A prayer for a spirit of boldness, by Christine Brown, read by Liam Arton.

Since this new way gives us such confidence, we can be very bold, 2 Corinthians 3-12.

I've never thought of myself as a bold person.

Honestly, sometimes I feel like the opposite of bold, and the past I've held back from

following God's leading for fear of being thought of as pushy or overbearing.

But maybe I've misunderstood what being bold means.

In the Apostle Paul's letter to the Corinthians, he encouraged believers with this truth.

Since this new way gives us such confidence, we can be very bold.

The word boldness can be defined as a willingness to take risks.

A bold person has courage to do the things she feels called by God to do.

That's the kind of boldness that I want.

The kind that shows with certainty that the sinless savior of the world is at work in my life.

The kind that draws others to God when I reach out in love, to share his goodness with hurting people.

This new boldness Paul talks about doesn't come from self-confidence.

Paul explained earlier in his letter,

it's not that we think we are qualified to do anything on our own.

Our qualification comes from God.

2 Corinthians 3-5

When we speak and act with bold faith based on God's power instead of our own,

we display grace, mercy and freedom that's only possible with Jesus.

2 Corinthians 3-17 goes on to say,

For the Lord is the Spirit, and wherever the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.

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