by Garris Elkins | Sep 17, 2019 | Prayer, Reformation, Revelation, Revival, Spiritual Warfare, Supernatural, Truth, Wisdom
I’ve had an aggressive and warlike kind of prayer on my mind for the last few days. This is the kind of prayer that that brings down spiritual strongholds and dark power structures like those described by Paul in Ephesians 6. Forty years ago, SWAT teams were still a...
by Garris Elkins | Sep 12, 2019 | Apostle, Church, Five-Fold Ministry, Holy Spirit, Kingdom of God, Reformation, Revival
Jan and I take communion every day. We pray for our family, friends, and our marriage. During communion, we remember God’s faithfulness in all things. We use a small thimble-sized brass goblet from Israel to serve the wine and matzo crackers for our bread. When we...
by Garris Elkins | Sep 4, 2019 | Culture, Deliverance, Fear, Future, Holiness, Holy Spirit, Hope, Miracles, Pentecost, Reformation, Resurrection, Revival
Church history is formed over time and can appear like a glacier moving at a speed imperceptible to the natural eye. In these glacial-like seasons, some have given up hope and allowed human opinion to form a worldview in conflict with truth. At other...
by Garris Elkins | Aug 20, 2019 | Apostle, Church, Kingdom of God, Leadership, Prayer, Reformation, Revival, Spiritual Warfare, Worship
On Saturday, the eyes of the nation were focused on the protests in Portland, Oregon between the anarchist group Antifa and several opposing factions. The possibility of chaos and destruction was significant. My friend, Ty Bottler and a team from The Father’s...
by Garris Elkins | Aug 18, 2019 | Apostle, Change, Church, Creativity, Discipleship, Five-Fold Ministry, Healing, Kingdom of God, Revival, Spiritual Warfare, Word
The only trusted way to know how to interpret this life is to bring our opinions to Scripture and let God’s truth evaluate the quality of our understanding. If we bring Scripture to our opinion and allow our opinion to override and reinterpret what truth is, we will...
by Garris Elkins | Aug 14, 2019 | Apostle, Church, Discernment, Faithfulness, Favor, Healing, Holiness, Honor, Hope, Justice, Ministry, Reformation, Revival, Spiritual Warfare
I was in a historic bank building in Jacksonville, Oregon conducting some personal business. The building has housed a bank since the mid-1800s. The interior of the bank looks a lot like it did 160 years ago. It has been preserved as a historic landmark. The room...
