by Garris Elkins | Nov 8, 2019 | Apostle, Culture, Discernment, Discipline, Dreams, Favor, Five-Fold Ministry, Holy Spirit, Kingdom of God, Reformation, Truth, Wisdom
Each night, I kneel by our bed and pray for my family that we would have dreams in the night birthed by the Spirit. Last night, I was the recipient of that prayer. In the dream, I was sitting across from someone known throughout the world, not only as one of the...
by Garris Elkins | Nov 6, 2019 | Holy Spirit, Kingdom of God, Promotion, Prophecy, Prophetic
God is raking the prophetic landscape as a master gardener would carefully rake the soil of a delicate flower bed. He is removing the debris that gets in the way of fully appreciating the beauty of what He has planted. The Lord is removing assumptions we have allowed...
by Garris Elkins | Nov 5, 2019 | Change, Church, Creativity, Faith, Kingdom of God, Obedience, Truth
For 18 months, I did not read the Bible. I listened to it on a Bible audio app. I wanted to experience the Word like someone sitting in a home meeting 2,000 years ago when a letter from Paul was read to the small group gathered. Not everyone present in those meetings...
by Garris Elkins | Nov 2, 2019 | Church, Creativity, Dreams, Faithfulness, Favor, Future, Holy Spirit, Intimacy, Kingdom of God, Ministry, Prayer, Promise, Revelation, Sacrifice, Worship
In a dream, I saw a large conference center. It was just used to host a gathering of hundreds of people. When the event was finally over, and all the attendees had departed, a stillness settled over the facility. Looking around the room, I could see it needed...
by Garris Elkins | Oct 30, 2019 | Discernment, Discipleship, Dreams, Faithfulness, Grace, Kingdom, Kingdom of God, Obedience, Wisdom
Nine times in the first six chapters of Ecclesiastes, Solomon uses the phrase “chasing after the wind.” He implies that to chase after even the good things in life without a greater purpose on the horizon of our efforts will enslave us to spend our lives chasing only...
by Garris Elkins | Oct 23, 2019 | Apostle, Church, Courage, Five-Fold Ministry, Gifts, Kingdom of God, Leadership, Women
When Jan and I first came to Medford, Oregon 20 years ago, to pastor what would become Living Waters Church, we were met by a strange phenomenon. Our valley was a stronghold for male-dominated church leadership. A woman behind a pulpit preaching was anathema to many...
