by Garris Elkins | Apr 27, 2018 | Courage, Discipleship, Kingdom of God, Obedience, Spiritual Warfare, Trust, Wisdom
When I was a young SWAT cop, our team was asked to assist in the takedown of some very bad people. They were part of a drug cartel and heavily armed. We got some intelligence that members of this group were transiting our area in the back of a U-Haul rental truck in...
by Garris Elkins | Apr 26, 2018 | Change, Courage, Culture, Evangelism, Future, Miracles, Power, Prophecy, Reformation, Revival, Spiritual Warfare
Prophetic voices are prophesying a coming shift in the spiritual atmosphere of California. This week, with the pending legislation taking place in California that will attempt to curtail the activity of the Church and hinder free speech, I have had two...
by Garris Elkins | Apr 24, 2018 | Change, Courage, Creativity, Deliverance, Discipleship, Faith, Obedience, Peace, Trust, Truth
The saying, “opportunity is knocking at your door,” is about to take on a new and deeper meaning. Instead of waiting for the sound of a new opportunity to knock, you will open the door to wait in anticipation before the opportunity actually arrives. Faith hears the...
by Garris Elkins | Apr 20, 2018 | Change, Courage, Creativity, Deliverance, Discipleship, Favor, Fear, Freedom, Peace, Trust
As you look at the picture of this playground ride it is quite possible, as a child, you rode one of these. I did many times. With the help of my friends, we started to spin the ride holding on to the perimeter until all of us got dizzy and were spun off one-by-one by...
by Garris Elkins | Apr 19, 2018 | Change, Courage, Creativity, Deliverance
Typically, when we think of the word “breakthrough”, we understand it to mean pushing through some restriction that stands before us. This morning, while in prayer, I saw an image of a person walking forward in obedience to a word from the Lord. They were focused on...
by Garris Elkins | Apr 18, 2018 | Courage, Creativity, Death, Discipline, Forgiveness, God, Honor, Kingdom of God, Love, Promotion, Relationships, Spiritual Warfare, Wisdom
The depth of our character and the breadth of our compassion are revealed when a noted public figure passes with whom we disagree politically or morally or when a guilty person suffers what some consider a deserved punishment. An undisciplined and unmerciful response...
