by Garris Elkins | Feb 29, 2020 | Change, Church, Culture, Deliverance, Discipleship, Discipline, Lordship
In life, we will either be drawn deeper into the heart of God by the wind of the Spirit or drift farther away by the influencing currents of personal preference or popular culture. At no time are we floating in a spiritual doldrum without movement in either...
by Garris Elkins | Feb 12, 2020 | Change, Courage, Deliverance, Faithfulness
When you are in the middle of a very erratic season of life where preferred outcomes and emotions rise and fall each day, that is not a good time to make life-altering decisions. If your life looks like a frenetic graph with up and down spikes resembling the needle...
by Garris Elkins | Feb 1, 2020 | Change, Culture, Dreams, Five-Fold Ministry, Holy Spirit, Kingdom of God, Leadership, Supernatural, Teaching
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to live on the edge of the ever-expanding frontier of God’s revelation on Earth? Our place on that frontier is where we partner with God’s Spirit to accomplish the goal of the Great Commission – to make...
by Garris Elkins | Jan 22, 2020 | Apostle, Change, Church
The word “reset” has been mentioned recently by several prophetic voices. I agree. We have entered a moment in history where individuals, ministries, and each sphere of cultural influence will have an opportunity to experience a Spirit-empowered reset. In 2016, I...
by Garris Elkins | Jan 17, 2020 | Apostle, Change, Church, Creativity, Faithfulness, Five-Fold Ministry, Future, Holy Spirit, Kingdom, Kingdom of God, Leadership, Revelation, Transition, Truth
Exploring the expanding edge of revelation is accomplished through imagination and faithful obedience, not by our preferred theology, the most advanced forms of scholarship, or a developed intellect. As valuable as those three things can be, it is faith and faith...
by Garris Elkins | Jan 5, 2020 | Change, Courage, Deliverance, Discernment, Favor, Future, Mercy, Redemption, Supernatural, Wisdom
Before you change the course of your life, be careful to rightly discern the direction the relational and spiritual winds are blowing. Some of the first indicators of a positive way forward might not be telling you the whole truth. Paul was being transported as a...