{"id":3740,"date":"2012-09-12T10:46:29","date_gmt":"2012-09-12T16:46:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/blog\/?p=3740"},"modified":"2012-09-12T14:18:33","modified_gmt":"2012-09-12T20:18:33","slug":"exultant-description-ascribing-glory-to-god-in-prayer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/blog\/2012\/09\/exultant-description-ascribing-glory-to-god-in-prayer\/","title":{"rendered":"Exultant Description: Ascribing Glory to God in Prayer"},"content":{"rendered":"

In Sunday’s sermon, “The Growing Crescendo of God’s Praise<\/a>,” Ryan unfolded Psalm 96<\/a>, a psalm that calls on God’s people to praise God over a dozen different ways.<\/p>\n

One of the ways that we’re told to praise God is through exultant description. For example, in verses 7-8 we’re told to “ascribe to the Lord glory and strength. Ascribe to the Lord the glory due his name.”<\/p>\n

To encourage us in this, Ryan mentioned a list of God’s attributes alphabetically listed in a book called, Prayer Coach<\/a><\/em>. In the appendix of this book, there’s a section titled, “A to Z of Biblical Names, Titles, and Attributes of God the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.” The book is available online<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0or at our newly refreshed Resource Center, opening this Sunday. This is a great tool for ascribing to God glory in our prayers.<\/p>\n

Here’s an example from the letter A:<\/p>\n