by Garris Elkins | Oct 13, 2009 | Church, Holy Spirit, Leadership, Prayer, Prophetic, Revival
Recently, Leslie Keegel spoke in our church. Leslie is the President of the 1,500 Foursquare Churches in Sri Lanka, a nation just off the coast of India. He carries an apostolic anointing along with a strong gift of revelation and miraculous healing. Throughout the...
by Garris Elkins | Jul 14, 2009 | Church, Kingdom of God, Leadership, Revival
My dear friend in Central Oregon, Jim Stephens, writes some profound things on his daily devotional. A few months ago Jim wrote that he was not going to use the word “awesome” anymore, except to describe God. Jim’s commitment on personal vocabulary is such a...
by Garris Elkins | May 19, 2009 | Leadership, Vision.
Early one morning an experienced pilot took off on a flight from a small Montana airport with two friends on board to fly across the Rocky Mountains. This ill-fated flight disappeared from the radar screen about ten minutes after departure. The remains of the crash...
by Garris Elkins | May 17, 2009 | Hope, Leadership, Restoration
Recently, I was driving home from my office to pack for a leader’s conference my wife and I planned to attend in California. On the commute home my route takes me through some beautiful farm land and rolling hills. On one long section of road I noticed ahead of...
by Garris Elkins | Apr 9, 2009 | Culture, Holy Spirit, Leadership
“For the kingdom of God is not a matter of talk but of power.” I Corinthians 4:20 It is easy for those of us in the Western Church to be enamored with our technology, our education and our programs. These things are not wrong – they simply can be...
by Garris Elkins | Mar 17, 2009 | Culture, Kingdom of God, Leadership
I like getting to the bottom-line of things. If I know the bottom-line in a given situation I know where I stand and I know what I am required to do even when life is confusing and seems directionless. Maybe it was all the years I spent as a cop responding to...