by Garris Elkins | Nov 23, 2017 | Courage, Freedom, Future, Humility, Intimacy, Kingdom of God, Love, Mercy, Miracles, Pride, Promotion
God created you to make the sound of Heaven on Earth. Paul told the church at Ephesus instead of sounding like immature believers we are to rise to a place of spiritual maturity where we will “speak the truth in love”. Speaking the truth in love is the...
by Garris Elkins | Nov 22, 2017 | Creativity, Discipline, Family, Freedom, Giving, Honor, Intimacy, Love, Marriage, Ministry, Obedience, Peace, Relationships, Wisdom
My pastor, Roy Hicks, Jr., told a humorous story about how his wife Kay got his attention late one night. After many years pastoring the Eugene Faith Center, Roy became the Director of Missions for the Foursquare Church. It was a demanding job. Roy spent many...
by Garris Elkins | Nov 21, 2017 | Courage, Deliverance, Discipleship, Faith, God, Honor, Humility, Identity, Power, Pride, Redemption, Relationships, Revelation, Spiritual Warfare, Supernatural, Truth, Wisdom
The label the enemy has been trying to place on your life will not stick. It currently has no adhesive ability because you know who you are in Christ and what He has called you do in service of His Kingdom. Because of that understanding, you have chosen to not take...
by Garris Elkins | Nov 20, 2017 | Apostle, Church, Five-fold, Reformation, Revival
Since the publication of my book, The Sound of Reformation, I have been talking to people about their place of ministry. No longer does the phrase “going into the ministry” make any real Kingdom sense if it means in order for someone to engage in a life of ministry...
by Garris Elkins | Nov 20, 2017 | Change, Deliverance, Fear, Future, Gifts, God, Holy Spirit, Identity, Kingdom of God, Obedience, Promotion, Provision, Tranistion, Vision., Wisdom, Word
You may need to exit a toxic relationship, a financial struggle or a season of wandering without purpose. Until you initiate a plan to walk away from these situations and into a place of peace and provision, you could languish in their pain longer than...