Sermon Tone Analysis

Psalm 139:13-16

Chaplain David Godley

13 For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb.

14 I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.

15 My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth.

16 Your eyes saw my unformed body; all the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be.

Prayer:

Big Idea:

God fully knows and fully loves us but this message often gets lost in the chaos of life.

We’ve got to reconnect with the Father and reconnect with His life giving words over us.

Introduction:

- When we think of the two deepest needs that we face as humans, is to know and be known

- Yet, as we look all over the world, it seems less and less that we are known

- As social media continues to evolve, what was once looked at as a way to connect us with each other;

- Now, seems to be a source of disconnection among each other

- We have become a more digital world

-And it also seems that we have become more disconnected and less in person type of world

- When you look at the facts, they are amazing:

300 hours are uploaded to YouTube every minute; over 500 Years of YouTube videos are watched on Facebook every day; 40 million pictures are uploaded to Instagram every day; 500 million tweets are logged by Twitter every day; the average user has 155 friends

- The irony is that you can have 155 friends, all the connections and fans or even more

- Still, you can feel completely alone

- Picture that for a second—alone in a room crowded with others

- That’s what we seem to hear a lot more about day in and day out

- God made each of us for more than relational harshness and disconnection

- We have been handcrafted into the image of a triune God

- He made us for community, fellowship and kingdom centered relationships

- Over the next few weeks, I’d like to look to how we, myself included,

- How we can grasp a better understanding and appreciation of God’s intention and design for His creation

- Believe it or not, God had a plan when He crafted and shaped you in your mother’s womb

- You’re not too old, not too young

- You were created on purpose with a purpose and this message starts us off on this journey—

- That’s where I want to begin today—we are “Fearfully and Wonderfully Made”

- Any of us who know a little bit about the Bible know the name David, the shepherd boy who would become king

- And, what we know about David is that despite all of his sins, mistakes and failures—

- He was passionate about God but more particularly knowing God

- David wasn’t perfect but we see time and time again He wanted to know God intimately

- God knew David inside and out—completely

- That should be a comfort to every one of us and not a hindrance…think about it

- When was the last time that you were called wonderful?

- When was the last time you felt deeply – personally known by another?

- When was the last time you thought about what it means to be a saint, a member of God’s holy priesthood, a friend and family member of Jesus?

- God has indeed said this about all of us

- To go even further, He knows you more deeply and more thoroughly than anyone you’ve ever met

- In Psalm 139, David wants us to know that by God, we are:

1 - Fully Known

2 - Wonderfully Made