A prayer to be known as a Jesus follower by Maggie Meadows Cooper, read by Leah Martin.

Lately, my heart's been hurting for so many people.

The state of our country is overwhelming.

Leaves many of us wondering what to say, what to do,

and how to be helpers. The specifics of those things I can't answer, but I do

know one thing. In Acts 4, Peter and John were arrested for healing a crippled man and then preaching about Jesus.

But when they were brought before the council, they never backed down.

They stood strong for Jesus. And here's what happened, as stated in

Acts 413. The members of the council were amazed when they saw the boldness of Peter and John.

For they could see that they were ordinary men with no special training in the scriptures.

They also recognized them as men who had been with Jesus.

I'm as ordinary as they come.

I have no special training in the word, just a longing to share the Lord with others. But it's hard, it doesn't

come naturally. I care what people think, too much sometimes. I don't want to be the weird one.

There are times I push through and put it out there, but

there are more times I know exactly what I should say and I back down because of fear.

So my prayer is that even when I fail at being bold,

even when I don't share like I should, that those around me can still tell that

I have been with Jesus.

For any of you who struggle with voicing your beliefs and sharing the word out loud like I do at times,

you might wonder, well, how will they know if I've been with Jesus, if I don't say it?

Many times believers don't share the gospel in words.

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