by Garris Elkins | Jun 19, 2014 | Deliverance, Faith, Freedom, Holiness, Holy Spirit, Identity
You have felt that God has put a leash on your life like someone who would leash an unruly dog to keep it under control. God never puts a leash on His children. He has given you the ability to choose how you will respond to life. One of the fruits of the Spirit...
by Garris Elkins | Jun 16, 2014 | Freedom, Gifts, Holy Spirit, Kingdom of God
We are in a season where what has been invisible will be now be made known. Those who have gone unnoticed even after years of faithful service will become visible as God confirms and performs His word in their lives. As this thought formed in my mind, I saw the...
by Garris Elkins | Jun 9, 2014 | Faithfulness, Freedom, Holy Spirit, Power, Supernatural
Be careful to not wrap your significance around what you do for work or ministry. Do not allow your current assignment to become a destination. This way of thinking can produce a lie that says you are finished and have come to the end of the line arriving at a...
by Garris Elkins | May 25, 2014 | Change, Holy Spirit, Intimacy, Pentecost, Revival, Transition
You have caught the scent of something new – a fragrance of coming change. God is the one who has awakened this sensitivity in you. Like a person experiencing an exquisite perfume for the first time this unfamiliar fragrance has turned your head in a...
by Garris Elkins | Apr 18, 2014 | Church, Faith, Favor, Gifts, Holy Spirit, Pentecost, Power, Supernatural
You carry far more than you realize. The moment you invited God to live within you He deposited His eternal and all-powerful Spirit inside your flesh and bones. You have become a carrier of Presence. You carry all the gifts of the Spirit needed to build...
by Garris Elkins | Dec 7, 2013 | Death, Future, Healing, Holy Spirit, Love, Miracles, Prayer, Resurrection
Earlier this week the Lord spoke to me. He said, “The prayers of some of my people are beginning to sound like a preparation for a funeral – not a proclamation of life.” This word came just hours before our pastoral staff visited the home of a dear man in our church...
