by Garris Elkins | Sep 12, 2019 | Apostle, Church, Five-Fold Ministry, Holy Spirit, Kingdom of God, Reformation, Revival
Jan and I take communion every day. We pray for our family, friends, and our marriage. During communion, we remember God’s faithfulness in all things. We use a small thimble-sized brass goblet from Israel to serve the wine and matzo crackers for our bread. When we...
by Garris Elkins | Sep 5, 2019 | Discernment, Faith, Faithfulness, Five-Fold Ministry, Freedom, Gifts, Grace, Holiness, Humility, Integrity, Leadership
Everyone has a gift. To say someone is “really gifted” is a statement of preference. It simply says we value and might even prefer a particular gift and its function. We like gifts so much we take tests to determine what gifts we might possess. They are popular,...
by Garris Elkins | Aug 31, 2019 | Apostle, Church, Discipleship, Five-Fold Ministry, Gifts, God, Grace, Holy Spirit, Identity, Kingdom of God, Mercy, Promotion, Redemption, Spiritual Warfare, Supernatural
About 30 years ago, I was escorted through the West Wing of the White House. A friend of mine who knew one of President George H. W. Bush’s correspondent secretaries arranged for us to get an after-hours guided tour. During the tour, we came to the Oval...
by Garris Elkins | Aug 18, 2019 | Apostle, Change, Church, Creativity, Discipleship, Five-Fold Ministry, Healing, Kingdom of God, Revival, Spiritual Warfare, Word
The only trusted way to know how to interpret this life is to bring our opinions to Scripture and let God’s truth evaluate the quality of our understanding. If we bring Scripture to our opinion and allow our opinion to override and reinterpret what truth is, we will...
by Garris Elkins | Aug 2, 2019 | Apostle, Culture, Deliverance, Discernment, Discipleship, Five-Fold Ministry, Freedom, Holy Spirit, Justice, Kingdom of God, Leadership, Prophecy, Prophetic, Redemption, Word
Some mainstream social media platforms and search engines are demonstrating a level of control and censorship not imagined just a few years ago. Consideration of an opposing opinion is being denied and in some extreme cases defined as domestic terrorism. As...
by Garris Elkins | Aug 1, 2019 | Apostle, Creavity, Culture, Five-Fold Ministry, Leadership
In a tactical operation, whether natural or spiritual, those who can remain fluid and able to break away from a failed plan and adapt to rapidly changing circumstance are the ones who will actually complete the mission when the mission seems to have fallen apart. Stay...
