by Garris Elkins | Oct 28, 2016 | Fear, Freedom, Holy Spirit, Kingdom of God, Power, Revelation, Spiritual Warfare
The story I am about to tell may sound unreal to some, but it was an actual incident reported in a formal police report. I was the reporting officer. As a young cop, I found myself distant from the faith of my youth. In my late 20’s, I had an encounter with Jesus that...
by Garris Elkins | Oct 17, 2016 | Deliverance, Discipline, Fear, Holy Spirit, Pride, Spiritual Warfare
In high school, I took two years of journalism during my junior and senior years. Our assignment was to publish the weekly school paper. I can still remember the day our teacher told us about the 5 W’s and the H. She said each story would need to cover six elements in...
by Garris Elkins | Sep 21, 2016 | Holy Spirit, Kingdom of God, Revelation, Spirit
I was just reading my bible and had to place it down in order to answer my phone. During the call I heard the pages begin to rustle as a fresh breeze blew through the window and into our living room. As the wind blew the pages began to turn one by one suddenly...
by Garris Elkins | Sep 19, 2016 | Holy Spirit, Pentecost, Power
Pentecost was a launching point – not a destination. Once launched Pentecost became a reoccurring work of the Spirit continuously released over the course of the last 2,000 years. In each and every new season of the Church there will be a Pentecost moment. It is...
by Garris Elkins | Sep 8, 2016 | Change, Culture, Destiny, Faith, Fear, Future, Holy Spirit, Kingdom of God, Miracles, Prophecy
I saw the image of a person walking down a busy street with ear buds in both ears. They were looking down at the pavement as they walked. The person was unable to hear the sounds around them because of the pre-programmed music they had chosen to fill their ears....
by Garris Elkins | Sep 8, 2016 | Change, Culture, Destiny, Faith, Fear, Future, Holy Spirit, Kingdom of God, Miracles, Prophecy
I saw the image of a person walking down a busy street with ear buds in both ears. They were looking down at the pavement as they walked. The person was unable to hear the sounds around them because of the pre-programmed music they had chosen to fill their ears....
