by Garris Elkins | Apr 18, 2018 | Courage, Creativity, Death, Discipline, Forgiveness, God, Honor, Kingdom of God, Love, Promotion, Relationships, Spiritual Warfare, Wisdom
The depth of our character and the breadth of our compassion are revealed when a noted public figure passes with whom we disagree politically or morally or when a guilty person suffers what some consider a deserved punishment. An undisciplined and unmerciful response...
by Garris Elkins | Apr 17, 2018 | Creativity, Deliverance, Faith, Future, Leadership, Promotion, Revelation, Wisdom
Spirit-led imagination functions in a place of unexplored possibilities outside the boundary of what is currently known and defined. This imagination takes place on the leading edge of an expanding revelation. C.S. Lewis described an experience called a “baptism...
by Garris Elkins | Apr 16, 2018 | Change, Courage, Creativity, Culture, Five-fold, Kingdom of God
The prophetic voice of the Church should sound different than the voices of the political and social pundits we hear on our favorite news outlet. When our voice becomes saturated with the same frustration and uses the same talking points as this battling political...
by Garris Elkins | Apr 14, 2018 | Creativity, Death, Eternity, Family, Freedom, Revelation, Spirit, Worship
The separating veil is so thin. It is sheer and wafting before our eyes like fine gauze. If we could only imagine how thin and close it is to us – the eternal, the other side of all things as we now know them. They walk there with Him, our departed loved ones,...
by Garris Elkins | Apr 13, 2018 | Creativity, Discipleship, Eternity, Faith, Fear, Forgiveness, Future, Holy Spirit, Identity, Jesus, Kingdom of God, Prayer, Pride, Revelation, Spiritual Warfare
I was listening to a YouTube video of an old rocker (Peter Frampton) to see if I wanted to invest the money in a concert he is doing this summer. As I listened to some of his old familiar songs, I was transported back in emotional time. I could feel the rumble of the...
by Garris Elkins | Mar 28, 2018 | Church, Courage, Creativity, Discipleship, Faith, Family, Five-Fold Ministry, Freedom, God, Humility, Kingdom of God, Pride, Spiritual Warfare, Thankfulness, Wisdom
From time-to-time, I get some interesting feedback from what I write. It goes with the territory. The vast majority of the comments I receive are very affirming and kind. There are times a comment will come through not birthed out of a relationship, but from what I...
