by Garris Elkins | Oct 20, 2016 | Church, Culture, Destiny, Faith, Future, Kingdom of God, Prayer, Spiritual Warfare, Vision.
Maybe the hidden blessing at the end of this election cycle will be the sound of the death rattle of false hope. That sound will come with the last exhale of a deception that has been whispered into the ear of the Church hoping we would continue to believe the...
by Garris Elkins | Oct 17, 2016 | Deliverance, Discipline, Fear, Holy Spirit, Pride, Spiritual Warfare
In high school, I took two years of journalism during my junior and senior years. Our assignment was to publish the weekly school paper. I can still remember the day our teacher told us about the 5 W’s and the H. She said each story would need to cover six elements in...
by Garris Elkins | Oct 9, 2016 | Courage, Culture, Deliverance, Discipline, Faith, Family, Fear, Kingdom of God, Leadership, Power, Prohecy, Spiritual Warfare
For a couple of years our family lived in downtown Los Angeles. Echo Park to be exact. Jan and I directed part of a missions agency that sent ministry teams around the world. Two times a day Jan would drive our two kids to and from school in Pasadena. We had to...
by Garris Elkins | Sep 12, 2016 | Prohecy, Revelation, Spiritual Warfare, Vision.
I have a clay lamp that is 2,000 years old. It fits into the palm of my hand. It was given to me years ago as a gift along with a certificate of authentication from Israel. There are still burn marks on the opening where the wick once burned. This is a small household...
by Garris Elkins | Sep 12, 2016 | Prohecy, Revelation, Spiritual Warfare, Vision.
I have a clay lamp that is 2,000 years old. It fits into the palm of my hand. It was given to me years ago as a gift along with a certificate of authentication from Israel. There are still burn marks on the opening where the wick once burned. This is a small household...
by Garris Elkins | Sep 1, 2016 | Obedience, Power, Promise, Spiritual Warfare, Supernatural
I saw a person who finally had enough of the dark harassment that had been coming against them because of past mistakes. In a moment of Spirit-led courage they boldly declared the truth that God loved them even in the face of their obvious personal failure. I saw them...
