Conrad Rocks | Spiritual Warfare, Supernatural Faith & Kingdom Living

Treasure what you have now 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! Fido was awesome.  Everyday after school he would run across the street from playing with the neighbors dogs to come play with me.  I never got my books in the door.  I had to set them down and play for an hour or so before i finally went in to do some homework.  This routine went on for much of Fido's short life. One day, i made it home and actually made it in the back door.  I was shocked that i actually made it inside the house and was able to put my books on t...

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... some times i just have to laugh at how things are going. I have a window that fell off the track in my SUV.  So sometimes it slips a little inside the door, until i scrounge up the $400 to get it fixed.  I went to bed with the window just about an inch from the top.  I thought, "No big deal, it is not going to rain in Houston anyway, this is like the longest drought in history!". Well lo and behold, the next morning it rained.  And it rained hard!    At this point in my life moments like this may be a cause to call suicide prevention.  How much more of this can i take? Well, i bucked it up, put on my slippers and headed out to deal with the situation.  As soon as i stepped outside i was immediately deterred by the mammoth amount of water that was falling from God's sky and the furious wind that accompanied it.  I frowned and turned back inside intending on simply sulking my way through this...

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...