by Garris Elkins | May 17, 2019 | Apostle, Church, Courage, Death, Discernment, Faith, Fear, Gifts, Holy Spirit, Kingdom of God, Leadership, Spiritual Warfare
In the classic western, Tombstone, Wyatt Earp played by actor Kurt Russell, walks into a bar that used to have more business and a gentrified clientele to see it virtually empty and barely surviving. Customers had been chased off by a bully who sat each day at a card...
by Garris Elkins | May 4, 2019 | Discipline, Favor, Holiness, Holy Spirit, Integrity, Justice, Marriage, Mercy, Promotion, Relationships, Spiritual Warfare, Truth, Worship
Today, Jan and I were lying in bed in the early morning darkness having a conversation. During our conversation, we heard a voice speak to us from somewhere in our bedroom. It was Siri, the robotic voice on Jan’s iPhone. Siri said, “Hmm…I don’t know what that...
by Garris Elkins | Apr 27, 2019 | Culture, Discernment, Discipleship, Fear, Freedom, Future, Holy Spirit, Justice, Kingdom, Love, Peace, Prophecy, Prophetic, Spiritual Warfare, Supernatural
Every once and awhile I will feel unsettled. Unexamined, those unsettled feelings can affect my outlook on life and my response to the people I love. It happened yesterday. I awoke in the morning feeling out of synch. It was not a matter of hidden sin or...
by Garris Elkins | Apr 24, 2019 | Courage, Discipleship, Discipline, Favor, Fear, Future, God, Holy Spirit, Leadership, Peace, Promotion
We live in a world where prominence is seen as a promotion. We are told the trajectory of our lives must always move upward and outward toward a place of greater visibility. In the Kingdom of God, the opposite can actually take place when the hand of God is on a...
by Garris Elkins | Apr 23, 2019 | Change, Courage, Discipleship, Discipline, Future, Holy Spirit, Integrity, Promise, Promotion, Provision, Redemption, Tranistion
The lessons you learned in past transitions will help guide you in your future transition. Revisit those lessons and learn from them again. Just like professional athletes revisit the basics of their sport with their coach, so the followers of Christ revisit the...
by Garris Elkins | Apr 12, 2019 | Apostle, Church, Courage, Evangelism, Family, Father, Fathers, Giving, God, Healing, Holy Spirit, Identity, Jesus, Justice, Pride, Promotion, Relationships, Thankfulness, Women
I remember reading about a young woman who was part of a team of noted researchers who accomplished a major scientific breakthrough. Her research produced the amazing results being celebrated by others yet her name remained hidden and unrecognized. Everything changed...
