Acts 4:28-29 They did what your power and will had decided beforehand should happen, now, Lord consider their threats and enable your servants to speak your word with great boldness.
When y0u come to that fork in the road in your life, which way are you going to go? Are you going to take the easy path and just stand in the background, hoping everything goes right for you? Or are you going to take the path with God that challenges you to be bold in your faith? If you take the easy path, you will never know what God has for you. You will let fear come into your life and fear kills dreams, kills your hope, and kills your faith. Actions prove who you are. Your words prove who you pretend to be. Don't let people count you out because of your past. Jesus preserves who you are and your future!
Romans 8:31 What, then, shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, then who can be against us?
2 Corinthians 3:12 Therefore, since we have such a hope, we are very bold.
If you take the path of making God first in your life, watch your life change! It won't be easy or a straight path, but you will live with boldness and not be afraid. When you put God into your life and have that intimate relationship with him, he will start to fix all these broken pieces and put you back together. When you are bold in Christ, you won't even realize how you can light up a room and inspire someone just by being yourself. You can be that magnetic person and not even realize it. So, if God is telling you to step out in your faith to be there for someone, or to step out and do something, don't be afraid! Pray about it and ask him if it is really from him. Be bold and don't let anyone but God lead you!
Matthew 19:26 Jesus looked at them and said, "with man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible."