Peter & John came to where the disciples were gathered and reported how the chief priests and elders had threatened them because they’d healed a lame man. Jesus had just been killed days before—so they took this threat seriously. So they prayed.
You’d think they’d ask God to spare them and protect them. Instead they prayed this way, “Lord, look on these threats and grant to your servants that with all boldness they may speak Your word, by stretching out Your hand to heal, and that signs and wonders may be done through the name of Your holy Servant Jesus.” WOW!
And the Father heard and was pleased. How do I know? The place where they were assembled was shaken and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit.
Wouldn’t you love to be in a prayer meeting like this?
Maybe instead of asking God for protection, we should be asking for this kind of boldness and the power to heal in the name of Jesus! That kind of prayer excites God. And what was the result of that powerful prayer?
“And they spoke the word of God with boldness.”
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