by Garris Elkins | Jul 4, 2020 | Apostle, Change, Church, Courage, Culture, Leadership, Revelation, Transition
On May 3, I wrote an article titled, “The Alarm Bells Are Sounding” and posted it on my social media sites. Like most prophetic insight, what we see is not always complete, nor has the context yet arrived for the prophetic word to be understood. Yesterday, Jentezen...
by Garris Elkins | Jul 4, 2020 | Change, Church, Culture, Deliverance
Every 4th of July, my dad would take my brother and me from our home in Los Gatos, California to a part of San Jose where we could buy strings of firecrackers. While the typical 4th of July fireworks were fun, it was the firecrackers that we loved the...
by Garris Elkins | Jul 2, 2020 | Apostle, Church, Creativity, Culture, Discipleship, Five-fold, Humility, Identity, Leadership, Ministry, Pride, Relationships, Teaching, Wisdom
Being of one heart has a greater impact than being of one mind. In a close environment where people work together toward a common goal, hearts that follow after God in love, create a healthy and cohesive work environment. The apostle Paul encouraged us in the...
by Garris Elkins | Jun 26, 2020 | Apostle, Change, Church, Fathers, Five-Fold Ministry, Kingdom of God, Leadership
What has culturally transpired over the last few months will reveal that some in positions of authority are no longer suited to lead those they serve into a new and unfolding future. This will not be a personal indictment or an attack on a leader’s character. It...
by Garris Elkins | Jun 21, 2020 | Church, Courage, Culture, Faithfulness, Five-Fold Ministry, Freedom, Holy Spirit, Honor, Justice, Prohecy, Prophetic
There is such a thing as a healthy compromise. This is a meeting where two opposing parties step over existing prohibitions and warnings and try to work things out no matter what the cost might be to them personally. Compromise becomes unhealthy when we filter...
by Garris Elkins | Jun 16, 2020 | Apostle, Change, Church, Courage, Culture, Discipleship, Family, Fear, Freedom, Future
Recently, someone said they would prefer a place in the kitchen before they were offered a place at the table of cultural dialogue. I thought that statement to be very insightful. In the kitchen is where we prepare the meal that we will serve at the table of...
