by Garris Elkins | Jul 11, 2016 | Culture, Deliverance, Spiritual Warfare
Missing in the national dialogue about our current cultural strife and despair is a discussion about the role of demonic powers. While racial injustice, violence and social wrongs exist and need to be addressed, the real source of their empowerment are dark spiritual...
by Garris Elkins | Jul 5, 2016 | Prayer, Spiritual Warfare, Supernatural
Over the years, I have seen strange and unexplainable things take place. I want to share one such experience because there seems to be a silence in certain segments of the Church regarding such things. It is actually healthy to process. One cold winter morning, I was...
by Garris Elkins | Jan 8, 2016 | Courage, Faith, Hope, Kingdom of God, Miracles, Power, Promise, Restoration, Spiritual Warfare
One of the most powerful things we can do is speak a word of hope no matter what is taking place in the world. We can speak these words of hope with confidence because God is always winning and His Kingdom is always advancing. A word of hope is birthed from that...
by Garris Elkins | Jan 6, 2016 | Apostle, Church, Courage, Destiny, Dreams, Favor, Five-Fold Ministry, Future, Kingdom of God, Miracles, Pride, Restoration, Spiritual Warfare
This week, as I prayed for the leaders of churches, denominations and religious organizations, I saw them coming together in a most unusual way. As the image developed, I saw the Lord imbedding magnets of fellowship in one shoulder and plates of receptive steel in the...
by Garris Elkins | Dec 7, 2015 | Identity, Marriage, Ministry, Pride, Restoration, Spiritual Warfare, Teaching
The human mind responds to trauma in unique ways. There is something called the Stockholm Syndrome where hostages will actually align themselves with the hostage taker, instead of the rescue team. When the Stockholm Syndrome is fully developed there have...
by Garris Elkins | Dec 3, 2015 | Change, Courage, Culture, Dreams, Faith, Favor, Fear, Future, Hope, Prophecy, Revelation, Spiritual Warfare
When people experience disaster or trauma unprepared and suffer a dire consequence, many times that mindset was created by something called Normalcy Bias. People who experience this bias believe that because something has never happened to them it will never...