by Garris Elkins | Feb 6, 2019 | Apostle, Change, Deliverance, Faith, Future, Integrity, Kingdom of God, Leadership, Transition, Wisdom, Worship
I have a group of friends who have invested months of detailed planning and strategized for a project of immense potential. The scale of this Kingdom enterprise is in the hundreds of millions of dollars. Non-Disclosure Agreements have been created and honored in the...
by Garris Elkins | Feb 3, 2019 | Deliverance, Gifts, Holy Spirit, Power, Revelation, Supernatural
As a pilot, I used to fly into airports without a control tower. On my initial flyover, I would check the airport windsock to see which direction the wind was blowing and adjust my approach accordingly. A pilot always wants to land into the wind. It reduces your...
by Garris Elkins | Jan 26, 2019 | Church, Creativity, Culture, Deliverance, Holy Spirit, Kingdom of God, Prophecy, Revival, Spiritual Warfare
In 1969, the Rolling Stones released an album titled, Let It Bleed. In the album is an iconic song, Gimme Shelter. It is a song expressing the angst of my generation. Cultural change was taking place with rapidity. Our prejudices were being exposed and confronted. The...
by Garris Elkins | Jan 25, 2019 | Death, Deliverance, Discipleship, Discipline, Faith, Fear, Forgiveness, Freedom, Holiness, Hope, Power, Spiritual Warfare, Trust, Worship
There are times when escape is not the will of God. We can bend our theology and our understanding of spiritual life toward the demand for freedom in all circumstances when escape is not always God’s plan. Some of the greatest manifestations of God’s power and...
by Garris Elkins | Jan 24, 2019 | Church planting, Courage, Culture, Death, Deliverance
With the glut of self-appointed social media theologians, one would think God was neurotic and had a personality disorder. He has been described in a variety of ways. Some of these descriptions give angels pause. God did not change between covenants. There is no Old...
by Garris Elkins | Jan 23, 2019 | Apostle, Church, Death, Deliverance, Faith, Five-Fold Ministry, Gifts, Kingdom of God, Ministry, Power, Prophecy, Reformation, Restoration, Revival
Each day, I write words that are prophetic in nature hopefully bringing encouragement and instruction. These words do not contain graphic imagery. Today will be different. The image used to carry this word is graphic. It is not meant to offend. Twice in the last...