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. . . grant to Your servants that with all boldness they may speak Your word,
…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. Acts 4:29, 31 NKJV“He who wins souls is wise.” Proverbs 11:30 NKJV
1. IN THESE FILLINGS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, THE SPIRIT IMPARTS A DEEP DESIRE TO SEE PEOPLE GET SAVED
I tell the truth in Christ, I am not lying, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Spirit, that I have great sorrow and continual grief in my heart. For I could wish that I myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my countrymen according to the flesh.” Romans 9:1-3 NKJV
“Brethren, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for Israel is that they may be saved.” Romans 10:1 NKJV
2. IN THESE FILLINGS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, THE SPIRIT IMPARTS A VISION OF ETERNITY
…while we do not look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporary, but the things which are not seen are eternal.” II Corinthians 4:18 NKJV
3. IN THESE FILLINGS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, THE SPIRIT IMPARTS A HOLY BOLDNESS
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.” Acts 4:31 NKJV
“For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ,[a] for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek.” Romans 1:16 NKJV
4. IN THESE FILLINGS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, THE SPIRIT IMPARTS DIVINE WISDOM
And they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and the Holy Spirit, and wisdom. And they were not able to resist the wisdom and the Spirit by which he spoke.” Acts 6:5, 10 NKJV