by Garris Elkins | Feb 18, 2026 | Prophetic
I’ve seen it happen many times in my lifetime: someone sins and disgraces the Lord and the mission of the Church, and a flurry of exposure takes place. When sin is discovered in the camp, people want a pound of flesh to prove their point, punishing the guilty beyond...
by Garris Elkins | Feb 17, 2026 | Prophetic
All people are spiritual beings, but not all are spiritually minded. Being spiritually minded only comes in a relationship with Jesus, where our minds are renewed from dead spirituality to a resurrected way of thinking. That resurrected way of thinking will affect how...
by Garris Elkins | Feb 16, 2026 | Prophetic
When I was a young boy, my brother and I walked out into the orchard that bordered our home. We found a bee’s nest. As boys will do, we shook the nest. The bees came out enraged, looking for the flesh of the intruders. We both got stung multiple times as we tried to...
by Garris Elkins | Feb 15, 2026 | Prophetic
There are constants across all spiritual disciplines in the Church. One constant is the need for confession and repentance. Confession is our agreement with God that what we have done is a sin. Repentance is the act of turning away from those sins and living a life...
by Garris Elkins | Feb 14, 2026 | Prophetic
Many reports are circulating within the Church about failed leadership. Those reports can be discouraging. If we are not careful about how we process those bad reports, they can affect us negatively, taking our eye off the most essential ball. Sadly, we are drawn to...
