For years, I went to sleep repeating the alphabet and finding a characteristic of God for each letter. Sometimes it is a stretch – especially at 2 am!
Many times, I have used the same exercise on a half-day of prayer, beginning my prayer time by praising God and running through the alphabet for traits to applaud.
Below is a list of words I have used. Perhaps you would like to experiment with the practice – it can be very rewarding! What words can you add to the list? Why do you praise God for a particular trait – what is it about that trait that moves you to adoration? Perhaps you will want to comment below, which will give readers and me a richer repository of praise for our God.
A
Able
Accessible
Alienated
Amazing
Ascendant
Astonishing
Awesome
B
Beautiful
Benevolent
Blessed
Boundless
Brilliant
C
Caring
Changeless
Comforting
Communicative
Co-worker
Creative
D
Dazzling
Discreet
Dependable
Determined
Different
E
Economical / Excessive
Encouraging
Energizing
Estranged
Eternal
F
Fair
Faithful
Fatherly
First
Forgiving
G
Generous
Gentle
Gentlemanly
Glorious
Good
Gracious / Graceful
Geostrategic
H
Happy
Hidden
Historical
Holy
Humble
I
Illuminating
Immanent
Immutable
Imperturbable
Incomprehensible
Independent
J
Jealous
Joyous
Just / Judge
K
Kind / Kindhearted
Kingly
Knowledgeable
L
Last
Limber
Light
Loving
Life-giving
M
Majestic
Materialistic
Musical
Merciful
Mighty
Motherly
N
Near
Noble
Nourishing
Numinous
O
Offended
Omnipotent
Omnipresent
Omniscient
Openhanded
P
Panoptic
Patient
Peaceable
Perfect
Personal
Punctual
Q
Quick
Quiet
R
Ready
Reconciling
Redemptive
Relational
Renewing
Resistible
Restorative
S
Sagacious
Saving / Savior
Searching
Secret / Silent
Spiritual
T
Tactful
Transcendent
Triumphant
Triune
Trustworthy
U
Unafraid
Unchanging
Unexcelled
Unfathomable
Unflappable
Unstoppable
V
Victorious
Verbal / Vocal / Voluble
Vibrant
Vulnerable
W
Wakeful
Waiting
Welcoming
Wise
Worthy
X
Xenophilic
Xenial
Y
Youthful
Yummy
Z
Zealous
