August 22, 2019

August 22
Running with Jesus  

Acts 4:31 And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled together; and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they spake the word of God with boldness.

     Boldness is the ability to take risk and have confidence. In my early days as a Pastor's wife it took boldness for us to go full time in the ministry. We were married nine years and had two beautiful boys, a house note, doctor’s bills from a sick child, a car note and a furniture bill! We had no idea how we would ever go full time. The last hold was Mike's secure job with South Central Bell, this was a great job to have in the eighties. As we were running with Jesus I was very weak and taking this leap of faith took courage and boldness. So we prayed and ran with Jesus and stepped out of "the boat", God was faithful to supply our every need. The bills got paid off from severance pay and we walked over on dry ground. We were boldly walking in His Spirit following His leadership and His hand was upon us.
     Over the thirty-four years of ministry I have found the boldness to step out of my comfort zone in order to reach and minister to souls. God has stretched our faith and given us an immeasurable amount of blessings. We have been tried and tested over and over. We could never have made it without praying for boldness and courage to press on.

Father, I pray for more boldness to share the gospel and I pray for my fearful friends who need boldness to stand firm as they face obstacles in life.  We pray for the days ahead that You might continue to empower us to do Your kingdom work!
 

Tomorrow: Learning to share!

Judy Hollaway

Originally penned 2015