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Half a Log

Isaiah’s sharpest satire about homemade gods, a refining furnace, and the God who has your name on His hands

  • 🏔️ Youth 16–18
  • Week 40
  • 📅 Sunday, October 4, 2026
🤔 Forehead Guess🏆 Showdown
💡 The big idea

The world offers gods we build with our own hands, but only the living God can deliver us, and when life turns into a furnace He refines us instead of forgetting us.

I can notice what I’m tempted to trust more than God, put it back in its place, and turn to the Lord for real strength when life gets hard.

Study it yourself firstRead Isaiah 40–49 in Gospel LibraryCome, Follow Me manualOpen this week (Isaiah 40–49)
Know the chapters

Isaiah 40 opens a new section of the book with “Comfort ye, comfort ye my people.” These chapters speak to the Jews who would one day sit captive in Babylon, homesick and wondering whether God had given up on them. Isaiah even names Cyrus, the Persian king who would let them go home (44:28; 45:1; see Ezra 1). Honest heads-up for a sharp class: some scholars argue that chapters 40–66 must have been written later, during the exile, because they name Cyrus. Latter-day Saints note that Nephi quoted Isaiah 48–49 from the brass plates, which left Jerusalem around 600 BC, before the exile (1 Nephi 20–21), and that the risen Savior praised Isaiah’s words and commanded the Nephites to search them (3 Nephi 23:1). A God who knows the end from the beginning can name a king in advance.

Isaiah 44:9–20 is some of the sharpest satire in scripture. A carpenter plants a tree, lets the rain grow it, cuts it down, burns half to warm himself and bake his bread, and carves the other half into a god. Then he bows to it and prays, “Deliver me.” Isaiah’s punchline (44:20): the man can’t even stop to ask, “Is there not a lie in my right hand?” Notice what Isaiah does NOT say: the wood was useful. It cooked dinner. The problem was praying to it. For 16- to 18-year-olds, modern idols are rarely statues. They are good things we quietly ask to save us: a college acceptance, a scholarship, a relationship, a body, a follower count, a career plan, being liked.

Around the satire, Isaiah stacks promise after promise from the real God: the Creator who never gets tired and gives power to the faint (40:28–31); “I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine” (43:1); walking through water and fire without being swept away or burned (43:2); “Ye are my witnesses” (43:10); “I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction” (48:10); and “I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands” (49:16). Silver is refined by heat that burns away what doesn’t belong. The Lord doesn’t cause every hard thing, but He promises that nothing we go through is wasted when we give it to Him (2 Nephi 2:2 teaches that He can consecrate our afflictions for our gain).

This is General Conference weekend. Isaiah 40:3–9 describes voices sent to prepare the way of the Lord and lift up their voices without fear. Invite your youth to bring one real question to conference and listen for the living prophet and apostles to speak to it. If you’re using this lesson later, the same invitation works for reviewing conference talks.

Only have 5 minutes?

Read Isaiah 44:13–20 and 48:10. Open with the Two-for-One Deal pitch (read it like a late-night ad), let Teach Mode carry the Half-Log scene, play the Four Corners wiggle, and spend most of your time on the discussion questions. Close by reading Isaiah 49:15–16 and sharing one sentence about a hard time when the Lord didn’t forget you. Brought nothing? Tap “I brought nothing”: the log becomes a mime, the corners become walls, and the youth use your scriptures read aloud.

What to bring4 items

Tick what you have. Forgot something? Every step that needs a supply has a no-supplies version in the plan below.

Before class

  1. Read Isaiah 44:9–20 out loud once. It’s funnier than you remember; plan to lean into it.
  2. Text two youth before Sunday: one to be the Narrator for the Half-Log scene (Isaiah 44:12–20) and one to lead the Furnace Search. Send them the references so they can look ahead.
  3. Tape the four corner signs (TOOL, IDOL, DEPENDS, NOT SURE) before class.
  4. Add your youth’s names in the My Class tab so Hot Potato and the role list can call on them.
  5. Think of one honest example of a hard time the Lord refined you or didn’t forget you. Keep it short; you’ll share it at the end.

If your class is wild

  • Teens can smell a lecture. Ask a question and then actually wait; ten seconds of silence feels long to you and normal to them.
  • The Log role is a gift for your class clown: they stand stiff as a tree the whole scene and get “worshipped” at the end. Let them ham it up.
  • In the Four Corners wiggle, protect the “DEPENDS” corner. The best discussion comes from someone defending why a good thing isn’t always an idol.
  • If the furnace discussion gets personal (a divorce, a death, anxiety), slow down, thank them, and don’t rush to fix it. Isaiah’s answer is presence, not a pep talk.
  • Conference weekend classes are often tiny. With three youth, everyone plays two roles and the Narrator doubles as the Log.

The 25-minute plan24 min + bonus

Bonus steps are for when you have extra time. Steps that mention Teach Mode, the Sound Board or other class games refer to the Gospel Sparks app; on the web you can play Forehead Guess and Scripture Showdown from this page.

1. Hook

The Two-for-One Deal

3 min

A mock infomercial makes Isaiah’s satire land before anyone opens a scripture.

  1. Hold up the log like a TV salesperson. Say: “Are you COLD? HUNGRY? Spiritually LOST? For one low price, this log gives you a campfire, a barbecue, AND a god to pray to. Two-for-one! Operators are standing by.”
  2. Ask: “Would anyone buy this? Why is it ridiculous?” Take two or three answers.
  3. SAY“Isaiah wrote this exact bit about 2,700 years ago. He was being funny on purpose. But he was also dead serious, because people in every century do this.”
  4. Ask: “What’s a ‘log’ people our age are tempted to pray to? Not bad things, necessarily. Good things we expect to save us.” Take a couple of answers and write nothing down yet; you’ll come back to them.
🌪️ Let the youth take over the pitch if someone wants the mic. A student infomercial is funnier than yours.

Class screen: 📺 One log: a campfire, a barbecue, AND a god. Would you buy it? · Isaiah 44:15–17

No supplies? Do this instead

Instead of: A stick, a piece of firewood, or a paper towel tube to be “the log”

The Invisible Two-for-One Deal

  1. Hold your hands apart like you’re carrying a heavy log. Say: “Are you COLD? HUNGRY? Spiritually LOST? For one low price, this log gives you a campfire, a barbecue, AND a god to pray to. Two-for-one!”
  2. Ask: “Would anyone buy this? Why is it ridiculous?” Take two or three answers.
  3. SAY“Isaiah wrote this exact bit about 2,700 years ago. He was being funny on purpose, and dead serious, because people in every century do this.”
  4. Ask: “What’s a ‘log’ people our age are tempted to pray to? Good things we expect to save us.” Take a couple of answers.
2. Story

Scripture Scene: The Half-Log God

6 min

Acting out Isaiah 44 shows how a good, useful thing turns into an idol the moment we ask it to save us.

  1. Hand out roles (tap Roles in Teach Mode). Everyone without a part is a Neighbor.
  2. Your Narrator reads each scene; pause for the action. Keep it funny through scene 6.
  3. At scene 7, slow down. Let The Question’s line hang in the air for a few seconds.
  4. Scene 8 turns from satire to invitation. Read Isaiah 44:21–22 from your own scriptures if you like.
  5. Ask: “Was the wood evil? What went wrong?” (The wood was useful; the man asked it to do something only God can do.)
🌪️ If the scene gets too silly, have The Log say one line at the very end, deadpan: “I’m a log.” Laugh, then pivot straight to verse 20.

Class screen: 🎭 The Half-Log God: Isaiah’s satire, live · Isaiah 44:9–22

3. Wiggle break

Four Corners: Tool or Idol?

2 min

Moving to a corner forces everyone to take a position on when a good thing becomes a god.

  1. Everyone stands. Read each item; youth walk to TOOL, IDOL, DEPENDS, or NOT SURE.
  2. Items: “A college acceptance letter.” · “Checking your likes eleven times after a post.” · “A plan to be a surgeon by 30.” · “Your phone at 2 a.m.” · “A really good relationship.” · “Being known as the smart one.”
  3. After each move, ask one person in DEPENDS: “Depends on what?”
  4. Land it: “Most of these are good logs. The question is whether we’re warming our hands at them or praying to them.”

Class screen: 🧭 Tool, idol, depends, or not sure? Pick a corner. · College acceptance · Likes after a post · Surgeon by 30 · Phone at 2 a.m. · A great relationship · Being “the smart one”

No supplies? Do this instead

Instead of: Four sheets of paper labeled TOOL, IDOL, DEPENDS, and NOT SURE, taped in the four corners

  1. Everyone stands. Point to the four walls: front = TOOL, back = IDOL, left = DEPENDS, right = NOT SURE.
  2. Read each item from the screen; youth walk to a wall. After each move, ask one person on the DEPENDS wall: “Depends on what?”
  3. Land it: “Most of these are good logs. The question is whether we’re warming our hands at them or praying to them.”

Class screen: 🧭 Tool, idol, depends, or not sure? Pick a wall. · Front: tool · Back: idol · Left: depends · Right: not sure

4. Scripture

The Furnace Search

4 min

Youth learn Isaiah 48:10 and practice finding the Lord’s comfort for themselves instead of being handed it.

  1. Your youth leader (texted before class) teaches Isaiah 48:10 with the memory hooks and explains refining: heat burns away what doesn’t belong in the silver.
  2. Pairs each take one passage: Isaiah 40:28–31 · 41:10 · 43:1–2 · 49:14–16. Two minutes: find the phrase that would mean the most to a captive who thinks God forgot them.
  3. Study-skill challenge: tap one footnote in your passage and see where it leads. Bonus if it connects to Jesus Christ.
  4. Each pair reads their phrase and rewrites it as a one-line text the Lord might send to someone going through a hard week.
🌪️ If phones drift to other apps, make it a race: first pair to read their phrase aloud picks who goes next.

Class screen: 🔥 I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction. · Isaiah 48:10 · 40:28–31 · 41:10 · 43:1–2 · 49:14–16

No supplies? Do this instead

Instead of: Scriptures: the youth’s own Gospel Library app, or a few printed Bibles (one per pair)

  1. Your youth leader teaches Isaiah 48:10 with the memory hooks and explains refining: heat burns away what doesn’t belong in the silver.
  2. Read Isaiah 40:29–31, 43:1–2, and 49:15–16 aloud from your own scriptures, one at a time. Everyone listens for one phrase that would mean the most to someone who thinks God forgot them.
  3. After each passage, two youth call out their phrase and rewrite it as a one-line text the Lord might send to someone having a hard week.
5. Game

Hot Potato: Witness Stand

3 min

A fast review game that ends with the youth as the witnesses Isaiah 43:10 describes.

  1. Tap Hot Potato. Pass your phone or tablet (or a ball) around the circle while the music plays.
  2. Whoever holds it when it buzzes picks: answer a review question from the lesson, OR take the Witness Stand and finish the sentence “One reason I trust God more than a log is…”
  3. Review questions: What did the carpenter do with the first half? What’s the question he couldn’t ask? Who sent the rain that grew his tree? What does a furnace do to silver?
  4. Read Isaiah 43:10: “Ye are my witnesses.” Say: “God put the idols on trial and called His people to the stand. That’s us.”
🌪️ Anyone can pass once. Nobody is forced to share a testimony; a review answer is always an option.
🥔 Hot Potato (a class game in the Gospel Sparks app)

Class screen: 🥔 Hot Potato: answer a question or take the witness stand · Ye are my witnesses · Isaiah 43:10

6. Talk it over

Real Talk

4 min

Honest questions connect Isaiah to decisions and hard seasons the youth are living in right now.

  1. Sit in a circle. Hand your phone or tablet to a youth discussion leader who reads the questions and calls on people.
  2. Pick two or three questions; depth beats coverage. Share one honest answer of your own.
  3. If the furnace question comes up, be clear: God doesn’t cause every hard thing, but He can consecrate even affliction for our good (2 Nephi 2:2).
💬 Ask the class
  • The carpenter’s wood wasn’t evil; it cooked his dinner. When does a good thing like grades, sports, a relationship or a college plan turn into something we’re praying to?
  • Israel said, “My way is hid from the LORD” (40:27). When have you felt like God wasn’t paying attention? What helped, or what would?
  • Isaiah 48:10 says the Lord chooses people in the furnace of affliction. Does that mean God causes hard things? How would you explain refining to a friend who is really struggling?
  • Is there a “lie in your right hand” that’s easy to ignore? How could you tell?
  • General Conference is this weekend. What’s one real question you could bring to it?

Class screen: 💬 Real talk

7. Testimony

Graven on His Palms

2 min

Ending on Isaiah 49:16 lets each youth feel personally remembered by the Savior.

  1. Wait for real quiet. Read Isaiah 49:15–16 slowly.
  2. SAY“Engraving isn’t a sticky note. It’s permanent. The risen Savior still bears the marks in His hands (3 Nephi 11:14–15). You are that permanent to Him.”
  3. Share your short example of a hard time when the Lord refined you or didn’t forget you, and testify that He knows each of them by name.
  4. Introduce the challenge and invite a youth to pray.

Class screen: ✋ I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands. · Isaiah 49:16

8. Game

Scripture Showdown

5 minBONUS

A team quiz reviews Isaiah 40–49 and the satire of the half-log god.

  1. Split into two teams. Tap Scripture Showdown.
  2. Teams get 10 seconds to agree on an answer. Bonus point if they can name the verse.
▶ Play Scripture Showdown on the web

Class screen: 🏆 Scripture Showdown: Isaiah 40–49

9. Game

Forehead Guess

4 minBONUS

A quick, fun review of the people, images and big words from these chapters.

  1. Tap Forehead Guess. A volunteer holds your phone or tablet on their forehead facing the class.
  2. Older-youth rule: clue-givers can’t use any word from the hint.
  3. Rotate every 45 seconds so several people get a turn.
▶ Play Forehead Guess on the web

Class screen: 🤔 Forehead Guess: Isaiah 40–49 edition

Story drama

The Half-Log God

Isaiah 44:9–22 ↗

Parts to hand out

  • NarratorReads Isaiah’s lines with a straight face, like a nature documentary about a very confused man.
  • The SmithHammers at invisible coals until he’s hungry, thirsty and faint (verse 12).
  • The CarpenterMeasures, plants a tree, chops it, cooks with half and carves the other half into a god.
  • The LogStands stiff as a tree, gets chopped, becomes an idol, and never says a word no matter how much anyone prays to it.
  • NeighborsEveryone else: warm their hands at the fire, nod approvingly, then bow to the idol too.
  • The QuestionStands at the side and, at the end, asks the line nobody in the scene will ask: “Is there not a lie in my right hand?”

Scenes

  1. ⚒️🔥 The smith works until he faints

    Isaiah starts with a metalworker hammering out an idol over hot coals. He works so hard for his god that he gets hungry and thirsty and nearly passes out. Notice the irony: his god can’t even give him a drink of water.

    🎬 The Smith hammers invisible metal, wipes his forehead, and slowly sinks to one knee. Neighbors fan him.

  2. 🪚📏 The carpenter measures a god

    Next comes a carpenter. He stretches out his measuring line, marks the wood, planes it smooth, and carves it into the shape of a handsome man so it can sit in his house and look impressive.

    🎬 The Carpenter measures The Log from head to toe with an invisible tape measure and nods like a professional.

  3. 🌳🌧️ He plants the tree himself

    Where did the wood come from? He planted a tree, and the rain made it grow. Think about that: God sent the rain that grew the tree the man is about to worship instead of God.

    🎬 The Log crouches low and slowly grows into a tall tree while the Neighbors wiggle their fingers like rain.

  4. 🔥🍞 Half for the fire: “Aha, I am warm!”

    He cuts the tree down. With half of it he builds a fire, roasts his dinner, bakes bread, and warms his hands. He says, “Aha, I am warm, I have seen the fire.” So far this is a great use of a log.

    🎬 The Carpenter pantomimes chopping. Neighbors crowd around the invisible fire, rub their hands, and say together, “Aha, I am warm!”

  5. 🙇🪵 The other half: “Deliver me!”

    Then, with the leftover half, he carves a god. He falls down in front of it and prays, “Deliver me; for thou art my god.” The same wood that was firewood five minutes ago is now his savior.

    🎬 The Log freezes in a dramatic statue pose. The Carpenter and the Neighbors bow low and say, “Deliver me!” The Log does absolutely nothing.

  6. 🙈❓ Nobody stops to think

    Isaiah says nobody in the scene stops to think it through: “I burned half of this to cook my lunch. Should I really bow down to the rest of it?” Their eyes are shut to it.

    🎬 Everyone stays bowed. The Question steps forward and looks around at the audience, puzzled.

  7. 🤲🌫️ “Is there not a lie in my right hand?”

    Isaiah’s verdict: he feeds on ashes. His deceived heart has turned him aside so that he can’t save himself or even ask the one question that would set him free.

    🎬 The Question asks loudly, “Is there not a lie in my right hand?” The Carpenter slowly looks at his own hand, then at The Log.

  8. ✋💛 The God who made the carpenter

    Right after the satire, the Lord speaks to His people: I formed you. You are My servant. I will not forget you. I have blotted out your sins like a cloud disappears. Return unto Me, for I have redeemed you (Isaiah 44:21–22).

    🎬 Everyone stands up straight. The Log walks back to its seat, a free person again. The class says together, “Return unto me.”

Key verse

Isaiah 48:10 ↗
“Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.”
In plain words: The Lord is refining you, not like metal but as a person. The hard seasons are not proof He left; they can be where He shapes and chooses you.
🙌 Memory hooks: “refined thee” = rub your palms together like polishing metal · “not with silver” = wave one finger no · “chosen thee” = point to someone across the room · “furnace of affliction” = open your hands like feeling heat, then close them over your heart.

More verses

Isaiah 44:20 ↗
“He feedeth on ashes: a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?”
In plain words: The idol-maker is living on ashes. He’s been fooled so completely that he can’t even ask the honest question: is the thing I’m holding onto actually lying to me?
Isaiah 40:29–31 ↗
“He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength. Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall: But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength”
In plain words: Even young, strong people run out of gas. The Lord gives strength to people who are out of it, and those who trust and wait on Him get renewed.
Isaiah 43:1–2 ↗
“Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine. When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee”
In plain words: Don’t be afraid. The Lord redeemed you, knows your name and says you’re His. When you go through deep water, He goes with you.
Isaiah 49:15–16 ↗
“yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee. Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands”
In plain words: Even a mother could forget her baby, but the Lord will not forget you. Your name is engraved on His hands.

Forehead Guess words16 words

  • 📜 Isaiah
  • 🪚 Carpenter
  • 🗿 Idol
  • 🪵 Graven image
  • 🌫️ Ashes
  • 👑 Cyrus
  • 🏛️ Babylon
  • 🔥 Furnace
  • 🥈 Silver
  • 🦅 Eagle
  • 🙋 Witness
  • ✋ Palms
  • 🐑 Shepherd
  • 📀 Brass plates
  • 🎙️ General Conference
  • 💛 Redeemer
Clues for each word
  • Isaiah: Prophet who wrote “Comfort ye my people”
  • Carpenter: Cooked dinner with half a log and prayed to the rest
  • Idol: A god people make with their own hands
  • Graven image: KJV phrase for a carved idol
  • Ashes: What the idol-maker feeds on (44:20)
  • Cyrus: Persian king Isaiah named ahead of time
  • Babylon: Where the Jews would be held captive
  • Furnace: Where the Lord refines and chooses us (48:10)
  • Silver: Metal refined by fire
  • Eagle: Those who wait on the Lord mount up like this
  • Witness: “Ye are my ___” (43:10)
  • Palms: Where the Lord engraved you (49:16)
  • Shepherd: Gathers the lambs in His arm (40:11)
  • Brass plates: Nephi read Isaiah on these
  • General Conference: Where we hear the living prophet twice a year
  • Redeemer: Title for the Lord who buys us back
▶ Play Forehead GuessFull screen, 60-second timer, works on any phone.

Scripture Showdown9 questions

  1. In Isaiah 44, what does the carpenter do with the first half of the log?
    • A. Builds a boat
    • B. Cooks and warms himself
    • C. Sells it
    Show answer

    ✅ B. Cooks and warms himself Verse 16: he roasts his dinner and says, “Aha, I am warm.”

  2. What does he do with the leftover half?
    • A. Carves a god and prays to it
    • B. Throws it away
    • C. Gives it to a neighbor
    Show answer

    ✅ A. Carves a god and prays to it Verse 17: “Deliver me; for thou art my god.” Same log, very different job.

  3. What question can the idol-maker never bring himself to ask?
    • A. “Where is the rain?”
    • B. “Who made this tree?”
    • C. “Is there not a lie in my right hand?”
    Show answer

    ✅ C. “Is there not a lie in my right hand?” Isaiah 44:20. The honest question is the one that sets people free.

  4. Which Persian king did Isaiah name before he was born?
    • A. Nebuchadnezzar
    • B. Darius
    • C. Cyrus
    Show answer

    ✅ C. Cyrus Isaiah 44:28; 45:1. Cyrus later let the Jews return home (Ezra 1).

  5. Isaiah 48:10: the Lord chose His people in the furnace of…
    • A. affliction
    • B. Babylon
    • C. glory
    Show answer

    ✅ A. affliction He refines us, not with silver, but through hard seasons He helps us through.

  6. According to Isaiah 49:16, where has the Lord engraved you?
    • A. On stone tablets
    • B. On the palms of His hands
    • C. On the temple walls
    Show answer

    ✅ B. On the palms of His hands Permanent. The risen Savior still bears the marks in His hands.

  7. Who does Isaiah say will faint and be weary if they rely on themselves?
    • A. Only old people
    • B. Even the youths
    • C. Nobody
    Show answer

    ✅ B. Even the youths Isaiah 40:30–31. Strength runs out; waiting on the Lord renews it.

  8. Which Book of Mormon writer quoted Isaiah 48–49 from the brass plates?
    • A. Moroni
    • B. Alma
    • C. Nephi
    Show answer

    ✅ C. Nephi 1 Nephi 20–21. The plates left Jerusalem before the Babylonian exile.

  9. “Ye are my ___,” saith the LORD (Isaiah 43:10).
    • A. witnesses
    • B. soldiers
    • C. builders
    Show answer

    ✅ A. witnesses God calls His people to testify that He alone is God and Savior.

▶ Play Scripture ShowdownTeams take turns on one screen.

Songs

  • How Firm a Foundation Hymns, no. 85

    Its verses about deep waters and fiery trials echo Isaiah 41:10 and 43:2. Read the verses as you sing and spot the Isaiah phrases. Find it ↗

  • We Thank Thee, O God, for a Prophet Hymns, no. 19

    It’s conference weekend: a good opener before you talk about listening to the living prophet. Find it ↗

  • The Lord Is My Shepherd Hymns, no. 108

    Isaiah 40:11 pictures the Lord gathering His lambs in His arms. A calm close after the testimony. Find it ↗

This week’s challenge

One Question, One Log

Bring one real question to General Conference (or to a conference talk you read this week) and write down anything that speaks to it. Then pick one “log” in your life that’s drifting from tool to idol, and put it back in its place for seven days.

Text the parents

This week we studied Isaiah 40–49: the carpenter who cooked dinner with half a log and prayed to the other half (Isaiah 44), and the Lord’s promise that He refines us in hard times and has engraved us on His hands (48:10; 49:16). Ask your teen: what’s a modern “log” people are tempted to trust more than God, and what question are they bringing to General Conference?

📝 After class

What worked? Who needs a check-in this week? Jot it here on a printed copy, or in the app’s private class notes.

Got extra time?

🧐 Who Wrote Isaiah 40–66? · 5 min

  1. For a curious class: explain that some scholars think a later author wrote these chapters because they name Cyrus.
  2. Have youth read 1 Nephi 19:22–23 and look at 1 Nephi 20–21: Nephi had Isaiah 48–49 on the brass plates, which left Jerusalem before the exile.
  3. Read 3 Nephi 23:1, where the Savior commands us to search Isaiah’s words.
  4. Ask: “How do you think through a hard question without either ignoring it or letting it take over your faith?” (Study it out, look at all the evidence, include the witness of the Spirit, and be patient with what you don’t know yet.)

🛣️ Prepare Ye the Way · 4 min

  1. Read Isaiah 40:3–5. Ask: “What do valleys, mountains and crooked roads stand for in a person’s life?”
  2. Each youth names one crooked place they could make straight before conference or before a mission, college, or the temple.
  3. Connect to John the Baptist, who fulfilled 40:3 (Matthew 3:1–3).

🦅 Wings Like Eagles Wall-Sit · 3 min

  1. Everyone does a wall-sit. Read Isaiah 40:29–31 while legs start to burn.
  2. At the end, ask: “What renews you when you’re spiritually tired? What drains you?”
  3. Challenge: plan one thing that renews you before a big test, tryout, or interview this month.

Sources

Scripture quotations are from the King James Version, the Bible used by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Tap or click a reference to open it in Gospel Library. Start with the official Come, Follow Me manual; these ideas are here to help it come alive.

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