Use this prayer for the music volunteers in your church as they prepare to lead the congregation in worship this Sunday.
Quick Prayer
Please pray aloud:
Gracious Lord, I come to you today interceding for the worship team at my church. Keep our worship leaders’ lives and hearts pure, that they sing and worship with integrity. Fill them with a heart of worship as they lead us this weekend, that we may be quickly ushered into your presence.
In Jesus’ name. Amen.
Full Prayer
Please pray aloud:
Gracious Lord, I come to you today interceding for the musicians at my church.
Specifically, Lord, I pray for…
Take a moment to name the people you know in this ministry.
In your Word, the singers and instrumentalists went before the army, declaring your praises before the battle. Remind our singers and musicians that they too, go first, ushering us through your gates with thanksgiving, through your courts with praise, and into your presence!
Begin with their hearts, O God. Fill them with a sense of awe at your holiness, your mercy, and your grace. Help them to live a sanctified life worthy of the calling they’ve received, worshiping in private before leading worship in public.
…give our artists both reverence and freedom in their worship, that our church may have the same.
—Pray for Your Church
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Give them a heart of excellence and devotion to their craft—rehearsing scales, improving their instrument’s tone, memorizing their music, learning nuances of music theory. Not for their glory, God, but for the glory of your name.
I pray also for their interaction within the group, Lord. Don’t let creative differences or personalities cause division within the group. Let each team member fulfill your command to honor one another above themselves.
Finally, as they sing and play this weekend, give our artists both reverence and freedom in their worship, that our church may have the same. Keep them from pride or vanity, redirecting any glory to you. Fill them with creativity to know when expression will inspire the church, and the discernment to know when restraint will do the same.
Move my entire church to worship with the excitement of the Psalmists—with string and pipe, with loud clashing cymbals, with clapping and dance, with shouts of joy, with hymns of praise! All that we may be ready to encounter you through your gifts and the preaching of your Word, O King Most High.
In Jesus’ name. Amen.
My heart is stirred by a noble theme as I recite my verses for the king.
Psalm 45:1
