by Garris Elkins | Nov 7, 2015 | Apostle, Deliverance, Obedience, Prophecy, Spiritual Warfare, Truth, Word
For the last few days, I have been hearing the words, “a call to arms”. The Oxford Dictionary defines the phrase as a call “to defend against a takeover”. When I heard this call to arms, I saw a soldier in battle firing shots at an approaching...
by Garris Elkins | Sep 10, 2015 | Change, Humility, Identity, Prophecy, Supernatural, Vision.
This morning, as I was reading scripture, I came to Proverbs 20:27 where the text says, “The Lord’s light penetrates the human spirit, exposing every hidden motive.” When I read those words, I saw the image of a book. As I watched the book a wind began blowing...
by Garris Elkins | Aug 17, 2015 | Church, Prophecy, Redemption
Don’t confuse the consequence of sin with the judgment of God. Much of the pain and sorrow that takes place in the lives of people and nations is the consequence of sin, not the judgment of God. The remainder of suffering is a shared vulnerability we all experience...
by Garris Elkins | Aug 8, 2015 | Family, Fathers, Prophecy
Each generation will have prophetic words spoken over them from the fathers and mothers of faith who represent a previous generation. Jan and I have had those kinds of words spoken over us by people like Dick Mills and Jean Darnall and others with a similar...
by Garris Elkins | Aug 6, 2015 | Freedom, Humility, Prophecy, Redemption
“Now our knowledge is partial and incomplete, and even the gift of prophecy reveals only part of the whole picture!”I Corinthians 13:9 When Paul penned these words he was sharing a principle for life and especially for prophetic ministry. Nothing we do or say is...
by Garris Elkins | Aug 4, 2015 | Courage, Faithfulness, Humility, Prophecy
At some point you will share a word with someone and they will not like what they hear. They may disagree with your delivery or even the content of your theology. The wider the audience for your ministry becomes the more this will happen – sometimes with regularity....
