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Wings Like Eagles

Isaiah wrote words of comfort for people who would one day feel far from home and forgotten. This week your kids learn that the Lord never gets tired, never forgets them, and gives strength to anyone who trusts Him. Saturday and Sunday are General Conference (no Primary on Sunday), so those two days turn listening to the prophet and apostles into a game your kids can win.

  • Week 40
  • 📅 Sep 28 – Oct 4, 2026
  • 📖 Isaiah 40–49
Start with Monday
Read it togetherIsaiah 40–49 in Gospel LibraryCome, Follow Me manualOld Testament 2026, week 40

What your kids learn in class

Stories, verses and games for the week come from each child’s own Primary or youth lesson, so home matches Sunday.

Daily sparks

Five to ten minutes a day, Monday to Sunday. Grown-ups lead; kids act, play and answer. Where a step says to tap something, that’s in the Gospel Sparks app; on the web, use the “Play along” links.

Monday · 10 min · Story

The Long Way Home

🦅 Fly home! The Lord remembers you.Start in Babylon.Act out every scene.Flap all the way home!

📖 Read together: Isaiah 49:14–16; Ezra 1:1–4 ↗

  1. Make “Babylon” on one side of the room (the couch) and “Jerusalem” on the other (the kitchen table). Everyone starts in Babylon.
  2. Tap Story and read each scene out loud. Have your kids do the action on each screen.
  3. When the people wonder if the Lord forgot them, everyone flops down sad. Read Isaiah 49:15–16, then everyone jumps back up: “He didn’t forget!”
  4. On the last scene, everyone flaps eagle wings all the way from Babylon to Jerusalem. Big landing!
  5. SAY“The Lord brought His people home, just like He promised. He never forgets you either.”

🎭 Play along: the story scenes (from the CTR 8 lesson; pick your kid’s class above for theirs)

Talk about it
  • Why did the people think the Lord forgot them?
  • How do you know the Lord remembers you?
🧸 Little ones (2–5)Carry your little one piggyback from Babylon to Jerusalem and let them do the flapping.
📚 Big kids (10–13)Have your 10–13-year-old be the narrator who reads the scenes and calls the actions for everyone.
🧑 Teens (14–18)Before you start, have your teen read Isaiah 44:28 and 45:1, then tell the family the surprise: Isaiah named Cyrus, the Persian king who would let the Jews go home, long before he ruled. Ask them what it means that the Lord can work through someone who doesn’t even know Him (Isaiah 45:4).
☕️ For grown-upsIsaiah 49:16 says the Lord has engraved His people on the palms of His hands, an image many Christians connect with the nail prints in the Savior’s hands. Where have you felt forgotten lately, and what would change if you believed your name is written there?

Sticker for today: 🦅

Tuesday · 7 min · Verse

Eagle Flight School

🪶 Get tired, trust the Lord, soar again!Wings on!Run till you’re tired.Kneel, breathe, then fly!

📖 Read together: Isaiah 40:28–31 ↗

  1. Give each child a dish towel or small blanket to hold by the corners behind their back: eagle wings!
  2. Tap Key Verse and read Isaiah 40:31 together once.
  3. Flight school: everyone jogs in place until they’re puffing (about 30 seconds). Say: “Out of strength! Time to wait upon the Lord.” Everyone kneels, folds arms, and breathes slowly for ten seconds.
  4. Shout “Renew!” and everyone takes off, flapping around the room while saying the verse together.
  5. SAY“Waiting on the Lord means trusting Him, praying, and not giving up. He gives us strength we don’t have on our own.”

📖 Play along: the key verse (from the CTR 8 lesson; pick your kid’s class above for theirs)

Talk about it
  • When do you feel tired or like giving up?
  • What could you do to “wait upon the Lord” then?
🧸 Little ones (2–5)Let your little one shout “Wings like eagles!” and flap every time the family says the verse.
📚 Big kids (10–13)Challenge older kids to say the whole verse from memory while flying one lap around the house.
🧑 Teens (14–18)Give your teen the stopwatch and let them run flight school. Then have them read Isaiah 40:29–31 and notice the order: mount up, run, walk. Ask why “walk, and not faint” might be the hardest and most important promise in a long school year.
☕️ For grown-upsVerse 31 runs backward from what we’d expect: soaring, then running, then walking. Much of grown-up discipleship is the walking part, showing up tired day after day. Where do you need strength just to keep walking this week?

Sticker for today: 🪶

Wednesday · 8 min · Activity

Witness Reporters

🎤 Breaking news: you are the Lord’s witness!Grab a spoon microphone.Interview your family.Tell what you know about Jesus.

📖 Read together: Isaiah 43:10–11 ↗

  1. Read Isaiah 43:10 together. Say: “A witness is someone who knows something is true and tells about it. The Lord said His people are His witnesses. That’s us!”
  2. Give each child a “microphone”: a wooden spoon, a hairbrush, or a banana.
  3. Kids become news reporters. Tap Timer and give each interview one minute. They ask each family member: “When did you feel Heavenly Father or Jesus help you?”
  4. Switch: a parent interviews each kid. Help them think of small moments: an answered prayer, feeling calm, a lost thing found.
  5. SAY“This weekend at General Conference, prophets and apostles will be witnesses of Jesus Christ. Let’s listen for them!”

⏱️ Big Timer (in the Gospel Sparks app)

Talk about it
  • What’s something you know is true about Jesus?
  • Who could you tell?
🧸 Little ones (2–5)Ask your little one easy questions into the spoon, like “Who loves you?” and “Who made the flowers?”
📚 Big kids (10–13)Have your older kid be the TV anchor who opens and closes the “broadcast” and shares their own witness at the end.
🧑 Teens (14–18)Make your teen the investigative reporter: after reading Isaiah 43:10–12, they ask each person a real follow-up question, like “How did you know it was the Lord and not just luck?” End by asking what they could honestly testify of today, even if it’s small.
☕️ For grown-upsA witness can only tell what they have seen. Your kids learn what a testimony sounds like from your plain, specific stories more than from big declarations. Pick one real moment you’ve never told them and tell it today.

Sticker for today: 🎙️

Thursday · 10 min · Game

Forehead Guess: Eagle Edition

🤔 Guess the word before time runs out!Phone on your forehead.Family gives clues.Tilt down when you get it!
  1. Tap Forehead Guess. The first player holds your phone or tablet on their forehead, screen facing out.
  2. Everyone else gives clues without saying the word. Tilt down for “got it,” up to pass.
  3. Family rule: when the word is Idol or Log, clue-givers can only act it out, frozen stiff like wood!
  4. Rotate until everyone has had a turn. Add up the family total, then try to beat it in round two.
  5. Ask: “Which words showed that the Lord is stronger than anything?”

🤔 Play along: Forehead Guess (from the CTR 8 lesson; pick your kid’s class above for theirs)

Talk about it
  • Why was praying to a log so silly?
  • What can the Lord do that nothing else can?
🧸 Little ones (2–5)Let your little one hold the phone for a parent and shout clues with your help: “It flies!”
📚 Big kids (10–13)Older kids can only give one-word clues, or must act everything out with no talking.
🧑 Teens (14–18)Read Isaiah 44:14–17 with your teen first: a man cooks dinner over half a log and bows down to the other half. After the game, ask them what modern “idols” people build with their own hands and then trust more than God.
☕️ For grown-upsIsaiah’s log-idol passage is satire, and it still lands: what do we give our best energy, worry and trust to that we made ourselves? Name one this week and hand it back to the Lord.

Sticker for today: 🎯

Friday · 8 min · Service

Road Crew Mission

🚧 Road Crew! Clear the way for someone.Hard hat on.Fix a secret mess.Leave a “Way is ready!” note.

📖 Read together: Isaiah 40:3–5 ↗

  1. Read Isaiah 40:3–4 together. Say: “Long ago, workers fixed the road before a king came: filling holes and smoothing bumps. John the Baptist prepared the way for Jesus by helping people get their hearts ready.”
  2. Kids put on pretend hard hats (a mixing bowl works great) and become the Road Crew.
  3. Mission: secretly clear the way for someone in the family. Line up the shoes by the door, clear the table, straighten the couch pillows, or set out someone’s things for the morning.
  4. Leave a note or a drawing of a road that says “The way is ready!”
  5. SAY“Tomorrow we clear the way in our hearts too, so we’re ready to hear the prophet at General Conference.”
Talk about it
  • How did John the Baptist prepare the way for Jesus?
  • How can we get our hearts ready to hear the prophet this weekend?
🧸 Little ones (2–5)Give your little one a dump-truck job: carry toys to the toy bin while making truck sounds.
📚 Big kids (10–13)Have your older kid scout the house, assign each Road Crew member a job, and inspect the work.
🧑 Teens (14–18)Let your teen be the project manager: they pick each person’s secret job and take the hardest one themselves. Read Doctrine and Covenants 84:26–28 together and ask what preparing the way for the Lord looks like at their age, with their friends and in their class or quorum.
☕️ For grown-upsIsaiah pictures valleys filled and mountains leveled before the King arrives. Before conference, ask what is crooked or cluttered in your own heart (a grudge, a distraction, a question you’ve avoided) and take it to the Lord before the first session.

Sticker for today: 👷

Saturday · 10 min · Game

Conference Bingo

🎉 Conference Bingo! Listen, cover, and win!Draw your 9 squares.Listen for your pictures.Three in a row = Bingo!
  1. Before the first session, fold a sheet of paper into 9 squares for each kid (fold in thirds, then thirds again). Set out a bowl of cereal or crackers as markers.
  2. Kids draw one picture in each square: Jesus, a temple, prayer, scriptures, family, the prophet, baptism, a missionary, and one mystery square of their choice.
  3. During the session, when a speaker talks about something on the card, cover it. Three in a row? Whisper “Bingo!” and eat the markers.
  4. At the break between sessions, tap Quiz and play kids against parents with this week’s Isaiah questions.
  5. Ask each kid for one thing a speaker said that they want to remember. Write it on the back of their card.

🏆 Play along: Scripture Showdown (from the CTR 8 lesson; pick your kid’s class above for theirs)

Talk about it
  • What square did you hear first?
  • What’s one thing a speaker said that you want to remember?
🧸 Little ones (2–5)Give your little one a card with 4 big pictures (Jesus, temple, prayer, family) and point when it’s time to cover one.
📚 Big kids (10–13)Older kids write words instead of pictures (covenant, repent, Holy Ghost, gather) and jot down one favorite sentence.
🧑 Teens (14–18)Skip the bingo card for your teen and give them a notebook instead: one invitation from each session and one question they’d like answered. Let them host the kids-vs-parents Quiz at the break.
☕️ For grown-upsCome to conference with a question. Write one real question about your life or your family before the first session and listen for anything that speaks to it, even in a talk you didn’t expect.

Sticker for today: 🥣

Sunday · 10 min · Sabbath

Secret Word Sunday

👂 Secret Word Game: listen and count!Pick your secret word.Hear it? Touch your nose!What did the prophet ask us to do?
  1. SAY“There’s no Primary today because the whole Church is listening to the prophet and apostles together. Today’s game: Secret Word!”
  2. Before a session, each person picks a secret word to listen for: Jesus, temple, love, covenant, Holy Ghost, or pray.
  3. Every time you hear your word, make a quiet signal: touch your nose, or drop a bean or button into a cup. Count at the end. Whose word came up the most?
  4. When the prophet speaks, everyone sits up tall and listens for one thing he asks us to do. Pick one to try as a family this week.
  5. End with a quiet moment: each person finishes the sentence “I’m thankful the Lord remembers me because…” Then share your own testimony in a sentence or two.
Talk about it
  • What did the prophet ask us to do?
  • How did you feel while you listened today?
🧸 Little ones (2–5)Give your little one the word “Jesus” and a cup of cereal pieces to drop in each time they hear it.
📚 Big kids (10–13)Have older kids pick a harder word like “covenant” or “gather,” and write down one sentence from their favorite talk to share at dinner.
🧑 Teens (14–18)Ask your teen to report on one talk at dinner: the main message in one sentence, a line they liked, and one thing they’ll actually do. Let them choose which invitation the family tries this week.
☕️ For grown-upsProphetic invitations are rarely brand new; they’re often familiar truths asked again with fresh urgency. When the family picks its one thing to try, quietly pick one for yourself too and write it where you’ll see it.

Sticker for today: 👂

Family challenge

Eagle Strength Check-In

Every night this week, each person shares one tiring or hard moment from the day and one way the Lord helped them keep going. Then say a family prayer asking for strength for tomorrow.

Parent Corner

Isaiah 40 opens with the word “Comfort,” and the tone of the book changes. These chapters speak to Judah’s descendants generations later, exiled in Babylon after Jerusalem and the temple were destroyed, wondering whether their covenant with God was over. Isaiah’s answer is to widen their view. The God who measures the oceans in the hollow of His hand and calls every star by name (Isaiah 40:12, 26) is not too tired or too far away to notice one discouraged person, and He tells His people, “I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine” (Isaiah 43:1). Watch how often He says “Fear not” and “I will help thee” (Isaiah 41:10, 13). Captivity in these chapters isn’t only Babylon. It can be grief, debt, a stubborn habit or a child you’re worried about. The promise is the same: the Lord is stronger than whatever holds you, and He has not forgotten you.

  • Ponder: Where in my life right now do I feel like an exile, and what would it look like to let the Lord comfort me there instead of just enduring it?
  • Try this: Before conference, read Isaiah 40 slowly on your own and mark every promise the Lord makes. During the sessions, jot down each time a speaker echoes one of them.

Dinner-table questions

  • If you could fly like an eagle, where would you go first?
  • When did you feel tired this week, and who helped you keep going?
  • How do you know the Lord never forgets you?
  • What can the Lord do that a log or a statue never could?
  • Who is someone we could “prepare the way” for this week?
  • What’s one thing you hope to hear at General Conference?

Sources

Scripture quotations are from the King James Version, the Bible used by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

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