By Ruth Dusingize 
HIGHLIGHT: When God’s love and His living, powerful Word fill our daily lives, we will be compelled to love and share Him with those around us. We should be prayerful, thoughtful, and intentional about witnessing, believing that His Word, which goes forth from His mouth, shall not return to Him void, but it shall accomplish what He pleases, and it shall prosper in the things for which He sent it(see Isa. 55:11).
Memory Text: Isaiah 50:4 NKJV
“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.”
SABBATH: INTRODUCTION
This week, we explore how an abiding relationship with God shapes the way we speak and act in everyday moments. Whether with strangers or familiar faces, our words and reactions to real-life encounters should reflect our connection with Christ.
Our every interaction becomes a witness. Isaiah 50:4 reminds us that God awakens our ears each morning so we can speak a timely word to the weary. Discover why spiritual preparation matters beyond the pulpit, how God trains hearts to listen before speaking, and how simple moments can either hinder or open doors for the gospel.
SUNDAY: OUT OF THE OVERFLOW
Each of us has a responsibility of sharing the word of God to the world. Upon baptism, we receive a new life in Christ, thus being made witnesses of His transforming power. As His disciples, we ought to make other people His disciples as well by sharing our life’s experience with Jesus.
God used Peter and John, fishermen known and seen as illiterate and unworthy, to spread His word all over Jerusalem and Judea and many people were transformed by their testimonies about their walk with Jesus. Likewise, by the power of the Holy Spirit, God is ready to use you and I to accomplish the work of teaching all people and all nations about God’s everlasting love and warning in preparation for His Second coming.
(READ: Matthew 28:18-20; Revelation 14:6-12; Acts 1:8; 4:13,20; 1John 4:7-11)
MONDAY: UNFORCED BUT WITH POWER
We love because God first loved us. It is only by His Divine love that we are able to love and have compassion over another person, with the stranger inclusive. It is His love that pushes us to lead souls to Him.
However, in the quest of doing so, we should never force anyone to make a lifetime decision of giving their heart to Christ. Just like God never forced Adam, Eve and the Israelites to accept His truth and to do His will, so does He freely allow us to intentionally choose Him even today.
Contrary to this is the spirit of the Devil which operates around force and infiltrating fear in souls. In addition, at all times, we should offer ourselves as vessels for God’s use and should not accept any hindrances while doing so.
(READ Matthew 4:23-25; 9:36; 23:37; 2Corinthians 5:14; Jeremiah 20:9; Genesis 2:16&17; 7:1; Deuteronomy 4:29-31; Revelation 12:11; 2Peter 3:18)
TUESDAY: TIPS FOR SHARING JESUS
God is ready to qualify the One who is willing to take part in His work of winning souls to Him. As a Christian, you should be ready to bodly stand firm for your faith in God and give reason following the same.
Sharing Jesus starts with establishing friendship with your interest through acts of kindness, praying for the guidance of the Holy Spirit and actively praying for them. Share your testimony with them and help them connect with a Bible study group.
Keep them and yourself in prayer as you study together and also as you call them to make the decision for Christ, however, don’t be too slow or too fast in the process. Above all, be the example in how you live and this will draw many more souls to Christ.
(READ 1Peter 3:8-15)
WEDNESDAY: A WANDERING CHILD
It is utterly painful for a parent to lose a child to the world despite being spiritually nurtured from childhood. The same pain was felt by God faced when Israel’s largest tribe, Ephraim, decided to turn against Him in rebellion and was immersed in evil practices and wickedness against Him.
Rachel, Ephraim’s grandmother, wept over his waywardness but the Lord encouraged her to be hopeful for his return. In as much as Ephraim and Gomer(symbols of Israel) had strayed, He still had His eyes over them, hoping that they would return back to Him. With compassion, He called them to repent and turn back to Him for His mercy is great.
The same hope is what we should carry towards our brethren who leave the faith along life’s journey for God still yearns for them. (READ Hosea 4:17; 7; Jeremiah 31:15-20)
THURSDAY: BRING THEM BACK
When we are drawing hearts back to God, it is not for our own sake but for the glory of God. The Lord promised to forgive Ephraim, and He restored him back and promised to strengthen him in His name.
You may not know how to deal or interact with someone who has walked away from God, however, you can only be able to do so when filled with divine love which is acquired through personal time with God in His word. You ought to earnestly pray for that particular brethren with the faith that God restores him or her.
In addition, you ought to surrender any judgements to God and ask Him to cover that selfish spirit with His unwavering compassion. And by beholding you living a transformed life, the brethren will be drawn to Christ as well.
(READ Zechariah 10; Luke 22:31&32; John 21:15-17; Ephesians 3:17-19)
FRIDAY: FURTHER THOUGHT
One can only claim to love God when one loves his brother and sister. What is needed is the love of Christ in one’s heart and when self is merged with Christ, love springs spontaneously.
In addition, strength to resist evil is best gained by aggressive service in God’s vineyard. This participation is a key to eternal joy. Furthermore, those who reject the privilege of fellowship with Christ in service, reject the only training that imparts a fitness for participation with Him in glory.
(READ The Desire of Ages pp.142&487; The Ministry of Healing p.470; Christ’s Object Lessons p.384; Evangelism p.356; The Acts of the Apostles p.105; Education p.264)
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS;
- Read 2 Peter 3:18. In what ways are you growing in grace and knowledge? How is this evident in your interactions with those around you?
- Following Part Wednesday, 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?
- What does Ephesians 3:17-19 encourage you to do?
- Why is love so foundational and essential for any kind of effective witnessing?
- When have you found this to be so true: that soul winning is linked to a personal and vibrant walk with God?
- Is there a baseline or basic understanding that is needed to share God with others? If so, what might this be?
- When it comes to giving a Bible study to a nonbeliever, where would you begin? What is your initial focus: proving certain doctrines or inviting someone to know Jesus?
Reflection point; Sing or listen to the words from the hymn “Redeemed!”(The Seventh-day Adventist Hymnal, no.338) and reflect on the ways you are proclaiming it.