David Journal

Category: General Conference

  • Now Let Us Rejoice

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    Remember, most often the help needed is in our own homes, neighborhoods, and communities. A kind word of encouragement, a note of thanks, a phone call, a loving smile, a helpful deed, and a reminder that God loves us are often what is needed most. Joseph declared, “If you live up to your privileges, the…

  • Fulfilling the Purpose of Relief Society

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    We have sought inspiration from the Lord to know how to assist the priesthood in building up the kingdom of God on the earth. Through Relief Society, women have an official role in the Church with great responsibilities, “including working in the temple and teaching the gospel.” Further, Relief Society is to help women “plant…

  • Happiness, Your Heritage

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    To me it appears that our splendid sisters sometimes undervalue their abilities – they focus on what is lacking or imperfect rather than what has been accomplished and who they really are. Perhaps you recognize this trait in someone you know really well. The good news is that this also points to a marvelous quality:…

  • Holy Temples, Sacred Covenants

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    The covenants we make with the associated ordinances we receive in the temple become our credentials for admission into God’s presence. These covenants elevate us beyond the limits of our own power and perspective.

  • Ask in Faith

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    Ways that we can make our prayers more meaningful. To ask in faith means not only to ask, but to do. Joseph’s question was not simply “which church is right” but “which church should I join.” Missionaries are full-time teachers, and you and I are full-time finders and we should not pray that the missionaries…

  • Daughters of God

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    His early married life sounds not unlike the Price’s. There is no role in life more essential or more eternal than motherhood. There is no single way to be a good mother. Children only live with parents for about 1/4 of the life of their mother. We must remember that the commitment of young motherhood…

  • One Among the Crowd

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    There was something that set her apart from all others in the crowd that day. Though buried among the thronging mass, she resolutely and quietly pressed forward with a single purpose in mind: to come to the Savior, having faith that He had the power to heal her, that He cared about her and would…

  • The Power of Light and Truth

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    To prosper in these times, spiritual light must burn within us. How we obtain spiritual light and ensure that the truths of the gospel of Jesus Christ fill our souls: learn true doctrine gain pure testimony live the gospel courageously Pure testimony is the confirmation by the Holy Ghost the Jesus is the Christ and…

  • We Will Not Yield, We Cannot Yield

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    “Mom, do I need to lower my standards to keep my friends?”Do we lower our standards to fit into our neighborhoods, or our workplace? Live by your standards, you may be standing alone for a while. . . (get the quote here) you example will attract friends who are grateful for your steadfastness. Heed not…

  • The Twelve

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    The full quorum is required in order to authorize one man to exercise all the keys of the priesthood (keys which they all hold). 8 quorums of 70? (I must have missed something yesterday in the two sessions I didn’t hear) The most precious thing lost in the Apostasy was the authority held by the…