PSALM 139 | AUGUST 10, 2025

God Knows Everything About You – Chip Henderson

Sermon Highlights

Key Passage: Psalm 139:1-6

Psalm 139 is a psalm of worship written by David, meant to lead God’s people to reflect on who God is and how personally He relates to us. In verses 1-6, David focuses on God’s omniscience, His complete and perfect knowledge. God knows everything. He sees every action, understands every thought, and hears every word before it’s spoken. His knowledge isn’t distant or general. It’s personal and intimate. He knows you fully.

That truth can be deeply sobering or even scary. Nothing is hidden from God, not our sin, our secrets, or the things we try to cover up. He sees every motive, every failure, and every part of us that others don’t. But the same truth is also incredibly comforting. God knows our pain, our efforts to do what’s right, our silent prayers, and our best intentions, even when they don’t come out perfectly.

  • It encourages us to keep going, even when we feel unseen or misunderstood. God notices every act of obedience, every hard choice, and every quiet sacrifice.
  • It empowers us to live honestly and humbly. His knowledge isn’t meant to shame us but to correct, guide, and protect us.
  • It inspires us to worship. Like David, we respond in awe: “Such knowledge is too wonderful for me.” God’s complete knowledge of us leads not to fear, but to praise.

To be fully known by God is both humbling and hope-filled. When we trust that He sees it all and still loves us completely, it changes how we live.

INTRO

Icebreaker

What’s something you always forget how to do and have to Google or ask Alexa (or your spouse) again and again?                 

Transition to Discussion

It’s funny how we forget the same things over and over, even the simple stuff. But Psalm 139 reminds us that God never forgets. He doesn’t miss a moment, a thought, or a detail about us. His knowledge is complete and personal. Today, we’re looking at what it means that God knows everything about us and how that truth can actually encourage, empower, and inspire us.

GROUP DISCUSSION QUESTIONS

Read Psalm 139:1–6 together as a group. Consider reading it in a couple of different translations, like the ESV and NLT, to hear it in a fresh way.

  1. What is your initial emotional or mental reaction when you consider how God knows everything about you?
  2. Is there a particular part of your life where it’s difficult to open up to God, even though He already knows about it? What makes that feel vulnerable?
  3. When you’re not actively aware of God’s presence and knowledge of you, what tends to change in your attitude, choices, or mindset?
  4. God knows your thoughts before you think them and your words before you speak. How does that change the way you handle things like frustration, temptation, or worry?
  5. How does knowing that God fully saw and understood your past influence the way you view it today?
  6. What’s something about God’s knowledge of you that genuinely encourages you, not just emotionally, but in a way that gives you hope or strength?
  7. What’s a decision or situation you’re facing where remembering that God knows everything could empower you to move forward with confidence?
  8. When David says, “Such knowledge is too wonderful for me,” he responds with awe. What’s one way you’ve been inspired to respond to God, not just in words, but in action?

NEXT STEP

God’s knowledge of you is not meant to scare you. It’s meant to draw you closer to Him. This week, take a step toward knowing Him more by hiding His Word in your heart (Psalm 119:11). Choose one of these challenges:

  • Memorize a verse from Psalm 139:1–6 that stood out to you (or go all in and memorize all 6!)
  • Commit to read all of Psalm 139 once a day this week, slowly and reflectively.

Ask God to let His Word shape how you think, live, and respond to Him.

PRAYER

Let’s take a few quiet moments to pray and respond to what we’ve read and discussed. God knows everything about you and still chooses to stay close. Let that sink in. I’m going to guide us through a few prompts. You don’t need to pray out loud. Just talk to God silently and honestly in your heart.

  • First, thank God for one specific way His complete knowledge of you brings comfort or encouragement.
  • Next, if there’s anything you’ve been tempted to hide or manage on your own, take a moment to confess that to Him. He already sees it.
  • Now, ask God to help you live with honesty, freedom, and trust this week—knowing He’s fully aware of what you’re walking through.
  • Finally, ask Him to bring to mind one verse or truth from Psalm 139 that He wants you to carry with you.

Let’s sit quietly for just a moment, then I’ll close by reading Psalm 139:1-6 one more time as a reminder of how deeply known and loved we are.