Father, thank you that Elmarn has confessed her need for You like Hannah prayed to the Lord for Samuel. We remember that when the angel appeared to Zecharias while the whole congregation was praying outside, his message was, "your prayer has been heard" (Luke 1:13). I ask this child to be born to this couple would be mighty in the sight of the Lord and turn back many to the Lord their God, in Jesus' Name, Amen.
8 One day while Zechariah’s division was on duty and he was serving as priest before God,
9 he was chosen by lot, according to the custom of the priesthood, to enter the temple of the Lord and burn incense.
10 And at the hour of the incense offering, the entire congregation was praying outside.
11 Just then, an angel of the Lord appeared to Zechariah, standing at the right side of the altar of the incense.
12 When Zechariah saw him, he was startled and overcome with fear.
13 But the angel said to him, “Do not be afraid, Zechariah, because your prayer has been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you are to give him the name John.
14 He will be a joy and delight to you, and many will rejoice at his birth,
15 for he will be great in the sight of the Lord. He shall never take wine or strong drink, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit even from his mother’s womb.
16 Many of the sons of Israel he will turn back to the Lord their God.
17 And he will go on before the Lord in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to their children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous—to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.”
The prayers of many, together with those of Zecharias and Elisabeth, yielded a highly productive individual for the kingdom. Do not stop praying and asking for prayer. In Jesus' Name.