Come Follow Me for Teens: "Comfort Ye My People" (Isaiah 40-49)

This week’s episode studies Isaiah 40–49 and the theme “Comfort Ye My People.”

We begin with one of the Lord’s most repeated promises in these chapters:

“Fear thou not; for I am with thee.”

Isaiah does not promise that we will avoid every difficult circumstance. Instead, the Lord says, “When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee.” We’ll talk about why fear can make us forget what we already know about God and why faith sometimes means rehearsing His promises instead of continually rehearsing the problem.

Next, Isaiah describes being “chosen… in the furnace of affliction.”

We’ll explore the difference between simply going through something difficult and allowing Jesus Christ to refine us through it. Not every painful experience is caused by God, but through Christ, adversity can still develop courage, patience, compassion, humility, and trust.

Drawing on Elder Neal A. Maxwell’s teachings about “soul-stretching experiences” and the story of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, we’ll talk about why sometimes Christ delivers us from the furnace—and sometimes He meets us in it.

Finally, Isaiah gives one of scripture’s most personal assurances:

“Yet will I not forget thee.”

“Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands.”

We’ll talk about what it means to feel forgotten by God and why that feeling is not the same as actually being forgotten.

When circumstances make us wonder whether heaven still sees us, Isaiah gives us somewhere to look:

His hands.

This week’s message:

When I’m afraid, He is with me.

When I’m in the furnace, He can refine me.

When I feel forgotten, He remembers me.

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