Fearfully and Wonderfully Made: God’s Gift of Life

Psalm 139 puts God’s intimate work in the womb right out in the open. David says God possesses the inward parts, covers a child in the mother’s womb, sees the substance before it is fully formed, and writes every member in His book. The ultrasound of living twins makes that truth plain: science and Scripture meet together when a heartbeat, limbs, and a moving body show that a real human life is there.

God’s work in the womb makes every child fearfully and wonderfully made. A child is not a mistake, not a burden to be discarded, and not just a future possibility. God is carefully weaving that child together in secret, even when parents feel scared by cost, an unplanned pregnancy, family pressure, or an uncertain future. The God who forms life also sees every day that life will live.

Psalm 139 becomes deeply personal through the reality that a mother once drove toward an abortion clinic carrying the child who would later stand, lead worship, pastor, and point others to Jesus. God’s mercy reaches into broken family stories, hard pregnancies, regret, and choices that still hurt years later. A father’s decision to fight for his son became part of a story that the mother later saw with tears: had she gone through with the abortion, she would not have witnessed what God was doing in that life.

Christ’s scars also give a place for hidden scars. Jesus showed Thomas His wounds after the resurrection, and those scars ministered to a doubting man. God can heal post-abortive pain, miscarriage, stillbirth, shame, and grief that people have concealed for decades. In due time, wounds that once felt unbearable can become a place where God ministers comfort and truth to somebody else.

The call to protect life must include standing with mothers. Choices Pregnancy Center, Embrace Grace, prayer, practical support, discipleship, and financial giving all put conviction into action. The church cannot stay silent while abortion expands and then pretend that silence had no cost. God’s forgiveness is also held out to women and men who carry abortion in their past, because the blood of Jesus Christ forgives sin, heals hearts, and restores what shame has kept chained down.

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Key Takeaways

• 1. God knows life before birth. Psalm 139 does not treat the unborn child as unseen or undefined. God sees the child before the body is complete, knows every member, and holds every day in His sight. Human worth begins with God’s purposeful knowledge, not with convenience, independence, or public recognition. [49:54]
• 2. Every child is God’s marvelous work. The heartbeat and movement seen on the screen point to a life already being formed by God. Fearfully and wonderfully made means each child bears the mark of the Creator’s care, even amid a hard pregnancy or an uncertain home. Parents are called to speak that truth over sons and daughters who may feel like burdens. [48:52]
• 3. Christ heals scars people conceal. Jesus did not hide His scars from Thomas, because His wounds became evidence of resurrection and mercy. Post-abortive grief, miscarriage, stillbirth, and deep regret do not need to stay buried in shame forever. God can bind up broken hearts and use healed scars to minister to others. [47:51]
• 4. The church must stand for life. Conviction about the unborn must become prayer, practical support, generosity, and care for mothers facing pressure. Silence leaves vulnerable people alone and allows destructive laws and lies to move forward unchecked. The call is not merely to oppose abortion, but to help mothers choose life and walk with them afterward. [57:51]
• 5. Jesus forgives both women and men. Abortion can leave consequences that feel like an anchor dragging across the ocean floor. Christ’s blood reaches women who chose abortion and men who encouraged, enabled, or refused responsibility. Forgiveness and restoration are not shallow words when God lifts a weight that has been carried in secret for years.
  
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Youtube Chapters

• [00:00] - Welcome
• [31:38] - Psalm 139 and the Ultrasound
• [34:34] - Science and Scripture Meet
• [35:50] - The Miracle of Creating Life
• [38:11] - A Personal Story of Being Chosen
• [40:03] - Fearfully and Wonderfully Made
• [43:41] - A Mother Sees God’s Work
• [45:04] - Healing for Post-Abortive Wounds
• [46:43] - Jesus Shows His Scars
• [48:15] - God’s Purposeful Work in the Womb
• [50:57] - Protecting the Unborn and Mothers
• [52:25] - Grief, Miscarriage, and Stillbirth
• [55:34] - A Call to Choose Life
• [57:24] - The Church Must Fight for Life
• [60:37] - Forgiveness and Restoration

Bible Reading

Psalm 139:13-16
“For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother's womb. I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well. My frame was not hidden from you, when I was being made in secret, intricately woven in the depths of the earth. Your eyes saw my unformed substance; in your book were written, every one of them, the days that were formed for me, when as yet there was none of them.” [38:11]

John 20:27
“Then he said to Thomas, 'Put your finger here, and see my hands; and put out your hand, and place it in my side. Do not disbelieve, but believe.” [46:22]

Psalm 147:3
“He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.” [45:37]

Observation questions

1. In Psalm 139:13–16, what words and pictures describe God’s involvement in a person’s life before birth? [48:15]
2. What does David say God sees and knows while a child is still hidden and not fully formed?
3. In John 20:27, what does Jesus invite Thomas to do with His wounds, and what problem in Thomas does this address? [46:29]
4. According to Psalm 147:3, what does God do for people with broken hearts and wounds? [45:37]

Interpretation questions

1. Psalm 139 says that God forms a child in the womb and sees that child before the body is fully formed. How does this shape the way Christians understand the value and personhood of unborn children? [49:40]
2. Why is it important that the call to protect unborn life is joined with practical care for mothers who may feel afraid, alone, financially overwhelmed, or pressured by others? [51:27]
3. Jesus’ resurrected body still bore scars, and He used those scars to strengthen Thomas’s faith. What does this suggest about how Christ can use painful parts of a believer’s story without minimizing the pain? [47:27]
4. If God is able to forgive and restore both women who chose abortion and men who encouraged or enabled it, what should repentance, grace, and truth look like in the church? [01:00:49]

Application questions

1. Psalm 139 declares that every person is fearfully and wonderfully made. Are there ways you have viewed yourself, your children, or someone else as a burden, accident, or disappointment? What would it look like to speak God’s truth over that person this week? [51:08]
2. What fears might make a woman or couple facing an unplanned pregnancy feel that abortion is their only option—finances, housing, family pressure, relationships, or something else? How could our group become a safer and more practical source of support? [34:49]
3. Is there a tangible way you could stand with mothers and unborn children through prayer, giving, volunteering, providing practical help, or learning about a local pregnancy resource ministry? What is one realistic next step? [57:34]
4. Some wounds are kept hidden because they feel too painful or shameful to name. Without feeling pressured to share details, where do you need to invite Jesus to bring healing to a scar in your life? [46:01]
5. Have you experienced abortion, miscarriage, stillbirth, or another deep loss connected to pregnancy—personally or through someone close to you? What kind of care, patience, and hope would be most meaningful from the body of Christ? [48:38]
6. Jesus’ forgiveness reaches people who carry guilt from past choices, including both men and women. Is there a burden of guilt or shame that you need to bring honestly to Christ and perhaps to a trusted mature believer for prayer and support? [01:02:05]