by Garris Elkins | Jul 27, 2020 | Culture, Discernment, Discipleship, Dreams, Five-Fold Ministry, Kingdom of God, Ministry, Reformation, Revelation, Wisdom
I shared the following paragraph with someone who is substantially gifted in the technology surrounding the use of the Internet, website design, and social media applications. I wrote, “The city gate is where the business of a community took place in ancient times....
by Garris Elkins | Jul 20, 2020 | Freedom, Jesus, Justice, Reconciliation, Relationships, Revelation, Teaching, Trust, Truth, Wisdom
There is a great deal of conversation taking place in our culture about the subject of freedom. Today, I took a look at what Scripture tells us about true freedom. It became for me a meaningful personal reminder and a point of clarity. While some may say this only...
by Garris Elkins | Jul 18, 2020 | Kingdom of God, Leadership, Reformation, Restoration, Revelation, Spiritual Warfare
We have always been at war spiritually. There has never been a time of peace between light and darkness. Jesus didn’t paint a rosy picture of how truth lives in a world of compromise and deception. Paul wrote about a battle waged in a realm not always visible to...
by Garris Elkins | Jul 18, 2020 | Revelation, Teaching, Transition, Wisdom
We have become walking and talking encyclopedias offering evidence to support our position for what we think ails humanity. As we stand naively confident in our assumption, we are unaware that soon the Lord will speak. At that moment, all of our best guesses and...
by Garris Elkins | Jul 16, 2020 | Discernment, Five-Fold Ministry, Holiness, Justice, Kingdom, Kingdom of God, Leadership, Revelation
Each city has dark spirits assigned to them to manifest their power and control in contradiction to the work of God’s Spirit. The identification of these spirits is not accomplished by natural instinct or intuition. They are identified by discernment empowered by the...
by Garris Elkins | Jul 12, 2020 | Apostle, Change, Church, Creativity, Culture, Discernment, Five-Fold Ministry, Future, Identity, Kingdom of God, Reformation, Revelation, Spirit
Over the last 40 years, I have seen faith come in a variety of packaged forms. These packages of faith are created geographically, socially, and by the requirements for employment. This packaging takes place in local churches, denominations, and groups with shared...
