God From A to Z

I was at a Moms in Prayer meeting a few weeks ago, and one of the moms mentioned a creative way to praise God from A to Z. Each week at the start of every Moms in Prayer meeting, we spend time praising God for one of his many attributes, characteristics, or personality traits. Our leader can either choose a prayer sheet with a pre-printed attribute and accompanying verses, or she can choose her own attribute and verses and customize our own prayer sheet for the week. Somehow we got into a conversation about choosing these attributes. She mentioned that she had once heard about saying a prayer of praise via the ABC’s of adoration.

I loved this idea. The concept is to say a character or attribute of God for each letter of the alphabet and then praise God for being that particular trait as you work your way through the alphabet. For example, I praise you God because you are Awesome, Bold, Caring, Defender, etc.

I took it on as a challenge one morning, and started writing some ABC attributes of God in my journal.

Making praise a habit

Praise is important, and we should be praising God on a regular basis.

“Praise the LORD, O my soul! With all that is within me, praise his holy name!” Psalm 103:1 (NET)

“Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name.” Psalm 100:4 (NIV)

“Praise the LORD! Praise God in his sanctuary; praise him in his mighty heaven! Praise him for his mighty works; praise his unequaled greatness! Praise him with a blast of the ram’s horn; praise him with the lyre and harp! Praise him with the tambourine and dancing; praise him with strings and flutes! Praise him with a clash of cymbals; praise him with loud clanging cymbals. Let everything that breathes sing praises to the LORD!” Psalm 150:1-6 (NLT)

I mentioned in a previous post about how praise (particularly separate from praise and worship) was always a little awkward and unnatural feeling to me. However, God convicted me about how I need to spend more time praising him…and not just for his benefit but also my own. Until it became a habit, it was sometimes a little hard to come up with what to say. This idea of praising God from A to Z would’ve come in handy!

In that post on starting with praise, I listed several reasons WHY it’s important, and WHY we should start with praise.

Praise God for who you need Him to be

What helped me most when I first started was just praising God for who I needed him to be. This, to me, felt a little more natural at first. It was kind of like praising, asking for help, and thanking God in advance all at the same time. Praising this way gave me peace and reassurance because not only was I praising God, but I was also reminding myself that God is the answer to whatever it is I need at the time.  Praising God reminds me of his benefits.

“Praise the Lord, my soul; all my inmost being, praise his holy name. Praise the Lord, my soul, and forget not all his benefits—who forgives all your sins and heals all your diseases, who redeems your life from the pit and crowns you with love and compassion, who satisfies your desires with good things so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.” Psalm 103:1-5 (NIV) 

You can still praise God from A to Z by praising him for who you need him to be! This might be a good start…or you can check out the “cheat sheet” below too! 

Take Some Practical Steps to Praise God From A to Z:

• First, one idea is to pick one day a week and praise God from A to Z thinking of an attribute of God for each letter of the alphabet.

• Secondly, a different idea could be to pick a letter each day and go through the alphabet praising God from A to Z thinking of several qualities or attributes for each letter.

For example, tomorrow start with “A”, and start listing attributes…awesome, amazing, always faithful, aware, and so on. Then the next day do “B”, then “C” the following day, etc.

• Third, consider playing a game with your kids, grandkids, family, friends, or small group with each taking turns listing a trait of God from A to Z.

For example, you start with “A” and list one trait, then the next person would list a trait for “B”, then the next person finds something starting with a “C”…you get the idea!

• Then, if you get stuck on trying to find an attribute, just think of what you need God to be for you at that time.

List a quality that corresponds with your need and reminds you that God is your need-meeter. For example if you need comfort, say “I praise you God because you are my Comforter.” If you don’t currently have any needs, just praise him for all of the wonderful things he is and has done.

• Finally, if you still get stuck trying to come up with alphabetical attributes, use this “cheat sheet” (see image and typed version below)!

By no means is this an exhaustive sheet, but it should help with giving you some ideas of ways to praise God from A to Z. Feel free to screenshot, save or pin this image, or print it out as a resource. Next week, I’ll share some examples of praising God from A to Z with accompanying scriptures and praise songs. 🙂

God from A to Z

A

Able, Alive, Awesome, Active, Anchor, Amazing, Artistic, Almighty, Alpha, Abba, Abundant, Amazing grace, Available, Approachable, Avenger, Advocate, Author

B

Beautiful, Blessed, Bright, Builder, Burden Bearer, Brave/Bold, Breaker of chains, Beloved, Breath, Benevolent, Bountiful, Boundless, Bruised

C

Compassionate, Comforter, Conqueror, Creator, Courageous, Companion, Commanding, Covenant keeper, Caring, Confident, Chief, Cornerstone, Constant

D

Defender, Deliverer, Delight, Divine, Dominion, Determined, Delicious, Door, Discerning, Destroyer, Dad

E

Everlasting, Encourager, Efficient, Eternal, Exalted, Extraordinary, Excellent, Enlightening, Essential, Example, Ever…present, loving, etc., El Shaddai

F

Father, Faithful, Friend, Fair, Forgiving, First, For me, Fountain, Forever, Fragrant, Fortress

G

Guard, Good, Generous, Guide, Glorious, Gentle, Gracious, Gigantic, Glad, Guardian, Great, Gate, Gatherer

H

Healer, Hiding Place, Holy, Hears, Hope, Honor, Honest, Helper, Happy, Husband, Hunter, Head, High Priest, Humble

I

Innocent, Incomparable, Intercessor, I Am, Impartial, Infinite, Invincible, Indestructible, Incredible, Instructor, Immutable, Immeasurable, Intelligent, Immortal, Immovable, Incomprehensible, Irresistible, Involved, Immanuel

J

Judge, Just, Joyful, Jesus, Jehovah-Jirah, Jealous, Jubilant

K

King, Keeper, Kind, Knows/Knowing

L

Lord of Lords, Longsuffering, Loving, Listener, Living, Lamp, Light, Life, Lamb, Lion, Last, Leader, Limitless, Lovely

M

Magnificent, Mighty, Majesty, Merciful, Marvelous, Master, Meek, Messiah, Miracle-Worker, Maker, Man, Mine, Mediator

N

Near, Never-Failing, Neverending, Name Above All Names, Night watcher, Noble, New, Nice, Nurturer

O

Overcomer, Omega, Outstretched Arm, Omnipotent, Omniscient, Omnipresent, One, Only God

P

Prince of Peace, Peace, Praiseworthy, Powerful, Patient, Perfect, Perfecter, Peacemaker/peaceful, Protector, Pierced, Potter, Persevering, Pursuing, Precious, Pure, Portion, Personal, Physician

Q

Quintessential, Quiet, Quick, Questioner, Quest, Quickener

R

Ruler, Righteous, Rock, Refuge, Reconciler, Refresher, Restorer, Rebuilder, Redeemer, Romantic, Rest, Real, Reason, Ruler, Restrained, Radiant, Reigning, Resurrection, Reliable, Rescuer

S

Strong, Savior, Sacred, Son, Shepherd, Servant, Salvation, Sovereign, Sabboth, Sacrificial, Singing, Satisfying, Sustainer, Stronghold, Shield, Shelter, Selfless, Sympathetic, Sanctifier, Spirit

T

Trustworthy, Tower, Trinity, True, Truth, Truthful, Triumphant, Teacher, Transcendent, Treasure

U

Unstopped, Unchanging, Unshakable, Understanding, Upright, Universal, Unique, Unlimited

V

Virtuous, Victorious, Visionary, Vine, Voice, Valiant, Vast, Vindicator

W

Wise, Wonderful, Worthy, Worker, Water, Warrior, Way, Word, Winner, Wounded

X

eXtravagant, eXtremely patient, eXcellent, eXceptional, eXtraordinary, Xristos (Greek for Christ)

Y

Yahweh, Yearns for us, Yoke

Z

Zealous, Zion

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