by Garris Elkins | Jun 25, 2019 | Change, Church, Culture
A Kingdom mindset is not limited to the bottom line. Creating a vision and mission around a bottom line is the product of a natural mindset. This way of thinking is limited by what can be measured and considered by human reasoning. God invites us to entertain the...
by Garris Elkins | Jun 22, 2019 | Apostle, Church, Culture, Five-fold, Leadership
Striving to stand atop the proverbial heap will leave you standing at the summit of just a heap. An elevated position of earthly power and authority is not the only place where significant revelation occurs. The greatest revelations are designed to arrive on...
by Garris Elkins | Jun 17, 2019 | Culture, Death, Deliverance, Discernment, Faith, Justice, Prophetic, Rest, Spiritual Warfare, Supernatural, Wisdom
Jan and I live in a small cottage built during World War II. It was part of an officer’s housing unit in a military training facility located in southern Oregon during the war. After the war, our home was purchased at auction and moved to its current location in...
by Garris Elkins | Jun 16, 2019 | Culture, Discernment, Dreams, Faith, Fathers, Favor, Fear, Future, Gifts, Grace, Hope
Today, I took a few minutes between errands to visit a car show that takes place each year in Medford, Oregon. Row after row of classic cars was lined up on a grass field in one of our city parks. In the middle of all the cars was an Olds 442 muscle car. I stopped in...
by Garris Elkins | Jun 8, 2019 | Courage, Culture, Discipleship, Fear, Forgiveness, Grace, Identity, Justice, Love, Mercy, Obedience
Each time we perform to feel loved we deform love’s beauty. In our performance, we become a slave to a conditional form of false love that Jesus came to set us free from. Performance is subtle. It can masquerade as religious dedication but when you begin...
by Garris Elkins | Jun 6, 2019 | Apostle, Church, Culture, Discernment, Freedom, Kingdom of God, Obedience, Promise, Prophecy, Reformation, Revival, Spiritual Warfare, Truth
I write the following knowing the unease it can create, especially since it is so easy to put our hope in a political process. The Lord gave me an image of Him riding in Washington, DC atop a donkey. The image of a donkey represents the Democrat Party in the United...
