Conrad Rocks | Spiritual Warfare, Supernatural Faith & Kingdom Living

I received a vision during corporate prayer. It carried the weight of encouragement: keep fighting—victory is real, and peace is coming. The vision I saw two hands pounding furiously against black, billowing clouds in the heavenly realm. Then one hand turned toward me and flashed the peace sign. In that moment, I felt the Lord say: the fight is not pointless, and the outcome is not uncertain. The Scriptures that came with it 1 Corinthians 9:26 (KJV) — “I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air.” Ephesians 6:12 (KJV) — “For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.” We are not shadowboxing. This is not imagination. There is a real adversary, and there is real resistance in the Spirit. Why the “V” mattered As I thought about those verses, the Lord reminded me of the history behind that hand sign. D...

I often ponder  on the story of when Jesus was walking on the water in the storm found in Matthew 14.  The disciples of Christ were at first afraid and thought that hey had seen a ghost.   They soon recognized the Master's voice even in the storm (see John 10).  One dared to draw near to the Lord with faith (James 4:8).  He asked Jesus to command him to come.  Knowing that if Jesus commands it, then he will be safe (Heb 5:9).  Knowing that if Jesus authors the word then he can stand on it and not sink.   Peter asks the Lord to command him to come out onto the water.  The Lord obliges.  As Peter was drawing near to Jesus, he got distracted by his surroundings.  He took his eyes off of Jesus and looked at the wind.  We are to keep our eyes upon Jesus the Author and Finisher of our faith (Heb 12:2).  Once we become distracted and look away we begin to sink into our own reality,  we begin to revert back to our old way...