by Garris Elkins | Jul 23, 2020 | Culture, Deliverance, Family, Fear, Freedom, Future, Hope, Justice, Kingdom of God, Leadership
The older translations of Romans 13 tell us the government does not bear the sword in vain. In more contemporary language, we would read that phrase as “without purpose.” One noted translator rendered that portion of Romans 13 to read “’not to hide it (sword) in...
by Garris Elkins | Jul 22, 2020 | Courage, Deliverance, Discernment, Discipline, Faithfulness, Five-Fold Ministry, Freedom, Kingdom of God, Leadership, Spiritual Warfare
When I was a young cop, my training officer taught me a lot. I watched how he moved through a hostile crowd of drunks in a bar. He was able to read a crowd. One thing he did was to determine who was the most dangerous person in the room. This is the person who, if not...
by Garris Elkins | Jul 22, 2020 | Gifts, Prophecy, Prophetic, Spirit
The Lord doesn’t want to define us by the obedience of a past generation. He is calling men and women in our day who will be just as honored in history as “…the sons of Issachar, men who understood the times, with knowledge of what Israel should do” (I...
by Garris Elkins | Jul 21, 2020 | Apostle, Change, Church
We will not magically emerge from what is taking place in our culture and return to what we once knew. We have stepped into a new season. Before we rebuke all that is happening in a knee-jerk response, we need to make sure we aren’t rebuking an adjustment...
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...
