by Garris Elkins | Mar 24, 2019 | Apostle, Church planting, Deliverance, Freedom, Future, Holy Spirit, Kingdom of God, Miracles, Pentecost, Power, Revelation, Spirit, Teaching, Truth, Word, Worship
I watched a video of a whale breaching the realm of water and entering the realm of air just before falling back into the ocean to continue his journey. Flying fish also breach the realm of water, as do Manta rays. When I trout fish, I know the fishing will be good...
by Garris Elkins | Mar 21, 2019 | Courage, Deliverance, Discipleship, Favor, Kingdom of God
There are times when navigating a mountain-sized obstacle is not about removing the obstacle but choosing to walk through its fear-based imposition. At some point in the passage those who choose to walk at this level of faith will turn around and see the mountain is...
by Garris Elkins | Mar 20, 2019 | Apostle, Change, Church, Five-Fold Ministry, Kingdom of God, Reformation, Revival
I awoke in the middle of the night and heard in my spirit, the word “echo.” I wondered why the Lord awakened me and had me focus on that single word. When I got up this morning, He directed me to something I wrote in my book, The Sound of Reformation,...
by Garris Elkins | Mar 19, 2019 | Change, Discipleship, Faith, Gifts, Holy Spirit, Kingdom of God, Miracles, Obedience
There are times in our lives when an upgrade from God will break apart our status quo and require that we redesign our lives to carry a new level of empowerment. These seasons of fracture are not the end. They are the beginning of something new. Last weekend, I was in...
by Garris Elkins | Mar 15, 2019 | Apostle, Change, Church, Creativity, Evangelism, Fear, Holy Spirit, Kingdom of God, Obedience, Reformation, Teaching, Wisdom, Word
Back in the 1980s, I remember reading some facts about Christian television. The profiled demographic of the average watcher was a female who lived in the South and was in her mid 50’s. While people from a differing demographic did watch Christian television, the pool...
by Garris Elkins | Mar 14, 2019 | Discipleship, Freedom, Future, Gifts, Holy Spirit, Kingdom of God, Prayer
We have a lot of interesting comments, quips, and quotes that we toss around in the community of faith. Some of these are well-meaning, but not always fully true. We can comment, quip and quote ourselves into strange corners if we take everything we hear or...
