Ray Ortlund in his blog, 'Christ is deeper still' quotes from Horatius Bonar's preface to John Gillies' Accounts of Revival. In the preface Bonar provides nine characteristics of men God has used in revival and is well worth the read. However it is his sixth comment on boldness that struck me most powerfully,
"Timidity shuts many a door of usefulness and loses many a precious opportunity; it wins no friends, while it strengthens every enemy. Nothing is lost by boldness, nor gained by fear."
Let us not forget in praying for opportunities to speak to others about Jesus, to ask for the boldness to take them.
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