by Garris Elkins | Jul 28, 2020 | Discernment, Fear, Future, Promise, Prophecy, Prophetic, Revelation, Spiritual Warfare
Polls and opinions do not reliably reveal the future. It is a prophetic voice, empowered and informed by the Spirit that brings the most trusted revelation of what is to come. Resist the urge to follow polls and opinions. The unreliability of those sources has been...
by Garris Elkins | Jul 22, 2020 | Gifts, Prophecy, Prophetic, Spirit
The Lord doesn’t want to define us by the obedience of a past generation. He is calling men and women in our day who will be just as honored in history as “…the sons of Issachar, men who understood the times, with knowledge of what Israel should do” (I...
by Garris Elkins | Jul 15, 2020 | Dreams, Leadership, Obedience, Peace, Promise, Promotion, Prophetic, Provision
Every promise of God will have conflict associated with its possession. When we finally arrive in a place of promise many things will still stand between us and receiving the benefit of living in that new reality. It is in that place of tension that critical choices...
by Garris Elkins | Jul 15, 2020 | Freedom, Gifts, Prophecy, Prophetic
Be careful about releasing a word before its time and declaring, “Thus saith the Lord.” The word may indeed carry Heaven’s authority, but only if it is released in the timing of the Spirit. What we speak in God’s name must be shared without the impulsiveness of...
by Garris Elkins | Jul 2, 2020 | Dreams, Prophecy, Prophetic, Vision.
Many believers are concerned about what is transpiring on earth. Some of that concern can blind us to a greater reality. A fear-based concern will paralyze our faith because it is absent of hope. Fear can cause us to believe and take stock in diversions....
by Garris Elkins | Jun 21, 2020 | Church, Courage, Culture, Faithfulness, Five-Fold Ministry, Freedom, Holy Spirit, Honor, Justice, Prohecy, Prophetic
There is such a thing as a healthy compromise. This is a meeting where two opposing parties step over existing prohibitions and warnings and try to work things out no matter what the cost might be to them personally. Compromise becomes unhealthy when we filter...
