May 9, 2009

• Bold Believers!

  I have just been mulling something over in my head here lately…..

  You know it seems many feel that in order to behave in a “christian manner” one
  has to be meek, mild, soft spoken and even apologetic. Interesting… I
  don’t seem to see a lot of that in scripture.  Instead I see many more instances of courage and boldness.  Now, when I use the word “bold” I am not talking about
  someone who is “obnoxious” just for the sake of being a “self righteous
  rebel”. I am talking about someone who is not afraid to speak (and
  live) the truth according to the word of God no matter what those
  around them are saying or doing! That kind of bravery doesn’t come from
  personal fortitude or even interestingly enough from spiritual
  maturity… it comes from the Spirit! We can and need to pray the
  prayer of the inexperienced disciples and ask “grant to your servants
  that with all boldness they may speak your word.” (Acts 4:29)
  Blessings, Bee

  Below is a list of “boldness” passages.. (nkjv)

  Numbers 33:3
  
  “They departed from Rameses in the first month, on the fifteenth day of
  the first month; on the day after the Passover the children of Israel
  went out with boldness in the sight of all the Egyptians.”
  
  
  
  Acts 4:13
  
  “Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that
  they were uneducated and untrained men, they marveled. And they
  realized that they had been with Jesus.”
  
  
  
  Acts 4:29
  
  “Now, Lord, look on their threats, and grant to Your servants that with all boldness they may speak Your word,”
  
  
  
  Acts 4:31
  
  “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.”
  
  
  
  2 Corinthians 3:12
  
  “Therefore, since we have such hope, we use great boldness of speech—”
  
  
  
  2 Corinthians 7:4
  
  “Great is my boldness of speech toward you, great is my boasting on
  your behalf. I am filled with comfort. I am exceedingly joyful in all
  our tribulation.”
  
  
  
  Ephesians 3:12
  
  “in whom we have boldness and access with confidence through faith in Him.”
  
  
  
  Philippians 1:20
  
  “according to my earnest expectation and hope that in nothing I shall
  be ashamed, but with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ will
  be magnified in my body, whether by life or by death.”
  
  
  
  1 Timothy 3:13
  
  “For those who have served well as deacons obtain for themselves a good
  standing and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.”
  
  
  
  Hebrews 10:19
  
  “Therefore, brethren, having boldness to enter the Holiest by the blood of Jesus,”
  
  
  
  1 John 4:17
  
  “Love has been perfected among us in this: that we may have boldness in
  the day of judgment; because as He is, so are we in this world.”

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