by Garris Elkins | Aug 29, 2018 | Courage, Culture, Death, Deliverance, Discipline, Family, Humility, Peace, Relationships, Wisdom
We are living in a very tense moment spiritually. If we who represent Jesus Christ on Earth are not careful, we could make an undisciplined emotional response to these complex situations and bring unnecessary death to relationships and ministry opportunities. ...
by Garris Elkins | Aug 14, 2018 | Creativity, Discipline, Freedom, Future, Gifts, Holiness, Humility, Pride, Revelation, Teaching, Trust, Truth, Wisdom
Even though I have been writing and speaking for many years, I am still surprised where my words, either in script or video, end up. With the advent of socil media, it is easy to create a “trophy case” displaying where some of these words have been delivered. That...
by Garris Elkins | Jul 28, 2018 | Change, Creativity, Deliverance, Dreams, Forgiveness, Freedom, Humility, Intimacy, Resurrection, Revival, Transition
Have you ever contemplated the moments in life just before everything changes? The moment just before you met your significant other or your best friend. That moment just before you lost a job or got a new one. What about the moment just before a loved one passed away...
by Garris Elkins | Jul 18, 2018 | Church, Faith, Family, Freedom, Humility, Identity, Kingdom of God, Power, Restoration, Revelation, Spiritual Warfare, Worship
As I travel and minister, I have the opportunity to visit many different expressions of the Church. I was recently in a gathering populated by tremendous thinkers and theologians. In that mix were differing opinions on major topics of theology and God’s Kingdom. The...
by Garris Elkins | Jul 10, 2018 | Culture, Discipleship, Evangelism, Favor, Fear, Freedom, Humility, Mercy, Peace, Prophecy, Reformation, Spiritual Warfare
Recently, while attending the Hub Nation conference in Bend, Oregon, I took a short walk around the parking lot of Eagle Mountain Fellowship where the conference was being hosted. In an adjacent retail complex is a business called The Boot Barn. As I walked by the...
by Garris Elkins | Jun 20, 2018 | Courage, Discipline, Fear, Future, Holy Spirit, Humility, Kingdom of God, Obedience, Power, Pride, Promotion
Shortly after rising this morning, the word “unleashed” came to mind. It’s not a word I typically use in my vocabulary so it got my attention. I let it rest. Then it came to me again. I had a general idea what the word means but went to a dictionary to unpack its...
