by Garris Elkins | Feb 26, 2013 | Future, God, Hope, Love, Miracles, Repentance
As a kid growing up we had one of those large, rubber-walled above ground swimming pools in our back yard. The pool stood three feet tall and was about twenty feet across. My brother and I would spend hours each summer swimming and playing in the water under the...
by Garris Elkins | Feb 19, 2013 | Evangelism, Forgiveness, Future, Hope, Kingdom of God, Obedience, Repentance, Revival
Some of us wait for the miracles to fall before we think a revival can begin. Others are waiting for a cultural icon to come to Christ to set off a line of spiritual dominos falling towards a massive move of God’s Spirit. Jesus had another plan – he said the...
by Garris Elkins | Feb 13, 2013 | Apostle, Church, Faith, Hope, Kingdom of God, Leadership, Teaching, Transition, Trust
As a young pastor I listened a lot. I listened to the many voices of leaders who went before me. There were times in those early years when I would ask a simple question and receive a profound answer. In my first year of pastoring I asked Jerry Cook...
by Garris Elkins | Feb 7, 2013 | Dreams, Faith, Future, Hope, Obedience
When Jan and I lived in Berlin, Germany we loved walking in the city parks. The park system in Berlin was unlike any I had ever seen. These parks were not the traditional square piece of land with grass and a few trees – the parks in Berlin ran through...
by Garris Elkins | Feb 5, 2013 | Church, Hope, Leadership, Ministry, Teaching, Transition
We have a tendency to think a person who has become a legend is stronger and more capable than the offspring of the legend themselves. If some of our legends were alive today they would challenge that way of thinking. In 1967, I was a junior in high school...
by Garris Elkins | Jan 27, 2013 | Faith, Future, Holy Spirit, Hope, Leadership, Ministry, Obedience, Prayer, Restoration
Several years ago, I realized that if I was going to finish well I would need to invest in those things that allowed me to go deeper in my intimacy with God. Over the years of ministry I have seen the encroachment of demands and needs taking over my calendar and...
