We join with you tonight and thank God for your willing heart to serve Him and to open the service for His glory. It is a beautiful thing to desire to be used by the Lord and to want others to be helped and encouraged through what He does through you. We are praying that the Lord anoints you afresh and speaks through you.
We are reminded of what Scripture says, If anyone speaks, let it be as it were the very words of God. If anyone serves, let it be as of the strength which God supplies, that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ 1 Peter 4:11. And again, Now therefore go, and I will be with your mouth, and teach you what you shall speak Exodus 4:12. We take comfort that it is not by our own eloquence or strength, but by His Spirit that we are enabled to minister.
We also love your heart to do this in Jesus' name, for Whatever you do, in word or in deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father, through him Colossians 3:17. There is power in that name and we rejoice that you have called upon Him.
So together we pray, Father in heaven, we come before You in the mighty name of Jesus and we lift up this dear one to You tonight. We ask that You anoint them with Your Holy Spirit, fill their mouth and fill their heart, and let Your presence rest upon them as they open the service. Take away any spirit of fear or nervousness, for You didn't give us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control 2 Timothy 1:7. Let the words of their mouth and the meditation of their heart be acceptable in Your sight, Yahweh, our rock and our redeemer Psalm 19:14. Use them as Your vessel to encourage, to exhort, and to point every heart in that room to Christ. We pray that what is shared tonight would not return void, but would help some, would stir faith, bring comfort, and draw souls closer to You. Let all that is done be done for Your glory. We trust You to work beyond what we can see or measure. In Jesus' name we pray, amen.