by Garris Elkins | Jul 25, 2014 | Apostle, Church, Leadership
You have been struggling with a vertical structure of leadership. This form of leadership resembles a totem pole. The leaders on top must fall off in failure or die before those beneath them can rise higher. We are in a time of Church history where the...
by Garris Elkins | Jul 25, 2014 | Faith, Healing, Obedience, Trust
You have been running scared. God is asking you to slow down and start walking in faith. This walk of faith is a gentle stroll. Its cadence is set by peace, not by fear. What has pursued you can only overwhelm you if you continue to run in fear. Fear can never outrun...
by Garris Elkins | Jul 24, 2014 | Church, Future, God, Pentecost, Transition
A quick shift has taken place. Everything has changed. You didn’t see it coming. You feel like you have been pushed from a familiar room through an unseen doorway into a strange new place. No one asked your permission. It just happened. Nothing looks the same. The...
by Garris Elkins | Jul 23, 2014 | Faith, Holy Spirit, Hope, Miracles, Pentecost, Power, Trust
Recently, your life has felt like a fully loaded locomotive moving at full speed with train cars lined up behind you as far as the eye can see. There has been a tremendous momentum developed in your life in this past season. Through unforeseen events all of...
by Garris Elkins | Jul 22, 2014 | Peace, Trust
With international tensions rising and fear taking hold of nations, I want to release the words of Isaiah the prophet as a timely reality check. The news broadcasters and the fear mongers want to rob the Church of her peace. This is a time to take hold of the hope...
