Do you pray? by Brendan Conboy

I attended a weekly prayer meeting from 1986, when I invited Jesus into my life, to 2014. It took place every Wednesday at 7.00am. At first, it was in the home of a Christian businessman and was for any Christians in business. I was a self-employed builder and made welcome, especially as I had only been a Christian for a few months.

It truly is amazing what happens when we pray, especially corporately. 28 years later that meeting continued but not in the same location. The meeting moved to ‘The Door Youth Project’, a venture that I co-founded in 1991.

In 1996, I became the first paid youth worker for the organisation. It was exciting and scary all at the same time and I rapidly set to praying every day. I would start each day in prayer and commit my impossible workload to the Lord. Remarkably, even though I had seemingly wasted time praying, every task and more was achieved, as I learnt to pray into every situation and do things in His strength.

Now, I chat away to God in my daily endeavours. Do you do that in your writing? Do you do whatever you are doing as an act of worship? Do you give Him the glory for your achievements?

I’m in the middle of an extreme house renovation and haven’t written much lately, but I still chat away. Part of the scheme involved removing a load-bearing wall. An engineer had calculated and designed a ‘belts and braces’ specification, using timber and steel.

The wall supported a strut, which supported the roof and the day of testing arrived. As each block was removed, I prayed, ‘Some may trust in calculations, some may trust in engineers, but I will trust in the name of the Lord.’

As the strut was removed, I praised God for His faithfulness and the skills He has blessed me with. You can watch the wall come down in 18 seconds HERE.

The Celtic Christians had a rhythm of daily prayer. Do you? In The Message, we read about the ‘unforced rhythms of grace.’ I would be interested to hear about your prayer rhythm and the difference it has made in your life.

 

Brendan Conboy aka Half Man Half Poet is the author of 16 published books including two fascinating autobiographies, The Golden Thread and I'm Still VALUED.  In 1986, Brendan invited Jesus into his life and God blessed him with the gift of rhyming words.  He used that gift as a Christian Rap artist for 25 years and has written 6 poetry books including the entire Book of Psalms in Rhyme.  He has 3 published novels - Issues, Invasion of the Mimics and Legacy of the Mimics.  He is the creator of Book Blest