by Garris Elkins | May 16, 2020 | Apostle, Change, Church, Culture, Discernment, Five-Fold Ministry, Freedom, Future, Holy Spirit, Kingdom of God, Power, Reformation
For years, I’ve heard many of us pray for a return to the model of the Early Church, as seen in the book of Acts. In the first century, people moved in the power of the Spirit in the streets of their city in between daily appointments. They met in homes in small...
by Garris Elkins | May 15, 2020 | Discipleship, Discipline, Family, Fear, Forgiveness, Freedom, Grace, Healing, Honor, Integrity, Lordship, Peace, Pride
Over the years, I have had people become, as they say, unhinged in their response to something I said, did, or wrote. Its probably happened to you as well. The term unhinged is defined by the Merriam-Webster Dictionary to describe something as “highly disturbed,...
by Garris Elkins | May 14, 2020 | Obedience, Reformation, Trust
A few nights ago, I had an interesting dream. In the dream, the Lord asked me to sell my recumbent bicycle and buy a mountain bike. I thought the request to be odd since I enjoy the laidback riding position of a recumbent. It’s like peddling while sitting in an easy...
by Garris Elkins | May 14, 2020 | Discernment, Discipleship, Trust, Truth
Soon, our culture will begin to reassemble. In our reassembling, we will also have to reassemble fragmented relationships that were divided over divergent opinions on what has taken place during the pandemic and how we should have responded to the challenge. As we...
by Garris Elkins | May 13, 2020 | Revelation, Teaching, Truth, Vision., Wisdom, Word
When something crosses our path and challenges our perspective, our first response is many times crafted from a variety of issues like our unresolved fears, pride, past acts of betrayal, or the pain of relational abandonment. These are surface responses that are...
