Nov 22, 2016 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Prayer
Question Gramps, I read with great interest your answer to the question can Satan read our thoughts. Since the answer is no, but of course he can discern our thoughts from our actions. I got to thinking I should offer my prayers in silence so Satan does not...
Nov 1, 2016 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Prayer
Question Dear Gramps, is ‘praying traditionally’ the only form of valid communication to our Heavenly Father? As in starting with ‘Dear Heavenly Father…’ and ending with ‘…in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen’....
Oct 2, 2016 | AAAA AskGramps Website, God, Prayer
Question Hello Gramps, I have prayed all of my life and never given it a second thought really. But recently my husband has stopped praying and said that he believes that God cannot read our minds, therefore cannot hear our silent prayers in our minds. I...
Sep 14, 2016 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Prayer
Question Dear Gramps, I am currently inactive and want to come back. I have been praying (and reading Alma), but I feel I am not worthy to pray let alone ask God for help in prayer because of the grave sins I have committed whilst away. He must be kind of...
Feb 1, 2016 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Prayer
Question Gramps, I understand that men do evil because of their misuse of agency and that God allows evil to happen so that he can hold people accountable for their actions. Why isn’t praying for protection from the evil person not a violation of that...
Jan 27, 2016 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Prayer
Question Gramps, People constantly pray for others: for their healing, for temporal blessings, for spiritual blessings. But we are also told that these blessings will only be given if it’s the Lord’s will. If the Lord is just going to do whatever He...
Dec 18, 2015 | AAAA AskGramps Website, God, Prayer
Question Dear Gramps, I have great faith in our Heavenly Father and pray often but I was just wondering, if I were to ask the Lord to make someone well who is sick but that sick person was a non believer, would God still answer my prayer? Shelley Answer...
Dec 9, 2015 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Book of Mormon, Prayer
Question Gramps, I have often wondered why at the end of the Book of Mormon does Moroni ask us to pray to see if these things are not true? Rather than inviting us to pray to know if these things are true? Thanks. Matthew Answer Dear Matthew,...
Oct 24, 2015 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Prayer
Question Gramps, I know that dedicating a home is aimed more towards homes and families, but is it acceptable to ask for my college apartment to be dedicated in a way that’s not so specific to the residents? Only to invite the spirit and keep it a place...
Jun 22, 2015 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Prayer
Question Gramps, If I fast and/or pray that someone who is ill may have health restored, but the will of the God is that that person not be healed, does that mean that my fasting/prayer was for the intent to change God’s will? And does His will change...