by Garris Elkins | Dec 19, 2015 | Change, Church, Five-Fold Ministry, Revival
In the mid-1950s our family lived in the small town of Los Gatos, California. Los Gatos was a suburb of San Jose that would eventually become known as the Silicon Valley. One of the things our family liked to do was go to drive-in movies. Mom and Dad would make a bed...
by Garris Elkins | Dec 18, 2015 | Faith, Fear, Freedom, Kingdom of God
When we take a position on any social or spiritual issue and defend our position with an anger-filled discourse of fear we will begin to separate our selves from the very people God has called us to love without condition. Unchallenged this angry fruit of fear will...
by Garris Elkins | Dec 17, 2015 | Deliverance, Discipline, Future, Prophetic, Revelation
There is a popular phrase in our culture – “Follow the money.” This phrase is used as a road map to find the source of why certain things take place. If you use this as your primary investigative tool there is a problem. At the end of your search you will only...
by Garris Elkins | Dec 7, 2015 | Identity, Marriage, Ministry, Pride, Restoration, Spiritual Warfare, Teaching
The human mind responds to trauma in unique ways. There is something called the Stockholm Syndrome where hostages will actually align themselves with the hostage taker, instead of the rescue team. When the Stockholm Syndrome is fully developed there have...
by Garris Elkins | Dec 6, 2015 | Change, Courage, Destiny, Fear, Five-Fold Ministry, Freedom, Kingdom of God, Leadership, Ministry, Power, Supernatural
The Kingdom of God functions at a higher level of authority than a lesser authority defined by the political labels of conservative, liberal or independent. These political definitions are used to describe a lower, earthly kingdom and its limited system of power...