#YOU CREATED MY INMOST BEING HOW TO#

Those who rise against you, do I not loathe? i gġ9When you would destroy the wicked, O God,Ģ0Your foes who conspire a plot against youĢ1Do I not hate, L ORD, those who hate you? When I complete them, still you are with me. IIIġ7How precious to me are your designs, O God ġ8Were I to count them, they would outnumber the sands My days were shaped, before one came to be. All rights reserved.PSALM 139 * The All-knowing and Ever-present GodģYou sift through my travels and my rest ĨIf I ascend to the heavens, you are there ġ1If I say, “Surely darkness shall hide me,ġ4I praise you, because I am wonderfully made Our prayer team would love to cover you in prayer. Need prayer? Email our Prayer Team Director, Ginger Meador. Check it out! It’s on SALE in Mary’s online store.

#YOU CREATED MY INMOST BEING HOW TO#

It is sometimes hard to trust God, isn’t it? Mary’s book, 10 Day Trust Adventure, will help you learn how to step out in faith. Have you ever felt like the woman in Luke 13? What does your label read? Today, I choose to step out in faith to become the woman You created me to be. Teach me to understand the truth that my worth and value rest in You alone – not in the eyes of man. And that is all you need to face whatever life brings your way.įather, thank You for loving me just as I am.

Grab hold of the truth that God knows you, loves you, and is for you. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made.”

You knit me together in my mother’s womb. Take a look at your label found in Psalm 139:13 (NIV), “For you created my inmost being. That one is a trusted brand name and is made with quality. Curious, I said, “Why did you choose that one?” He shrugged his shoulders and replied, “Easy. I saw a salesman making a beeline for me, but before he could say a word, I whirled around and asked, “If I were your wife, which one of these would you tell me to buy?” Without the slightest hesitation, he pointed to one of the sofas. Both were in my price range – cheap – and both would work in my living room. I walked in with a certain amount of money to spend and a definite idea of what I wanted, so I avoided the salesmen and began my search. I made just enough money from the garage sale to buy a new sofa and headed for the furniture outlet. Years ago, I had a garage sale to get rid of our old stuff so we could buy some new stuff. You can judge a product’s worth and value by looking at the one who made it. You are valuable-and the simple but almost unbelievable reason is that God created you. Before you were wanted or not wanted by human hearts, before you were planned or not planned by human minds, you were wanted and planned in the heart and mind of God. Your identity was established before the world began, in the heart and mind of God. One of my favorite verses of Scripture is Jeremiah 1:5: “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart.” Many of us feel unwanted and unloved, but we can be assured that God knows us and loves us just as we are and right where we are, in the midst of our mess and sickness. She heard the unfamiliar but longed-for voice of love. And when she heard His voice, she heard something she hadn’t heard for a very long time, if ever. Imagine what she felt when she realized that Jesus was talking to her. There she stood, sick and in pain to the point that she was completely doubled over. With one word from Him, everything changed and would never be the same again. But when Jesus saw her, He looked at her through different eyes and called her to Himself. Her heart must have been filled with feelings of unworthiness. Anyone who knew her identified her by that illness. This woman had been assigned an identity by the relentless illness that plagued her body. Truth: Your identity was established before the world began, in the heart and mind of God. And just as He loved this broken woman, He loves you. He knew – but He looked past her pain and saw who she really was, and all she was created to be. He knew she had been sick for 18 long years and that she had tried everything to be healed. Oh, our problems may not be exactly the same, but the feelings and emotions are – and so is the answer. I can really relate to the woman described in Luke 13. Have you ever wondered if God even knows your name? Have you doubted His awareness or even His concern about what you are going through? Have there been times when you felt totally alone and worthless? I have. Before you were born I set you apart (Jeremiah 1:5 NIV). Before I formed you in the womb I knew you.

You created my inmost being