by Garris Elkins | Aug 17, 2009 | Hope, Kingdom of God, Obedience, Vision.
God never leaves His people without a believing remnant. We have all read about the children of Israel wandering in the wilderness for forty long years. I have personally processed this as a time when unbelief had to die off so a new generation, based in faith, could...
by Garris Elkins | Jul 30, 2009 | Culture, Forgiveness, Humility, Restoration
A few years ago a trivia game emerged called “Kevin Bacon and the Six Degrees of Separation.” The theory goes that in this game any actor could be linked through their acting roles to Kevin Bacon, a fellow actor, within six relationships. While this trivia game is fun...
by Garris Elkins | Jul 21, 2009 | Church, Culture, Kingdom of God, Vision.
Recently, I have been talking to believers about establishing their “pivot point”. A pivot point is that place where you put one of your feet conceptually and say, “This is my bottom line – I can’t give this up.” There is not a lot that should occupy that...
by Garris Elkins | Jul 18, 2009 | Church, Culture, Holy Spirit, Kingdom of God, Revival
(This is part five in a five-part article about the “H.O.P.² E.” acronym taken from the book, “They Told Me Their Stories,” where the environment of faith was described that attracted God’s healing power to that great revival. This article deals with the final...
by Garris Elkins | Jul 14, 2009 | Church, Kingdom of God, Leadership, Revival
My dear friend in Central Oregon, Jim Stephens, writes some profound things on his daily devotional. A few months ago Jim wrote that he was not going to use the word “awesome” anymore, except to describe God. Jim’s commitment on personal vocabulary is such a...
