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Jesus is aware of your wall??? (Your Weekly Scripture Study Starter)

Published 25 days ago • 1 min read

Happy Sunday, friend!

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It's time to dive into this week's Come Follow Me reading: Isaiah 40-49!​

And we’re tackling a verse that most people LOVE but don’t quite understand.

Make sure to check out this week's "Questions your kids might ask" section to learn more!​

​​Watch this week's video here!​

5 Key Themes

  1. God comforts His people (Isaiah 40)
  2. God is greater than all idols (Isaiah 41-44)
  3. The Lord calls and prepares Cyrus, the king of Persia, to free the Israelites in bondage to Babylon (Isaiah 44-45)
  4. Israel is chosen and not forgotten (Isaiah 41, 49)
  5. The Savior’s mission is introduced (Isaiah 42, 49)

3 Key Scriptures

  1. ​Isaiah 40:31​
  2. ​Isaiah 41:10​
  3. ​Isaiah 49:15-16​

Dive into one or more of these verses all week long with my Verse Mapping Study Guide!

Questions your kids (or church class) might ask: What does “Thy walls are continually before me” mean?

Isaiah 49:16 is a beautiful and popular verse in which the Lord describes how He will never forget His people. But it ends with a phrase that confuses a lot of people: “. . . thy walls are continually before me.” If we keep in mind that Isaiah was writing this from Jerusalem during a time of incredible political upheaval, it helps bring deeper meaning to that phrase. What happened to the Israelites when the walls of Jerusalem were destroyed? They were taken captive. What happened when the walls were strong? They were safe. So the fact that our “walls” are continually before Jesus could be a symbolic way of saying, “I am constantly aware of how you’re doing. Your trials, your successes, your fears, your joy. . . I am always aware of them.”

This week's conversation starter:

Read Isaiah 49:15-16 with your teen, then ask: How do you think it is possible that God and Jesus love us so much when they have so many children to be aware of?

Want to go deeper in your personal study this week? My Verse Mapping for Beginners PDF walks you through exactly how. Get it here!​

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