by Garris Elkins | Mar 3, 2009 | Church, Kingdom of God, Leadership
It is early Thursday morning and I am reflecting over our Wednesday night service. We have been doing something different on Wednesday nights. Last night our time together, not much more than an hour, was simple – I read Philippians from start to finish, no...
by Garris Elkins | Mar 3, 2009 | Church, Culture, Hope, Kingdom of God, Leadership, Spiritual Warfare
Honor creates a supernatural environment. Without living in honor with all people, the Church can never rise into the fullness of her calling and see the miraculous transformation God has planned for the nations. Honor is a word that means, “to value someone or...
by Garris Elkins | Mar 3, 2009 | Church, Culture, Kingdom of God, Leadership, Revival, Vision.
Almost thirty years ago I was sitting around a table with five other young and inexperienced pastors. We were in a small meeting room at Montana State University in Billings, Montana. Seated with us was Jerry Cook, the author of the tremendous book, “Love,...
by Garris Elkins | Mar 3, 2009 | Church, Hope, Kingdom of God, Leadership, Obedience, Revival, Vision.
For years I taught people how to create mission statements for their lives and how to develop a vision along with a personal set of values. It was good, but I don’t do that anymore. At first these vision planning sessions excited me. Then something changed. A...
by Garris Elkins | Mar 3, 2009 | Church, Hope, Prayer, Prophetic, Restoration
Yesterday, Jan and I went to see the movie Valkyrie. The movie was based on the true story surrounding the events of a failed assassination attempt on Hitler at the infamous Wolf’s Liar. It was good cinema and Tom Cruise did a great job acting out his character....
by Garris Elkins | Mar 3, 2009 | Church, Kingdom of God, Prayer, Prophetic, Vision.
Places dedicated to prayer attract me. When I was a student at Multnomah in Portland, Oregon I enjoyed walking into the prayer chapel and sitting on the wooden pews. The chapel is as old as the campus. At one time someone proposed removing the old chapel to make way...
