by Garris Elkins | Jan 26, 2015 | Apostle, Church, Discipleship, Faith, Favor, Five-Fold Ministry, Freedom, Future, Holiness, Holy Spirit, Identity, Leadership, Ministry, Resurrection, Revival
When you began your journey of faith in Christ you were given everything up front. You were given a full measure of the Holy Spirit. You were given all the gifts of the Spirit and all the authority needed to establish God’s Kingdom on earth as it is in...
by Garris Elkins | Jan 19, 2015 | Courage, Discipleship, Discipline, Favor, Forgivenss, Mercy, Obedience, Peace, Prayer, Redemption, Restoration, Sacrifice
Recently, I read a response to something I had written on one of my social media accounts. The response was a bit edgy and confronting. When I read the persons comment (I don’t know them), I realized their response revealed a lack of understanding of the...
by Garris Elkins | Jan 15, 2015 | Apostle, Destiny, Favor, Five-Fold Ministry, Gifts, Identity, Leadership, Power, Spiritual Warfare, Supernatural
When I was a young man in my 20’s, I was a police officer. I served for 9 years and then God changed the direction of my life and for the last 34 years, I have been a pastor. Those 9 years deeply impacted my life. To this day, I see life through the lens...
by Garris Elkins | Dec 9, 2014 | Apostle, Courage, Death, Destiny, Dreams, Eternity, Faith, Fathers, Favor, Fear, Freedom, Identity, Leadership, Ministry, Promise, Provision, Redemption, Tranistion, Vision.
I have always loved the thought of wagon trains crossing the unexplored American West and arriving at distant destinations filled with the hope of a new beginning. I live in the Rogue Valley of southern Oregon where I hope to spend the rest of my days. The first...
by Garris Elkins | Nov 26, 2014 | Destiny, Dreams, Faith, Fathers, Favor, Gifts, Holy Spirit, Identity, Wisdom
My grandfather, like his father before him, made violins. They called these violins fiddles. From the forest that surrounded the family home near Quitman, Texas they would cut and cure hardwoods that would someday become beautiful fiddles. As they walked through a...
by Garris Elkins | Nov 22, 2014 | Change, Courage, Destiny, Dreams, Faith, Favor, Fear, Freedom, Joy, Promise, Provision, Redemption, Trust
For every ending – the end of a relationship, the death of a ministry or the collapse of a dream – there exists a new beginning. These unexpected new beginnings can be forced upon us by a circumstance of life or by our own poor choices. God will use these...
