6 Prayers For Opening A Meeting

Use these 6 prayers for opening a meeting to pray for your team, to glorify God in your work, direction, good communication, and more.

Whether you’re meeting with a group for work in your business, Bible study, with church staff, or you’re having a board meeting – whatever meeting lies ahead, it is also important to remember to ask God to steer the ship through prayer.

Meetings can be complicated. When people with different opinions and personalities come together, it can be easy to clash and to fall off track.

When you open up a meeting with prayer, it is not only an opportunity to seek God’s wisdom and guidance but to pray for each person who will be attending the meeting. There is a sense of unity that prayer brings when a group of people lean not on their own wisdom but seek God’s wisdom and understanding.

Opening up a meeting with prayer is a reminder that God is ultimately in control. Therefore, we can lean on Him and trust in Him to lead us and give us guidance and clarity. If you’re needing some inspiration for prayers to open your meetings with, I hope these are exactly what you’re looking for!

Below, you will find these 6 prayers:

1. A Short Prayer for Opening A Meeting
2. An Opening Prayer for Teamwork
3. An Opening Prayer to Find Solutions
4. An Opening Prayer for Direction
5. An Opening Prayer to Glorify God In All You Do
6. An Opening Prayer for Good Communication

1. A Short Prayer for Opening A Meeting

“Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.” – Proverbs 3:5-6

Lord in Heaven,

We come before You, offering our thanks for bringing us together safely. Sometimes it’s easy to forget that our safe arrival, and departure is a grace from You. As we prepare for this meeting, we ask that You would be with us. May our thoughts be lead by You, and our conversations be inspired by You. Help us to put our own agendas to the side, and seek Your will and outcome for this meeting. Please grant us wisdom in times of uncertainty, and clarity in times of confusion. Lead us to solutions, and help us strengthen us as a group. In Jesus’ name, amen.

2. An Opening Prayer for Teamwork

“Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor:If either of them falls down, one can help the other up.
But pity anyone who falls and has no one to help them up. Also, if two lie down together, they will keep warm. But how can one keep warm alone? Though one may be overpowered, two can defend themselves. A cord of three strands is not quickly broken.” – Ecclesiastes 4:9-12

Father,

Thank You for every person who is present at this meeting. It is amazing that You know each one of us, as though there were only one of us. There is not a single thing hidden from You. You know our every thought, You know our strengths and You know our weaknesses. Through Your grace and providence You have brought us all together.

I ask that You would help us to function, not as individuals with their own motives, but as a team, working towards a common goal. If there is anything keeping us from coming together as a team, I ask that You would help us address those things and be willing to work through it. I know that You desire unity, and that the enemy is the one who seeks to divide and destroy.

But we ask that You would allow this team to be built on You, our firm and steady foundation. Help us to act in love towards one another, and to season our words with grace. May we grow to appreciate one another’s gifts and strengthen and be gracious in times where we fall short or make mistakes. May we come together with our eyes fixed on You, and our hearts desiring to do Your will. In Jesus’ name, amen.

3. An Opening Prayer to Find Solutions

“If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you.” – James 1:5

God,

We gather here today, acknowledging that our understanding often falls short. We have a vision, and we have ideas but we don’t want to depend on our own understanding for solutions and the way forward. We know that though we make plans, You are ultimately the one who establishes our footsteps.

Help us to submit our plans to You, and to seek Your guidance. You know the areas where we are struggling to figure out what to do, or how to go about it. I ask that You clear our minds from anything that may distract us from our time together. I ask that You would graciously fill us with Your wisdom and understanding, and show us how to move forward. In Jesus’ name, we pray, amen.

4. An Opening Prayer for Direction

“I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my loving eye on you.” – Psalm 32:8

Heavenly Father,

Today we’ve come together to seek Your direction as a team. We thank You for how faithfully You have carried us in the past. Through both the ups, that included victories and growth and through the downs that included challenges, and mistakes.

Through all of it You remained unchanged. And we are so thankful that we get to pray to You today. Though our vision only stretches so far, You see beyond what we can see, and Your understanding goes further than what our minds can comprehend. That is why we come to You in prayer, asking that You go before us.

Please grant us direction as we face different decisions that need to be made. If we settle on a decision, I ask that You grant us peace if it is what You will for us. We seek Your counsel and wisdom, and ask that You would show us the way. In Jesus’ matchless name, amen.

5. An Opening Prayer to Glorify God In All You Do

“So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God.” – 1 Corinthians 10:31

Lord,

We are so thankful for Your kindness towards us. Thank You that You brought us together safely, and that we get to fellowship with one another. Today we acknowledge that our lives, our plans, our ideas and our desires are nothing if not for Your glory. We thank You for all that You have done in us thus far, and we praise You for all the work that You are yet to do in and through us.

We ask that You would remind us that it is not about our own prestige or glory, but it is all about You. We ask that You would help us to do all things for Your glory. Guard our hearts from self-focused boasting and pride. May we remember that we represent You. Help us to display You to one another and to others. May they see You through all we do. In Jesus’ name, I pray, amen.

6. An Opening Prayer for Good Communication

“Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen.” – Ephesians 4:29

Father,

We come to You, with thankful hearts for bringing us together today. As we prepare to meet together, I ask that You fill each of our hearts with Your presence. Help us to use the time we have together wisely. I ask that You would remind us to place one another’s needs above our own. Please remove any selfish gain from among us, and help us to seek the good of those around us.

Grant us patience towards each other, and help us to be respectful of each other’s input. We can all learn from one another, and none of us is more important than the next. As we have various conversations, I ask that You would help us to communicate well. If there are any misunderstandings, I ask that You would help us to clear them up.

May we be quick to hear and slow to speak. May we be even slower to take offense, and quick to show grace and forgiveness. May our speech be seasoned with salt, and our hearts filled with grace. In Jesus’ name, we pray, amen.

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