Daily Lesson for Sunday 14th of June 2026

Jesus gave us a mandate to share His message with the world: “Go therefore and make disciples.” The mission of the Seventh-day Adventist Church is to make disciples, who can then make other disciples. That way we are all proclaiming the everlasting gospel and the three angels’ messages (Revelation 14:6-12) to prepare our world for Jesus’ soon return.

Anyone who has received a new life in Christ is called to witness. Yet, too often, people think about witnessing as something that they can’t do or don’t want to do. You might picture yourself preaching on a street corner or giving a complex Bible study, and so you shake your head. “Not me! No way! I’m an introvert; witnessing isn’t my comfort zone.”

However, true witnessing is often the result of being an eyewitness to what God is doing in your life, of noticing what He is teaching you as you grow in Him, and then simply sharing your experience with others. God is so good, and what He has done for us is the best news that this world can hear. We cannot and should not be silent! He has redeemed you; He has called you by name—you are His. Could there be any better news for anyone anywhere?

Although the disciples in the early church weren’t educated in the Rabbinical schools or eloquent in the oral traditions, we can still learn from them.

Peter and John went on to declare, “ ‘For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard’ ” (Acts 4:20, NKJV). “They had been with Jesus” (Acts 4:13) and were compelled to share. The Holy Spirit gave them boldness and a convincing power in their words.

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Daily Lesson for Sabbath 13th of June 2026

Read for This Week’s Study

Matthew 28:18-20, 2 Peter 3:18, 1 Peter 3:8-15, Hosea 7:1-16, Zechariah 10:1-12.

Memory Text:

“ ‘The Lord God has given Me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him who is weary. He awakens Me morning by morning, He awakens My ear to hear as the learned’ ” (Isaiah 50:4, NKJV).

It was a busy Sabbath morning for Pastor G. He had awakened early, preparing for both Sabbath School and the sermon, and he was also leading an evangelistic series in the afternoon. He grabbed his keys, ran out the door, and sped away.

He drove through the city traffic, annoyed that so many people were out on a Saturday morning and could make him late for church. Where were they all going? Then, out of nowhere, one car cut in front of him. He slammed on the brakes and held up his fist in frustration and anger, yelling at the driver.

Finally, Pastor G. arrived at the church. As he stood up to teach the lesson, his eyes scanned his class and came to rest on a familiar face: the driver of the car he was angry at just 20 minutes earlier.

Later, when a church member introduced the driver as a non-­Adventist who was visiting relatives, Pastor G. realized once again how every interaction, to both acquaintances and strangers, should be bathed in love that flows from an abiding relationship with God. You never know how your actions, especially as a believer, can impact ­others.

*Study this week’s lesson to prepare for Sabbath, June 20.

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Inside Story for Friday 12th of June 2026

Thank you for your Thirteenth Sabbath Offering, also known as the Quarterly Mission Project Offering, that is helping people like Zeth prepare for gospel ministry. Klabat University, located near Manado, Indonesia, is a previous offering recipient. This quarter’s offering will help similar schools in the East-Central Africa Division. Watch a YouTube video of Zeth at bit.ly/Zeth-IS.

Zeth Louis Lekatompessy put together a plan to bring his seven siblings and their families to Christ the same year that he was baptized in Indonesia.

The plan went like this: Zeth asked his wife, whom he married shortly before his baptism, to join him in praying daily for his relatives. He and his wife also visited the relatives and studied the Bible with them. Then he invited them to evangelistic meetings at a Seventh-day Adventist church on Ambon Island, where they lived. At the end of the meetings, 13 people were baptized, including his older sister and two other relatives. Later, five more brothers and sisters were baptized. Zeth was overjoyed! He decided that leading people to Christ was life’s most important work.

For the next two years, he worked as a literature evangelist, sailing between islands to sell books. The COVID-19 pandemic ended his work.

As he contemplated the future, he felt impressed to volunteer as a Bible worker. His wife agreed, and he returned to the plan that he had made for the salvation of his siblings. He and his wife made a list of every person whom they knew and prayed over it daily. With their two small children, they used their motorcycle to visit people on the list.

On arriving at a new house, Zeth introduced himself and his family and said, “We are Seventh-day Adventists.”

Houseowners asked curiously, “What’s an Adventist?”

“An Adventist is someone who worships on the Sabbath,” Zeth replied.

The next question inevitably was: “What is the Sabbath?”

Zeth suggested that the houseowners look up the answer online.

When houseowners saw that the Sabbath was Saturday, they were surprised and asked, “Is it true that Saturday is the true day of worship?”

Then Zeth opened his Bible and offered Bible studies.

The prayer list grew to 50 names over three years. Zeth and his family usually visited three families a day. Four people on the list had been baptized by the time Zeth left to study theology at Klabat University. Three more were baptized as he studied at Klabat, and others continued Bible studies in his absence.

“Fourteen percent of my list has been baptized,” he said.

Source: https://ssnet.org/blog/26b-11-inside-story-lifes-most-important-work/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=26b-11-inside-story-lifes-most-important-work

Daily Lesson for Friday 12th of June 2026
Further Thought:

It’s when we face life’s challenges that we most need to cling to God.

The topics we’ve explored throughout this quarter all contribute to keeping or refreshing a strong walk with God. When you face a setback such as a health challenge, financial difficulties, a marriage breakdown, the death of someone close to you, or another burden that robs you of joy, consider the following questions and reflect on the lessons studied thus far.

Discussion Questions

How has whatever setback you are facing, or have faced, impacted your picture of God? How can you more clearly see God’s true character? When did you last pray for God’s voice in your life to be stronger than the enemy’s? Remember that the thief (Satan) comes to steal, kill, and destroy, but God gives abundant life (John 10:10). Is your heart humble? Do you trust that God is still sovereign and leading in your life, despite hardship? If not, how can you learn this humble trust in the goodness and love of God for you personally? Are you keeping yourself grounded in God’s Word daily? Ask God to reignite your first love for Him as you pass through challenging times. When did you last turn to God as your Comforter and Counselor in prayer, trusting that He has kept His promise never to leave you nor forsake you (Hebrews 13:5)? If your faith is weak, pray, “ ‘Lord, I believe; help my unbelief!’ ” (Mark 9:24, NKJV). Surround yourself with people who can encourage rather than discourage you. The world doesn’t always care for the weak, ignorant, wounded, and broken. God’s message of “When you are weak, my power is strong” (2 Corinthians 12:9, WE) is a message that can radically transform people’s lives. Think of someone you might encourage with this message today.

Summary: We still live in a sinful world full of pain and suffering, and each of us faces hardships at some point in our lives, things that can cause us to question God’s love. As we look back on how various indi­viduals in the Bible responded to life’s setbacks, we can take courage that our response in such times can strengthen our walk with God, who does not change (Malachi 3:6) and whose love remains constant.

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Introduction: Have you experienced something that foreclosed your hopes and dreams for the future? From my youth I thought God wanted me to become a lawyer and work for the church. I worked hard, got great grades, and progressed through school to the point where I needed to take the Law School Admission Test (LSAT). Today, students routinely enroll in LSAT preparation courses. No one suggested that to me. I took the test knowing nothing about it. My resulting score broke my heart. Was I not to become a lawyer? What a setback! Because I had not finished the test in the time allotted, my father suggested a speed-reading course and retaking the test. I followed his advice and my score increased about 20%. One of today’s top law schools accepted me as a student. What does the Bible teach us about setbacks? Let’s dive into the Bible and learn more!

I. Dueling Setbacks

A. Read Mark 5:21-23. Have Jairus and his wife suffered a setback? (Yes. Their daughter is on the “point of death.”)

1. How desperate was Jairus? (He knelt before Jesus and “implored” Him to help.)

 B. Read Mark 5:24. Has Jesus agreed to save Jairus’s daughter? (It seems so because Jesus heads for his home.)

C. Read Mark 5:25-26. How desperate is this woman? (She was sick and getting worse. She had spent all that she owned on being cured by doctors.)

1. What was her experience with the doctors? (Not only was she getting worse, she had “suffered much” under their medical treatments.)

2. Would you say that she suffered setbacks? Was her hope for the future dim?

3. Consider the nature of her illness. Was this the kind of illness that would present additional problems?

D. Read Leviticus 15:25-27. Could she have a normal relationship with others? (No. She was unclean. Anyone who touched her things would be unclean.)

E. Read Mark 5:27-29. If you had been asked to give advice about this woman’s plan, what would you have suggested? (She might make Jesus unclean. He might not appreciate that.)

1. What is the outcome of her plan? (She is healed.)

F. Read Mark 5:30-33. What is the state of mind of this woman? (She is so fearful she is trembling. She thought she was in trouble for touching Jesus.)

1. Who else is in trouble? (Jairus! His daughter is on the verge of dying and Jesus is being delayed by a woman who, like many others, had touched Jesus’ clothing.)

G. Read Mark 5:34. Jesus announces the healing and tells the woman to go in peace. He is not angry with her. Who should be angry? (If Jairus fully understands her situation, he should be furious. This delay might cause him to lose his daughter. Delaying the healing of the woman would cause absolutely no problem. She had been like this for twelve years. A delay of twelve additional hours would mean nothing.)

H. Read Mark 5:35. Has the worst happened? Have Jairus and his wife suffered a completely senseless setback? (That is how I would have viewed this. We will learn that Jairus’s daughter is only twelve years old.)

1. What do those from Jairus’s home think about the situation? (The rescue attempt has failed. Do not trouble Jesus anymore.)

II. Overcoming Setbacks

A. How did the woman with the issue of blood overcome her setback? (She persisted in pursuing Jesus – even when “wiser” people might have warned her that this was a bad idea.)

B. Read Mark 5:36. Notice in Mark 5:33 that the woman was fearful. Jesus tells us that Jairus was filled with fear. What do you think that means? (They were worried about the future.)

C. Read Mark 5:37. Reading between the lines, tell me how Jairus has reacted? (He had been leading Jesus to his home. He must have continued to lead Jesus. This reveals that he has accepted Jesus’ invitation in Mark 5:36 to “only believe.”)

D. Read Mark 5:38-40. How do Jairus’s friends and family react to Jesus? (They laugh at Jairus’s source of hope.)

E. Read Mark 5:41-42. How has Jairus reacted to a terrible setback? (I’ve told you that I would have been in a rage over this. But there is no evidence in the Bible that Jairus was angry. He continues to work with Jesus even after his daughter has died.)

1. What is it that would have made me (and I will guess you) angry? (From a human perspective, Jesus has no sense of priorities. He could not tell an emergency from a chronic illness.)

a. Let’s look at this logically. What claim did Jairus have on Jesus’ time? Did Jesus have any obligation to him? (Jairus was begging Jesus to come. My suggestion of anger is based on Jesus agreeing to come and a completely unnecessary delay causing the death of my daughter.)

b. In the end, did the delay matter? (Not at all.)

2. What lesson should we learn from the fact that the delay did not make any difference in the end? (We must trust Jesus. We must not underestimate His power.)

3. Let’s apply this to your life. Have you had a setback involving the death of a family member? Were you angry that God did not save your family member?

a. Do you believe that Jesus will raise your family member to eternal life?

b. In light of eternity, will that delay make any difference?

F. The story of the death of Lazarus is found in the 11th chapter of John. Let’s consider the points that intersect with the story of Jairus. What is Jesus’ relationship with Lazarus and his two sisters? (Read John 11:5. Jesus loved them.)

G. Read John 11:14 and John 11:20-21. Is Martha accusing Jesus?

1. Is Mary so upset she will not even greet Jesus?

H. Read John 11:32. What is the first thing Mary says to Jesus? (Both sisters cannot understand why Jesus did not save their brother.)

1. What does this teach us? (It is a natural reaction to question why Jesus did not remove the setback in your life.)

I. Read John 11:43-44. What does this show us? (Jesus has power over death. We need to trust Him.)

III. The Boat

A. Read Mark 4:35-36. Whose idea was it to cross the Sea of Galilee? (Jesus suggested it.)

B. Read Mark 4:37-38. Have the disciples suffered a setback? (Yes.)

1. How serious is it? (They think they are going to die.)

2. What is their argument for Jesus to intervene and save their lives? (That He cares. “Do you not care that we are perishing?”)

C. Look again at Mark 4:38. What do you think about Jesus sleeping through this storm? (It seems nearly impossible.)

1. Let’s fit this story into the setbacks in our lives. Did it seem that Jesus was sleeping and not coming to your rescue?

2. Did you argue that He should care about you?

D. Read Mark 4:39 and Mark 4:41. Is this like the account of Jairus — people underestimate the power of Jesus?

1. Did the sisters of Lazarus underestimate the power of Jesus?

E. Read Mark 4:40. What is Jesus’ rebuke to the disciples? What did they lack? (Jesus says they have no faith.)

1. How can that be true? They turned to Jesus for help in the storm! (Their lack of faith and their lack of peace is due to underestimating His power.)

F. Friend, when a setback comes in your life, will you believe that Jesus has all authority in heaven and earth? Nothing limits His ability to solve your setback. However, the solution and its timing might not be consistent with your plans. Will you agree, right now, to give Jesus your complete trust?

IV. Next week: Share Him.

Copr. 2026, Bruce N. Cameron, J.D. Scripture quotations are from the ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), copyright © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Suggested answers are found within parentheses. If you normally receive this lesson by e-mail, but it is lost one week, you can find it by clicking on this link: http://www.GoBible.org. Pray for the guidance of the Holy Spirit as you study.

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