by Garris Elkins | Jul 29, 2016 | Destiny, Dreams, Faithfulness, Favor, Future, Hope, Love, Mercy, Obedience, Power, Provision, Redemption, Thankfulness, Truth
God is good. Those three words comprise the greatest truth a human being will ever discover about God. The spiritual giants of the faith discovered that truth time and time again throughout the course of history. The record of their discoveries is contained in...
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 21, 2016 | Change, Culture, Future, Power, Prophecy, Redemption, Transition
Recently, I was walking along under a covered sidewalk in a small town known as a tourist destination. Hanging above my head were signs advertising each business along the sidewalk. These signs hung on chains. A sudden breeze began to blow causing all the signs to...
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 17, 2016 | Freedom, Power, Prophetic, Spiritual Warfare, Vision., Wisdom
There are puppets dancing across the world stage. Every puppet has a puppet master. You will need the Spirit-empowered gift of discernment to clearly see into the spiritual realm and to understand what is actually taking place behind the curtain on the world stage....
