Questions to Ponder:
What names of God are the most frequent?
What human names appear in the word cloud?
What adjectives appear in the word cloud?
Read over the list without repeats. What names resonate the most with you? Why?
What name comforts you? Why?
What name is difficult or uncomfortable to accept? Why?
What have you learned about God based on His names? About Jesus? About the Holy Spirit?
The Word Cloud:
The 3 Names Used the Most
(with the caveat that I didn't tally the names within each day's readings)
Christ x4
God x4
Jesus x4
the living God x4
the Lord x3
the Holy Spirit x3
the Majesty in heaven x2
the Son of God x 2
their God x2
your Father x2
Jesus Christ x2
my Son x2
The List Without Repeats:
a great high priest who has ascended into heaven, Jesus the Son of God
a great priest over the house of God
a priest
architect and builder
Christ
Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself unblemished to God
God
God is the builder of everything
God Most High
God the Judge of all
God, your God
high priest in the order of Melchizedek
his Father
his firstborn
his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, & through whom also he made the universe
Jesus
Jesus Christ
Jesus the mediator of a new covenant
Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith
Jesus, whom we acknowledge as our apostle and high priest
Lord
mediator
my God
my Son
O God
our forerunner, Jesus
our God is a consuming fire
our Lord
our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep.
Son
such a high priest, who sat down at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven, and who serves in the sanctuary
the eternal Spirit
the Father of Spirits
the God of peace, who through the blood of the eternal covenant brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep.
the Holy Spirit
the living God
the Lord
the Lord is my helper
the Lord will judge his people
the Majesty in heaven
the mediator of a new covenant
the pioneer of their salvation
the Son
the Son is the radiance of God's glory & the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word
the Son of God
the Son over God's house
the Son, who has been made perfect forever
the Spirit of grace
the Word of God
their God
this priest
your Father
The Original List:
God
my Son
your Father
his Father
his firstborn
the Son
O God
God, your God
his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, & through whom also he made the universe
the SOn is the radiance of God's glory & the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word
the pioneer of their salvation
the Majesty in heaven
Lord
the Holy Spirit
Jesus
the living God
Jesus, whom we acknowledge as our apostle and high priest
the Word of God
God is the builder of everything
the Son over God's house
Christ
a great high priest who has ascended into heaven, Jesus the Son of God
God
the Lord
God the Judge of all
Jesus
architect and builder
Jesus the mediator of a new covenant
their God
the living God
our God is a consuming fire
Christ
the Father of Spirits
the Lord is my helper
Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith
Jesus Christ
the God of peace, who through the blood of the eternal covenant brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep.
our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep.
God
Jesus
our forerunner, Jesus
the Son, who has been made perfect forever
Christ
Son
God Most High
my Son
the Holy Spirit
our Lord
your Father
the Son of God
the Lord
a priest
high priest in the order of Melchizedek
such a high priest, who sat down at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven, and who serves in the sanctuary
the Majesty in heaven
the Lord
Jesus
mediator
God
their God
the Holy Spirit
Christ
the eternal Spirit
the living God
Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself unblemished to God
the mediator of a new covenant
my God
Jesus Christ
this priest
a great priest over the house of God
the Son of God
the Spirit of grace
the Lord will judge his people
the living God