by Garris Elkins | Jul 12, 2016 | Apostle, Discipleship, Discipline, Faithfulness, Five-Fold Ministry, Identity, Kingdom of God, Transition
Twenty-five years ago the Lord gave me four questions to ask myself. At the time, I Jan and I were between assignments and served for a short season on the staff of a large church. One day, I introduced the four questions at a staff meeting as a way to keep...
by Garris Elkins | Jul 9, 2016 | Apostle, Courage, Destiny, Fear, Five-Fold Ministry, Kingdom of God, Prophecy
The Lord spoke a simple phrase to me. He said, “Sharpened voices.” I waited for a moment and He went on to say He has sharpened voices for this moment in our national history to address prophetically the challenging issues we are facing as a nation. These voices have...
by Garris Elkins | Jan 6, 2016 | Apostle, Church, Courage, Destiny, Dreams, Favor, Five-Fold Ministry, Future, Kingdom of God, Miracles, Pride, Restoration, Spiritual Warfare
This week, as I prayed for the leaders of churches, denominations and religious organizations, I saw them coming together in a most unusual way. As the image developed, I saw the Lord imbedding magnets of fellowship in one shoulder and plates of receptive steel in the...
by Garris Elkins | Dec 21, 2015 | Apostle, Church, Destiny, Five-Fold Ministry, Gifts, Holy Spirit, Kingdom of God, Miracles, Restoration
When Jesus said, “Truly I tell you, anyone who gives you a cup of water in my name because you belong to the Messiah will certainly not lose their reward.” With that statement, Jesus was telling His disciples there were more people doing the will of the Father in that...
by Garris Elkins | Dec 19, 2015 | Change, Church, Five-Fold Ministry, Revival
In the mid-1950s our family lived in the small town of Los Gatos, California. Los Gatos was a suburb of San Jose that would eventually become known as the Silicon Valley. One of the things our family liked to do was go to drive-in movies. Mom and Dad would make a bed...
by Garris Elkins | Dec 6, 2015 | Change, Courage, Destiny, Fear, Five-Fold Ministry, Freedom, Kingdom of God, Leadership, Ministry, Power, Supernatural
The Kingdom of God functions at a higher level of authority than a lesser authority defined by the political labels of conservative, liberal or independent. These political definitions are used to describe a lower, earthly kingdom and its limited system of power...
