by Garris Elkins | Sep 25, 2018 | Deliverance, Destiny, Fear, Freedom, Future, Identity, Love, Pride, Redemption, Restoration, Truth, Wisdom
Wisdom does not always provide easy answers. Neither does it answer the deep questions about life from the same shallow resource pool of information used by the asker to frame their inquiry. Wisdom responds from a deeper source of revelation not considered when...
by Garris Elkins | Sep 21, 2018 | Courage, Discipleship, Faith, Freedom, Justice, Love, Mercy, Obedience, Spiritual Warfare, Supernatural, Teaching, Wisdom
This morning, I was corresponding with a friend who is an American citizen living outside the United States. We were talking about life and faith. As I wrote to him, I remarked, “I realize now that I know less than my assumptions have led me to...
by Garris Elkins | Sep 20, 2018 | Discipleship, Evangelism, Faith, Favor, Five-Fold Ministry, Pride, Spiritual Warfare, Teaching
Every life has an unknown audience. These are people who are being affected by your life. They are people you will most likely never meet. They will only be discovered in eternity. On this blog, I have an analytic device that tells me how many people read my blog each...
by Garris Elkins | Sep 20, 2018 | Peace, Rest, Revelation, Thankfulness
The quiet things speak the most profound messages. a cloud moving across a blue sky a mother looking at the face of her sleeping child a leaf falling in an autumn breeze a romantic glance between lovers a touch of the Spirit Press through the noise...
by Garris Elkins | Sep 19, 2018 | Change, Church, Culture, Five-Fold Ministry, Freedom, Holy Spirit, Kingdom of God, Obedience, Reformation, Revival, Transition
I awoke this morning having experienced a dream that was a bit unusual. Without going into all the details, I was in a very dated place. The buildings looked like something out of a 1930’s movie. People were attired in fashions from eighty years ago. The style,...
