by Garris Elkins | Sep 1, 2019 | Discipleship, Favor, Forgiveness, Healing, Honor, Integrity, Kingdom of God, Leadership, Peace
At some point, you might feel used or even manipulated as you help someone else make a transition. Planned transitions can take on a life of their own. Once plans get rolling, they can feel like a freight train running ahead at full steam. You either get on...
by Garris Elkins | Aug 31, 2019 | Apostle, Church, Discipleship, Five-Fold Ministry, Gifts, God, Grace, Holy Spirit, Identity, Kingdom of God, Mercy, Promotion, Redemption, Spiritual Warfare, Supernatural
About 30 years ago, I was escorted through the West Wing of the White House. A friend of mine who knew one of President George H. W. Bush’s correspondent secretaries arranged for us to get an after-hours guided tour. During the tour, we came to the Oval...
by Garris Elkins | Aug 27, 2019 | Apostle, Church, Father, Integrity, Kingdom of God, Leadership
I am in debt to anointed pastors who nurtured me at the beginning of my walk of faith. I remember listening to a conversation where a leader had fallen into serious sin. The leader met with my pastor, Roy Hicks, Jr., to begin a process of healing and restoration. When...
by Garris Elkins | Aug 20, 2019 | Apostle, Church, Kingdom of God, Leadership, Prayer, Reformation, Revival, Spiritual Warfare, Worship
On Saturday, the eyes of the nation were focused on the protests in Portland, Oregon between the anarchist group Antifa and several opposing factions. The possibility of chaos and destruction was significant. My friend, Ty Bottler and a team from The Father’s...
by Garris Elkins | Aug 20, 2019 | Discipleship, Five-fold, Gifts, God, Grace, Kingdom of God, Prophecy, Prophetic, Spiritual Warfare
We had a massive forest fire just north of our area. It has been contained and the remaining crews are in the mop-up stage. It was called the Milepost 97 Fire referring to milepost 97 on the I-5 freeway in Oregon. I read an article posted by a weather agency that...
by Garris Elkins | Aug 18, 2019 | Apostle, Change, Church, Creativity, Discipleship, Five-Fold Ministry, Healing, Kingdom of God, Revival, Spiritual Warfare, Word
The only trusted way to know how to interpret this life is to bring our opinions to Scripture and let God’s truth evaluate the quality of our understanding. If we bring Scripture to our opinion and allow our opinion to override and reinterpret what truth is, we will...
