Praying the Names of God

First, let me say that it’s not possible for any of us to know ALL the names of God.
He is infinite, and therefore His names–which are the descriptions of who He is–are infinite as well. However, God has shown us who He is in the Person of Jesus, who is the exact imprint of God in fleshly form. God’s Word, the Bible, also contains the complete record of His self-revelation to us.
In the Bible, God has shown us a lot of His names by simply telling us what they are outright–names like “I am the Lord” or “I am God Almighty.” But when we read the verses in which God just outright tells us His name, that’s only one kind of name. Those are the self-revealed names of God. However, there is a second kind of name also.
The second category of names are those names of God that we can deduce–or “see”–from reading about Him in the pages of His Word.
For example, in Hebrews 1:1-4, we read these words:
“God, who at various times and in various ways spoke in time past to the fathers by the prophets, has in these last days spoken to us by His Son, whom He has appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the worlds;
who being the brightness of His glory and the express image of His person, and upholding all things by the word of His power, when He had by Himself purged our sins, sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high,
having become so much better than the angels, as He has by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they” (Hebrews 1:1-4).
Now, I’m going to list the passage again and bold all the phrases in which I see various names of God:
“God, who at various times and in various ways spoke in time past to the fathers by the prophets, has in these last days spoken to us by His Son, whom He has appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the worlds;

who being the brightness of His glory and the express image of His person, and upholding all things by the word of His power, when He had by Himself purged our sins, sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high,
having become so much better than the angels, as He has by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they” (Hebrews 1:1-4, emphasis mine).
If you look at the passage above, you see that the bolded words are all phrases that tell us who God IS. In other words, they tell us the attributes of God the Father and of His Son Jesus Christ.
For example, this passage tells us that Jesus is Heir of all things. So, “Heir of all things” would be one of His names.
Here are just seven of Jesus’ names that God shows us in Hebrews 1, rather than just “telling” us the names outright:

1. The Word become flesh
2. God’s message to mankind
3. Heir of all things
4. The Radiance of the glory of God
5. The Brightness of Father’s glory
6. The express Image of Father’s person
7. The exact Imprint of Father’s nature
   These are God’s names that you can see, without His having to come right out and tell us, “Hey! This is My name!” These names simply come from the phrases in Hebrews 1 above that show us who Jesus is.
   The names that we deduce from Scripture all show us who God is, exactly the same way that Jesus’ names like …

• Savior
• Messiah
• Bright and Morning Star
• the Holy One of Israel
• the Lion of Judah
  
  … all show us who He is too. His names like “Lion of Judah” and “Bright and Morning Star” are simply the names that most of us know, love, and hear spoken from day to day. However, the names that we find and deduce from Scripture—like “Exact Imprint of Father’s nature” and “Heir of all things,” which we found in Hebrews 1—are just as much His names as the other, better-known ones are.