by Garris Elkins | Mar 25, 2015 | Culture, Evangelism, Faith, Fathers, Future, Gifts, Kingdom, Leadership, Ministry, Provision, Revival, Vision., Word
Be careful of limiting your understanding of God and how He works to only what is written within the pages of scripture. Someone wisely said, “All of the bible is God, but not all of God is in the bible”. Imagine how challenging it would be to press the Almighty...
by Garris Elkins | Mar 21, 2015 | Courage, Destiny, Dreams, Fear, Freedom, Joy, Leadership, Ministry
Recently, I was talking with a father about his son. This father was obviously proud of the man his son had become. The young man had received a full ride scholarship at a great university. At some point before the school year began, the son told his...
by Garris Elkins | Mar 19, 2015 | Change, Courage, Destiny, Dreams, Faith, Favor, Future, Holy Spirit, Humility, Leadership, Revival, Supernatural, Tranistion
I heard the Lord say, “Some things are coming apart.” Those words rolled around in my mind as the wheels of my bicycle rolled me along the road’s edge on my daily workout. My route was an 18 mile round trip. In both directions of travel, I saw bolts of all different...
by Garris Elkins | Mar 18, 2015 | Apostle, Change, Five-Fold Ministry, Freedom, Identity, Kingdom, Leadership, Ministry, Transition
Two gifts an older generation can give a younger generation are patience and encouragement. Apart from sudden miracles most things of value take time to develop. Patiently and honorably choose to remain present in the lives of younger men and women and try to see what...
by Garris Elkins | Mar 15, 2015 | Apostle, Church planting, Courage, Culture, Holy Spirit, Leadership, Ministry, Prophetic, Redemption, Resurrection, Revival
Several years ago, I emailed Dr. Jack Hayford a question about revival. This busy apostle of the church graciously took the time to write a lengthy email response that helped me see a larger picture than the one I had originally framed with my initial question. Gently...
by Garris Elkins | Mar 13, 2015 | Church, Culture, Discipleship, Five-Fold Ministry, Future, Gifts, Identity, Leadership, Rest, Vision.
When I was a young believer, I always admired people who were literalists when it came their understanding of scripture. I felt this way because I thought these people carried a higher level of faith than the rest of us that enabled them to literally believe...
