by Garris Elkins | Mar 26, 2017 | Deliverance, Destiny, Father, Freedom, Love, Mercy, Promise, Promotion, Restoration, Tranistion
It feels like you are surrounded by a restricting presence. What you perceive as a negative form of restraint is actually being misinterpreted. This encompassing presence is spiritual scaffolding put in place by God. He is trying to rebuild and retrofit your life like...
by Garris Elkins | Mar 22, 2017 | Destiny, Future, Identity, Love, Miracles, Prohecy, Promise, Prophetic, Relationships
Unexpected greetings from the past will arrive to build your faith and reconnect you to old relationships you had long forgotten. God has a purpose in these reconnections and that purpose will be revealed in the coming season of your life. A few minutes ago, I reached...
by Garris Elkins | Mar 13, 2017 | Destiny, Dreams, Future, Holy Spirit, Jesus, Obedience, Provision, Spirit
Whenever I drive to a distant city for pleasure or ministry, I do one thing before I check into my hotel. I fill up my car with gas. I do this in case an emergency comes during the night that would require me to depart immediately at an hour when an open gas station...
by Garris Elkins | Mar 6, 2017 | Change, Courage, Destiny, Faith, Identity, Leadership, Ministry, Peace, Provision, Revelation, Transition, Trust
Some of you will be asked by God to try something new, something you have never done before. You have no experience in this new place of faith. You will bring to the challenge more than you realize. Apart from flag and touch football games during recess at school, I...
by Garris Elkins | Mar 4, 2017 | Courage, Destiny, Favor, Future, Honor, Hope, Identiy, Leadership, Love, Resurrection, Spiritual Warfare, Vision.
Last weekend, I had a rare and wonderful privilege. I was invited to attend the retirement party for one of the finest rookie cops I had the privilege of training. Thirty-nine years ago I was a Field Training Officer (FTO) at the Springfield, Oregon Police Department....
by Garris Elkins | Feb 28, 2017 | Apostle, Church planting, Destiny, Discipleship, Faith, Fathers, Five-Fold Ministry, Freedom, God, Jesus
A spirit of compromise is descending upon the Church in Western culture. That compromise is not about the lesser things that occupy the mind of some believers like, what to eat, drink and where to go for entertainment. I am speaking of the deepest of all issues of...
