Fearfully & Wonderfully Made

Follow Along with the Message

“…Do not be afraid, Zechariah, for your prayer has been heard, and your wife, Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you shall call his name John.” The angel was painting an impossible picture – a couple in their 80s were going to have a son. We’re talking about a child who had yet to be conceived.

--Luke 1:13 (ESV)

“And he will turn the children of Israel to the Lord their God.”

--Luke 1:16 (ESV)

 “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus. He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. And the Lord God will give him the throne of His father David, and He will reign over the house of Jacob forever and of His Kingdom there will be no end.”

--Luke 1:30-33 (ESV)

 “Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet to the nations.”

--Jeremiah (1:5 (ESV)

“So God created man in his own image, in the image of God He created him, male and female He created them. And God blessed them. And God said to them, ‘Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth.’”

--Genesis 1:27-28 (ESV)

 Here’s the picture Genesis paints:

• A man and a woman created by God.
• Blessed by God and given the purpose of making babies.
• To care for the earth and everything in it.
• Our identity (yours and mine) began with God.

Know this:

• God  you.
• God  you for the person you are.
• And your life – before you were ever conceived – began with .
• You are the "imago dei" – His "."

“I have come that they may have life; and have it to the full.”

--John 10:10 (ESV)

LIFE – the condition that distinguishes organisms from inorganic objects and dead organisms, being manifested by:

• growth through metabolism
• reproduction
• the power of adaptation.

--Dictionary.com

“For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother’s womb.”

--Psalm 139:13 (ESV)

“Abortion has pitted mothers against their children and women against men. It has sown violence and discord into the hearts of the most intimate human relationships.”

--Mother Teresa

Life Services baby Bottle Campaign

1. Take home one of more baby bottles!
2. Fill bottle with coins, cash, or checks. Or text $ amount and “baby bottle” to 509-207-1712.
3. Return filled bottles on Sunday June 18 to your church or to Life Services.

What’s Next?

2. Raise conversations about life and abortion.
   • Unsure what to say? Take our Unexamined Life Workshop August 28 6-8:30pm @ Life Services.
3. Raise funds through our baby bottle campaign.
4. Join our team – Prayer team, Volunteers , Housing Managers.