by Garris Elkins | Oct 23, 2017 | Change, Courage, Creativity, Prohecy, Prophetic
There are times when a fresh revelation comes not by changing the substance of the message but by simply changing the way a message is delivered. This is not a neurotic attempt to always be hip or relevant. Neither is it living imprisoned in the assumptions...
by Garris Elkins | Oct 23, 2017 | Apostle, Courage, Faith, Fathers, Five-Fold Ministry, Future, Kingdom of God, Wisdom
Like clockwork, I awake most mornings at 4:00 a.m. without an alarm. A few days ago as I stirred awake, I heard the call of an owl. In the 15 years that Jan and I have lived in our home we have not heard an owl – ever. That is a unique fact considering...
by Garris Elkins | Oct 22, 2017 | Honor, Kingdom of God, Obedience, Pride, Promotion
If you have something of value to say, it will be repeated somewhere by someone who will fail to give you credit for being the original author of the thought. A few years ago, this began to happen to me on a regular basis. Someone would use a phrase I coined or a...
by Garris Elkins | Oct 21, 2017 | Courage, Death, Deliverance, Family, Future, Honor, Hope, Leadership, Miracles, Obedience, Relationships, Spiritual Warfare, Trust
During World War II, my uncle Dan served in the Army. He carried a Thompson submachine gun and was on the front end of some of the major campaigns in the Pacific. I remember as a kid cutting weeds on his ranch in McArthur, California with a Japanese officer’s sword he...
by Garris Elkins | Oct 20, 2017 | Discipline, Peace, Promotion, Revelation, Wisdom
Six principles for private conversation and public discourse: ...
