BUT I KNOW EVERYTHING ABOUT YOU . . .
(Psalms 139:1 NKJV) "O LORD, You have searched
me and known me."
I KNOW WHEN YOU SIT DOWN
AND WHEN YOU RISE UP . . .
(Psalms 139:2 NKJV) "You know my sitting down
and my rising up; You understand my thought afar off."
I AM FAMILIAR WITH ALL YOUR WAYS . . .
(Psalms 139:3 NKJV) "You comprehend my path
and my lying down, And are acquainted with all my ways."
EVEN THE VERY HAIRS
ON YOUR HEAD ARE NUMBERED . . .
(Matthew 10:29-31 NKJV) "'Are not two sparrows sold
for a copper coin? And not one of them falls to the ground
apart from your Father's will.
But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.
Do not fear therefore;
you are of more value than many sparrows.'"
FOR YOU WERE MADE IN MY IMAGE . . .
(Genesis 1:27 NKJV) "So God created man in His own image;
in the image of God He created him;
male and female He created them."
IN ME YOU LIVE AND MOVE AND HAVE YOUR BEING . . .
(Acts 17:2a8 NKJV) "'for in Him we live
and move and have our being . . .'"
FOR YOU ARE MY OFFSPRING . . . .
(Acts 17:2b8 NKJV) "'. . . as also some of your
own poets have said,
'For we are also His offspring.'"
I KNEW YOU EVEN BEFORE YOU WERE CONCEIVED . . .
(Jeremiah 1:4-5 NKJV) "Then the word of the LORD came to me,
saying: 'Before I formed you in the womb I knew you;
Before you were born I sanctified you;
I ordained you a prophet to the nations.'"
I CHOSE YOU WHEN I PLANNED CREATION . . .
(Ephesians 1:11-12 NKJV) "In Him also we have obtained
an inheritance, being predestined according to the purpose of Him
who works all things according to the counsel of His will,
that we who first trusted in Christ
should be to the praise of His glory."
YOU WERE NOT A MISTAKE,
FOR ALL YOUR DAYS ARE WRITTEN IN MY BOOK . . .
(Psalms 139:15-16 NKJV) "My frame was not hidden from You,
When I was made in secret,
And skillfully wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
Your eyes saw my substance, being yet unformed.
And in Your book they all were written,
The days fashioned for me,
When as yet there were none of them."
DETERMINED THE EXACT TIME OF YOUR BIRTH
AND WHERE YOU WOULD LIVE . . .
(Acts 17:26 NIV) "From one man he made every nation of men,
that they should inhabit the whole earth;
and he determined the times set for them and
the exact places where they should live."
YOU ARE FEARFULLY AND WONDERFULLY MADE . . .
(Psalms 139:14 NKJV) "I will praise You,
for I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
Marvelous are Your works,
And that my soul knows very well."
I KNIT YOU TOGETHER IN YOUR MOTHER'S WOMB . . .
(Psalms 139:13 NKJV) "For You formed my inward parts;
You covered me in my mother's womb."
AND BROUGHT YOU FORTH ON THE DAY
YOU WERE BORN . . .
(Psalms 71:6 NIV) "From birth I have relied on you;
you brought me forth from my mother's womb.
I will ever praise you."
I HAVE BEEN MISREPRESENTED BY
THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW ME . . .
(John 8:41-44 NIV) "You are doing the things your
own father does."
"We are not illegitimate children," they protested.
"The only Father we have is God himself."
Jesus said to them, "If God were your Father,
you would love me, for I came from God and now am here.
I have not come on my own; but he sent me.
Why is my language not clear to you?
Because you are unable to hear what I say.
You belong to your father,
the devil, and you want to carry out your father's desire.
He was a murderer from the beginning,
not holding to the truth,
for there is no truth in him.
When he lies, he speaks his native language,
for he is a liar and the father of lies."
I AM NOT DISTANT AND ANGRY,
BUT AM THE COMPLETE EXPRESSION OF LOVE . . .
(1 John 4:16 NASB) "And we have come to know and
have believed the love which God has for us.
God is love, and the one who abides in love abides in God,
and God abides in him."
AND IT IS MY DESIRE TO LAVISH MY LOVE ON YOU
SIMPLY BECAUSE YOU ARE MY CHILD
AND I AM YOUR FATHER . . .
(1 John 3:1 NKJV) "Behold what manner of love the Father
has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God!
Therefore the world does not know us,
because it did not know Him."
I OFFER YOU MORE THAN
YOUR EARTHLY FATHER EVER COULD . . .
(Matthew 7:11 NIV) "If you, then, though you are evil,
know how to give good gifts to your children,
how much more will your Father in heaven
give good gifts to those who ask him!'"
FOR I AM THE PERFECT FATHER . . .
(Matthew 5:48 NKJV) "'Therefore you shall be perfect,
just as your Father in heaven is perfect.'"
EVERY GOOD GIFT THAT YOU RECEIVE
COMES FROM MY HAND . . .
(James 1:17 NIV) "Every good and perfect gift is from above,
coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights,
who does not change like shifting shadows."
FOR I AM YOUR PROVIDER
AND I MEET ALL YOUR NEEDS . . .
(Matthew 6:31-33 NIV) "So do not worry, saying,
'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?'
or 'What shall we wear?'
For the pagans run after all these things,
and your heavenly Father knows that you need them.
But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness,
and all these things will be given to you as well."
MY PLAN FOR YOUR FUTURE
HAS ALWAYS BEEN FILLED WITH HOPE . . .
(Jeremiah 29:11 NIV) "'For I know the plans I have for you,'
declares the LORD,
'plans to prosper you and not to harm you,
plans to give you hope and a future.'"
BECAUSE I LOVE YOU WITH AN EVERLASTING LOVE . . .
(Jeremiah 31:3 NIV) "The LORD appeared to us in the past,
saying: 'I have loved you with an everlasting love;
I have drawn you with loving-kindness.'"
MY THOUGHTS TOWARDS YOU ARE COUNTLESS
AS THE SAND ON THE SEASHORE . . .
(Psalms 139:17-18 NIV) "How precious to me are your thoughts,
O God! How vast is the sum of them!
Were I to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand.
When I awake, I am still with you."
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