by Garris Elkins | May 17, 2019 | Apostle, Church, Courage, Death, Discernment, Faith, Fear, Gifts, Holy Spirit, Kingdom of God, Leadership, Spiritual Warfare
In the classic western, Tombstone, Wyatt Earp played by actor Kurt Russell, walks into a bar that used to have more business and a gentrified clientele to see it virtually empty and barely surviving. Customers had been chased off by a bully who sat each day at a card...
by Garris Elkins | May 16, 2019 | Culture, Deliverance, Discipline, Faithfulness, Favor, Fear, Freedom, Mercy
Scripture tells us that mercy triumphs over judgment. We typically think that instruction is for us on how we are to conduct our lives. That is true, but it has another meaning. It is the revelation of how God relates to humanity. In a single moment of time He could...
by Garris Elkins | May 16, 2019 | Change, Discernment, Discipleship, Future, Integrity, Intimacy, Prayer, Promotion, Relationships, Revelation, Spiritual Warfare, Tranistion, Wisdom, Word, Worship
Your loudest critics have been positioned at the doorway of your future. Many have stalled at this noisy threshold not because they weren’t gifted to function in the future. They stalled because they were unable to handle their critics with wisdom and grace. The...
by Garris Elkins | May 15, 2019 | Courage, Discernment, Dreams, Favor, Future, Peace, Revelation, Supernatural, Vision., Wisdom, Women
This morning, I am waiting at a car dealership to get our car serviced. While waiting, I went to use the restroom. Once inside, I realized the familiar male-oriented fixtures were not present. In the one tenth of a second it took me to realize my error, I flew out of...
by Garris Elkins | May 14, 2019 | Apostle, Culture, Discernment, Grace, Honor, Humility, Integrity, Justice, Leadership, Ministry, Promotion, Relationships, Spiritual Warfare, Supernatural, Vision.
I have noticed people like to get close to those in places of power and notoriety hoping that proximity will give them a similar power, leverage or an impression they are somehow on the inside. I know this because like most of you reading these words we have all done...
