Do You Wish You Could Be More Bold in Your Faith
𝐃𝐨 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐖𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐁𝐞 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐁𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐅𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐡?
Do you love Jesus and wish you could be more bold about it? Maybe you feel a tug to share your faith, but something inside holds you back…fear of judgment, rejection, or saying the wrong thing. I get it.
𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞’𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰: life is too short to stay silent about the GREATEST GIFT we’ve ever been given.
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𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐁𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐅𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐬 𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐝
Sometimes we hesitate to speak up because we don’t want to offend. Or, we fear others won’t accept us. I’ve been there, too. But here’s the truth: I never want someone to doubt where I stand in my faith, or what my values are built on. At the same time, I want everyone I meet to feel loved, seen, and heard.
That’s the balance: boldness with truth, anchored in love.
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𝐌𝐲 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐅𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐡
I met Jesus as a little girl. My parents raised me in a home that loved Him, but I had to meet Him for myself. At 10 years old, I was baptized in our church in Clearwater, Florida. Before being baptized, my dad asked me to listen to the song “Watergrave” by the Imperials and write what it meant to me. That helped me truly understand the meaning of baptism.
Then, at 17, my family walked through tragedy. My Aunt Ruthie, my mom’s youngest sister, was murdered at just 26 years old. Forgiveness didn’t come easy. It took two years of wrestling with God. But the day I finally released it through forgiveness, I found freedom. It was the second most freeing day of my life…right after the day I accepted Jesus.
Those moments anchored my faith. They taught me that life with Christ is 𝐇𝐎𝐏𝐄, 𝐅𝐑𝐄𝐄𝐃𝐎𝐌, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐓𝐑𝐔𝐄 𝐉𝐎𝐘.
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𝐅𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐁𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠
Being bold in faith doesn’t mean being harsh. It means loving people enough to share Jesus in truth and grace, just like I choose to share clean eating. I’ll never shame someone into making changes for their health, and I’ll never shame anyone into a relationship with Jesus. My heart is simple: to make Heaven crowded.
𝐒𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐩𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐮𝐬:
“So we can say with confidence, ‘The Lord is my helper, so I will have no fear. What can mere people do to me?’” Hebrews 13:6 (NLT)
Boldness doesn’t come from OUR strength. It comes from the confidence that God is with us and His love will do the work.
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𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐈𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐁𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬
Friend, you can be bold too. You can live a life that points to Jesus…without shame, without fear, and with deep love for others. Yes, some won’t accept you. Some won’t agree. And that’s okay. Your role is to plant seeds of love, truth, and hope. God WILL water them. His Word will NOT return void.
𝐒𝐨 𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐬𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮: Where do you need boldness right now—in your home, your workplace, or with a friend who needs to know Jesus? 𝐃𝐫𝐨𝐩 𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐰
Let’s pray for boldness together and 𝐥𝐞𝐭’𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐓𝐎𝐆𝐄𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐑!
