Prayer For Boldness In Proclaiming the Gospel

Lord of Heaven and Earth!

Your love for the world caused you to send your one and only Son, Jesus Christ, into the world so that he could die for our sins. Thank you that he not only died, but that he also rose again to life.

Thank you that you provided over five hundred witnesses to your resurrection so that on account of all of the evidence we find in the Bible, we can come to believe that Jesus is the Christ and that he is the Son of God.

Lord, bless us this week with boldness as we proclaim, "Christ is Risen!" to our coworkers, family, friends, fellow students, and to all other people that we meet this week. Give us boldness as we bring the good news of the gospel to all those who have not hear and accepted it yet. Give us the words to say when it is time to say them.

We pray this in the name of Jesus Christ, our risen Lord and Savior. Amen!

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