by Garris Elkins | Jul 23, 2019 | Courage, Creativity, Discipleship, Dreams, Faithfulness, Freedom, Future
As a boy growing up in America in the 1960s, things with wheels fascinated me. Bicycles were my first set of wheels followed by a go-kart, a mini-bike and then at about age 14, I realized the possibility of driving a car. I couldn’t legally drive alone until age 16....
by Garris Elkins | Jul 22, 2019 | Creativity, Culture, Faith, Gifts, Leadership, Pentecost, Promise, Promotion, Rest, Supernatural, Worship
There seems to be an abundance of 30-day challenges out there. Most of them are great. I want to add one with a different twist. I would like to invite you to commit to pray in the Spirit (tongues) for the next 30 days. Commit to pray this way when you first get in...
by Garris Elkins | Jul 22, 2019 | Courage, Deliverance, Discipleship, Discipline, Future, Gifts, Holy Spirit, Intimacy, Promise, Redemption, Sacrifice, Supernatural
Deep water feels different than shallow water. If you have ever jumped off a boat into the middle of a deep lake or out at sea, you will know what I mean. Yes, water is water, but the unknown depths beneath your dangling feet do something to your perception. For many,...
by Garris Elkins | Jul 20, 2019 | Apostle, Change, Courage, Deliverance, Discernment, Freedom, Kingdom, Kingdom of God, Supernatural, Transition
In a dream, I saw Jesus running across a stream. He looked like all of us who have run across a narrow mountain stream landing on each available stone with the ball of our foot. It’s a delicate dance of passage. In the dream, Jesus wasn’t landing on stones. His...
by Garris Elkins | Jul 19, 2019 | Discernment, Discipleship, Faithfulness, Five-Fold Ministry, Future, Gifts, Holy Spirit, Kingdom of God, Leadership, Revival, Spiritual Warfare
In warfare, humans have always constructed their defenses at the outer limit of an enemy’s range of effective fire. These defenses were set up in the mouth of caves, moats around castles, walls of a frontier fort and today, with firewalls around our technology....
