David Journal

Category: General Conference

  • Forget Me Not

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    Five things we would be wise never to forget: forget not to be patient with yourself forget not the difference between a good sacrifice and a foolish sacrifice forget not to be happy now forget not the “why” of the gospel forget not that the Lord loves you I want to tell you something that…

  • Cleave unto the Covenants

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    Today I want to talk about the importance of cleaving unto covenants and the joy and protection that come from keeping our covenants. In the scriptures we learn of men and women who have made covenants with God. God has given instructions on what to do to honor those covenants, and then as those covenants…

  • Charity Never Faileth

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    Speaking to the sisters, the Prophet Joseph said: “Don’t be limited in your views with regard to your neighbors’ virtues. … You must enlarge your souls toward others if you [would] do like Jesus. … As you increase in innocence and virtue, as you increase in goodness, let your hearts expand—let them be enlarged towards…

  • What I Hope My Granddaughters (and Grandsons) Will Understand about Relief Society

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    I hope my granddaughters will understand that Relief Society today is organized after a pattern of discipleship that existed in the ancient Church. What is the pattern? It seems to be the pattern of individual effort based on faith in Christ and guided by personal revelation and priesthood direction. Rather than being selected by popular…

  • It’s True, Isn’t It? Then What Else Matters?

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    If we have the faith to ask this question the things that don’t matter will fall away and the things that do will be put in perspective – either enlarged or diminished in our minds as necessary. I take as my subject today something President Hinckley said in general conference in April of 1973. I…

  • Ye Must Be Born Again

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    I love the symbolism of the transformation from cucumber to pickle. The basic lessons I learned about temporal self-reliance and provident living while picking and canning produce have blessed me throughout my life. Interestingly, simple and ordinary experiences often provide the most important learning opportunities we ever have. As an adult I have reflected upon…

  • “According to the Desire of [Our] Hearts”

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    This talk awakened my soul as I listened on my mission and I determined to hone my desires to more perfectly match those of my Savior. This set me on the path of listening more closely to future conferences and to pay special attention to the words of Elder Maxwell. I was so touched by…

  • Mothers Who Know

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    More than at any time in history we need mothers who know. Mothers who know desire to bear children. Mothers who know honor sacred ordinances and covenants. These mothers know that they are going to Sacrament meeting where covenants are made. They know that if they are not pointing their children to the temple, they…

  • The Purifying Power of Gethsemane

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    The description of the three gardens of the Lord, the declaration that these were his own words even if they sounded like quotes from scripture, and the testimony that “I shall not know any better {when I meet Christ after I die} than I know now that he is God’s Almighty Son” make this extremely…

  • Waiting on the Road to Damascus

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    Sometimes the Lord reveals things that are only for us but most of the time He gives a witness to those who will share it. It is our clear and certain testimony that the heavens are open again and that God speaks to His prophets and apostles. God hears and answers the prayers of His…