For the last 75 years, Christians throughout the English-speaking world have enjoyed the beautiful musical setting of The Lord's Prayer by Alfred Hay Malotte. While this majestic and reverent composition is unrivaled for solo performance, we feel that the Lord gave us the melody presented here to fill a different need, that of congregational singing.
Theologians through the centuries have labored to expound the deep truths contained in this simple prayer; many volumes have been written on the subject, and doubtless revelations will yet be found in it for many more. In its very simplicity, though, there is an important lesson: Our Father delights not so much in our eloquent requests, but in the childlike heart which asks for daily needs, yet trusts Him enough to say "Thy will be done in earth as it is in Heaven."
All Scripture references from KJV. Commentary ©2010 Hitchcock Family Ministry. Unaltered text may be reproduced freely without financial gain. Original commentary and Scripture song available at http://www.freescripturesongs.org/our-Father-which-art-in-heaven.