by Garris Elkins | Feb 9, 2019 | Change, Courage, Deliverance, Faith, Family, Freedom, Future, Hope, Love, Marriage, Prayer, Restoration, Spiritual Warfare, Transition, Wisdom
In our many years of living life together, Jan and I can speak with confidence (in the Lord) when it comes to navigating through the unexpected and fearful changes that life can bring. In the beginning, the challenging and unplanned interruptions in our lives felt as...
by Garris Elkins | Feb 4, 2019 | Courage, Creativity, Discipline, Favor, Fear, Forgiveness, Freedom, Future, Healing, Humility
During the Super Bowl, I heard an announcer use a short phrase not commonly used. The announcer said a player had made “a miscue.” The words brought back a memory from a time in my life many years ago. When I heard the words, I also heard a promise for...
by Garris Elkins | Jan 25, 2019 | Church planting, Courage, Culture, Five-Fold Ministry, Power, Reformation, Revelation, Revival, Spiritual Warfare, Teaching
I heard the Spirit say, “A great unraveling has begun.” We are about to see dark agendas unravel and spill their deceptive contents into the public square of our nation for all to see. Several recent events have initiated this unraveling. Many people...
by Garris Elkins | Jan 24, 2019 | Church planting, Courage, Culture, Death, Deliverance
With the glut of self-appointed social media theologians, one would think God was neurotic and had a personality disorder. He has been described in a variety of ways. Some of these descriptions give angels pause. God did not change between covenants. There is no Old...
by Garris Elkins | Jan 20, 2019 | Change, Courage, Leadership, Ministry, Rest, Transtion, Trust
Without a transition plan, you will be found grasping the doorframe of your current life assignment, afraid to let go and move into the new season God has for you. Fear can cause us to freeze and become immobile. When faced with a transition, we can sometimes...
by Garris Elkins | Jan 17, 2019 | Church, Courage, Discipline, Faith, Five-Fold Ministry, Freedom, Jesus, Kingdom of God, Pentecost, Power, Prophecy, Reformation, Revelation, Wisdom
The most significant prophetic voices are not always those who capture the most social media attention or get invited to speak at conferences advertised with garish slick-page ads or who sell the most “product.” That is a narrow arena of Kingdom influence many times...