Isaiah 54 • Tent. Names. Promises. A message.

With Great Mercies Lab

Pitch Isaiah’s tent, meet the Saviour by His names, finish His promises, and shape a message for someone who feels alone.

Isaiah teaches with pictures. Begin with the tent in Isaiah 54:2, and ask why it needs to be bigger.

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Pitch the tent

What does Isaiah 54:2 say to do with each part?

0 of 4 parts of the tent are in place.

Read Isaiah 54:2–3. Isaiah pictures the Lord’s covenant people as a tent that must grow, because so many will be gathered. Match each part with its word, and watch the tent.

“the place of thy tent”

“the curtains of thine habitations”

“thy cords”

“thy stakes”

The General Handbook explains: “Isaiah described latter-day Zion as a tent or a tabernacle secured by stakes. … Today the Church is organized into stakes.” General Handbook, 6.1

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Meet Him by His names

Which name in Isaiah 54:5 says this?

Read Isaiah 54:5. Isaiah gives the Saviour six names and titles in one verse. Match four of them with what they tell someone who feels alone.

He formed you and knows you completely.

He binds Himself to His people by covenant and does not walk away.

He pays the price to free someone who is lost or in bondage.

No town, school or country is outside His reach.

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Finish His promises

How does the Lord end each sentence?

Read Isaiah 54:7–10, 13. Several of the Lord’s promises here turn on one small word. Choose how each sentence really ends.

    “For a small moment have I forsaken thee; but …”

    “In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment; but …”

    “For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; but …”

    “And all thy children shall be taught of the Lord; and …”

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    Take it to the journal

    What would you say to Carlos?

    Lesson 125 asks what you could share with Carlos from Isaiah 54. Choose his situation and one promise to shape a message for your own journal.

    Carlos feels alone and forsaken because:

    A promise from Isaiah 54 I would share:

    PRIVATE JOURNAL: Keep the writing outside this app. Nothing you choose is stored or sent; it disappears when the page is refreshed.
    Journal page model titled WITH GREAT MERCIES with four empty sections: 1 THE TENT, 2 HIS NAMES, 3 JESUS CHRIST OUR REDEEMER, 4 FOR CARLOS and FOR ME
    Original teaching aid, not official Church artwork. Copy the layout; the words are yours.

    Seminary Learning HubLesson 125 on ChurchofJesusChrist.org