by Garris Elkins | Jul 18, 2018 | Church, Faith, Family, Freedom, Humility, Identity, Kingdom of God, Power, Restoration, Revelation, Spiritual Warfare, Worship
As I travel and minister, I have the opportunity to visit many different expressions of the Church. I was recently in a gathering populated by tremendous thinkers and theologians. In that mix were differing opinions on major topics of theology and God’s Kingdom. The...
by Garris Elkins | Jul 15, 2018 | Deliverance, Dreams, Father, Five-Fold Ministry, Freedom, God, Justice, Love, Miracles, Revelation, Revival, Spiritual Warfare
Jan and I were driving through Spokane, Washington on freeway I-90. Jan was born in Spokane and I did a couple of years at Whitworth University, so the city holds a special place in our lives. As we entered the city traveling westbound from Idaho, up ahead I saw one...
by Garris Elkins | Jul 12, 2018 | Culture, Deliverance, Five-Fold Ministry, Freedom, Future, Holy Spirit, Kingdom of God, Reformation, Spiritual Warfare
We are at a point in our national history where the hot-button issues we currently face appear like the demon-possessed man Jesus met in Mark 5. The demon was the real problem, not the man who carried the dark presence. The fearful culture tried to chain the...
by Garris Elkins | Jul 10, 2018 | Culture, Discipleship, Evangelism, Favor, Fear, Freedom, Humility, Mercy, Peace, Prophecy, Reformation, Spiritual Warfare
Recently, while attending the Hub Nation conference in Bend, Oregon, I took a short walk around the parking lot of Eagle Mountain Fellowship where the conference was being hosted. In an adjacent retail complex is a business called The Boot Barn. As I walked by the...
by Garris Elkins | Jul 6, 2018 | Holy Spirit, Power, Prayer, Revival, Spiritual Warfare
One of the most dangerous and promising prayers we can utter is, “Come, Holy Spirit, come!” It is dangerous to the works of darkness and promising to the one who utters its invitation. The challenge comes when the Spirit finally does arrive and He must work through...
by Garris Elkins | Jul 5, 2018 | Change, Church, Creativity, Culture, Faith, Future, Holy Spirit, Kingdom of God, Prophecy, Reformation, Restoration, Revival, Spiritual Warfare
The most devasting natural disasters typically come without warning. So do the most beautiful works of the Spirit that shift culture toward God and His Kingdom purposes. While some of us move in the realm of the prophetic, on our best day we only see in part and...
