“Now, Lord, consider their threats and enable your servants to speak your word with great boldness. …After they prayed…they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God boldly.”
(ACTS 4:29, 31)

I invited my neighbor to church, praying my pastor or someone else would lead her to salvation through Jesus. Church didn’t seem to do much for her. The next time we talked she said, “I know I need Jesus in my life. I should have accepted Him last Sunday.”

At first I was too timid to say anything, afraid of rejection. I prayed, “Lord, overcome my fears. Give me courage to speak boldly.” Then I told her to ask Jesus to come into her life right then. She prayed, “Jesus, forgive my sins. Please do come into my life. I open my heart to you. Thank You for dying on the cross for me and forgiving all my sins. Help me to follow Your plan for my life.”

We often lack the courage to tell people about Jesus. We fear rejection and ridicule. Or we’re afraid we won’t say the right thing. We may not have answers to questions they might ask. We need to pray the same prayer the early believers did and be assured that our confidence in who Jesus is and what He has done in our lives will spur us on.

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