by Garris Elkins | Apr 1, 2017 | Deliverance, Five-Fold Ministry, Kingdom, Ministry, Power, Spiritual Warfare
There was a conversation I had with each rookie cop I trained. On the first night, before we stepped into our patrol car, I said, “I am going home alive tonight and I am not going to let you get us killed.” What I meant was until they learned how to survive on the...
by Garris Elkins | Mar 29, 2017 | Creavity, Destiny, Dreams, Father, Fathers, Favor, Forgiveness, Freedom, God, Honor, Hope, Kingdom, Peace, Promotion, Relationships, Restoration, Spiritual Warfare
Years ago, a man approached me after a Sunday morning service. He was concerned with something I had preached. He was a veteran pastor so his words carried extra weight. In the sermon, I said, “God has no favorites.” He was truly concerned because I think he felt he...
by Garris Elkins | Mar 25, 2017 | Holy Spirit, Pentecost, Power, Spiritual Warfare, Supernatural
In real life, paper targets don’t shoot back and martial arts mannequins don’t fight back. This is true in spiritual matters. The only place we will ever understand the gritty realities of a life of faith is in the trenches of actual spiritual combat. Make sure to...
by Garris Elkins | Mar 23, 2017 | Revelation, Spiritual Warfare, Truth, Wisdom
I never allowed the rookie cops I trained to run toward danger. Until we knew what was actually taking place, I wanted them to move forward with caution under cover and concealment taking the time to assess what was happening. Some of these so-called emergencies...
by Garris Elkins | Mar 20, 2017 | Freedom, Kingdom, Power, Spiritual Warfare
The power of God’s presence is underestimated. The presence of God alone has the power to challenge and dismantle entrenched darkness. This is illustrated in Scripture regarding the false god Dagon. Dagon was the god of fertility worshiped by the Philistines, a people...
by Garris Elkins | Mar 19, 2017 | Deliverance, Faith, Freedom, Hope, Mercy, Miracles, Promise, Redemption, Resurrection, Spiritual Warfare, Vision., Wisdom
As a young pastor, I supplemented our family income by working as a pilot. Most of my flight time was instructing new students, but there were times when I would have a charter flight. On one such charter, I was flying back to our home base in Kalispell, Montana solo...
