by Garris Elkins | Aug 1, 2018 | Future, Gifts, Ministry, Pride, Prophecy, Prophetic, Spirit
A sifting is taking place in the Church, especially among those who walk in the gift of prophecy. The voice of a prophet must be clear and refined by the Spirit free from too much personality or a pre-planned ministry agenda. It must be sifted of any corrupting...
by Garris Elkins | Jul 20, 2018 | Prophetic
Jan and I just drove through some very remote sections of eastern Oregon. This is a place where the term “wide open spaces” could easily find its definition. You can travel for miles before you see any sign of human settlement. What I did see were roadside caution...
by Garris Elkins | Apr 23, 2018 | Jesus, Kingdom of God, Prophecy, Prophetic, Reformation, Restoration, Spiritual Warfare
This morning, I read a prophetic word released by Kim Clement in 2014: “There is a sound that is coming that the world has never heard before. On the day of Pentecost, there was a sound that came and My church was born. But that sound destroyed the powers that...
by Garris Elkins | Apr 13, 2018 | Discipleship, Holy Spirit, Prohecy, Prophetic
If you are a pioneer, prophet or forerunner, you will see and hear things long before they appear in the cultural dialogue. You may even write or speak about these things, but at the time you shared them, there seemed to be no widespread understanding or...
by Garris Elkins | Jan 7, 2018 | Prophetic
I have noticed there are three directions our lives can move. We can evolve into something more. We can revolve around the status quo, or we can devolve into a lesser expression of ourselves than the one God intended for us to experience. To evolve means I have...
by Garris Elkins | Dec 31, 2017 | Five-Fold Ministry, Gifts, Holy Spirit, Prohecy, Prophetic, Revelation
The most significant message delivered in a prophetic word is hope, not a prediction or the revelation of a previously unknown fact. We seem to rate the ability to declare hidden things like dates, names and what might happen in the future as more significant. While...