by Garris Elkins | Nov 25, 2019 | God, Grace, Healing, Peace, Rest, Trust
Today, one of the most critical decisions any of us will make is the choice to rest. Our greatest peace and our most significant accomplishments come from a place of rest. Without being able to rest we will create gods in our image that will become taskmasters beating...
by Garris Elkins | Nov 16, 2019 | Discernment, Discipleship, Discipline, Grace, Healing, Honor, Integrity, Love
I would like to comment on many things taking place in the public square, but in doing so, I would probably scare some people and offend others with my frankness. So, I remain silent and pray. My lips carry multiple scars from years of biting them in an attempt to...
by Garris Elkins | Nov 14, 2019 | Courage, Deliverance, Discernment, Dreams, Gifts, Healing, Holiness, Love, Prophetic, Resurrection, Vision.
At our best, we only see and understand the events of life in part. The experience of personal and cultural change has deposited people in new places without their full knowledge of how they arrived or what had actually taken place in the transition. Most of life...
by Garris Elkins | Nov 5, 2019 | Apostle, Church, Favor, Fear, Freedom, Healing, Justice, Ministry, Pride
In the sphere of cultural influence called Arts & Entertainment, people are being touched by God. Each day more and more celebrities are coming forth and publicly confessing Jesus Christ. This is a Barnabas moment for the Church. Some are concerned with the...
by Garris Elkins | Oct 28, 2019 | Deliverance, Discernment, Fear, Five-Fold Ministry, Healing, Power, Relationships, Spiritual Warfare, Teaching, Truth, Word, Worship
Using words like witchcraft, demon possession, and spiritual warfare will cause some people to roll their intellectual eyes like they are talking to a mentally deficient hayseed. I’m glad the first followers of Jesus didn’t feel this way or leave those encounters out...
by Garris Elkins | Oct 18, 2019 | Change, Creativity, Deliverance, Discernment, Faith, Future, Healing, Hope, Kingdom of God, Promise
Yesterday, I was raking up mounds of colorful leaves that covered our back yard. While raking the leaves, the Lord said, “You are raking up the shade of summer.” I knew what He meant. I was raking into piles the very things that provided us with the cool shade we so...
