by Garris Elkins | May 21, 2020 | Death, Deliverance, Discernment, Faith, Faithfulness, Fear, Freedom, Future, Hope
This morning, I was reading the results from our state and local elections. I am familiar with one of the men who was seeking office. He lost. I prayed a simple prayer, “Lord, help him turn his disappointment into worship.” Over the years, like you, I have...
by Garris Elkins | May 21, 2020 | Church, Family, Trust, Truth
When we allow our personal opinion to become doctrine, we will always harm and divide the unity of the Church. At no point in my lifetime have I seen the importance of making that distinction as it has become in this moment of history.
by Garris Elkins | May 20, 2020 | Truth, Vision., Wisdom
God has been inviting some of us to go to a deeper place, away from the overwhelming and never-ending surface clatter we hear in the public sphere. Fear has bullied its way into our cultural dialogue. Some of what is being vented is our unresolved fears – fear of what...
by Garris Elkins | May 19, 2020 | Apostle, Change, Courage, Discernment, Dreams, Future, Holy Spirit, Kingdom, Reformation, Spirit, Vision., Wisdom
As a new season approaches, the life-assignments of some will make a transition. God is calling a new breed of spiritual scouts who are willing to explore beyond the boundary line that separates the old from the new. Accepting this calling will change...
by Garris Elkins | May 18, 2020 | Apostle, Church, Discernment
God wants to transform how we see this time of social isolation. Beyond all the discussions currently taking place, a deeper truth is waiting to be discovered. Paul wrote some of his most impacting epistles from prison – Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, and...
