Do You Wish You Could Be More Bold in Your Faith
๐๐จ ๐๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ก ๐๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐
๐๐ข๐ญ๐ก?
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 backโฆfear of judgment, rejection, or saying the wrong thing. I get it.
๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ก๐๐ซ๐โ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ: life is too short to stay silent about the GREATEST GIFT weโve ever been given.
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๐๐ก๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐
๐๐๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐๐๐ซ๐
Sometimes we hesitate to speak up because we donโt want to offend. Or, we fear others wonโt accept us. Iโve been there, too. But hereโs 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.
Thatโs the balance: boldness with truth, anchored in love.
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๐๐ฒ ๐๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ ๐
๐๐ข๐ญ๐ก
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 โWatergraveโ 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 momโs youngest sister, was murdered at just 26 years old. Forgiveness didnโt 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 lifeโฆright after the day I accepted Jesus.
Those moments anchored my faith. They taught me that life with Christ is ๐๐๐๐, ๐
๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐.
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๐๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ก๐๐ญโ๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐
Being bold in faith doesnโt mean being harsh. It means loving people enough to share Jesus in truth and grace, just like I choose to share clean eating. Iโll never shame someone into making changes for their health, and Iโll never shame anyone into a relationship with Jesus. My heart is simple: to make Heaven crowded.
๐๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฉ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐ฎ๐ฌ:
โSo we can say with confidence, โThe Lord is my helper, so I will have no fear. What can mere people do to me?โโ Hebrews 13:6 (NLT)
Boldness doesnโt 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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๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐ง๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐ฌ๐ฌ
Friend, you can be bold too. You can live a life that points to Jesusโฆwithout shame, without fear, and with deep love for others. Yes, some wonโt accept you. Some wonโt agree. And thatโs okay. Your role is to plant seeds of love, truth, and hope. God WILL water them. His Word will NOT return void.
๐๐จ ๐ฅ๐๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ฌ๐ค ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ: Where do you need boldness right nowโin your home, your workplace, or with a friend who needs to know Jesus? ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ
Letโs pray for boldness together and ๐ฅ๐๐ญโ๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐๐ค๐ ๐๐๐๐ฏ๐๐ง ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐!
