by Garris Elkins | Jun 4, 2019 | Apostle, Change, Church, Culture, Five-Fold Ministry, Holy Spirit, Justice, Kingdom, Leadership, Ministry, Reformation
Yesterday, I saw in my spirit an image I think might describe some of what is taking place in the Church. I saw the image of a single cell like I was viewing it under the intense magnification of a microscope at the moment the cell first divided and became two cells....
by Garris Elkins | Jun 1, 2019 | Culture, Dreams, Favor, Freedom, Future, Grace, Hope, Mercy, Promise, Restoration, Revival
As I write this it is almost 4:00 in the morning and the pre-dawn temperature is 62 degrees with a forecasted daytime high of 88. In the middle of winter, a daytime temperature of 62 would be a record-setting heat wave. When I saw the warm temperature reading and...
by Garris Elkins | May 30, 2019 | Church, Courage, Culture, Death, Discipleship, Favor, Fear, Freedom, Grace, Identity, Obedience, Promise, Provision, Supernatural
An audience is not an anointing. Some of the most anointed lives are lived in isolation and suffering. Celebrity and notoriety come and go at the whim of a consumer culture both within society and the Church. Do not chase the affirmation of people thinking...
by Garris Elkins | May 25, 2019 | Apostle, Change, Church, Culture, Discipleship, Five-Fold Ministry, Future, Kingdom of God, Reformation, Revelation, Revival
Recently, I spoke at a gathering of social reformers and cultural influencers. My assignment was to unpack the teaching gift from within the five equipping gifts Paul mentioned in Ephesians 4. In my presentation, I shared there are three expressions of a teaching gift...
by Garris Elkins | May 18, 2019 | Courage, Culture, Death, Deliverance, Discipleship, Discipline, Faithfulness, Favor, Fear, Hope, Justice, Kingdom, Ministry, Miracles, Obedience, Promise, Reformation, Resurrection, Truth
When the average citizen of Jerusalem walked by Jesus and the two criminals hanging beside Him on crosses it was nothing unusual. Crucifixions were a normal occurrence at that time in history. No one seeing the crucifixion could ever imagine the salvation of all...
by Garris Elkins | May 16, 2019 | Culture, Deliverance, Discipline, Faithfulness, Favor, Fear, Freedom, Mercy
Scripture tells us that mercy triumphs over judgment. We typically think that instruction is for us on how we are to conduct our lives. That is true, but it has another meaning. It is the revelation of how God relates to humanity. In a single moment of time He could...
