5-Day Devotional: DAY 3 - Get Your Hopes Up for Kingdom Impact

Day 3: From Asking God to Move to Moving with God
Reading: 
Acts 4:23-31
Prayer for Boldness
23 And being let go, they went to their own companions and reported all that the chief priests and elders had said to them. 24 So when they heard that, they raised their voice to God with one accord and said: “Lord, You are God, who made heaven and earth and the sea, and all that is in them, 25 who by the mouth of Your servant David have said:

‘Why did the nations rage,
And the people plot vain things?
26 The kings of the earth took their stand,
And the rulers were gathered together
Against the Lord and against His Christ.’

27 “For truly against Your holy Servant Jesus, whom You anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, were gathered together 28 to do whatever Your hand and Your purpose determined before to be done. 29 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.”

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.

Colossians 4:2-6
2 Continue earnestly in prayer, being vigilant in it with thanksgiving; 3 meanwhile praying also for us, that God would open to us a door for the word, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am also in chains, 4 that I may make it manifest, as I ought to speak.

5 Walk in wisdom toward those who are outside, redeeming the time. 6 Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one.

Devotional: The early church didn't pray, "God, send revival." Instead, they prayed for boldness, open doors, and clarity to speak. Notice the shift: they didn't ask God to do what He'd already done through Pentecost. The Holy Spirit had been poured out; now they needed courage to cooperate. Revival wasn't something they waited for—it was the result of their obedience. Under the New Covenant, everything changed. The Spirit now indwells believers. We are alive in Christ and commissioned to go. The prayer shifts from "God, come move" to "God, work through me—I will go." Today, don't wait passively for God to do something supernatural apart from you. Ask for boldness. Look for open doors. Depend on the Spirit's utterance. Then step forward in obedience. Revival follows action, not inaction.

Reflection Question: What would change if I stopped waiting for God to move and started asking Him to move through me?