Prayer 2021 - February 8 - Be Bold When You Pray

February 8                  

     Scripture of the Day:   

Acts 4:24

“When they heard this, they raised their voices together in prayer to God. “Sovereign Lord,” they said, “you made the heavens and the earth and the sea, and everything in them.”

 Be Bold When You Pray

These past few days, I’ve been sharing the story from Acts chapter 4 about where Peter and John healed the cripple man at the gate Beautiful and were subsequently arrested and threatened by the Pharisees to stop teaching in the Name of Jesus.

We covered yesterday how the two returned to their own company, their own church members and reported what happened. We then covered how they all prayed in “one accord,” not for revenge or retribution, but for BOLDNESS to keep on teaching in the Name of Jesus! Amen!

We covered how the Lord immediately granted their request by shaking the building they were in and the filling them all with the Holy Spirit and giving them BOLDNESS. Praise God.

That means there were some there that were timid in sharing their Faith. But not after the shaking and the filling! Amen!

Have you ever said something to the effect of “Well, not everybody can be bold in sharing their Faith” or something along those lines? 

Maybe you have said something like, “I’m not cut out to be witness like brother so-and-so or sister so-and-so. That’s just not me…”

Well, there were some in that company that were obviously like that, too. But prayer changed that personality on the spot! Amen!

Let’s look at this from the perspective of NOT being bold for a minute. 

In verse 23, they were all together when Peter and John told them what had happened. They were not being bold at that time, were they? If they were, they would have been marching right down the Temple headquarters and demanding Peter and John to be released. But that did not happen.

They were, basically, hiding out. Amen!

We can continue reading and you see the prayer that was prayed. It was prayed corporately. That does not mean they all prayed the same exact words…

I believe someone, probably Peter – he was always the bold one, right… I believe Peter prayed the prayer written in scriptures and everyone else was praying in tongues in agreement. Because this prayer was so detailed, there is no way everyone could have been praying this prayer word for word. Not unless it was written down and passed out to everyone. So that did not happen…

But yet, it says they all prayed that prayer “in one accord.” That means they were in agreement, right. But look at the part of the verse that says, “They all lifted their voice to God in one accord…” How could they do that?

By praying, in agreement, in tongues. As Peter prayed the words in their language, they all went the Throne Room in tongues and were praying in agreement with Peter. Amen.

And what happened?  As we have been sharing these past few days – a SHAKING took place and then, the scripture says they were ALL filled with the Holy Spirit…

But wait! How could they all be filled with the Holy Spirit IF they were praying in tongues in agreement with the prayer?

Simple…keep reading…

It says in verse 31, they were all filled with the Holy Ghost AND THEY SPOKE THE WORD WITH BOLDNESS…

They received exactly what they were asking for: BOLDNESS.

They were already born again, yes?

They were already filled with the Holy Spirit, yes?

They were already able to speak in tongues, yes?

So, what was the FILLING of the Holy Spirit referenced here? BOLDNESS!

Jesus told them “Whatsover things you ask the Father for in my Name, he will give them to you.” He also said, “Whatsevoer things you ask me for, in my Name, I will grant to you.” He also said, “It is expedient for me to go. Because if I don’t go, I can’t send the comforter. But if I do go, I will send Him to you.”

All of these things talk here, about Jesus sending the Holy Spirit to grant to them their specific request for BOLDNESS!  Amen!

I taught previously about you “need to be specific” in your prayer requests. That goes hand in hand with what we see here. Amen!

Glory to God!

Let’s pray for YOU to be specific in your prayers. Let’s pray for the Holy Spirit to impart to you BOLDNESS to declare the works and words of Jesus and share the Gospel with others that you meet. Amen! 

Let’s pray!

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