by Garris Elkins | Sep 3, 2017 | Culture, Deliverance, God, Holy Spirit, Pride, Reformation, Revelation
A supernatural cross-examination is coming. What has been put before your eyes as truth is about to be challenged by the court of Heaven. Don’t believe the first testimony about anything. God will have the final say in all things. “In a lawsuit, the first to speak...
by Garris Elkins | Sep 2, 2017 | Apostle, Church, Courage, Deliverance, Fear, Peace, Revelation, Spiritual Warfare
When we are personally under attack it is too easy to circle our wagons in fear and stop moving forward in faith. The term, “Circle the wagons!” was a command issued by wagon masters in real life and later dramatically depicted in western movies when a wagon train...
by Garris Elkins | Aug 31, 2017 | Courage, Creativity, Deliverance, Forgivness, Future, Kingdom of God, Obedience, Peace, Pride, Redemption, Restoration, Spiritual Warfare, Transition
Along the ridgeline above me, I saw the remains of an old barbwire fence. Only a few of the posts survived. Those that did were pockmarked with holes the work of decay and weather. On the north-facing side of a solitary post grew a layer of green moss. Tacked to the...
by Garris Elkins | Aug 23, 2017 | Deliverance, Discipline, Favor, Fear, Honor, Kingdom of God, Mercy, Peace, Restoration, Spiritual Warfare, Wisdom, Word
As a young rookie cop, I listened with a blend of anticipation and joy when the old-timers told their stories. I remember one story about a young man with a bad attitude who drove by one of the old-timers. When he passed the cop, the young man extended his hand out...
by Garris Elkins | Aug 18, 2017 | Culture, Death, Deliverance, Peace, Spiritual Warfare
What seems secure and unchanging can be gone in the blink of an eye. Those captured in the illusion of an unchanging reality will be the most vulnerable in times of great cultural upheaval. Jan and I had dinner with some friends who were living in one of the most...
by Garris Elkins | Aug 16, 2017 | Death, Deliverance, Discipleship, Discipline, Eternity, Forgivness, Freedom, Gifts, Holy Spirit, Power, Redemption
In my very distant past, I carried a gun and a badge. The streets were mean then but meaner now. I have had men try to kill me. These were life and death struggles. To survive, I needed to respond with superior tactics to each threat. Those responses allowed me to go...
