A Prayer for Boldness
Richard Bradley
Acts 4:23-31
Acts 4:23-31
23 And being let go, they went to their own companions and reported all that the chief priests and elders had said to them.
24 So when they heard that, they raised their voice to God with one accord and said: ''Lord, You are God, who made heaven and earth and the sea, and all that is in them,
25 who by the mouth of Your servant David have said: 'Why did the nations rage,
And the people plot vain things?
26 The kings of the earth took their stand,
And the rulers were gathered together
Against the Lord and against His Christ.'
27 ''For truly against Your holy Servant Jesus, whom You anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, were gathered together
28 to do whatever Your hand and Your purpose determined before to be done.
29 Now, Lord, look on their threats, and grant to Your servants that with all boldness they may speak Your word,
30 by stretching out Your hand to heal, and that signs and wonders may be done through the name of Your Holy Servant Jesus.''
31 And when they had prayed, the place where they were assembled together was shaken; and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they spoke the word of God with boldness.
NKJV
You know the story. Peter and John went up to the Temple at the appointed hour of prayer. There at the Beautiful Gate they found a beggar who had been lame from the day of his birth. Through Peter the Holy Spirit gave this man something far better than the penny he'd asked for. God gave him new legs. If this wasn't spectacular enough an enormous crowd gathered to see what had happened. Never one to miss an opportunity Peter preached the gospel to them and approximately 5,000 men in the crowd came to Christ. The Sanhedrin then took Peter and John into custody and the next day ordered them to never again preach in Jesus' name.
After finally getting back to their own people the c ...
Richard Bradley
Acts 4:23-31
Acts 4:23-31
23 And being let go, they went to their own companions and reported all that the chief priests and elders had said to them.
24 So when they heard that, they raised their voice to God with one accord and said: ''Lord, You are God, who made heaven and earth and the sea, and all that is in them,
25 who by the mouth of Your servant David have said: 'Why did the nations rage,
And the people plot vain things?
26 The kings of the earth took their stand,
And the rulers were gathered together
Against the Lord and against His Christ.'
27 ''For truly against Your holy Servant Jesus, whom You anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, were gathered together
28 to do whatever Your hand and Your purpose determined before to be done.
29 Now, Lord, look on their threats, and grant to Your servants that with all boldness they may speak Your word,
30 by stretching out Your hand to heal, and that signs and wonders may be done through the name of Your Holy Servant Jesus.''
31 And when they had prayed, the place where they were assembled together was shaken; and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they spoke the word of God with boldness.
NKJV
You know the story. Peter and John went up to the Temple at the appointed hour of prayer. There at the Beautiful Gate they found a beggar who had been lame from the day of his birth. Through Peter the Holy Spirit gave this man something far better than the penny he'd asked for. God gave him new legs. If this wasn't spectacular enough an enormous crowd gathered to see what had happened. Never one to miss an opportunity Peter preached the gospel to them and approximately 5,000 men in the crowd came to Christ. The Sanhedrin then took Peter and John into custody and the next day ordered them to never again preach in Jesus' name.
After finally getting back to their own people the c ...
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