by Garris Elkins | Jul 24, 2020 | Deliverance, Discernment, Faith, Future, Gifts, Healing, Hope, Leadership
To those of you who lead anything – a business, a church, or a family – God knows what you are facing. You are giving it your best, and yet you still have a lingering suspicion that your best might not be enough or that somehow you have missed an important...
by Garris Elkins | Jul 22, 2020 | Courage, Deliverance, Discernment, Discipline, Faithfulness, Five-Fold Ministry, Freedom, Kingdom of God, Leadership, Spiritual Warfare
When I was a young cop, my training officer taught me a lot. I watched how he moved through a hostile crowd of drunks in a bar. He was able to read a crowd. One thing he did was to determine who was the most dangerous person in the room. This is the person who, if not...
by Garris Elkins | Jul 19, 2020 | Change, Church, Culture, Discernment, Leadership, Prophecy, Spiritual Warfare
A moment of distraction has been created by a virus and social issues, both of which are important to address, but they are not on the front line of a developing global confrontation. Where our eyes are focused will determine our place in the coming conflict. At this...
by Garris Elkins | Jul 16, 2020 | Discernment, Five-Fold Ministry, Holiness, Justice, Kingdom, Kingdom of God, Leadership, Revelation
Each city has dark spirits assigned to them to manifest their power and control in contradiction to the work of God’s Spirit. The identification of these spirits is not accomplished by natural instinct or intuition. They are identified by discernment empowered by the...
by Garris Elkins | Jul 14, 2020 | Death, Deliverance, Discernment, Future, Hope
The Devil loves this time in our history. He and his troop of dark spirits are walking through our culture with decks of cards in their hands. Instead of traditional playing cards, these cards have images of disasters, conspiracies, and dark outcomes that are...
by Garris Elkins | Jul 12, 2020 | Apostle, Change, Church, Creativity, Culture, Discernment, Five-Fold Ministry, Future, Identity, Kingdom of God, Reformation, Revelation, Spirit
Over the last 40 years, I have seen faith come in a variety of packaged forms. These packages of faith are created geographically, socially, and by the requirements for employment. This packaging takes place in local churches, denominations, and groups with shared...