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Teaching With Power

Isaiah 40-49

Sep 14, 2026 · 48 min · 8 segments

This video provides teaching ideas, discussion prompts, and activities to support the Isaiah 40-49 lesson in the Come, Follow Me manual. It is designed to serve as a practical resource for teachers…

This video provides teaching ideas, discussion prompts, and activities to support the Isaiah 40-49 lesson in the Come, Follow Me manual. It is designed to serve as a practical resource for teachers, parents, missionaries, and anyone preparing to teach this week’s Come, Follow Me lesson. My hope is that these ideas will help simplify your preparation, increase student engagement, and strengthen your confidence as you teach. **Lesson Resources and Links** **Link to "Mountains to Climb" Video:** https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/media/video/2013-01-0003-mountains-to-climb?lang=eng **If you would like to take a deeper dive into these chapters, learn additional insights and more teaching activities, you can check out my video from 2022 covering the same scripture block. Here is a link to that video:** Isaiah 40-49, Come Follow Me **Teaching with Power Resources** - For links to videos, lesson plans, subscriptions, weekly lesson materials, go to www.teachingwithpower.com - To sign up for a Full Old Testament Subscription, go to: https://www.teachingwithpower.com/product-page/2026-old-testament-bundle-subscription-all-slides-handouts-and-lesson-plans - Contact: teachingwithpower@gmail.com **Credits & Notes** Music provided by the YouTube Audio Library — *Dancing Star* Some illustrations in this video were generated using Chat GPT AI. Additional Bible illustrations are provided by Sweet Publishing ( http://sweetpublishing.com) under the Creative Commons 3.0 Share-Alike License. All other images are in the public domain. **Disclaimer** The content of this video reflects my personal insights and teaching ideas. It does not represent the official position of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

This video provides teaching ideas, discussion prompts, and activities to support the Isaiah 40-49 lesson in the Come, Follow Me manual. It is designed to serve as a practical resource for teachers…

Speakers: Ben WilcoxHost

Lesson One: God Is Great and Near2:27 – 11:53

2:27

Lesson number one, who is like him? From Isaiah forty.

2:33

Truth: God is great enough to govern creation and near enough to carry us.

2:41

And for the fire and the bones, there are gonna be times in our lives when God or Jesus Christ can feel almost too big to approach, too powerful.

2:50

We believe that He created the universe, that He governs nations, comprehends eternity.

2:55

But does a being that great really notice the, the small, sometimes seemingly insignificant details of our lives? Isaiah's answer is one of the most comforting portraits of God or Jesus in the scriptures.

3:10

The God who holds oceans in His hand also gathers lambs into His arms.

3:18

His power is both immense and intimate.

3:21

It makes Him capable of giving us the personal help that we need.

3:25

When our strength runs out, His doesn't.

3:29

Now what should the teacher know for teaching this lesson? There is a noticeable shift in tone from Isaiah chapter thirty-nine to chapter forty.

3:37

In Isaiah chapters one through thirty-nine, the prophet speaks with more of a voice of warning, urgency, correction, while chapters forty through sixty-six speak with a much softer, a more comforting tone.

3:51

And that tone is so different that some biblical scholars even think that there may have been two Isaiahs, two different authors that were later combined into one and labeled Isaiah.

4:01

Now, I personally don't believe that.

4:03

I think the prophets can emphasize different messages at different times.

4:06

Doesn't make them different people.

4:08

But Isaiah thirty-nine ends with a prediction that Judah will eventually be carried into Babylon.

4:13

But then chapter forty begins with the words, "Comfort ye.

4:17

Comfort ye, my people." Isaiah's gonna try and give hope and comfort to people who feel defeated, displaced, and perhaps even forgotten by God.

4:28

In chapter forty, there seem to be two major qualities or attributes of God that Isaiah wants us to understand.

4:34

One of those qualities is God's grandeur, His power, His majesty.

4:40

He's gonna do that with some really phenomenal visuals here.

4:43

So we'll pick it up in verse twelve.

4:45

"Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand." God is so big, so grand, so powerful, that He could just reach down and scoop up the Pacific Ocean and hold it in the palm of His hand.

4:57

He could measure it, tell you just how big it is.

5:01

"And meted out heaven with the span." To mete something out is to measure it.

Lesson One: God Is Great and Near2:27 – 11:53

2:27

Lesson number one, who is like him? From Isaiah forty.

2:33

Truth: God is great enough to govern creation and near enough to carry us.

2:41

And for the fire and the bones, there are gonna be times in our lives when God or Jesus Christ can feel almost too big to approach, too powerful.

2:50

We believe that He created the universe, that He governs nations, comprehends eternity.

2:55

But does a being that great really notice the, the small, sometimes seemingly insignificant details of our lives? Isaiah's answer is one of the most comforting portraits of God or Jesus in the scriptures.

3:10

The God who holds oceans in His hand also gathers lambs into His arms.

3:18

His power is both immense and intimate.

3:21

It makes Him capable of giving us the personal help that we need.

3:25

When our strength runs out, His doesn't.

3:29

Now what should the teacher know for teaching this lesson? There is a noticeable shift in tone from Isaiah chapter thirty-nine to chapter forty.

3:37

In Isaiah chapters one through thirty-nine, the prophet speaks with more of a voice of warning, urgency, correction, while chapters forty through sixty-six speak with a much softer, a more comforting tone.

3:51

And that tone is so different that some biblical scholars even think that there may have been two Isaiahs, two different authors that were later combined into one and labeled Isaiah.

4:01

Now, I personally don't believe that.

4:03

I think the prophets can emphasize different messages at different times.

4:06

Doesn't make them different people.

4:08

But Isaiah thirty-nine ends with a prediction that Judah will eventually be carried into Babylon.

4:13

But then chapter forty begins with the words, "Comfort ye.

4:17

Comfort ye, my people." Isaiah's gonna try and give hope and comfort to people who feel defeated, displaced, and perhaps even forgotten by God.

4:28

In chapter forty, there seem to be two major qualities or attributes of God that Isaiah wants us to understand.

4:34

One of those qualities is God's grandeur, His power, His majesty.

4:40

He's gonna do that with some really phenomenal visuals here.

4:43

So we'll pick it up in verse twelve.

4:45

"Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand." God is so big, so grand, so powerful, that He could just reach down and scoop up the Pacific Ocean and hold it in the palm of His hand.

4:57

He could measure it, tell you just how big it is.

5:01

"And meted out heaven with the span." To mete something out is to measure it.