by Garris Elkins | Sep 3, 2014 | Church, Fear, Honor, Leadership, Ministry, Truth
This morning, I read a Facebook post from a pastor who hosts a radio program. He shared how this had been a challenging week for him because he had some people call him a heretic. Along with a few other pastors, I responded to encourage him. I shared that I found out...
by Garris Elkins | Aug 14, 2014 | Courage, Dreams, Faith, Gifts, Holy Spirit, Ministry, Obedience
Traction is different than momentum. Traction gets your wheels moving and helps you sustain forward motion. Momentum is something gained during traction, but is only maintained if traction continues to be supplied to the wheels. It is too easy to live off of...
by Garris Elkins | Jul 10, 2014 | Gifts, Ministry, Obedience, Prayer
Your prayers have become limited in their scope. It is like you have turned a set of binoculars around and are seeing life through a restricted and backward view. God wants to turn your prayers around so they will become prayers of expansive faith expressing a belief...
by Garris Elkins | Jun 10, 2014 | Future, Ministry, Prayer, Spiritual Warfare, Trust
You have resisted hitting the pause button on your life because you thought that would be unspiritual. You were taught to endure, fight and struggle. Some of this has been righteous, but the majority of these efforts were attempts at a misguided...
by Garris Elkins | May 4, 2014 | Favor, Future, Hope, Ministry, Power, Prophetic, Transition
You are planning for your coming life-transition around dates, timetables and available resources. These are wise things to consider, but they should not be your first consideration. The psalmist said, “Take delight in the Lord, and He will give you your hearts...
by Garris Elkins | Mar 24, 2014 | Five-fold, Honor, Kingdom, Leadership, Ministry
For the last 35 years one of the most impacting voices in my life has been Jerry Cook. Jerry formed the theology of many leaders in the Church. Recently, Jerry went home to be with the Lord. Just before his death, Jerry wrote the foreword to my book, The...
