Conrad Rocks | Spiritual Warfare, Supernatural Faith & Kingdom Living

  The Dog Who Taught Me Faithfulness: Love, Loss, and the Gift of Today The Day Fido Came Home One day my grandfather came home and asked me to get a carton of cigarettes out of the back seat of the car. He had a grin on his face so I knew he was up to something. I hurried out in my eight-year-old body wondering what the real story was. And inside a box was a little black mutt with a white spot on his chest. I named him Fido. I have no idea what kind of dog he was. Mutt about sums it up, but he was a mutt full of love and energy! That was the start of one of the most meaningful friendships I ever had as a kid. It didn't come wrapped in fancy paper. It didn't come with a pedigree or a training certificate. It came in a cardboard box from the back seat of a beat-up car — and it changed my childhood forever. You see, God has a way of sending us gifts in the most unexpected packaging. I didn't know it at the time, but that little dog would teach me more about love, loyalt...

Happy Today, Uncertain Tomorrow? The Fight for Our Children’s Future Walking out of Target today, I was struck by a sight that stopped my racing thoughts in their tracks. A young girl was marching toward the entrance with her father, sporting a smile that could only be described as magical. She was wearing a pair of oversized boots—clearly a brand-new treasure—and she wasn't just walking; she was dancing. In her mind, she was likely a queen or a mythical hero. To the world, she was the picture of pure, unadulterated joy. It was the kind of confidence that only flourishes in the soil of a parent’s love. I couldn’t help but crack a smile as I headed toward my car. There is something about the innocent "Happy Today" of a child that briefly masks the "Uncertain Tomorrow" we all feel looming. The Weight of Our Legacy By the time I reached my car door, that smile had faded into a heavy realization. I found myself asking a hard question: What kind of future ar...

God Comes Through in difficult Times! Hey there, this is Conrad, and I'm excited to share my personal testimony about how God provided for me during a really difficult financial season. As many of you know, I've been going through tremendous money troubles for about a year now. The economy has been tough, and no matter how hard I worked, it felt like I was just sinking deeper and deeper into debt. It got to the point where I was really starting to get scared - I do online ministry work and stuff at my church, but the bills just kept piling up. I reached a turning point where I knew I had to make a decision. Was I going to keep trying to figure this out on my own, or was I finally going to put my full trust in God? So I made the choice to step out in faith. I started confessing God's promises - that He would supply all my needs according to His riches and glory. I made seeking His kingdom and His righteousness my top priority, instead of just focusing on my financial trouble...

Worship was awesome last night at church. I knew it was going to be good.  I have had a few encounters the preceding week with God overwhelming me with His presence.  The kind where i am enraptured with His love and it makes my body vibrate.   I also had a huge sickness attack hit me about four hours before service.  My first thought was to call and cancel, and then i realized, this was just another attack from the enemy.  Ha!  i have been doing this long enough i should know how the devil operates by now.  So i took authority, prayed and confessed the word (1 Samuel 30:6).  I also had some Google+ peeps pray for me! Thanks guys for your prayers!  I love you!  (see i blog about ya! that is love!) Back to the presence of God that i had experienced this preceding week. Often times i am so overwhelmed by His presence that i seem to lose gravity.  Literally, if my eyes where not opened i would not know which way is up. ...

A praise report with a smile. Ha, Ha, Ha... sometimes I just have to laugh at how things are going. There are moments in life when the enemy would love for us to look at a small inconvenience and let it become the last straw. Not because the thing itself is so terrible, but because it lands on top of everything else. One more bill. One more repair. One more disappointment. One more thing that did not go the way we planned. That is where I was when the window on my SUV started acting up. I had a window that fell off the track in my SUV. It would not stay where it was supposed to stay. Sometimes it would slip a little down inside the door, and I would have to pull it back up or try to baby it along until I could scrounge up the money to get it fixed. The repair was going to be around four hundred dollars, and at that moment four hundred dollars might as well have been four thousand. It was one of those problems I knew needed attention, but I also knew I could not just snap my fingers...

I received a vision during corporate prayer that has stayed with me. It was not complicated, but it carried weight. Sometimes the Lord will show me something simple, and the simplicity is part of the power. I saw two hands in the heavenly realm pounding furiously against black, billowing clouds. The clouds looked dark, stubborn, and oppressive, like a spiritual resistance hanging over the atmosphere. Then one hand turned toward me and flashed the peace sign. That arrested me. In that moment, I felt the Lord impress upon my spirit that the fight is not pointless. The struggle is not wasted. The warfare is not just religious noise. Victory is real, and peace is coming. When we are in the middle of spiritual warfare, it can feel like we are swinging into the dark. We pray, we fast, we worship, we resist, and sometimes the situation looks unchanged. The clouds still billow. The pressure still presses. The enemy still whispers. But the Lord was reminding me that heaven sees the battle diffe...

I often rehearse the story of Jesus walking on the water in Matthew 14. I do not just read it as a Sunday school story or as a miracle tucked away in the pages of Scripture. I return to it because I have lived pieces of it. I know what it feels like to step out in faith, to begin moving toward the voice of the Lord, and then suddenly become aware of the wind. I know what it feels like when circumstances start talking louder than the promise. I know what it feels like to sink. The disciples were in a storm. The ship was being tossed with waves, and the wind was contrary. That is important. Jesus did not come to them while everything was calm, easy, and predictable. He came walking on the sea in the middle of the contradiction. The very thing that threatened them was under His feet. “And in the fourth watch of the night Jesus went unto them, walking on the sea.” — Matthew 14:25 KJV At first, the disciples were afraid. They thought they had seen a spirit. Fear has a way of misinte...