by Garris Elkins | Aug 18, 2019 | Apostle, Change, Church, Creativity, Discipleship, Five-Fold Ministry, Healing, Kingdom of God, Revival, Spiritual Warfare, Word
The only trusted way to know how to interpret this life is to bring our opinions to Scripture and let God’s truth evaluate the quality of our understanding. If we bring Scripture to our opinion and allow our opinion to override and reinterpret what truth is, we will...
by Garris Elkins | Aug 18, 2019 | Humility, Kingdom of God, Mercy, Transition
You can always do a transition better. No transition will ever be perfect. “Perfect” is not the goal. We have an unrealistic tendency to want our life transitions to be perfect. We need to revisit our definition of reality. In retrospect, each one of my...
by Garris Elkins | Aug 17, 2019 | Family, Father, Fathers
Spiritual fathers and mothers get angered by the same things that incense a young believer. What a spiritual parent has learned to do with the help of God is to temper their initial angry response. This is done to offer their spiritual offspring the time needed to...
by Garris Elkins | Aug 17, 2019 | Church, Courage, Destiny, Fear, Freedom, Integrity, Peace, Spiritual Warfare
Today, two extremes of the ideological/political spectrum will confront each other in demonstrations in the streets of Portland, Oregon. Hopefully, the event will be peaceful. Many hold no hope for that outcome. As these two groups gather and confront each other, in...
by Garris Elkins | Aug 17, 2019 | Courage, Discipleship, Favor, Grace, Healing, Honor, Identity, Integrity, Love, Reconciliation, Resurrection
There are times when I scroll through Facebook posts that I see someone depicted in a less than noble booking photo or view the image of a person who has committed a horrible act. Lately, I find myself reaching out to my computer screen and touching their image. When...
