Prepared for Sabbath School Class on June 20, 2026.

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Key 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).

Read in Class: Matthew 28:18-20.

Study: How much authority was given to Jesus? How many nations is the Gospel to be preached in? How many of Christ’s commands should we teach people to observe?

Apply: Read Acts 1:8 and Acts 4:13. How can we apply the examples given to us in the book of Acts to help us share Jesus with others today?

Share: Read 1 John 4:7-11. Share how effective your soul-winning efforts have been when love has been your main focus and motivation, and how effective it has been when love is not the main focus or motivation.

Read in Class: 1 Peter 3:8-15, and 2 Peter 3:18.

Study: What is the Word of God telling us in these verses? In what ways are you growing in grace and knowledge? How is this evident in your interactions with those around you?

Apply: Which of the five virtues listed in verse 8 (unity, sympathy, brotherly love, compassion, and humility) do you find most challenging to practice consistently? Why? How is the Holy Spirit helping you to put these virtues into practice so you can share Jesus with others?

Share: If a coworker or neighbor asked you today, “Why do you have so much hope?” how would you explain it in 60 seconds?

Read in Class: Hosea 4:17, and Jeremiah 31:16-19.

Study: What does Hosea tell us about the sins of Ephriam, and what hope does Jeremiah give us?

Apply: How does knowing that this is God’s response to Rachel’s pain over Ephraim’s waywardness make you feel about those you know who have walked away from a relationship with the Lord? How does this challenge or encourage you?

Share: Your friend asks you how we can share Jesus with those who have turned their backs on Him. What do you tell your friend?

Read in Class: Zechariah 10:1-12.

Study: What words in this passage encourage you as you pray and work to lead others back to Jesus?

Apply: If rain symbolizes spiritual refreshing, what “dry” areas of your life (relationships, career, faith) need you to specifically ask for God’s “showers” right now?

Share: Can you share an experience God gave you where you were able to win someone to Jesus by sharing His love?

Mission: Will you pray for God to give you divine appointments where you can share His love this week?

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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.

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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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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

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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