by Garris Elkins | May 7, 2019 | Church, Courage, Deliverance, Freedom, Justice, Revival, Spiritual Warfare
The revival in Venezuela continues to surge. This photo was posted on Facebook byGlenn Burris, President of the Foursquare Church. Glenn shared the church shown in the photo has grown to over 6,000 people. Churches all across Venezuela are experiencing a fresh move of...
by Garris Elkins | May 3, 2019 | Change, Church, Courage, Deliverance, Discernment, Faithfulness, Favor, Fear, Future, Hope, Peace, Provision, Tranistion, Vision., Worship
When Jan and I moved to southern Oregon 20 years ago, we spent our days off driving around the area looking for a home to purchase. In our initial search, we found a nice home on some acreage in the hills. While talking with the owner everything seemed well planned...
by Garris Elkins | Apr 26, 2019 | Change, Church, Discernment, Future, Honor, Hope, Leadership, Prayer, Tranistion, Vision.
The Church is not a structure, physically or organizationally. It is organic, incarnational, spiritual, God-breathed, and always open to mobility. The photo depicts one of the structures on the property where our church met for more than 50 years. Over the...
by Garris Elkins | Apr 20, 2019 | Church, Deliverance, Eternity, Favor, Fear, Five-Fold Ministry, Freedom, Future, Healing, Hope, Intimacy, Kingdom, Promise, Resurrection
The cross and the tomb are both empty, but the throne is forever occupied. That is God’s Easter message to the Church – Jesus has risen to His place of honor! He was raised from death to occupy a place of enthronement where all powers and authorities contrary to the...
by Garris Elkins | Apr 20, 2019 | Change, Church, Courage, Discernment, Discipline, Peace, Rest, Truth, Wisdom
We have become a culture that moves from one breathless presentation of doom to the next without taking a breath. If you don’t think this is true, turn on the news. Everyone has a crisis to sell. It has become a profitable product-selling industry in the culture and...
by Garris Elkins | Apr 19, 2019 | Church, Culture, Deliverance, Discernment, Discipline, Five-Fold Ministry, Honor, Kingdom, Pentecost, Power, Revival, Spiritual Warfare, Supernatural
Each time we speak the sound of our voice travels as an echo toward destinations beyond our initial audience. Our words do not fall to the ground and die. They are a powerful force that continues to echo an impact long after a conversation has ended or a statement has...
