This week Isaiah’s tone changes. Chapter 40 opens with “Comfort ye, comfort ye my people,” and the hard warnings give way to tenderness, God who won’t forget you, strength for the weary, and the first songs about his Servant. As you read, find the verse that feels like comfort meant for you, and bring it to Sunday.
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Read this week’s chapters and watch for the promise you most want to believe. When you find it, mark it.
Read with this question in mind: what does this passage say God has already done?
Why: Reading with a specific question in mind is purposeful reading: it directs your attention so you notice details you’d otherwise skim past.
Or listen to an audio version while you follow along in the text.
Why: Hearing the words while you follow along adds a spoken layer to the written one, which can help the reading stick, especially if you learn well by ear.
Or read it aloud to yourself.
Why: Saying words out loud activates both your speech and your hearing, sometimes called the production effect, and text you say tends to be remembered better than text you only see.
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