Friday, October 7, 2016
Acts 4:29
Acts 4:29b- enable your servants to speak your word w/ great boldness....what a prayer!!! After Peter & John were released they came back, told the people all that had happened before the Sanhedrin, & they prayed this & more, but they prayed this prayer, all of them together, that, that would be what they would do--speak Gods word boldly!! They knew it needed to be done, it was important that they did it, & they knew God would give them all the strength to do it in!!! A few verses later it talks about how they prayed & the very place they were praying it in was SHAKEN!!! Amazing!! I want my prayers to be like that too!! Because you know what it says at the end of that verse!!?? And they were ALL FILLED w/ the Holy Spirit AND SPOKE the Word of God BOLDLY!!!! Oh my goodness!! That brings tears of great excitement to me, b/c the very thing that went on w/ them can so happen to us!! Gods power hasn't changed my friends, that same shakennes (not sure if that's a word, but you get it!) that they felt...we can feel it too!! We've got to pray!! We've got to go to God today, right now & ask that He would do in us what He did in them, so we can go forth & speak!!! Tell our familes that don't know, or maybe have forgotten, share w/ our friends, people that we come in contact with, we've got to speak His word w/ boldness!! We've got to live it out--let people see how great our God is!!! Prayer is important!! Gods word is important!! Let's do our parts & get it going today & see AND feel ALL the shaking God does today, just like He did then!!!
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I LOVE this verse and thought too, Missi. God has been dealing with me so much about our words...and speaking faith and HIS WORD out of our mouths. One of the verses He has really been bringing to me lately is "Thou shalt decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee." Abraham called things that were not as though they were. I have been applying this principle to our lives, and trying to be very mindful of what comes out of my mouth and trying to speak blessings and the things that we are seeking God for. Life and death is in the power of the tongue...I realize this is veering off your original subject, but it just came to me as I was reading about how the disciples prayed to speak boldly. There is so much power in our spoken words, and you are right, if we will follow their example, be filled to overflowing with His Spirit, and SPEAK His Word boldly, there will be a great spiritual shaking in our lives. Think how different our world/our nation would be if all Christians started doing this! Thank you for the good thoughts today!
ReplyDeleteAmen sister!! We are on the same page!!! Have been praying for you & your family!!!
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