by Garris Elkins | Jul 22, 2015 | Church, Culture, Family, Fear, Giving, Kingdom, Love, Peace
I grew up in Los Gatos, a small town adjacent to San Jose in central California, an area rich with the heritage of Old Mexico. Many of the city names that surrounded our family home revealed a Hispanic origin. I was raised around Mexican people and their...
by Garris Elkins | Jul 21, 2015 | Change, Church, Courage, Destiny, Dreams, Faith, Identity, Kingdom, Leadership, Tranistion
My father was a house-moving contractor. During the 1950’s and early 60’s when the freeway systems of California were being constructed, an entire track of homes in the path of a coming freeway would be sold and moved to new locations. Each house was raised from...
by Garris Elkins | Jul 16, 2015 | Church, Culture, Destiny, Faith, Favor, Holy Spirit, Kingdom, Miracles, Power, Promise, Spiritual Warfare, Trust
The Lord is about to perform a radical intervention in the affairs of earth. This radical intervention will be breathtaking because when God moves in these radical manifestations they will literally take our breath away in a gasp of wonder. Many are worried...
by Garris Elkins | Jul 3, 2015 | Courage, Culture, Destiny, Fear, Freedom, Future, Kingdom, Power, Promise, Provision, Redemption, Trust
Conspiracy theories surface from time-to-time in our culture. These conspiracy theories need enemies in order create their narrative. They require the seeds of fear and doubt to be planted in the garden of our mind. A conspiracy theory has the power to convince...
by Garris Elkins | Jul 1, 2015 | Culture, Faithfulness, Favor, Future, Humility, Identity, Kingdom, Leadership, Ministry, Peace, Promise, Restoration
I remember the first time I heard someone address the futility of a culture war when my pastor Roy Hicks, Jr. said, “You can put a Christian in every position from the local dog catcher to the White House and you will still only have a world system.” I went away from...
by Garris Elkins | Jun 28, 2015 | Apostle, Church, Culture, Family, Fathers, Five-Fold Ministry, Honor, Identity, Kingdom, Leadership, Ministry, Teaching, Trust, Wisdom
About thirty years ago, I was a young pastor sitting in a long and spirited business meeting during our yearly denominational convention. A topic on the agenda was getting some heated response from the floor of the convention body. My pastor, Roy Hicks,...
