A New Resilience
Week 6 | Boldness
Brad Thomas
March 12, 2023
  • We (together) are learning and living the way of Jesus in the everyday stuff of life

Acts 4:13 Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were uneducated, common men, they were astonished. And they recognized that they had been with Jesus.

God seems to do nothing of Himself which He can possibly delegate to His creatures. He commands us to do slowly and blunderingly what he can do perfectly and in the twinkling of an eye. —C.S. Lewis

“What does bother me is when people claim to know Jesus and love Jesus, and yet, they don’t care enough to tell me about him…How much do you have to hate someone to believe that everlasting life is possible and not tell them that?” —Penn Jillette

How to Share the Gospel Boldly

1) Sharing Boldly begins with Prayer

2) Sharing Boldly Has a Source

3) Sharing Boldly Has Scope and Clarity

Begin with prayer- Identify and pray for three people that God wants you to share with.

  • Prayer always precedes action- God wants us to talk with him first.
  • Set a reminder to pray for your people daily just in case you forget.

Opportunity- be open and expectant for the opportunities God will give you to share.

  • Don’t be afraid God’s got this!

Led- let the Holy Spirit lead your conversation in scope and clarity.

  • You don’t have to know all the right words, that’s what the Holy Spirit’s for!

Depend- depend on God to do the rest

Acts 4:29-30 NLT And now, O Lord, hear their threats, and give us, your servants, great boldness in preaching your word. Stretch out your hand with healing power; may miraculous signs and wonders be done through the name of your holy servant Jesus.

Acts 4:31 And when they had prayed, the place in which they were gathered together was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and continued to speak the word of God with boldness.