Use the following list of God’s names
and attributes to guide your time set apart with the Lord. Read the daily
description about God and the accompanying passage. Worship God, focusing on
Him and His qualities.
GOD IS
JEHOVAH. The name of independent being—“I AM WHO I AM”—only belongs to
Jehovah God. As we consider His greatness, we fall down in fear and awe of this
One who possesses all authority. Exodus 3:13-15
GOD IS
JEHOVAH-M’KADDESH. This name means “the God who sanctifies. ”A God separate from
all that is evil requires that the people who follow Him be cleansed from all
evil. Leviticus 20:7,8
GOD IS
JEHOVAH-JIREH. This name means “the God who provides.” Just as He provided
yesterday, He will provide tomorrow. He grants deliverance from sin, the oil of
joy for the ashes of sorrow, and eternal citizenship in His Kingdom. Genesis
22:9-14
GOD IS
JEHOVAH-SHALOM. This name means “the God of peace.” God could never give to
others a peace that exceeds understanding if He Himself were not perfect,
unfailing peace. Judges 6:16-24
GOD IS
JEHOVAH-ROPHE. This name means “Jehovah heals.” God alone has the remedy for
the healing of mankind. The Gospel is concerned with the physical, moral, and
spiritual healing of all people. Exodus 15:22-26
GOD IS
JEHOVAH-NISSI. This name means “God our banner.” We may go from triumph to
triumph and say, “Thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord
Jesus Christ” (1 Corinthians 15:57). Exodus 17:8-15
GOD IS
EL-SHADDAI. This name means “God Almighty.” It is best understood as God
who is all-sufficient and all-bountiful — the source of all blessings,
fullness, and fruitfulness. Genesis 49:22-26
GOD IS ELOHIM. This name means “Strength” or
“Power.” He is transcendent, mighty, and strong. Elohim is the great name of
God, signifying supreme power, sovereignty, and a covenant relationship that He
is ever faithful to keep. Genesis 17:7,8
GOD IS
ADONAI. This name means “Master” or “Lord.” God as Adonai calls all God’s
people to acknowledge themselves as His servants, recognizing His right to
command them as the Lord of their lives. 2 Samuel 7:18-20
GOD IS
INFINITE. We cannot speak of measure, amount, size, or weight and at the
same time be speaking of God, for He is beyond measurement. God has no
beginning, no end, and no limits. Romans 11:33
GOD IS
IMMUTABLE. All that God is, He has always been. All that He has been and
is, He will ever be. He cannot change because He is perfect and will remain
perfect. Psalm 102:25-28
GOD IS
TRANSCENDENT. We must not think of God as highest in an order of beings. This
would be to grant Him eminence, even pre-eminence, but this is not enough. He
is transcendent—existing beyond the created universe. Psalm 113:4,5
GOD IS
JUST. God rules with absolute justice. Not fooled by appearances, God
is fair, equitable, and impartial in all of His judgments. Psalm 75:1-7
GOD IS
HOLY. God’s holiness is not simply the best we know made infinitely
better. God is absolutely untainted. His holiness stands apart—unique and
incomprehensible. Revelation 4:8-11
GOD IS
SELF-SUFFICIENT. He is the One who contains all, who gives all that is given,
but who Himself can receive nothing that He has not first given. Acts 17:24-28
GOD IS
OMNISCIENT. God knows all that can be known. His knowledge includes every
possible thing that exists, has ever existed, or will ever exist. Psalm 139:1-6
GOD IS
OMNIPRESENT. God is everywhere — close to everything, next to everyone. “‘Do
not I fill heaven and earth?’ declares the Lord.” Psalm 139:7-12
GOD IS
MERCIFUL. God’s compassion is infinite and inexhaustible. In the mercy of
His provision in Christ, He took upon Himself the judgment that was due us. He
waits and works now for all people everywhere to turn to Him, not wanting any
to be lost. Deuteronomy 4:29-31
GOD IS
SOVEREIGN. God is in control of our lives. His sovereignty is the
attribute by which He rules His entire creation. To be sovereign, God must be
all-knowing and all-powerful. 1 Chronicles 29:11-13
GOD IS
OMNIPOTENT. God has power. Since God is also infinite, whatever He has
must be without limit; therefore, God has limitless power. Jeremiah 32:17,18,
26,27
GOD IS
GOOD. The goodness of God is what disposes Him to be kind, benevolent,
and full of good will toward all creation. Psalm 119:65-72
GOD IS
LOVE. God’s love is so great that He gave His only Son to bring us
into fellowship with Him. God’s love not only encompasses the world, but
embraces each of us personally and intimately. 1 John 4:7-10
GOD IS
WISE. All God’s acts are done in infinite wisdom. He always acts for
our good, which is to conform us to Christ. Our good and His glory are
inextricably bound together. Proverbs 3:19,20
GOD IS
FAITHFUL. Our hope for the future rests upon God’s faithfulness. Because
He is faithful, His covenants will stand and His promises will be honored.
Psalm 89:1-8
GOD IS
WRATHFUL. God’s wrath is never capricious, self-indulgent, or irritable,
as human anger often is. Instead, it is a right and necessary reaction to
objective moral evil. Nahum 1:2-8
GOD IS
FULL OF GRACE. Grace is the good pleasure of God that inclines Him to grant
merit where it is undeserved and to forgive debt that cannot be repaid.
Ephesians 1:5-8
GOD IS
OUR COMFORTER. Jesus called the Holy Spirit the “Comforter.” Paul writes that
the Lord is “the God of all comfort.” 2 Corinthians 1:3,4
GOD IS FATHER. The Creator of the universe cares
for each one of us as if we are the only child He has. Jesus taught us to pray,
“Our Father” (Matthew 6:9). The Spirit of God taught us to cry, “Abba, Father,”
as in the intimacy of the family. Romans 8:15-17
GOD IS
THE CHURCH’S HEAD. God the Son, Jesus, is the head of the Church. The head—as the
part of the body that sees, hears, thinks, and decides — gives the orders that
the rest of the body lives by. Ephesians 1:22,23
Sources:
The Knowledge of the Holy,
by
A.W. Tozer;
Names of God,
by
Nathan Stone;
God of Glory,
by
Kenneth Landon.
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