by Garris Elkins | Mar 13, 2017 | Destiny, Dreams, Future, Holy Spirit, Jesus, Obedience, Provision, Spirit
Whenever I drive to a distant city for pleasure or ministry, I do one thing before I check into my hotel. I fill up my car with gas. I do this in case an emergency comes during the night that would require me to depart immediately at an hour when an open gas station...
by Garris Elkins | Feb 28, 2017 | Apostle, Church planting, Destiny, Discipleship, Faith, Fathers, Five-Fold Ministry, Freedom, God, Jesus
A spirit of compromise is descending upon the Church in Western culture. That compromise is not about the lesser things that occupy the mind of some believers like, what to eat, drink and where to go for entertainment. I am speaking of the deepest of all issues of...
by Garris Elkins | Feb 27, 2017 | Destiny, Future, Hope, Identiy, Jesus, Kingdom, Promotion, Provision, Restoration
When I was a young boy my brother and I sat in the backseat of our family car on road trips. If the trip was long we did what most kids do – we asked our father, “Are we there yet?” I remember the day when my badgering questions came to an end. When I asked for...
by Garris Elkins | Jan 26, 2017 | Apostle, Faith, Jesus, Kingdom of God, Peace, Redemption, Restoration, Teaching, Wisdom
I had an appointment with a man who ran a t-shirt business. In the course of our conversation, I asked him, “What t-shirt logo got the most response from people?” Without missing a beat he said, “The one with only three words written across the front – ‘Jesus is...
by Garris Elkins | Jan 19, 2017 | Deliverance, Faith, Father, Jesus, Love, Peace, Trust, Worship
God has wrapped you tightly in His presence. You are secure, not in jeopardy. The things coming at you at this moment cannot breech His love or His purpose for your life. When both of our children were born the hospital staff wrapped them tightly in a baby blanket....
by Garris Elkins | Jan 7, 2017 | Church planting, Jesus, Kingdom of God, Power, Vision.
For the last few months, I have had the desire to dig down through the current level of my faith to find the bedrock of what I believe. Like the geology of the Earth, our faith has layers. Some of us have assumed our current depth of understanding is the final layer –...
