by Garris Elkins | Jun 21, 2020 | Church, Courage, Culture, Faithfulness, Five-Fold Ministry, Freedom, Holy Spirit, Honor, Justice, Prohecy, Prophetic
There is such a thing as a healthy compromise. This is a meeting where two opposing parties step over existing prohibitions and warnings and try to work things out no matter what the cost might be to them personally. Compromise becomes unhealthy when we filter...
by Garris Elkins | Jun 16, 2020 | Apostle, Change, Church, Courage, Culture, Discipleship, Family, Fear, Freedom, Future
Recently, someone said they would prefer a place in the kitchen before they were offered a place at the table of cultural dialogue. I thought that statement to be very insightful. In the kitchen is where we prepare the meal that we will serve at the table of...
by Garris Elkins | Jun 10, 2020 | Apostle, Change, Church, Culture
A couple of days ago, I needed to get away and detox my soul. I did not know where I was going when I first started to drive. I finally ended up at a local lake. I parked my truck and walked down to the water’s edge. The water was low. Our region is experiencing...
by Garris Elkins | Jun 9, 2020 | Church, Courage, Creativity, Culture, Discernment, Five-Fold Ministry, Freedom, Healing
When I was a young pastor, I had a private conversation with a mentor of mine who was a noted apostolic leader. He had a large church with far-reaching influence. In the youth of my ministry, I placed this man on a deserved pedestal of honor. When he passed away, the...
by Garris Elkins | Jun 6, 2020 | Courage, Culture, Death, Deliverance, Discipline, Dreams, Faith, Faithfulness, Freedom
In recent months, discussions have taken place about when the rights of a believer-citizen should be exercised, or not. There are valid points on both sides of the conversation and worth hearing. One camp says a believer should never demand their rights and just take...
by Garris Elkins | Jun 3, 2020 | Culture, Deliverance, Discernment, Discipleship, Dreams, Future, Kingdom of God, Leadership, Prophecy, Vision.
The prophet Joel spoke of the culmination of time and quoted the Lord, who said, “I will pour out my Spirit upon all people.” The “all people” wording leaves no one out. It will affect believers, non-believers, and those in between. It was an all-inclusive...
