Boldness.

 “My hope and prayer is that the body of Christ in America will awake with holy boldness, a boldness content neither with silence nor mere words but that backs up those words with action and results.”
Frank R. Wolf

Boldness is essential in the life of a Christ-follower. We must be bold in our testimony, in our speech, and in our lifestyle. Peter and John prayed a prayer for boldness in Acts 3. This was their prayer, “Now, Lord, look on their threats, and grant to Your servants that with all BOLDNESS they may speak Your word, by stretching out Your hand to heal, and that signs and wonders may be done through the name of Your holy Servant Jesus...and they spoke the word of God with BOLDNESS.” The Lord worked so many miracles through the lives of Peter and John because of their boldness and their prayer for boldness. Paul also prayed a similar prayer in Ephesians 6. He prayed, “…and for me, that utterance may be given to me, that I may open my mouth BOLDY to make known the mystery of the gospel, for which I am an ambassador in chains; that in it I may speak BOLDY, as I ought to speak.”

Do you see a pattern here? All of the great disciples of Jesus Christ had this characteristic in common. They had no fear here on this earth except the fear of the gospel not being made known. These men were beaten, thrown into prison, tortured, and even died all for the sake of making the word of God known. THAT is boldness. I realize that most of us will not be beaten for our faith. However, there are many martyrs around the world sacrificing their lives to make God known. But we are all called to step out of where we are comfortable and into a place where we are dependent on no one but the Lord. We are called to be that shining face that stands out in the crowd of careful and timid people to let the rest of the world know that WE.ARE.NOT.ASHAMED.OF.THE.GOSPEL.OF.CHRIST!

By: Caitlin Bradt