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Power for Abundant Living

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Believing:Faithand FearThey prayed <strong>for</strong> more boldness. As long as theywere full of fear and behind closed doors, they hadnothing to fear but fear itself, but once they got boldnessand preached the Word of God, they accomplishedwork <strong>for</strong> the Lord. Men were healed, set free,and saved. Peter and John, however, were throwninto prison; but when they got out, they went backto the little prayer group and believed <strong>for</strong> more boldness."Give us more of the boldness, Lord, that wemay speak thy word."Acts 4:30,31:By stretching <strong>for</strong>th thine hand to heal; and thatsigns and wonders may be done by the name ofthy holy child Jesus.And when they had prayed, the place wasshaken where they were assembled together; andthey were all filled with the Holy Ghost, andthey spake the word of God with [hesitancy?No. They spake the Word of God with] boldness.What made them speak the Word of God withboldness? Verse 31 says that "they were all filledwith the Holy Ghost." In Acts 2 on the day of Pentecostthe twelve apostles received the fullness of theHoly Spirit. Verse 31 of Acts 4 says that they were allfilled with the Holy Ghost "and they spake the word51

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