Does God Know Me?

Purpose of the Lesson
• Recognize the fact that God knows us as individuals
• Understand that God’s love never changes
• Desire to have meaningful fellowship with God

Prayer

Eternal Father, thank You for telling us about Yourself in the Bible. Help us to trust You to meet our daily needs. Help us to understand that You have a plan for our lives. We pray in Jesus’ name, amen.

Guide’s Comments

We are studying the Bible because we want to know God. We want to find out if God really knows us. Notice the title of our lesson—Does God Know Me? How would you explain the difference between us knowing God and God knowing us? . . . . .

For us to really know God, He must reveal Himself to us. Our experience of knowing God comes through our willingness to believe and obey what He reveals to us in His Word. We have had several lessons discussing how God has revealed Himself to us, so we know He wants us to know Him.

The secret of knowing God in a life-changing way is to ask ourselves if we really believe Him. When He says He wants us to know Him in a personal way, do we believe He means it? What a profound difference it makes in our lives when we ask God to reveal who He really is and when we begin to get a glimpse of His unmeasurable power and glory!

God knows more about us than we know about ourselves or anyone else knows about us. God doesn’t have to learn about us. He knew us before time began! He knew us before we were born. He already had a perfect plan for our lives. God has always known us. When you studied your lesson, you read Psalm 139. It tells us in many ways that God knew us before we were born. He knows everything about us.

Turn to Lesson 4 in your Study Book. Our Bible readings for the week prove that God knows us.

Which verse was most meaningful to you?. . . . . Did it affect your week? Tell us what happened. . . . .

God loves each one of us as individuals and has a special purpose and plan for each person.

Read Psalm 100:3 . . . . . God created us. God wants to bless us with spiritual blessings. He wants to have fellowship with us. The Bible confirms the fact that God loves us, He knows all about us, and He wants us to know His plan for our lives.

Encourage the group by having each person read his or her prayer, if time allows.

Why do we pray if God already knows what we are going to ask? Because God wants us to talk to Him.

Prayer is an activity that shows God we are depending on Him to supply our needs. His answer renews our confidence that God hears and answers our prayers.

Sometimes the answer is “yes”—and sometimes we may learn later that God started to answer before we prayed! Other times the answer is “wait.” We, or the situation, may not be ready for the abundant answer God wants to give us. Sometimes God’s answer is “no,” because a positive answer would hinder the work He is doing in our lives.

Not only do believers have the tremendous resource of prayer, but they have the security of knowing that nothing can separate them from God’s steadfast love. Read Romans 8:28-39 tells us about the stability we have in Christ. . . . . Perhaps you would like to make a note of the reference so you can read it again.

God can do nothing that is contrary to His own perfect nature. We do not need to fear what God has planned for our lives. Since He is holy, knows all things, is perfectly just, and loves with perfect, unchanging love, we know that God always wants the best for His children.

His discipline, correction, judgment, and wrath are all balanced by His love, mercy, and grace. God is perfect and all that He does is right and flawless. We can be assured that God will not ask us to experience something unless it is for our own good. We can trust Him to do what is best for us.

If no one answers, share how these promises can be implemented in your life.

God always expresses Himself in perfect love. Do not doubt His love. We can know that His plan is always best!

Since these prayers might be personal, it is not necessary for them to share.

Next week’s lesson is of extreme importance. We will learn who can know God in this vital way we have been talking about.

We will close in prayer, thanking God for His unchanging love.

Closing Prayer

Heavenly Father, how we thank You that You know all about us and You still love us. Thank You for the perfect plan You have for our lives. Help us make the things we have learned a part of our daily living. We pray in Jesus’ name, amen.

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