by Garris Elkins | Sep 20, 2015 | Courage, Destiny, Dreams, Faith, Forgiveness, Future, Gifts, Identity, Kingdom of God, Leadership, Promise, Vision.
Jan and I live in the historic mining town of Jacksonville, Oregon. We enjoy living in Jacksonville and southern Oregon. After so many years of travel and various ministry assignments we finally found our place. Shortly after moving to Jacksonville in 2002, I...
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 8, 2015 | Courage, Destiny, Faithfulness, Fathers, Identity, Leadership, Ministry, Power, Prophecy, Restoration, Supernatural
God is raising up unlikely heroes. These spiritual heroes have remained hidden and undiscovered in times of peace. God reveals His heroes in the middle of conflict with darkness and deceit when they choose to walk in truth and righteousness against the...
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 29, 2015 | Deliverance, Destiny, Discipline, Freedom, Joy, Leadership, Power, Promise, Provision, Rest
God wants to lighten the load of your theology. Some of you are carrying too much non-essential theological baggage. This load of excess baggage will inhibit you from moving forward at the speed and flexibility required to navigate this current season of...
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,...
