by Garris Elkins | Sep 29, 2017 | Apostle, Courage, Culture, Deliverance, Five-Fold Ministry, Kingdom of God, Promotion, Reconciliation, Reformation, Teaching
Our lives are constantly being filled with opposing opinions on all matters pertaining to life. This has become a place where anger and frustration breed their offspring of division and hatred. The way forward through this morass of opinion and heated emotion will...
by Garris Elkins | Sep 5, 2017 | Apostle, Church, Courage, Five-Fold Ministry, Humility, Leadership, Ministry, Reconciliation, Truth, Wisdom
I saw a recent interchange on a social media account where people were condemning a nationally recognized pastor about the style and substance of his ministry. The condemning volleys were fired from the misinformed distance provided to the accusers by a Google search...
by Garris Elkins | Aug 28, 2017 | Apostle, Church, Courage, Discipleship, Fathers, Five-Fold Ministry, Gifts, Humility, Kingdom of God, Obedience, Peace, Revelation, Word
I read a sad social media interchange between a church leader and the people responding to something he posted. The comment he made appeared flippant and out of tune with God’s heart. I assume it is a comment he now regrets making, maybe not in content but in his...
by Garris Elkins | Aug 27, 2017 | Discipleship, Evangelism, Five-Fold Ministry, Forgiveenss, Freedom, Holy Spirit, Identity, Kingdom of God, Marriage, Redemption, Teaching
One of the most beautiful things about love is choice. If you remove choice from either side of a relationship it is no longer love. I remember the day I asked Jan to marry me. I asked and she said yes. I offered love and she accepted. I did not take Jan by force...
by Garris Elkins | Aug 24, 2017 | Apostle, Change, Church, Courage, Family, Five-Fold Ministry
In a television interview today, I said to my interviewer, “Some of those labeled as ‘forsaking the assembling’ of the Church have not walked away from God. They have simply forsaken the model of the Church we have presented to them.” Be...
by Garris Elkins | Aug 10, 2017 | Church, Courage, Discipleship, Five-Fold Ministry, Freedom, Gifts, Kingdom of God, Obedience, Power, Prayer, Revelation, Revival, Spiritual Warfare, Teaching, Truth
John Wimber once said, “If you’re not aware of the Presence you will never be aware of the Power.” The greatest thing a pastor can do when a congregation gathers is to help the people acknowledge the presence of God in the assembly. Without this acknowledgment and a...
