by Garris Elkins | May 4, 2018 | Discipline, Faith, Forgiveness, Future, Honor, Love, Pride, Reconciliation, Relationships, Restoration, Revelation, Spiritual Warfare, Transition, Trust, Wisdom
Donald Miller, author of the book, Blue Like Jazz, said something profound. He said what drew him to follow Jesus was the issue of resolution. Miller said only Jesus offered a resolution for his personal sin and the sorrows that he and others experienced in this life....
by Garris Elkins | Apr 29, 2018 | Courage, Death, Deliverance, Faith, Fear, Healing, Obedience, Power, Spiritual Warfare, Supernatural
Recently, I was speaking in a church when a man I know came to say hello. He shared that he had been battling cancer. After the initial overwhelming emotion of that diagnosis was first delivered, he began to experience the fear associated with the possible outcome of...
by Garris Elkins | Apr 27, 2018 | Courage, Discipleship, Kingdom of God, Obedience, Spiritual Warfare, Trust, Wisdom
When I was a young SWAT cop, our team was asked to assist in the takedown of some very bad people. They were part of a drug cartel and heavily armed. We got some intelligence that members of this group were transiting our area in the back of a U-Haul rental truck in...
by Garris Elkins | Apr 26, 2018 | Change, Courage, Culture, Evangelism, Future, Miracles, Power, Prophecy, Reformation, Revival, Spiritual Warfare
Prophetic voices are prophesying a coming shift in the spiritual atmosphere of California. This week, with the pending legislation taking place in California that will attempt to curtail the activity of the Church and hinder free speech, I have had two...
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 21, 2018 | Destiny, Dreams, Eternity, Future, Identity, Leadership, Peace, Power, Provision, Revelation, Spiritual Warfare, Trust
Jan and I just returned from an outstanding time at the Leader’s Advance at Bethel Church in Redding, California. Whenever I am in an environment where apostolic vision is partnering with God at the leading edge of revelation, revival, and reformation, I return...