Isaiah 40–43 • Words. Truth. Support. Example.

Fear Not Lab

Hear what God promises His covenant people, learn the three steps of a message of comfort, and shape a message of your own.

“Fear thou not; for I am with thee.” Begin with the Lord’s own words in Isaiah 41.

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Hear the promise

What God invites, and what God promises

Read Isaiah 41:10–14. God spoke these words to covenant people who would be captives far from home. Some phrases invite them to do something. Others promise what He will do. Decide where each belongs.

“Fear thou not”
Isaiah 41:10

“I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee”
Isaiah 41:10

“be not dismayed”
Isaiah 41:10

“I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness”
Isaiah 41:10

“I the Lord thy God will hold thy right hand”
Isaiah 41:13

Decide where each phrase belongs. You can change any answer.

In verse 14, “worm” can mean meek and humble (Lesson 119).

Learn the three steps

Which step is each part of the model?

Lesson 119 builds a short message of comfort in three steps. Here are four parts of the class model from Isaiah 41:10–14. Decide which step each one is.

“We don’t need to fear, because God will be with and strengthen His covenant people.”

“Fear not, I am with thee; oh, be not dismayed” (“How Firm a Foundation”, verse 3)

Elder Neil L. Andersen: “The Lord will never desert His covenant people.”

A time when you felt that God was with you or had strengthened you

First complete activity 1, then sort the parts of the model message.

Elder Andersen’s words come from Drawing Closer to the Savior (October 2022). The hymn is How Firm a Foundation.

Study a passage

Find the comforting words and the truth

Choose one passage and read it in your scriptures first. Then find its comforting words and the truth it teaches most directly.

My passage:

First complete activity 2, then choose a passage.

Take it to the journal

Shape your message of comfort

Your passage comes with you from activity 3. Choose how you will support it and how you will illustrate it.

Step 2. I will support it with:

Step 3. I will illustrate it with:

PRIVATE JOURNAL: Keep the writing outside this app. Nothing you choose is stored or sent; it disappears when the page is refreshed.

Complete activities 1 to 3, then choose one option from each row.

Journal page model titled FEAR NOT with a line from FEAR to COMFORT and three empty sections: 1 GOD’S PROMISE, 2 MY MESSAGE OF COMFORT with steps 1 to 3, and 3 COMFORT I FOUND — Original teaching aid, not official Church artwork. Copy the layout; the words are yours.

Seminary Learning Hub Lesson 119 on ChurchofJesusChrist.org