by Garris Elkins | Oct 11, 2018 | Creativity, Dreams, Future, Promotion, Provision
The last of our grapes have been harvested their sweet fruit a memory of summer. Straggling tomatoes linger on the vine, little green ones too late to become red. Leaves have taken on color just before they fall carried by a chilled wind forming lofty piles...
by Garris Elkins | Oct 10, 2018 | Death, Discipleship, Discipline, Eternity, Faith, Fear, Freedom
Nowhere in your life are you living on borrowed time. God will grant you all the time needed to accomplish His will. Yet, it’s not more time that will turn things around. Your turnaround will come because you serve a loving God who is faithful to perform what He...
by Garris Elkins | Oct 9, 2018 | Apostle, Church, Courage, Culture, Discipleship, Five-Fold Ministry, Future, Gifts, Kingdom of God, Leadership, Ministry, Pride, Reformation, Revival, Teaching, Truth, Wisdom
A man named Jerry Cook radically changed how I view the Church. Over a span of thirty years, I listened to Jerry speak at conferences and read his writing. I also had the opportunity to sit in several small group settings with Jerry and glean his wisdom. Toward the...
by Garris Elkins | Oct 8, 2018 | Deliverance, Discipleship, Discipline, Forgiveness, Humility, Identity, Trust, Worship
God’s acquittals are far more powerful than hell’s accusations. When your character and reputation are under attack, and it seems as if you are about to be found guilty of an unrighteous charge, never forget that God has already adjudicated your case in Jesus Christ....
by Garris Elkins | Oct 6, 2018 | Apostle, Church, Culture, Freedom, Kingdom of God, Reformation, Revival
The Lord wants to heal the Church of an event addiction. We have filled arenas and stadiums at great expense. We have heard the word of the Lord and worshipped with great freedom, and yet our culture has remained largely unchanged. God is inviting His event addicts...
