by Garris Elkins | Dec 16, 2016 | Culture, Deliverance, Freedom, Healing, Promise, Redemption, Restoration, Resurrection
When I was a young cop, I was assigned to a unit with the acronym, OCCIS. The formal name was the Organized Crime and Criminal Information Section. It was a federally funded task force sourced from multiple police agencies in the Silicon Valley of California. We...
by Garris Elkins | Dec 14, 2016 | Dreams, Father, Favor, Giving, Honor, Identity, Provision, Redemption, Thankfulness
The fulfillment of a promise God made to you is about to arrive as a beautifully wrapped gift. You will be astonished to discover the wrapping and presentation of the promise will be as equally beautiful as the gift itself. When I was a kid growing up in the 1950’s...
by Garris Elkins | Dec 13, 2016 | Obedience, Revelation, Supernatural, Wisdom
For a few years as a cop, I was part of an Organized Crime unit. It was very different than working the street in uniform in a marked car. All of us had beards and long hair. We looked like outlaw bikers. One of the things we routinely did was to conduct stakeouts. TV...
by Garris Elkins | Dec 11, 2016 | Five-Fold Ministry, Leadership
One of the great hindrances to becoming a healthy leader is putting yourself in a place where you always have to “produce”. If you are in this kind of environment you need to make a change in your perspective and in some cases, your actual place of ministry. You don’t...
by Garris Elkins | Dec 11, 2016 | Prophetic
When the sound and content of your voice is in lock step with the groupthink of a political party, a church denomination or a particular segment of society, you will eventually lose your credibility and influence in the Kingdom of God. Real credibility and influence...
