by Garris Elkins | Nov 8, 2019 | Courage, Culture, Deliverance, Discernment, Faith, Hope, Peace, Promise, Supernatural, Vision.
I was looking at a photograph of a favorite surfing spot of mine from my younger days in Santa Cruz, California. As a young man waiting for the next set of waves, my attention was focused only on what was immediate and soon to arrive. Now, when I look at the...
by Garris Elkins | Oct 31, 2019 | Culture, Deliverance, Discernment, Faith, Freedom, Holy Spirit, Leadership, Mercy, Pride, Reconciliation, Reformation, Spiritual Warfare, Truth
In prayer, I just saw a demon spirit called Dark Agenda running through an open door into the heart of our nation. As the demon ran forward he was focusing his attention on the beating heart of America. As he ran forward, he stumbled and then stumbled again and...
by Garris Elkins | Oct 25, 2019 | Church planting, Courage, Creativity, Culture, Discernment, Freedom, Future
Jan and I just finished a 20-year assignment. God revealed that assignment to me one morning in Athens, Greece, in 1998. He awakened me early and invited me into the kitchen of a condo we were renting. I sat down with my cup of espresso and literally took...
by Garris Elkins | Oct 22, 2019 | Culture, Discernment, Dreams, Family, Fear, Forgiveness, Future, Gifts, Justice, Restoration, Spiritual Warfare
Jan and I are at a place and time in our lives where we don’t need anything more. Twenty years ago, as two missionaries returning from Europe to pastor a church in Medford, Oregon, we stepped off the airplane with most of our earthly possessions in our luggage. We had...
by Garris Elkins | Oct 20, 2019 | Culture, Deliverance, Freedom, Kingdom of God, Peace, Prophecy, Revelation, Spiritual Warfare
God is calling forth precision prayer warriors who will move past generic prayers to very specific forms of prayer that God will use to turn the course of significant spiritual battles. Many of these individuals will be so removed from the actual conflict they...
by Garris Elkins | Oct 15, 2019 | Courage, Culture, Fear, Freedom
At some point, each of us may be called to resist the downward slide of society toward further manifestations of insanity by saying no and standing immovable in our convictions. This kind of courage has been the hallmark of freedom, both politically and spiritually,...
