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Nature of God
God, our Heavenly Father
God the Father: It is generally the Father, or Elohim, who is referred to by the title God. He is called the Father because he
is the father of our spirits.
(Malachi 2: 10) Have we not all one father? hath not one God created us? why do we deal treacherously every man against
his brother, by profaning the covenant of our fathers?
(Numbers 27:16) Let the LORD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over the congregation.
(Hebrews 12: 9) Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we
not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?
God the Father is the supreme ruler of the universe. He is all powerful all knowing and everywhere present through his Spirit.
** (Alma 26: 35) Now have we not reason to rejoice? Yea, I say unto you, there never were men that had so great reason
to rejoice as we, since the world began; yea, and my joy is carried away, even unto boasting in my God; for he has all power, ball wisdom, and all understanding;
he comprehendeth all things, and he is a merciful Being, even unto salvation, to those who will repent and believe on his name.
(Matt. 6: 8) Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.
Mankind has a special relationship to God that sets man apart from all other created things: men and women are God’s spirit
children.
(1 John 3: 1) BEHOLD, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God:
therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.
2 Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we
shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.
3 And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.
Jesus taught that God is “Our Father which art in heaven”.
(Matthew 6:9) After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
We call God Heavenly Father because He is the Father of our spirits.
As our Father, God knows and loves you personally. He wants you to find joy in this life and return to live with Him when this life is over. He has prepared a
plan to help you do these things. It is the plan of salvation, a plan of happiness. It offers peace in this life and eternal life in the world to come.
What is God [the Father] like?
God is perfect. He is all-wise and all-powerful—the ruler of the universe.
He is also merciful, kind, loving, and just—Your Heavenly Father. We are created in His own image.
See Nature
of God.
(Genesis 1:27) So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
Prayer
The Savior said that we should “pray always”.
(Luke 21:36) Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to
stand before the Son of man.
It allows us to communicate with our Heavenly Father and to seek His guidance in all matters, great or
small.
(Luke 21:36) Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son
of man.
Prayer is not complicated. You can pray anytime, anywhere, out loud, or silently, with perfect confidence that God will hear you. We are told that we ought to
pray.
We do not have memorized prayers (with the exceptions of the Baptismal prayer and the Prayers for the Sacrament). Prayer is a personal thing. We are taught to
begin our prayers by addressing our Father in Heaven. We are then taught to thank Him for the blessings he has given to us. Following our thanks we can then ask
for those things we feel we are in need of or for others. We close our prayers “in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen”
Does God perform miracles?
The scriptures contain many accounts of God’s miracles in ancient times. In our day, He hasn’t lost interest in His children. He is still a God of miracles.
But He doesn’t perform miracles to satisfy someone’s idle curiosity or to prove that He is God. Rather, miracles are blessings to those who exercise faith in Him.
People who experience miracles today often consider them sacred and don’t talk publicly about them. But miracles do occur among God’s followers today just as they
did in ancient times.
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