by Garris Elkins | Apr 26, 2019 | Change, Church, Discernment, Future, Honor, Hope, Leadership, Prayer, Tranistion, Vision.
The Church is not a structure, physically or organizationally. It is organic, incarnational, spiritual, God-breathed, and always open to mobility. The photo depicts one of the structures on the property where our church met for more than 50 years. Over the...
by Garris Elkins | Mar 29, 2019 | Courage, Creativity, Discipline, Dreams, Freedom, Holiness, Promise, Reformation, Resurrection, Revival, Transition, Trust, Vision., Wisdom
The liftoff you need to get your promise airborne will happen in a most unusual way. You thought you needed to build more runway to get your promise off the ground. You have faithfully been at work hoping the project will have enough distance to attain the right speed...
by Garris Elkins | Mar 21, 2019 | Deliverance, Fear, Freedom, God, Hope, Integrity, Love, Miracles, Obedience, Resurrection, Spiritual Warfare, Tranistion, Vision., Word
For almost 20 years I have hiked the section of a trail depicted in this photo. It has never been rutted like this in all those years. A combination of weather events, poor trail maintenance and just life in the wild produced these deep ruts. The beginning and the end...
by Garris Elkins | Mar 10, 2019 | Faith, Revelation, Vision.
There are times when we ask God for a turnaround that He will simply spin us around 360 degrees and have us facing in the same direction. When God does this don’t get angry or give up. You are being given another chance to see what you did not see before the...
by Garris Elkins | Feb 26, 2019 | Death, Deliverance, Discipleship, Discipline, Faith, Fear, Freedom, God, Intimacy, Love, Obedience, Power, Spiritual Warfare, Vision., Worship
For the last few years, I have loosely followed the career of the rock climber, Alex Honnold. He is super-human in his ability to scale what appear to be impossible rock walls. His most notable climb was made alone without ropes and climbing gear up the face of...
by Garris Elkins | Feb 16, 2019 | Apostle, Discipleship, Faith, Fathers, Five-Fold Ministry, Gifts, Holy Spirit, Honor, Kingdom of God, Leadership, Obedience, Promotion, Revelation, Transition, Vision.
With the recent passing of the prophet Paul Cain, Jan and I were talking about his life and calling. As we continued our conversation, Jan said, “Do you remember the time at a conference in the 1990s in Switzerland when Paul Cain, Rick Joyner, and Bobby Connor prayed...
