Pray the Word with David Platt is a resource from Radical.net.

Acts chapter 4 verses 29 through 31.

And now, Lord, look upon their threats and grant to your servants to continue to speak your word

with all boldness while you stretch out your hand to heal and signs and wonders are performed

through the name of your Holy Servant Jesus. And when they had prayed, the place in which they

were gathered together was shaken. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and continued

to speak the Word of God with boldness. Oh, what a powerful passage and prayer. This is one of

those places in Scripture where we see a spirit inspired prayer recorded and spirit breathed

Scripture. Just listen to the words, the context. These disciples are being persecuted. They are

experiencing persecution because of their proclamation of the gospel. And so they're released

from prison. They gather together and they start praying. And there's so much about their prayer

even right before this. But then they get to verse 29 and they say, Lord, look upon their threats

against us and grant to us to continue to speak your word with all boldness. In other words, God,

don't let us be quiet when threatened. God, help us to speak your word with boldness, which

implies they were prone. They were tempted to not speak His Word or to be timid. And I hope this

is encouraging to you. If we see this in Scripture, God's people, these followers of Jesus and leaders

in the church in the very beginning, they were prone tempted to stay quiet with the gospel,

to shrink back from sharing the gospel. I'm guessing you're familiar with that. I know I am

like we are all every follower of Jesus. His prone is tempted to be quiet with the gospel. When

you have hesitation about sharing the gospel, when you find yourself being prone to being silent,

when you have opportunities to share the gospel, you're not alone. This is for followers of Jesus

over the last 2000 years. So pray in that moment. God, I pray for supernatural power to speak your

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