March 1, 2025

In Acts 4:29-30 the Apostles pray for boldness against the threats of the hypocritical religious leaders.

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"And now Lord, behold their threatenings: and grant unto thy servants that will all boldness they may speak thy word by stretching forth thine hand to heal; and that signs and wonders may be done by the name of thy holy child Jesus".

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Based on the wording of the above verses, it may seem as if they needed something that they didn't have when asking for boldness, but in reality they were simply praying for that which was already in them. The reason why I believe that boldness was already in them is because we can find the same word being used by Paul in Ephesians 3:12

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"In whom we have boldness and access with confidence by the faith of him".