by Garris Elkins | Aug 8, 2017 | Discipleship, Five-Fold Ministry, Kingdom of God, Leadership, Revelation, Teaching, Truth, Wisdom
The Word of God was not given to us to become an overly-dissected book cut up in such a way that it proves our pet theology or gives us the winning point in a forensic debate setting. The Word of God is a living love letter. It was written to humanity to reveal the...
by Garris Elkins | Aug 7, 2017 | Courage, Discipline, Forgiveness, Freedom, Humility, Mercy, Obedience, Reconciliation, Relationships, Spiritual Warfare
Each of us will encounter an occasional anonymous critic. If you open your mouth and express your opinion you will have someone who has no relationship with you pull out their fillet knife of correction and attempt to cut you down to their size. These are people whose...
by Garris Elkins | Aug 6, 2017 | Deliverance, Favor, Fear, Gifts, Holy Spirit, Identity, Intimacy, Pentecost, Power, Spiritual Warfare
You are stronger than your circumstances reveal. You are better than the opinion other people have about you. There is more going on under the surface of your life than a casual observation can reveal. In 1996, an athletic clothing line was developed by a frustrated...
by Garris Elkins | Aug 5, 2017 | Eternity, Freedom, Future, Kingdom of God, Prayer, Prophetic
A beautiful thing just happened. I had finished praying when it felt as though someone walked into the room. It was like that feeling you experience when you have your eyes closed and a person silently enters a room and displaces the air around you creating a sense of...
by Garris Elkins | Aug 4, 2017 | Hope, Rest, Trust
This morning as Jan and I took communion, a phrase was spoken during our prayers, “May we be fruitful in rest”. That one sentence became the core of our time together. Fruitfulness is different than productivity. Fruitfulness produces a harvest from a...
