Sometimes I think most people either have a spine so flimsy you can't prop them up or else use their solid, rigid backbone to whack others over the head. Christian boldness knows the truth and stands for it and on it without apology. Faith takes the witness out in confidence, knowing that the work is the Lord's. I'll trust the Spirit to do the convincing. Faith believes that God will use even the most faltering human words to bring about divine accomplishments in the lives of people.
Power makes our witnessing assured and compelling.
Power allows the witness to confront all opposition in all realms as he tenaciously strives to wrench men's souls from the claws of the evil one. Building up others often proves more wearisome and discouraging that building a house, sewing a dress, planting a garden or anything else that requires the orderly arranging of inert, uncooperative matter. Enter the power of God in our lives, giving us endurance to not quit before we are done. Enter faith in God, filling us with patience toward the individual and confidence in the results. As darkness extends across the planet and sin's stains suffuse souls all around, protecting personal purity becomes progressively more problematic.