David Journal

Category: General Conference

  • The Peril of ‘Someday’

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    Choose you this day . . .“I love those who seek me early” is as true of a day as it is of a life – morning prayer, early scripture study.We do not know how long we will have to serve until the Atonement has wrought a mighty change in our hearts but we have…

  • The Importance of Tithing

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    “I, the Lord, require the heart and a willing mind.”Tithing is a matter of faith and of commitment.Tithing is a token of our willingness and dedication.

  • The Consequences of Sin

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    Satan is sometimes called “the Accuser”There is no such thing in the gospel as a ‘point of no return.’Sin is the willful transgression of divine law.God sent not His son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world, through Him, might be saved.It is not through our own efforts alone that we…

  • Hope Through Repentance

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    Repentance is the Lord’s regimin for spiritual growth.Repentance is conversion. A measure of either can be had only with a measure of the other.The Lord wants me and you as sunbeams but also as welding blacksmiths to curb the curse of family fragmentation.

  • Divorce

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    Marriage is under attack. Society views marriage as a very light contract. No fault divorces make it easier to terminate a marriage with an unwanted spouse than it can be to terminate an employment relationship with an unwanted employee.“Because of the hardness of our hearts the Lord does not currently enforce the consequences of the…

  • The Restoration

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  • The Power of Words

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    “If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man and able to bridle the whole body.”Nephi’s being bound with cords and beaten by rods must have been more tolerable to him than listening to Laman and Lemuels constant murmuring. Surely he must have said at least once, “Hit me one more…

  • Stand as a Witness

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    Our daughter realized that as she stood as a witness of Jesus Christ, the Holy Ghost confirmed it. We too can stand as witnesses (her daughter was a missionary, so an official witness at the time) As you keep that covenant, you will stand as a witness among your peers. Recently my own children and…

  • Raising the Bar

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    Why do we do it and what does it mean?You cannot improve if you never test the limits of how well you can perform.Improvement is more important than success.Those who cannot be recommended . . . without reservation . . . are honorably excused.This is like high jumping – there is a minimum standard which…

  • Do Not Procrastinate the Day of Your Conversion

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    Procrastination may cause us to forget to perform the needed action. Procrastination leads to loss of exaltation – Spencer W. Kimball