The Holy Spirit this morning wants you to know that He is not relying on you to do or be anything for God, but rather for you to depend completely upon Him to empower you to be what God created you to be. The Holy Spirit wants you to look to Him for the boldness you need to be effective for the Kingdom. Even if you believe you are eloquent, your eloquence will not be enough to manifest the Kingdom. 2 Corinthians.2:1-5.

You will need more than eloquence of speech to defeat the works of the devil. In the book of Acts.4:29 it reads Now, Lord, look on their threats, and grant to Your servants that with all boldness they may speak Your word, 30 by stretching out Your hand to heal, and that signs and wonders may be done through the name of Your holy Servant Jesus.”

After a savage attack of the devil to force the Apostles to stop speaking in the name of Jesus completely. We see them pray a prayer that must be our daily cry before the Lord. “This is because we need to be able to speak with all the boldness that flows from the Holy Spirit to us the word of the Lord effectively.”

I recall the season where I had been teaching some Christian brethren over a period of time. During this time one of the disciples came up to me and said my teaching was becoming bolder and bringing much conviction in their hearts. It was as if my sharing was moving their hearts to make changes as the word I spoke with the Holy Spirit’s boldness was moving them to take action to repent of so many things as they heard the word to relinquish things they had never felt convicted before to change.

“It is one thing to speak the word with your own voice but a completely different matter when you speak that same word by the anointing of the Holy Spirit which will produce life in the darkest and most death-filled environment.” Just look at the change in impact Jesus had from Luke.4:14 & 15 once He started teaching under the anointing of the Holy Spirit.

“Words spoken by the Holy Spirit will always radiate light and bring forth life into any darkness and change chaos and bring order. ”In Matthew.4:16 & 17 gives a clear picture of what speaking in the boldness of the Holy Spirit results in.

Look again at the request of the Apostles in Acts.4:29 and watch for the Answer the Holy Spirit gives through the manifestation of boldness because this is what we need to be looking for in our lives daily. Grant that your servants may speak your word with all boldness. Not with some boldness or in timidity or trepidation but in all boldness with no boldness left out.

“We should not speak for the Lord coming short in any boldness that the Holy Spirit has, but loaded with all the boldness that He possesses and carries which will bring answers of great magnitude.”

“The boldness of speech has direct correlation to the stretching out of the hand of God to heal and then the production of signs and wonders to be done through the hand of the Holy Spirit for the glory of the name of Jesus.”

Without the boldness of speech flowing from the Holy Spirit through us we will not see the miraculous power of God made manifest to heal, deliver and bring freedom. “It is imperative that we request from the Lord through the Holy Spirit for the boldness to speak the word and then we will see the manifestation of the hand of the Lord.” It is not by might, nor by power but by My Spirit says the Lord. Zechariah.4:6.

“Our shouting will not cut through the enemy but being loaded with the boldness of the Holy Spirit will break through any and every obstacle.”

Let’s look at the results from this prayer for boldness. Acts.4:31 And when they had prayed, the place where they were assembled together was shaken; and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they spoke the word of God with boldness. Most times in church the people do all the shaking and activity but here we see the Holy Spirit shaking the place and boldness overtaking the people and the results are stunning as the word is spoken boldly. Acts.4:32-37

Now the multitude of those who believed were of one heart and one soul; neither did anyone say that any of the things he possessed was his own, but they had all things in common. 33 And with great power the apostles gave witness to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus. And great grace was upon them all. 34 Nor was there anyone among them who lacked; for all who were possessors of lands or houses sold them, and brought the proceeds of the things that were sold, 35 and laid them at the apostles’ feet; and they distributed to each as anyone had need.

36 And Joses, who was also named Barnabas by the apostles (which is translated Son of Encouragement), a Levite of the country of Cyprus, 37 having land, sold it, and brought the money and laid it at the apostles’ feet.

Firstly the agreement we see in the disciples is awesome and divinely inspired. We have not seen that level of union in our day where we have every soul present in church having the same heart and soul. Then of their free will relinquishing their ownership of possessions for the common good of all.

The Apostles manifest the tangible presence of the resurrection power of Jesus that people see as grace is imparted to people which removes poverty. All lack in the life of every believer is healed as resources from owners of lands and property were sold to remove the burden of lack on their brothers and sisters as everybody’s needs were met. Life changed in a minute and all disciples’ financial problems were sorted out to such a degree that no one was in any lack any longer, while others boasted of their wealth and how good God was to only them. There was corporate deliverance.

“I pray we see that level of anointing in our day as the Holy Spirit is permitted by us to do such marvels as we boldly declare the word of God. Thus letting the Hand of the Lord manifest as it did then in their midst.”

I pray that as you hear these words today the Holy Spirit will ignite in you a burning passion emanating from the fire of the Holy Spirit to pursue after this grace which will bring an awakening to the God of boldness that speaks as God. Then goes on to manifest Him in such diverse dimensions of the miraculous that all have to say the Lord has visited us. We are now living in the days of the Lord in full manifestation. May you be found passionately pursuing this reality of the Holy Spirit on this day in Jesus name. Amen.