meet him...
by Garris Elkins | Jun 20, 2017 | Discipleship, Faith, Fear, Freedom, Honor, Humility, Promise
I remember when I wrote my first book, Prayers from the Throne of God. I was a nervous first-time author. I felt the Lord nudge me to ask Jack Hayford to write the foreword. Each time I had been with Pastor Jack over the previous thirty years, he was gracious and...
