Praying the Names of God
June 18, 2011 by jen
Filed under Perspectives, Worship Is
The Navigators, a Christian organization with ministries serving college campuses, military bases, downtown offices, urban neighborhoods, prisons, and youth camps, has created a thirty-day prayer guide based on the names and attributes of God. Each day highlights a different name or characteristic along with prayer suggestions and scripture references. Here’s week one; click here to see the entire guide.
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 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 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 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)
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THIS IS THE WONDERFUL-GRACE OF GOD. THANK YOU FATHER FOR YOU SON JESUS!!!! I CAN’T EVEN WALK WITHOUT HIM HOLDING MY HAND. OH,THE GREAT I AM – YOU OH LORD, I PRAISE YOU WITH ALL YOUR WONDERFUL NAMES YOU ARE THE GREAT I AM— ALWAYS NEEDED, IN ALL YOUR WONDERFUL GREAT AND SAVING NAMES, AT ALL TIMES I PRAY. PLEASE FORGIVE ME IF I FAILED YOU. I LOVE YOU WITH MY WHOLE HEART. YOU ARE EVERYTHING. JUST READ WHAT MY JESUS NAME MEANS!!!! YOU WILL GET GOD BUMPS!!! AMEN AND AMEN
God bless you.
I learned that Jehovah is neither the correct way to translate nor transliterate the name of God. It is and always should be YAHWEH. Jehovah is a German/English word derived from the ineffable tetragrammaton. (See http://apikorsus.blogspot.com/2006/09/ineffable-tetragrammaton.html). The names of God should be, for example, “YHWH-Jire” or YHWH-Adonai. There is no “j” in the Hebrew Language. Jehovah is not in the Greek Septuagent. It is Kupios (Lord).
God is God, is God. He is the GREAT I AM!
GOD Is soo great! Hallelujah! even that word hallelujah declares the worthiness of God. He is soo holy we are nothing compared to HIM – King of Kings! Lord of Lords Lamb of GOD Beginning and the End, NO words can express his greatness. Let us worship Him forever!
God is Lord of Lord and King of Kings.I just know that there is no body like him. Worship him and praise his holy name.
God looks at the heart and the intent of man, and not in all the pronuncations of His name. since there is no “j” in the hebrew language what happens to “jire”?
we all love the Lord and that is what is important to God.
be blessed
Powerful post, gave me much to reflect on, thank you.
HALLELUYAH! Praises to Yahweh Yireh! He is awesome and too wonderful! In answer to questions (above), all the yods (pronounced with a y sound like ‘yes’ were removed in the English translation of the Scriptures and replaced with the ‘J’ back around the 16th century. Even the book of ‘James’ would be more correctly translated “Ya’acov” or ‘Jacob.’ Funny that Hallelujah is pronounced halleluYah (which means ‘praise Yah.’ Be blessed in Yeshua our Messiah!!!
God is Greater among the greatest, Higher among the Highest, Richer among the richest. He is the only true God, no one like Him, uncomparable. I love u Lord.