Be Bold

Boldness is a sign of confidence, Godly confidence in this case,  that says, “I know God hears me when I pray.”  It is what the enemy hates when we take a stand and say, ‘no more’ to all of his illusions and suggestions.  Boldness is what we need to take back some things we have given away to the enemy.

Hebrews 4:16 says in the Amplified, “Let us then fearlessly and confidently and boldly draw near to the throne of grace (the throne of God’s unmerited favor to us sinners), that we may receive mercy [for our failures] and find grace to help in good time for every need [appropriate help and well-timed help, coming just when we need it].” 

The Lord wants us to come to Him with confidence in what we ask Him for. I’m convinced that coming to Him without confidence is coming to Him with doubt. And when we have doubt we have a tendency to ask amiss.  The Lord is not intimidated of our requests.  He wants us to trust Him.

The thing is, if we don’t know His Word we won’t know what’s in His will to ask.  We cannot allow any excuses to keep us from seeking and hungering after the Word of God.  Many distractions will come in the form of anxiety and restlessness during service or the excuse of not understanding the Bible when we read it. It’s not a misunderstanding of it all the time; it’s a lack of desire to understand it. Even at home, we must allocate and set aside the time necessary to meet God intentionally. The Holy Spirit will teach us if we desire to be taught.

Beloved, I’m convinced that some things the devil didn’t take; we just gave it away because we stopped believing that God can and He will.  Get back in the Word and make it your priority.  Give no place to the devil and his lies.  He comes to distract you from the Word because he knows that if you get in the Word and obey what God says your life will change immediately!

Every answer to every situation you will face is in the Word of God.  The Word defeated hell, so it is tried and true and has a proven track record to manifest life. Use His Word, and you will prosper!