by Garris Elkins | Feb 7, 2020 | Courage, Creativity, Faith, Favor, Freedom, Future
If the primary motivator of what we do is the maintenance of credibility among our peers, we will not take our place on the expanding frontier of revelation. Each explorer in history, whether it was the exploration of new geography or a new way of thinking, left their...
by Garris Elkins | Feb 7, 2020 | Holy Spirit, Ministry
When Jesus taught about new wineskins, He wasn’t referring to the latest model of ministry. He was talking about the condition of our hearts. From a repurposed heart will flow new ways of relating to a culture that creates models of ministry to serve the purposes of...
by Garris Elkins | Feb 6, 2020 | Discernment, Discipleship, Truth, Wisdom
A spiritual diversion can look and sound righteous. In its appeal, a diversion will attempt to keep you from a deeper work of God. A diversion must carry enough truth to draw the naïve into the flow of its deception. We will always have a mixture of truth and error...
by Garris Elkins | Feb 6, 2020 | Discernment
Hell accomplishes its most significant work in times of confusion. Make sure, at every point, you are responding to what is taking place around you with a word from the Lord, not an emotional response to external stimuli. This point of tactical wisdom kept me alive as...
by Garris Elkins | Feb 5, 2020 | Prophetic
Historically, the most culture-shaping moves of God took place when the Church was marginalized and without a position of influence in secular culture. China and Iran are currently experiencing two of the greatest revivals in modern times. Both of those oppressive...
