by Garris Elkins | Aug 30, 2016 | Faithfulness, Healing, Resurrection, Revival, Transition
Here in southern Oregon our peach season has come to an end. I always have a tinge of sadness at this time of year because I love the peaches produced by my favorite orchard. In fact, the last six peaches from the last lug sold to me by the orchardist now sit on our...
by Garris Elkins | Aug 24, 2016 | Apostle, Culture, Destiny, Five-Fold Ministry, Future, Hope, Kingdom of God, Prophecy, Revival, Spiritual Warfare, Worship
In a moment of worship, I saw a crow’s nest atop the mast of an ancient sailing vessel. The ship was moving across open sea. Immediately, I knew the image was prophetic and carried an assignment for some in the Church. A crow’s nest sits atop the highest point on a...
by Garris Elkins | Jul 27, 2016 | Church, Courage, Destiny, Discipleship, Dreams, Faithfulness, Future, Hope, Kingdom of God, Miracles, Power, Promotion, Revival
God is leading His people to a new place. This will require a fresh anointing of God’s Spirit in those places where we have allowed our experience with God to become dry. Without that fresh anointing we will remain immobilized and unable to move forward to complete...
by Garris Elkins | Jul 7, 2016 | Church, Eternity, Gifts, Miracles, Power, Prohecy, Revival
As a kid living in Central California, I learned to surf at Cowell’s Beach in Santa Cruz. The old timers taught me that waves arrive in sets. These sets contain several waves and many times the last wave was the largest. You had to wait for the next set to arrive if...
by Garris Elkins | Jan 3, 2016 | Church, Favor, Rest, Revival, Transition
Sixteen years ago, Jan and I stepped off an airplane in Medford, Oregon after four years of ministry in Europe to become pastors of a local church. The total of our earthly possessions, apart from some books and a single chair stored in my mother’s attic in Montana,...
by Garris Elkins | Dec 29, 2015 | Courage, Destiny, Faith, Holy Spirit, Hope, Leadership, Ministry, Miracles, Power, Prophecy, Redemption, Revelation, Revival
Calendars are only a tool of time. God is not limited by the constraints of any calendar – secular or religious. He lives and ministers to us from timeless eternity. God can choose to work within our measurements of time, but He is never limited by these...
