by Garris Elkins | Jun 16, 2019 | Courage, Deliverance, Fear, Freedom, Future, Identity, Promise, Redemption, Rest, Spiritual Warfare, Transition, Worship
Nighttime can be the worst time. This is when hell often speaks the loudest and tries to turn your rest into restlessness. Fatigue in life and ministry does not come from a packed schedule. We can be busy but live in rest. In times of transition, our fatigue...
by Garris Elkins | Jun 6, 2019 | Apostle, Church, Culture, Discernment, Freedom, Kingdom of God, Obedience, Promise, Prophecy, Reformation, Revival, Spiritual Warfare, Truth
I write the following knowing the unease it can create, especially since it is so easy to put our hope in a political process. The Lord gave me an image of Him riding in Washington, DC atop a donkey. The image of a donkey represents the Democrat Party in the United...
by Garris Elkins | Jun 5, 2019 | Change, Discipleship, Evangelism, Family, Favor, Freedom, Future, God, Grace, Kingdom of God, Promise, Reconciliation, Redemption, Relationships, Restoration, Thankfulness, Vision.
Over the years, friends have given me unique gifts from antiquity. The coin and the frame in which it is displayed sit atop a bookshelf in our living room. There have been times in the last 20 years when I stopped to look at the coin and wondered through whose hands...
by Garris Elkins | Jun 1, 2019 | Culture, Dreams, Favor, Freedom, Future, Grace, Hope, Mercy, Promise, Restoration, Revival
As I write this it is almost 4:00 in the morning and the pre-dawn temperature is 62 degrees with a forecasted daytime high of 88. In the middle of winter, a daytime temperature of 62 would be a record-setting heat wave. When I saw the warm temperature reading and...
by Garris Elkins | May 30, 2019 | Church, Courage, Culture, Death, Discipleship, Favor, Fear, Freedom, Grace, Identity, Obedience, Promise, Provision, Supernatural
An audience is not an anointing. Some of the most anointed lives are lived in isolation and suffering. Celebrity and notoriety come and go at the whim of a consumer culture both within society and the Church. Do not chase the affirmation of people thinking...
by Garris Elkins | May 19, 2019 | Creativity, Discernment, Discipleship, Dreams, Future, Honor, Kingdom, Leadership, Mercy, Promise, Restoration, Revival, Vision.
New is not better. New is different. We have the tendency to think that our turn at the helm navigated the ship of our ministry into its most unique ports. While that sounds good, it is a limited view of God and the future. Something about God is new each morning, and...
