Speaking Boldly

Acts 4:31

After they prayed, the place where they were meeting was shaken. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the Word of God boldly.

Peter and John had healed a man who was crippled and were teaching about the Resurrection when the priests and Sadducees told them not to preach in Jesus' Name, and they replied, "Judge for yourselves whether it is right in God's sight to obey you rather than God" (v. 19). So the priests and Sadducees threatened them again and let them go. They expected that they would intimidate these "unlearned" men. But Peter and John told their group what had happened, then they all prayed together and the place was shaken. Then when the Holy Spirit filled them, the result wasn't speaking in tongues, it was boldness in proclaiming God's Word!

O Father, fill me with Your Holy Spirit to speak boldly and not miss an opportunity.

Even so, come, Lord Jesus!