by Garris Elkins | Mar 16, 2018 | Apostle, Church, Culture, Discipleship, Five-Fold Ministry, Gifts, Kingdom of God, Reformation, Restoration, Revelation, Teaching, Wisdom
We are in a unique moment of Church history. The Lord is defining and redefining many things. He is defining the current expansion of His Kingdom that can appear radically new, exploratory and unfamiliar to some. He is also redefining our assumptions and releasing...
by Garris Elkins | Mar 7, 2018 | Apostle, Church planting, Discipleship, Fathers, Five-Fold Ministry, Gifts, Holy Spirit, Kingdom of God, Prophecy, Reformation, Revelation, Spiritual Warfare, Teaching, Truth, Wisdom
If you want your voice to make a difference, let it become a consistent sound of hope. Many people misunderstand the nature of prophecy. The highest form of prophetic ministry is not revealing undiscovered facts about someone or making a dramatic proclamation about a...
by Garris Elkins | Mar 5, 2018 | Courage, Creativity, Deliverance, Humility, Mercy, Obedience, Pride, Reconciliation, Relationships, Restoration, Spiritual Warfare, Teaching, Trust, Wisdom, Word
You are speaking, but you are not being heard. It is like someone has pressed the mute button in a vital conversation. Don’t worry. God is about to unmute your voice. Yesterday, I released a Facebook Live broadcast. I am early in the learning curve of this...
by Garris Elkins | Feb 28, 2018 | Change, Creativity, Deliverance, Discipleship, Discipline, Forgiveness, Freedom, Future, Holy Spirit, Marriage, Obedience, Peace, Restoration, Wisdom
Well, we now own a robot. It is not an R2-D2 version of the cute little robot of Star Wars fame, but something called a Roomba. It is a robotic vacuum cleaner made by the iRobot company. It was a gift from my brother and sister-in-law. Thanks, Stan and Sharon. Like...
by Garris Elkins | Feb 25, 2018 | Change, Courage, Humility, Obedience, Trust, Truth, Wisdom
With every Spirit-led shift in your thinking will come an alignment to a new direction. Hidden along the pathway of that new direction are the sudden works of God that would remain undiscovered had you not allowed God to shift the way you think and ultimately change...
by Garris Elkins | Feb 9, 2018 | Discipleship, Discipline, Obedience, Peace, Wisdom
One mark of spiritual maturity is learning how and when to use the personal delete button. Some things should not be shared in a public forum until God has been given the time required to first process the issue in our heart. This is important because an...