by Garris Elkins | Aug 20, 2019 | Discipleship, Five-fold, Gifts, God, Grace, Kingdom of God, Prophecy, Prophetic, Spiritual Warfare
We had a massive forest fire just north of our area. It has been contained and the remaining crews are in the mop-up stage. It was called the Milepost 97 Fire referring to milepost 97 on the I-5 freeway in Oregon. I read an article posted by a weather agency that...
by Garris Elkins | Jul 3, 2019 | Apostle, Church, Culture, Five-fold, Gifts, Kingdom, Kingdom of God, Leadership, Reformation, Revival
God is creating alliances of believers who realize the current expression of the Church is not agile enough to accomplish The Great Commission. These individuals also know it will not be enough to fill yet another stadium for a stand-alone, uplifting gathering or...
by Garris Elkins | Jun 22, 2019 | Apostle, Church, Culture, Five-fold, Leadership
Striving to stand atop the proverbial heap will leave you standing at the summit of just a heap. An elevated position of earthly power and authority is not the only place where significant revelation occurs. The greatest revelations are designed to arrive on...
by Garris Elkins | Jun 19, 2019 | Apostle, Five-fold, Holy Spirit, Kingdom, Prophecy, Prophetic, Reformation, Revival, Supernatural
The echoes of prophetic words spoken in the past are approaching our moment of history. These are words that were assigned to be received and experienced more than once. They are living words that are continually issuing a prophetic echo. These echoes carry...
by Garris Elkins | Jun 10, 2019 | Apostle, Church, Discipleship, Five-fold, Five-Fold Ministry, Gifts, Holy Spirit, Kingdom, Kingdom of God, Leadership, Ministry, Pentecost, Revelation, Revival, Spiritual Warfare, Supernatural, Wisdom, Worship
Yesterday, the Church all around the world gathered to celebrate Pentecost Sunday. Pentecost was the day when the Spirit came in a sudden and unexpected demonstration of power. I try to examine what takes place after such events. I am not sure God wants us...
by Garris Elkins | May 20, 2019 | Discernment, Discipleship, Discipline, Five-fold, Five-Fold Ministry, Healing, Kingdom of God, Leadership, Pride, Revelation, Truth, Word
The soul and the spirit need to remain separate in the formation of our worldview and theology. Only the Word of God can make the separating cut revealing the distinction between these two components of our life. Theologies and doctrines formed by human logic in the...