• Read Psalm 95:1-7

  ¹ Come, let us sing for joy to the Lord;
      let us shout aloud to the Rock of our salvation.
  ² Let us come before him with thanksgiving
      and extol him with music and song.

  ³ For the Lord is the great God,
      the great King above all gods.
  ⁴ In his hand are the depths of the earth,
      and the mountain peaks belong to him.
  ⁵ The sea is his, for he made it,
      and his hands formed the dry land.

  ⁶ Come, let us bow down in worship,
      let us kneel before the Lord our Maker;
  ⁷ for he is our God
      and we are the people of his pasture,
      the flock under his care.

  Today, if only you would hear his voice,

  and sing songs.

• In the book of Acts, we see how believers trained others to be trainers of others. One of the first followers of Jesus was a man named Barnabas. He found a new believer named Paul and helped him. Paul found a young believer named Timothy and took Timothy with him to share the gospel in many places. Later, Paul wrote to Timothy that he should train faithful men in the churches to find other younger Christians to train. Read 2 Timothy 2:2. 

  ² And the things you have heard me say in the presence of many witnesses entrust to reliable people who will also be qualified to teach others.

   Jesus to Barnabas to Paul to Timothy to faithful men to other younger Christians. All Christians are called to train trainers who can train trainers to train others. In this way the gospel spreads rapidly!

After Jesus was raised from the dead, He continued teaching His disciples about God’s Kingdom. During His last meeting with them, He reinforced the mission they were being called to and about the help that would be provided to them.

¹ In my former book, Theophilus, I wrote about all that Jesus began to do and to teach ² until the day he was taken up to heaven, after giving instructions through the Holy Spirit to the apostles he had chosen.³ After his suffering, he presented himself to them and gave many convincing proofs that he was alive. He appeared to them over a period of forty days and spoke about the kingdom of God.⁴ On one occasion, while he was eating with them, he gave them this command: “Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait for the gift my Father promised, which you have heard me speak about.⁵ For John baptized with water, but in a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.”

⁶ Then they gathered around him and asked him, “Lord, are you at this time going to restore the kingdom to Israel?”

⁷ He said to them: “It is not for you to know the times or dates the Father has set by his own authority.⁸ But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”

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To follow Jesus means that we will obey His command to be His witnesses. But we can only do what is needed with the help of the power of the Holy Spirit in our lives. Only as He empowers us, can we be effective witnesses. God’s desire is that we witness to everyone--those like us and those not like us; those near to us and those who live all over the world. Knowing how to share the gospel is a key skill in field 2 of the Kingdom Growth Process.

• Remind them: Success in witnessing is simply taking the initiative to share Christ in the power of the Holy Spirit and leaving the results to God.
• Review the Spiritual Breathing principle and give personal opportunity to Exhale and Inhale
• Give time for praying to be controlled and empowered by the Holy Spirit