by Garris Elkins | Aug 30, 2018 | Church, Culture, Reformation, Spiritual Warfare
At some point, an authentic faith will become offensive. That sentence itself will actually offend people. Some in the Church have formed their faith into a voiceless idol crafted by a slavish need of acceptance. As a result, they will miss the intended significance...
by Garris Elkins | Aug 29, 2018 | Courage, Culture, Death, Deliverance, Discipline, Family, Humility, Peace, Relationships, Wisdom
We are living in a very tense moment spiritually. If we who represent Jesus Christ on Earth are not careful, we could make an undisciplined emotional response to these complex situations and bring unnecessary death to relationships and ministry opportunities. ...
by Garris Elkins | Aug 28, 2018 | Five-fold, Freedom, Gifts, Holy Spirit, Kingdom of God, Prophecy, Spiritual Warfare, Teaching, Wisdom
Of all the gifts of the Spirit, the gift of prophecy has the ability to be hijacked more easily than other gifts. When an audience is pursued by a prophet at some point a temptation will be offered for them to use the same intriguing sources of information the world...
by Garris Elkins | Aug 28, 2018 | Change, Courage, Death, Discipleship, Father, Freedom, Future, Identity, Intimacy, Kingdom of God, Revelation, Supernatural, Transition, Vision.
Have you noticed that just before a life-altering event takes place we have no idea our lives are about to change in a dramatic fashion? Life-transition, loss, natural disasters or an unexpected blessing all have the ability to alter our current reality. Every human...
by Garris Elkins | Aug 28, 2018 | Gifts, Kingdom of God, Revelation, Spiritual Warfare, Teaching
Have you considered that all the flak flying through the spiritual air at this moment might be the disintegrated remnants of a work of hell that God has dismantled? Sometimes we miss what is actually taking place in a season of intense spiritual warfare because our...
