by Garris Elkins | Jun 11, 2019 | Discernment, Discipline, Grace, Healing, Honor, Identity, Kingdom of God, Leadership, Mercy, Ministry, Relationships, Supernatural, Truth, Vision.
Over the years, I’ve heard people make a variety of statements that caused me to pause and ponder the credibility of what they spoke. I once heard someone say, “If you are going to lead you need to read.” While that sounds good on the surface, it fails as a...
by Garris Elkins | Jun 10, 2019 | Apostle, Church, Discipleship, Five-fold, Five-Fold Ministry, Gifts, Holy Spirit, Kingdom, Kingdom of God, Leadership, Ministry, Pentecost, Revelation, Revival, Spiritual Warfare, Supernatural, Wisdom, Worship
Yesterday, the Church all around the world gathered to celebrate Pentecost Sunday. Pentecost was the day when the Spirit came in a sudden and unexpected demonstration of power. I try to examine what takes place after such events. I am not sure God wants us...
by Garris Elkins | Jun 9, 2019 | Change, Courage, Deliverance, Dreams, Faith, Fear, Freedom, Joy, Mercy, Miracles, Obedience, Peace, Prophetic, Resurrection, Supernatural, Tranistion, Vision.
You know how it is when you wake up a bit too early in the morning and look at the illuminated clock on your nightstand. You hope you can go back to sleep. This morning, the clock read 3:12 AM here in Oregon. In that waking moment, I saw an interesting...
by Garris Elkins | Jun 8, 2019 | Courage, Culture, Discipleship, Fear, Forgiveness, Grace, Identity, Justice, Love, Mercy, Obedience
Each time we perform to feel loved we deform love’s beauty. In our performance, we become a slave to a conditional form of false love that Jesus came to set us free from. Performance is subtle. It can masquerade as religious dedication but when you begin...
by Garris Elkins | Jun 7, 2019 | Change, Courage, Dreams, Faith, Faithfulness, Fear, Future
When a life plan begins to unravel, God knows how to reweave all the disconnected parts into something better. When a well-thought plan begins to unravel, our first response can be to grab all the frayed ends and try to put them back together again. I want to...