by Garris Elkins | Oct 9, 2018 | Apostle, Church, Courage, Culture, Discipleship, Five-Fold Ministry, Future, Gifts, Kingdom of God, Leadership, Ministry, Pride, Reformation, Revival, Teaching, Truth, Wisdom
A man named Jerry Cook radically changed how I view the Church. Over a span of thirty years, I listened to Jerry speak at conferences and read his writing. I also had the opportunity to sit in several small group settings with Jerry and glean his wisdom. Toward the...
by Garris Elkins | Sep 28, 2018 | Apostle, Creativity, Deliverance, Destiny, Favor, Five-Fold Ministry, Holy Spirit, Kingdom of God, Prophecy, Provision, Reformation
I was hiking along a deer trail away from roads and civilization. The trail led me through an open prairie where I came across an old foundation. Upon inspection, I found it to be stable and strong. It was covered with moss, but other than the moss and its apparent...
by Garris Elkins | Sep 20, 2018 | Discipleship, Evangelism, Faith, Favor, Five-Fold Ministry, Pride, Spiritual Warfare, Teaching
Every life has an unknown audience. These are people who are being affected by your life. They are people you will most likely never meet. They will only be discovered in eternity. On this blog, I have an analytic device that tells me how many people read my blog each...
by Garris Elkins | Sep 19, 2018 | Change, Church, Culture, Five-Fold Ministry, Freedom, Holy Spirit, Kingdom of God, Obedience, Reformation, Revival, Transition
I awoke this morning having experienced a dream that was a bit unusual. Without going into all the details, I was in a very dated place. The buildings looked like something out of a 1930’s movie. People were attired in fashions from eighty years ago. The style,...
by Garris Elkins | Sep 16, 2018 | Apostle, Church, Courage, Culture, Five-Fold Ministry, Ministry
There are times when continuing to sail a ship without a retrofit is a recipe for disaster. Just as a sailing vessel needs some dry dock time to scrape off the barnacles and make sure all the fittings are seaworthy, so it is with a church, denomination or any...
by Garris Elkins | Sep 2, 2018 | Church, Culture, Discipleship, Five-Fold Ministry, Gifts, Holy Spirit, Kingdom of God, Power, prayer repentance hope, Prophecy, Spiritual Warfare
When I wrote the book, Prayers from the Throne of God, little did I know it would become an emotional and spiritual source of encouragement highlighting our freedom and authority as believers. Yes, the book is about a different way to pray, but it also creates a way...
