by Garris Elkins | May 8, 2020 | Change, Discernment, Discipleship, Discipline, Dreams, Fear, Future, Healing, Justice, Relationships, Revelation
What if the future unfolds in a way none of us could have imagined? What if the issues we thought were the problem was not the problem after all, but a diversion not only from reality but from the truth itself? I am pondering these questions today because I want...
by Garris Elkins | May 3, 2020 | Deliverance, Discernment, Discipline, Truth, Vision., Wisdom
When historians look back and review this time in our national history, what will they write? Honest historians will write with reflective clarity seeing in retrospect what we have been trying so hard to comprehend. Today, many are trapped in shallow layers of...
by Garris Elkins | May 2, 2020 | Apostle, Church, Courage, Discernment, Discipline, Five-Fold Ministry, Forgiveness, Grace, Healing, Honor, Identity, Justice, Kingdom of God, Leadership, Pride, Relationships, Restoration
Critics in the Church come and go like the cycles of ocean tides. They run up on the beach of the Church to make their claim and then recede, leaving behind the hissing foam of their declaration of judgment. Over the years, I have noticed several areas where critics...
by Garris Elkins | Apr 29, 2020 | Courage, Death, Discipline, Faith, Justice, Kingdom of God, Spirit, Spiritual Warfare, Vision.
Every life-assignment requires some form of gear. Gear is that equipment you make sure is ready and functional in case the stuff of life hits the fan. Before an operation, a special forces operator does a final check of their gear to make sure everything is in place...
by Garris Elkins | Apr 28, 2020 | Discipline, Fear, Five-Fold Ministry, Freedom, Grace, Healing, Honor, Humility, Justice, Wisdom
It never ceases to amaze me how some people will negatively interpret what we write or speak. Some personal filters are so biased it does not matter how clear something is written or spoken, their personal bias hijacks their reasoning and interpretation. At that...
by Garris Elkins | Apr 24, 2020 | Culture, Discernment, Discipline, Faith
I’ve noticed something, or rather, had it confirmed once again. In a time of peace or when no global trauma is taking place, smartasses have an audience. They are like the schoolyard bully no one confronts, until one day when someone does, and then they are no longer...
