Priceless Love

Scripture: Psalm 139:13 NIV

Introduction

The sanctity of life is something that needs to be approached gently and in prayer. God has created us and has a plan for each life and those lives are sacred. This topic can bring up feelings of shame and loss for women who have experienced pregnancy loss or terminated a pregnancy. This program has been prepared in prayer for the women. Please use your discretion as you lead them through this program. Remind the women that whatever they have done in the past can be forgiven by a God of love. “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness” (1 John 1:9). “How precious are your thoughts about me, O God. They cannot be numbered! I can’t even count them; they outnumber the grains of sand! And when I wake up, you are still with me!” (Ps. 139: 17,18).

God tells us in Psalm 139:13 NIV that, “For You created my inmost being. You knit me together in my mother’s womb.”  Our God is a God of love, and He knit each of us together in an intentional way. He didn’t make a mistake when He made you. He knew you while you were still in your mother’s womb. Today we are going to be learning and praying together about a difficult topic. but is important to tackle using the Word of God as our guide. We will be thinking about the sanctity of human life and how priceless and precious each human life is to God our Creator. To begin let’s to start with prayer.

Prayer Stations

Set up prayer stations. Lead the group through these scriptures and prayer stations.

Life is a gift from God. “The Father has life in himself, and He has granted that same life-giving power to His Son” (John 5:26). God is the source and sustainer of life.

Life begins at conception. “You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body and knit me together in my mother’s womb.” (Ps. 139:13). “I knew you before I formed you in your mother’s womb. Before you were born, I set you apart…” (Jer. 1:5).

Human life bears the image of God. Life is a gift in that God made mankind in His own image and likeness. “So, God created human beings in His own image. In the image of God, He created them; male and female He created them” (Gen. 1:27).

The innocent should be protected. “This is what the Lord says: Be fair-minded and just. Do what is right! Help those who have been robbed; rescue them from their oppressors. Quit your evil deeds! Do not mistreat foreigners, orphans, and widows. Stop murdering the innocent!” (Jer. 22:3).

God has plans for each individual. “I knew you before I formed you in your mother’s womb. Before you were born, I set you apart and appointed you as my prophet to the nations” (Jer. 1:5).

Everyone has the right to live. As life is a gift from God, no one is entitled to take life away. “I came naked from my mother’s womb, and I will be naked when I leave. The Lord gave me what I had, and the Lord has taken it away” (Job 1:21).

What God thinks is most important. What God says in His Word takes precedence over that anyone else says or thinks. Social pressure, human opinions, civil laws are not what delineate truth.

Craft

Invite the women to write the words of Psalm 139:14 on a flat rock with acrylic paint. They could embellish their rock with flowers or other designs.  “I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made…” (Psalm 139:14).

Create a tree with many branches. Have the women add “fingerprint” buds to the tree using an ink pad. Talk about the fact that each person’s fingerprints are unique, none are alike. We are all unique and God created us just the way we are.

Knitted Together by the Maker

We read in Psalm 139:13, “For you created my inmost being, you knit me together in my mother’s womb.” How beautiful it is to think and meditate on this verse. To think of our maker carefully knitting each of us together so intentionally and purposefully is beautiful to comprehend. Can you picture the Psalmist being overwhelmed by the beauty, the majesty of God’s work within the womb. He designed and knit us together. This isn’t an idea that we can just speak and quickly move on from, but something that is so beautiful and so important to take in and let it marinate deep down into our souls.

The God of the Universe knit you together. Have you ever knitted anything, or do you know a knitter? There is purpose in knitting. The art of knitting is very intentional. The knitter goes about their creation with a purpose in mind. They have a vision for a result that they are trying to achieve. There are rows and rows of perfectly formed yarn. This yard is spun around two needles in such a way that the yarn begins to form into something. What was once just a blob of yarn turns into a sweater, a scarf, or maybe even a dress. There is so much accuracy and intention involved. The knitter knows exactly what they are doing and executes their art in an exact manner that produces the desired outcome. The knitter is not surprised when they are done.  They always knew what the intention was.

When we think about God knitting us together, He knew exactly what He was doing. You are not an accident. He knew how He was forming you. There was an intention and accuracy, there was a purpose. It is not by accident that you are who you are. It is not by accident that any of us are here. We have been made by a Creator that carefully crafted each part of us.

The world gives us many messages that go against this. The world tells us of accidental babies and says that there are people out there who God did not plan for. We know that this is a lie. When we read in the Bible about our Creator, and when we see in Psalm 139 that He knit us together, we must remember this truth. We must remember that we are fearfully and wonderfully made. God had a plan when He made you. A beautiful and perfect plan. We must go forward in this truth and tell others. Remind someone you know when you leave here today, that they are God’s perfect plan.