by Garris Elkins | Mar 5, 2017 | Pentecost, Restoration, Revival
Reading the book of Acts with eyes of faith is a dangerous exercise. It is dangerous because it reveals how the Church was assigned to function in culture as a transforming presence. Throughout the book of Acts, the culture was made aware of the presence of the Church...
by Garris Elkins | Mar 4, 2017 | Courage, Destiny, Favor, Future, Honor, Hope, Identiy, Leadership, Love, Resurrection, Spiritual Warfare, Vision.
Last weekend, I had a rare and wonderful privilege. I was invited to attend the retirement party for one of the finest rookie cops I had the privilege of training. Thirty-nine years ago I was a Field Training Officer (FTO) at the Springfield, Oregon Police Department....
by Garris Elkins | Mar 1, 2017 | Deliverance, Freedom, Hope, Identity, Kingdom, Power, Promotion
Your place of restriction and enslavement is about to become the birthplace of a new song that will create a new sound. What has been formed against you will now be turned into an instrument of freedom. God has a new song for you to sing and its score will be written...
by Garris Elkins | Feb 28, 2017 | Apostle, Church planting, Destiny, Discipleship, Faith, Fathers, Five-Fold Ministry, Freedom, God, Jesus
A spirit of compromise is descending upon the Church in Western culture. That compromise is not about the lesser things that occupy the mind of some believers like, what to eat, drink and where to go for entertainment. I am speaking of the deepest of all issues of...
by Garris Elkins | Feb 27, 2017 | Destiny, Future, Hope, Identiy, Jesus, Kingdom, Promotion, Provision, Restoration
When I was a young boy my brother and I sat in the backseat of our family car on road trips. If the trip was long we did what most kids do – we asked our father, “Are we there yet?” I remember the day when my badgering questions came to an end. When I asked for...
