by Garris Elkins | Feb 26, 2020 | Culture, Freedom, Gifts, Holy Spirit, Reformation, Revival
This morning, I sensed the Lord saying that unusual and unexpected interpretations of private prayer in the Spirit are coming. These interpretations are similar to an understanding that occurs when a tongue is offered in a public assembly followed by an...
by Garris Elkins | Feb 23, 2020 | Reformation, Revival
Chasing after ever-fluctuating social demographics is the work of a political spirit. State and national demographics will always change as people with differing social views move in and out of an area. We can try to redraw voting districts and even state lines, but...
by Garris Elkins | Jan 25, 2020 | Apostle, Church, Courage, Destiny, Kingdom of God, Revival, Spirit, Spiritual Warfare, Teaching
As warm and embracing as our faith might be to us personally, to some, it will come across as strange, insignificant, or even foolish. One reason why we are seeing unhealthy doctrines entering the church is that, in some cases, our core message has been compromised in...
by Garris Elkins | Jan 2, 2020 | Apostle, Change, Courage, Culture, Reformation, Revival
If our New Year resolutions are limited to weight loss programs, gym memberships, or planning our next vacation, we may have lost our way as followers of Jesus Christ. Around the world, fellow believers are paying for their faith with blood. In our nation, dark...
by Garris Elkins | Dec 28, 2019 | Reformation, Rest, Revival
Rest will be the place from which the next revival will spring. We enter this place of rest when we choose to lay down our undisciplined ambition and our need to always have to produce to validate a lesser identity. We enter rest through the gauntlet of mocking voices...
by Garris Elkins | Nov 22, 2019 | Church, Culture, Deliverance, Discernment, Faith, Favor, Fear, Five-Fold Ministry, Future, Grace, Kingdom of God, Leadership, Prophecy, Revival, Spiritual Warfare
With the approach of the year 2020, it is tempting for many of us to use those numbers to speak of clearer vision and greater focus like someone with 20/20 vision. While the comparison is obvious and subject to overuse, it is not without some merit and prophetic...