by Garris Elkins | Nov 1, 2019 | Courage, Faithfulness, Fear, Future, Hope, Mercy, Peace, Pride, Resurrection, Spiritual Warfare, Transition, Word, Worship
You feel like you are being stretched to the breaking point. That is not what’s taking place, nor is it the purpose of what you are experiencing. God is not causing your pain. That is your response to the rigidity and inflexibility He wants to remove. He is...
by Garris Elkins | Oct 31, 2019 | Culture, Deliverance, Discernment, Faith, Freedom, Holy Spirit, Leadership, Mercy, Pride, Reconciliation, Reformation, Spiritual Warfare, Truth
In prayer, I just saw a demon spirit called Dark Agenda running through an open door into the heart of our nation. As the demon ran forward he was focusing his attention on the beating heart of America. As he ran forward, he stumbled and then stumbled again and...
by Garris Elkins | Oct 28, 2019 | Deliverance, Discernment, Fear, Five-Fold Ministry, Healing, Power, Relationships, Spiritual Warfare, Teaching, Truth, Word, Worship
Using words like witchcraft, demon possession, and spiritual warfare will cause some people to roll their intellectual eyes like they are talking to a mentally deficient hayseed. I’m glad the first followers of Jesus didn’t feel this way or leave those encounters out...
by Garris Elkins | Oct 22, 2019 | Culture, Discernment, Dreams, Family, Fear, Forgiveness, Future, Gifts, Justice, Restoration, Spiritual Warfare
Jan and I are at a place and time in our lives where we don’t need anything more. Twenty years ago, as two missionaries returning from Europe to pastor a church in Medford, Oregon, we stepped off the airplane with most of our earthly possessions in our luggage. We had...
by Garris Elkins | Oct 20, 2019 | Culture, Deliverance, Freedom, Kingdom of God, Peace, Prophecy, Revelation, Spiritual Warfare
God is calling forth precision prayer warriors who will move past generic prayers to very specific forms of prayer that God will use to turn the course of significant spiritual battles. Many of these individuals will be so removed from the actual conflict they...
by Garris Elkins | Oct 6, 2019 | Change, Courage, Deliverance, Destiny, Spiritual Warfare
In your transition, you will cross a spiritual frontier. All spiritual frontiers have demons guarding them. Don’t ignore this reality. Stepping through the gates of transition will cause them to react. Every physical crossing recorded in scripture was a...
