by Garris Elkins | Jan 3, 2019 | Apostle, Church, Courage, Discipleship, Five-fold, Gifts, Holy Spirit, Prophecy, Spiritual Warfare
A prophet is a courier. Like couriers who deliver documents between clients, so it is with a prophet who delivers a word from God. When we see ourselves as more than simple couriers, we will eventually feel the need to create a public platform highlighting our style...
by Garris Elkins | Aug 28, 2018 | Five-fold, Freedom, Gifts, Holy Spirit, Kingdom of God, Prophecy, Spiritual Warfare, Teaching, Wisdom
Of all the gifts of the Spirit, the gift of prophecy has the ability to be hijacked more easily than other gifts. When an audience is pursued by a prophet at some point a temptation will be offered for them to use the same intriguing sources of information the world...
by Garris Elkins | Jun 16, 2018 | Courage, Creativity, Culture, Faith, Fear, Five-fold, Freedom, Future, Justice, Kingdom of God, Mercy, Peace
Every dream began when someone stopped long enough to ponder a new reality. God is inviting each of us to a place where we can ponder with Him so He can reveal what has not yet been imagined. From within that place of availability to God, dreams will be released that...
by Garris Elkins | May 30, 2018 | Change, Church, Courage, Culture, Five-fold, Gifts, Holy Spirit, Kingdom of God, Reformation, Revival, Spiritual Warfare, Vision.
People are leaving certain expressions of the Church. Depending on how you see this exit, it can create concern or expectation. On the different summits of culture where God is doing His work of reformation are embedded some of those who had previously...
by Garris Elkins | Apr 16, 2018 | Change, Courage, Creativity, Culture, Five-fold, Kingdom of God
The prophetic voice of the Church should sound different than the voices of the political and social pundits we hear on our favorite news outlet. When our voice becomes saturated with the same frustration and uses the same talking points as this battling political...
by Garris Elkins | Apr 12, 2018 | Five-fold, Gifts, Holy Spirit, Kingdom of God, Prophecy, Revelation, Spirit
“Suddenly, there was a sound from heaven…” (Acts 2:2). The word translated as sound here is ēchos: it means sound or noise (and is also the root of the English word “echo”). The same word was used in Luke 4 to describe the sound of a testimony created by the ministry...
