by Garris Elkins | Jul 28, 2018 | Change, Creativity, Deliverance, Dreams, Forgiveness, Freedom, Humility, Intimacy, Resurrection, Revival, Transition
Have you ever contemplated the moments in life just before everything changes? The moment just before you met your significant other or your best friend. That moment just before you lost a job or got a new one. What about the moment just before a loved one passed away...
by Garris Elkins | Jul 24, 2018 | Freedom, Love, Mercy, Pride, Relationships, Restoration, Trust, Truth, Wisdom
Nothing in a life of faith works without God’s mercy. Through the course of our lives, each of us will make both good and bad decisions. Some of these decisions will hurt others. The response to our failed choices can also wound us. No one will have a perfect track...
by Garris Elkins | Jul 18, 2018 | Church, Faith, Family, Freedom, Humility, Identity, Kingdom of God, Power, Restoration, Revelation, Spiritual Warfare, Worship
As I travel and minister, I have the opportunity to visit many different expressions of the Church. I was recently in a gathering populated by tremendous thinkers and theologians. In that mix were differing opinions on major topics of theology and God’s Kingdom. The...
by Garris Elkins | Jul 15, 2018 | Deliverance, Dreams, Father, Five-Fold Ministry, Freedom, God, Justice, Love, Miracles, Revelation, Revival, Spiritual Warfare
Jan and I were driving through Spokane, Washington on freeway I-90. Jan was born in Spokane and I did a couple of years at Whitworth University, so the city holds a special place in our lives. As we entered the city traveling westbound from Idaho, up ahead I saw one...
by Garris Elkins | Jul 13, 2018 | Apostle, Courage, Deliverance, Faith, Fear, Freedom, Future, Integrity, Leadership, Obedience, Peace
This morning, I saw two robins flying erratically around a tree just outside a sliding glass door. A few moments later, I heard a loud thump as one of the birds collided with the window. The window was reflecting a false reality of blue skies and freedom that...
by Garris Elkins | Jul 12, 2018 | Culture, Deliverance, Five-Fold Ministry, Freedom, Future, Holy Spirit, Kingdom of God, Reformation, Spiritual Warfare
We are at a point in our national history where the hot-button issues we currently face appear like the demon-possessed man Jesus met in Mark 5. The demon was the real problem, not the man who carried the dark presence. The fearful culture tried to chain the...
