“But when they arrest you and deliver you up, do not worry beforehand,
or premeditate what you will speak. But whatever is given you in that hour, speak that; for it is not you who speak but the Holy Spirit.”
Mark 13:11

The young minister was giving his first after-dinner speech before a large audience. He was extremely nervous. Before long he gave up. “My dear friends,” he told his listeners, “when I came here this evening only God knew what I planned to say to you; now only God knows!”

Jesus tells us not to worry about what to say when sharing our faith. That doesn’t mean we are never to be prepared, but we are to rely on the Holy Spirit to give us the right words at the right time.