David Journal

Category: General Conference

  • A Sin-Resistant Generation

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    Become sin resistant and teach our children to become sin resistant as well. We must help them know that they are children of a Heavenly Father who had expectations. We must teach them the doctrine of repentance. This doesn’t mean sinless. “The call for courage comes constantly.” Thomas S. Monson “Start early and be steady.”…

  • The Power of the Book of Mormon

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    Five new temples: Brasilia, Nairobi, Pocatello, Philippines, Saratoga Springs. Prayerfully study and ponder the book of Mormon each day.

  • “Walk with Me”

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    I hope to help you feel the Lord’s approval for what you have done while also encouraging you to see opportunities to do more. “If you feel perfectly capable of accomplishing your priesthood duty I would worry that you don’t fully understand your priesthood duty.” I want to read these scriptures again. The Lord, speaking…

  • The Greatest among You

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    We need to consider our own thoughts when we feel we deserve something that we don’t seem to be receiving. Here is the second time that an apostle stated in clear terms that everyone has value and is loved regardless of how we or they identify them. To be effective church leaders we have to…

  • Prepare the Way

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    Service during youth can naturally help our young people to prepare for the burdens of adulthood in the Lord’s church. What would Jesus’ mission be like without the preparatory work of John. This is a model for the relationship between the Aaronic priesthood and the Melchizedek priesthood. We need to give the Aaronic priesthood holders…

  • Called to the Work

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    Mission calls are identical in the first two sentences. The first sentence is a call to serve. The second is an assignment to labor. Missionaries are not called to a place – they are called to serve. Each assignment – and when needed reassignment – comes by revelation. He is speaking about this because of…

  • Kindness, Charity, and Love

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    His talk is obviously written in advance, as proven by the words of the talk being displayed even a phrase ahead of him at times. “Do we not honor the priesthood if we are not kind to others?”

  • Return and Receive

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    One if the keys to happiness in this life is for us to learn to set our own goals that got within the context of our Heavenly Father’s plan of salvation for us. Think of what adjustments are needed to keep your eye single to the glory of God. This is the second apostle to…

  • Overcoming the World

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    Overcoming the world is not one defining moment in a lifetime. It is a lifetime of moments … The world is more interested in indulging the natural man than in subduing him. Overcoming the world will always mean that we will have some beliefs that the world doesn’t like.

  • The Language of the Gospel

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    I have noticed that many of the first-generation Hispanics here speak Spanish as their primary language and enough English to communicate with others. The second generation, who were either born in the United States or came at an early age and attend school here, speak very good English and perhaps some broken Spanish. And often…