by Garris Elkins | Jul 28, 2016 | Change, Destiny, Dreams, Five-Fold Ministry, Future, Kingdom of God, Leadership, Promotion, Resurrection
Jan and I are attending the Worldcast Ministries Conference in Yakima, Washington. Later today I am scheduled to speak. As I sit in our beautiful hotel room going over the notes for my message, I am looking through a window at the Yakima River. The window is...
by Garris Elkins | Jul 27, 2016 | Church, Courage, Destiny, Discipleship, Dreams, Faithfulness, Future, Hope, Kingdom of God, Miracles, Power, Promotion, Revival
God is leading His people to a new place. This will require a fresh anointing of God’s Spirit in those places where we have allowed our experience with God to become dry. Without that fresh anointing we will remain immobilized and unable to move forward to complete...
by Garris Elkins | Jul 24, 2016 | Deliverance, Faith, Five-Fold Ministry, Holy Spirit, Kingdom of God, Miracles, Pentecost, Power, Spiritual Warfare
When I was a young pastor a woman began to attend our church. In the community she was known as a fire-starter. She used demons, not matches, to start fires. People spoke of her demonic talent in hushed, fear-based conversations. Since she had moved to our area two...
by Garris Elkins | Jul 20, 2016 | Change, Church, Culture, Freedom, Holiness, Humility, Kingdom of God, Promotion, Relationships, Spiritual Warfare
In this cycle of American politics we have become a living illustration of the conversation Joshua had with the commander of the Lord’s heavenly army. “Now when Joshua was near Jericho, he looked up and saw a man standing in front of him with a drawn sword in his...
by Garris Elkins | Jul 18, 2016 | Apostle, Five-fold, Kingdom of God, Power, Prayer, Spiritual Warfare, Worship
In military and police work the term “Staging Area” is used to describe a location designated where intelligence, personnel and materials are assembled in preparation for a coming campaign or assault. Personally, I have stood in actual staging areas where my...
by Garris Elkins | Jul 16, 2016 | Destiny, Fear, Five-Fold Ministry, Gifts, Holy Spirit, Hope, Kingdom of God, Leadership, Prayer, Prohecy, Revelation, Spirit
When I was a young pastor, I hiked alone to the very crest of the Rocky Mountains that overlooked the Flathead Valley in northwest Montana. Jan and I were pastoring a church in the valley below in the city of Kalispell. As I stood atop the rocky ridgeline to my right...
