by Garris Elkins | Feb 7, 2020 | Courage, Creativity, Faith, Favor, Freedom, Future
If the primary motivator of what we do is the maintenance of credibility among our peers, we will not take our place on the expanding frontier of revelation. Each explorer in history, whether it was the exploration of new geography or a new way of thinking, left their...
by Garris Elkins | Feb 4, 2020 | Church, Courage, Culture, Faithfulness, Favor, Fear, Power, Revelation, Spiritual Warfare, Truth, Word
We are the keeper of the keys of heaven. The phrase “the keeper of the keys” has been used to describe someone who maintains, watches over and defends the interest of their employer. A modern-day hotel concierge – the keeper of the keys –...
by Garris Elkins | Jan 30, 2020 | Courage, Destiny, Discipline, Dreams, Faith, Faithfulness
I like to get up in the morning and hit the brew button on our coffeemaker and, within a couple of minutes, have a hot cup of coffee in hand to go along with my Dutch stroopwafel. This morning, the coffeemaker beeped, letting me know the coffee was ready. I placed my...
by Garris Elkins | Jan 25, 2020 | Apostle, Church, Courage, Destiny, Kingdom of God, Revival, Spirit, Spiritual Warfare, Teaching
As warm and embracing as our faith might be to us personally, to some, it will come across as strange, insignificant, or even foolish. One reason why we are seeing unhealthy doctrines entering the church is that, in some cases, our core message has been compromised in...
by Garris Elkins | Jan 23, 2020 | Courage, Death, Discernment, Holiness, Hope, Humility, Identiy, Love, Spiritual Warfare, Truth
For the last year or two, I have been waking up and noticing numbers on my illuminated nightstand clock that read like rifle and handgun calibers – 2:23, 2:43, 2:57, 3:00, 3:27, 3:38 and 3:57. At first, I thought I was noticing the caliber numbers simply because...
by Garris Elkins | Jan 10, 2020 | Courage, Discernment, Discipleship, Freedom, Truth, Wisdom
Truth, the heart of God kind of truth, can be hidden behind an offense we hold against someone, a particular worldview we don’t agree with or a personality type we find inappropriate. These issues must never be allowed to become an emotional or intellectual...
