What does it really mean to pray boldly?

Bold prayer isn’t necessarily loud prayer. It isn’t trying to force God’s hand, and it certainly doesn’t mean that every request will immediately be answered exactly the way we want. Biblical boldness is something deeper: it is the courage to come into God’s presence, the faith to ask, and the persistence to keep praying when the answer doesn’t seem to come.

In this episode of the Bold as a Lion Prayer Podcast, Tom Henry and Pastor Danny Pankey explore the power of bold, persistent prayer.

Through the story of the Canaanite woman who came to Jesus on behalf of her daughter, we see a woman who refused to allow obstacles, silence, culture, or discouragement to stop her. She kept coming. She kept asking. She kept believing. And Jesus ultimately commended her great faith and answered her request.

The conversation also turns to Jesus’ teaching in Luke 18 about the persistent widow—a woman who simply refused to quit seeking justice. Her persistence becomes a picture of one of the great principles of prayer: we ought always to pray and not lose heart.

Pastor Danny also shares the deeply personal story of his grandmother, a woman who lived with physical struggles but maintained sheets of names and prayer needs tucked inside her Bible as a daily prayer list. Some requests remained there for years. Once someone made her prayer list, she kept praying for them - and Pastor Danny explains how his own ministry today is part of the continuing fruit of those persistent prayers.

But persistence is only part of bold prayer.

Through Jesus Christ, believers have been given something extraordinary: access to God.

Hebrews 4:16 tells us to come boldly before the throne of grace. We don't have to wonder whether we're permitted to approach Him. Jesus has opened the way. God isn't merely the distant Creator - we have been invited to know Him as Father.

Prayer, therefore, isn't simply about getting answers. Prayer is about relationship.

You don't have to be a pastor, theologian, prayer expert, or "special" Christian to talk with God. You don't have to be perfect before you come. You have been invited into His presence.

So what have you stopped praying about? Your children? Your family? A marriage? Someone who needs salvation? A situation that hasn't changed? A burden you've carried for years?

Maybe it's time to put it back on the prayer list.

Keep asking.
Keep seeking.
Keep knocking.
Keep coming boldly before the throne of grace.

There may be seasons for many things in life, but there is never a season to give up.

“The wicked flee when no man pursues: but the righteous are bold as a lion,” Proverbs 28:1

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Pastor Danny Pankey
Email: revdpankey@sbcglobal.net

Tom Henry
Email: tom@sharpeningmen.org

Listen, share this episode with someone who needs encouragement to keep praying, and join us as we continue learning what it means to become bold as a lion in prayer.

Be bold. Be persistent. And keep praying.