by Garris Elkins | Sep 28, 2018 | Apostle, Creativity, Deliverance, Destiny, Favor, Five-Fold Ministry, Holy Spirit, Kingdom of God, Prophecy, Provision, Reformation
I was hiking along a deer trail away from roads and civilization. The trail led me through an open prairie where I came across an old foundation. Upon inspection, I found it to be stable and strong. It was covered with moss, but other than the moss and its apparent...
by Garris Elkins | Sep 19, 2018 | Change, Church, Culture, Five-Fold Ministry, Freedom, Holy Spirit, Kingdom of God, Obedience, Reformation, Revival, Transition
I awoke this morning having experienced a dream that was a bit unusual. Without going into all the details, I was in a very dated place. The buildings looked like something out of a 1930’s movie. People were attired in fashions from eighty years ago. The style,...
by Garris Elkins | Sep 7, 2018 | Deliverance, Fear, Freedom, Future, Holiness, Holy Spirit, Kingdom of God, Pentecost, Power, Revival, Spiritual Warfare, Transition
Those of us living in the northwest part of the United States have been surrounded by massive wildfires all summer. Just two days ago, a new fire erupted south of the Oregon border and north of Redding, California. It exploded in size and became so dangerous that a...
by Garris Elkins | Sep 2, 2018 | Discipline, Faith, Fear, Gifts, Holy Spirit, Miracles, Pride, Revelation, Teaching
Life can become a perilous journey when we choose to ignore the logic of Scripture and its historical context to affirm a favored theology or a point of doctrine. God gave us the gift of logic to keep us safe and sane when life around us seems dangerous and crazed....
by Garris Elkins | Sep 2, 2018 | Church, Culture, Discipleship, Five-Fold Ministry, Gifts, Holy Spirit, Kingdom of God, Power, prayer repentance hope, Prophecy, Spiritual Warfare
When I wrote the book, Prayers from the Throne of God, little did I know it would become an emotional and spiritual source of encouragement highlighting our freedom and authority as believers. Yes, the book is about a different way to pray, but it also creates a way...
by Garris Elkins | Aug 28, 2018 | Five-fold, Freedom, Gifts, Holy Spirit, Kingdom of God, Prophecy, Spiritual Warfare, Teaching, Wisdom
Of all the gifts of the Spirit, the gift of prophecy has the ability to be hijacked more easily than other gifts. When an audience is pursued by a prophet at some point a temptation will be offered for them to use the same intriguing sources of information the world...
