by rogerjsimpson | Apr 25, 2021 | Meditation
Our Father which art in Heaven Heaven When the Lord God created the Heavens and the Earth, He divided the waters below from the waters above. The waters below became the Earth. So Earth is physically separated from God, the Father. When He ejected Adam and Eve out of...
by rogerjsimpson | Apr 21, 2021 | Uncategorized
From the Lord’s Prayer phrase “Our Father who art in Heaven” This adjective has many deep meanings relating to God’s plan to save all His children who will come unto Jesus Christ through keeping covenants made through the ordinances of the gospel: Faith, Repentance,...
by rogerjsimpson | Apr 19, 2021 | Uncategorized
The Lord’s Prayer musings When we pray, we often act like little helpless little children, asking someone bigger like our earthly mother or father for something we can’t do for ourselves. But when we grow older, our earthly parents try to teach us to go and get our...
by rogerjsimpson | Apr 18, 2021 | Uncategorized
Introduction to The Lord’s Prayer In one of the more memorable moments of Jesus Christ’s early ministry, he taught his disciples how to pray. The Lord’s Prayer stands singularly as one of the greatest prayers ever given. Jesus prayed as no other man prayed. His...
by rogerjsimpson | Jul 31, 2019 | Uncategorized
Thy will be done Jesus has been our exemplar from the beginning. When God, the Father, in the premortal realms asked who would volunteer to come down to earth and suffer for the sins of mankind, the Savior, out of love for the Father and all of us there, volunteered...
by rogerjsimpson | Jul 30, 2019 | Uncategorized
Thy Kingdom Come “Come O Thou King of Kings, we’ve waited long for thee”[i] This beautiful hymn captures the wishful longing imagination of millions of worshippers worldwide. In fact, all three of the major faith traditions from Abraham’s lineage expect a Messiah, a...
by rogerjsimpson | Jul 29, 2019 | Uncategorized
Hallowed “Hallowed be thy name” begins the next phrase of the Lord’s Prayer. What does Hallow mean? We know Halloween as a goblin and ghoul night full of nasty tricks or treats. So that doesn’t seem to jive with the Lord’s Prayer. Like many Christian holidays, this...
by rogerjsimpson | Jul 28, 2019 | Uncategorized
Father As Father of all mankind, every soul who has lived, will live and is now living upon the earth, He alone deserves our most respect, and every devotion, and duty to obey His every word. He is often depicted in the writings of supposedly religious people as an...
by rogerjsimpson | Jul 28, 2019 | Uncategorized
Musings on the word, Our, in the Lord’s Prayer This adjective has many deep meanings relating to God’s plan to save all His children who will come unto Jesus Christ through keeping covenants made through the ordinances of the gospel: Faith, Repentance, Baptism and the...
by rogerjsimpson | Jul 28, 2019 | Uncategorized
Thy Name The last part of the phrase “Hallowed be Thy Name” invokes the pathos of all ancient Israel. They worshiped a God whose name was so sacred that it could only be uttered once a year on the day of atonement by the High Priest who entered the Holy of Holies to...
