15 GLAD TIDINGS AUGUST 2026 "Before I Formed You, I Knew You" Jun 14, 2026 I recently went through a six-month experience of healing and spiritual restoration after experiencing a traumatic situation. Though this article is not about the trauma or the situation, it is about an amazing truth that came out of this very painful time. Signs That God Is Speaking Throughout the months of wrestling and healing, I noticed that I would often wake up at the exact same time: 6:13 a.m. While no one else would find those numbers significant, for me they were, because I was born on June 13th (6/13). At first, it was just something that I noticed but paid little attention to. But when it continued to happen, I began to think that maybe God wanted to say something to me about my birth or about my life. He Is Restoring Us to His Original Design Then one day, as I woke up once again seeing the time 6:13, I heard these words: "Before I formed you in the womb I knew you" (Jeremiah 1:5 NIV). With those words, a revelation came that took my breath away. I saw God's original plan for each one of us and how beautifully unique and perfect it was. Then I saw myself in my physically unformed state, and how, even then, I was fully formed in God's eyes and heart. Who I was and who He created me to be (and who I will fully be in my glorified body one day) was perfect and beautiful to Him. Then I saw myself get put into my mother's womb, and as I grew physically, small imperfections began occurring. Then I was born—into an imperfect world, to imperfect parents. And little by little, who He knew me to be before I was formed was altered and redefined by life experiences, by sin, by traumas, and by phileó love. (Note: Agapé love is God's unconditional love, while phileó love is conditional human love.) God was showing me that He was using the crushing that I was experiencing to heal a deep wound within my soul which had altered me from being who He had created me to be. It was a wound that I was not consciously aware of, because it had become so familiar that it had merged with my identity. To me, it was just part of who I was. As I walked out this journey of healing, I realized that He was restoring a part of me to the "me" that He knew before I was ever physically formed. And then I realized that His redemptive work in each one of us was restoring us to the original and unique identity that He created us to have. This revelation helped me to allow the Lord to go to the very root of the wound that altered a part of my identity during my formative years. We are not who we think ourselves to be! But, we are being restored to who He knows us to be as we allow His Spirit to redeem us. The Perfect "YOU" In the final part of my revelation, I saw each one of us, after we leave our physical bodies, being fully restored to who He knew us to be before we were formed! This may be obvious to some of you, but it was like a trumpet blast of hope and expectation to me. I am being restored now, but I will be fully restored and whole when I leave this body. I will finally be who He knows me and created me to be! And so will you. Today, receive His words over your life: "Before I formed you in the womb I knew you." He hasn't forgotten, and it is how He knows you even now. What you know of yourself is an altered version of a perfect and uniquely beautiful you. But He is restoring parts of you that you didn't know existed. Sometimes it is in the crushing that true and pure oil is produced, so do not resist, because He may just be crushing the outer layer to allow the pure "you" to come alive and be restored. Prayer: Lord, we invite You to redeem Your original plan and the identity that You created us to have, even before we were in our mother's womb. Restore and bring forth who You created us to be before the foundations of the world existed. Thank You for Your agapé love that never stops making all things new. Permission Granted Elijah List Kathi Pelton Inscribe Ministries Email: jkpelton@sbcglobal.net Website: www.inscribeministries.com u KATHI AND JEFFERY PELTON Portland, OR (Photo via Pexels) Greater Things Praising God during trials invites grace, breaks chains, and initiates unexpected breakthroughs. Praising God amidst trials is a deliberate act of faith. It shifts your focus from the pain of your circumstances to God's unchanging character and promises. It is a declaration that you trust His sovereignty, even when you cannot see the path ahead. The enemy loves bringing trials and tribulations our way. He loves distracting us from focusing on things of God. Trials test our beliefs. They sift us like wheat. How well do we know God’s Word? Do we know enough to get a guilty accusation dropped? The Bible calls the enemy the accuser. He brings guilt and shame. He tells us we deserve sickness and trials, but what has God said in His Word. The Word sets us free. It dispatches the angels of God into our circumstances. Angels are created to hearken to the voice of God's Word, as stated in Psalm 103:20. When believers declare Scripture in faith, they give voice to divine commands, releasing and activating these ministering spirits to carry out heaven's will on earth. Angels respond to instructions and declarations of truth rather than human worry or emotion. This practice builds faith, brings peace, and provides wisdom. It shifts focus from fear to truth, allowing you to actively combat negativity and invite spiritual breakthroughs into your life. Tribulations bring suffering and disease. They bring spiritual drought. Praise brings the presence of God for He inhabits the praise of His people. Praising God while suffering shifts your focus away from your pain and onto His unchanging character, which can reduce the weight of your burdens. It protects your heart from becoming hard or cynical and brings a sense of supernatural peace and liberty. It stops your problems from overshadowing God. By exalting His character, problems are kept in proper perspective. When Praise seems like a struggle, that is when we need it the most. It is the way to breakthrough and seeing greater things. u CURTIS DAVIDSON Evangelist
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