Even Paul Was Afraid to Share His Faith — Here's What He Prayed Instead

Daily Hope with Pastor John S. Dickerson · Aug 24, 2026 · 5m

If sharing your faith makes you nervous, you're in good company — even the Apostle Paul asked other believers to pray that he could do it fearlessly. In this message, Pastor John S. Dickerson looks at Ephesians 6:19, where Paul, near the end of his letter, asks the church to pray for him: not for comfort, not for safety, but that whenever he opened his mouth, the right words would be given to him so he could fearlessly make known the gospel. This is the same Paul who had been shipwrecked, beaten, and imprisoned for his faith. If anyone could share Jesus without needing prayer, it would have…