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Week 39
Isaiah 13–14;22;24–30;35

Come Follow Me 2026 · Week 39

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September 21–27 - Isaiah 13–14; 22; 24–30; 35

This week's one thing

Jesus Christ has the power to swallow up death forever and wipe away every tear from every face.

Opener: Clean It or Can't?

cloth or paper towel with a juice or coffee staincup of plain waterbar of soapdry pencil eraser

Hold up the stained cloth and say: 'We need to get this clean. Rank these from most likely to work to least likely: rubbing with a dry eraser, dabbing with plain water, scrubbing with soap and water, or just leaving it alone.' Let everyone vote and defend their ranking. Then try the soap and water together and watch the stain lift. Ask: 'What made the difference?'

Isaiah teaches that God can clean what we cannot clean on our own, no matter how set-in the stain looks.

Scripture Story

Isaiah closes his eyes and sees something. A highway cuts straight through a desert, and on both sides of the road, flowers push up through the sand. Streams of water rush across ground that has been dry for years. Walking on this road are people who used to be blind, and now they can see every flower. People who used to be deaf can hear the water running. A man who never walked before is leaping like a deer, arms out, laughing. Who are these people? Isaiah calls them 'the ransomed of the Lord' (Isaiah 35:10). They were scattered and lost, far from home, carrying heavy hearts. But God called them back. Now they are on the highway, walking home together, and their heads are crowned with joy. Every sorrow they carried on the road out is gone before they arrive. The desert is blooming around them and they are singing. What do you think the ransomed people were feeling when they first saw the highway and knew it led home?

Discussion Questions

Little Kids (ages 4–7)

  • If you were walking through a desert and flowers suddenly started growing all around your feet, what would you do first?
  • Isaiah says God will wipe away every tear from every face (Isaiah 25:8). Who is someone you would want God to wipe a tear from today?

Big Kids (ages 8–11)

  • Isaiah says the Lord will be a 'refuge from the storm' for people who are suffering (Isaiah 25:4). When you are having a hard day and you pray, does it actually feel like a shelter? What does it feel like?
  • Isaiah 14 describes Lucifer deciding he wanted to be above God and then falling completely. What do you think he was thinking right before he made that choice, and where did his thinking go wrong?

Teens

  • Isaiah keeps telling people that judgment is coming AND that God will make everything right in the end. If someone you cared about was in the middle of something awful right now, which of those two things would you say to them, and how would you decide when to say it?

This Week's Challenge

Each evening this week, before bed, every person in the family writes one thing they want the Lord's help carrying on a sticky note. Put all the notes on the fridge door. On Sunday, read them together and talk about what shifted.

Song Suggestions

🎵 He Sent His Son🎼 Master, the Tempest Is Raging

Desert Flower

Ages 3-10~10 min
white paperscissorscrayons or markerstape
  1. 1

    Step 1: Tear or cut a simple flower shape from white paper, five or six petals around a small circle in the middle.

  2. 2

    Step 2: Write your name in the center circle and color the petals the brightest colors you can find.

  3. 3

    Step 3: Tape your flower somewhere low in the house where you will walk past it every day this week.

Isaiah promises that God turns dry and lifeless places into places full of color and life, and He can do that in us too.

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