God Names | Devotional

Delve into the richness of biblical scriptures as we explore the significance of God's various names, providing daily reflections and prayers for a deeper understanding of your faith journey.

When the Bible refers to God as “the horn of my salvation,” it sounds strange to our twenty-first-century ears. What kind of horns are we talking about here? Car horns? Antlers? Trumpets?

The little girl is exhausted and scared. It has been a week since the earthquake destroyed her home in Haiti, separating her from everyone she knows. Her face is dirty and wet with tears. Her dress is torn, and she is hungry.

When we describe God as the God who hates, don’t we validate all the critics who insist that God is an angry God—the ones who claim that God is unreliable, unstable, even unrighteous?

Isaiah introduced the idea of God as Sar-Shalom (Isaiah 9:6) revealing that God Himself is peace and also the giver of peace. Real life, rich life, abundant life—the life we want—is found only in Him.


The history of the Hebrew people is filled with great men and women known as judges.

Such men as Samuel, Samson, and Gideon (and an amazing woman known as Deborah) didn’t wear robes, wield gavels, and preside over courtrooms.

If you’ve had a loved one die, you know the pain of grief, and you’ve also brushed up against the great mystery of life. What is this immaterial essence or spirit that animates us? Where did it come from? And where does it go when we’re gone?

Did you know it’s actually possible to be a “foolish genius”? That’s because having wisdom is much more than having a high IQ. Possessing wisdom, according to the Bible, isn’t having the ability to master a ton of information.

Sometimes we feel ashamed or anxious, overwhelmed, lonely, or sad. And often we feel such things when we shouldn’t, such as guilt over something that wasn’t our fault, or anxiety about an imaginary problem.

Throughout history the people of Israel have been threatened and mistreated. Attacked and enslaved by other nations, singled out by maniacal leaders with genocidal intentions, the Jewish people have faced thousands of years of insecurity.

When Moses was called by God to lead the Hebrew people out of slavery in Egypt, he asked the LORD a great question: How should I respond when people ask me what Your name is? (See Exodus 3:13.)

God is known as the God of grace (literally, the God of “undeserved favor”). What does such unmerited blessing look like in a person’s life?

For nearly four hundred years, the children of Israel thought their God was dead—or AWOL, or on vacation. Not long after Abraham had been introduced to God, his descendants, the Hebrew people, found themselves slaves in a foreign land. Slaves.

It seems that nothing in this world is safe from change. Most brands we loved as kids look different today (if they even still exist). Famous hamburger chains now offer salads. Cable companies now offer telephone service.


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