David Journal

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  • Within the Clasp of Your Arms

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    Priesthood session talk from Elder Holland in 1983.

  • Adam and Eve in the temple

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    In the temple this morning I realized in a more complete way why Eve was made from a rib. Of course there are the standard answers about her being his equal/helpmeet and it being an image of his side rather than his head or foot. All fine and good, but those explanations only scratch the…

  • “Do the best you can with whatever comes to you.”

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    I once again had the privilege of having President Eyring speak in Elders Quorum. I missed a good chunk of what he said because I was helping to set Alyssa apart as the Beehive class secretary. I missed whatever question someone had asked him but I was impacted by the stories he told and his…

  • Changes to make

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    We need to have an FHE based on Alma 5:14 about the need for each person to have a personal change of heart – even if we were born and raised with the gospel. The Young’s in a family council determined that they would have to be home for an hour and spend 30 minutes…

  • Sabbath and Fasting

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    Bishop mentioned that he wasn’t going to make much of a distinction today between the blessings of fasting and the blessings of sabbath day observance. When he said that it struck me that sabbath day observance is a type of fasting – like lent, a fasting of refraining from secular and/or temporal activities. It must…

  • Mariah’s Talk

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    At age 14 Joseph Smith was reading the Bible and he read a scripture that said “if any of you lack wisdom let him ask of God.” Joseph had been wondering which church was true and he thought this was the answer he needed. When Joseph prayed in the Sacred Grove he saw two people.…

  • Alma, son of Alma

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    I noted from a lesson on 5/22/2016 that I should find this talk. Since that was the entirety of the note I will include my notes from this Ensign article here as well (even though that review didn’t happen on that date).

  • Family love (t-i-m-e)

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    While watching some Mormon Messages on YouTube this morning that talked about how much time could do for family and showed Dad playing with the kids while Mom was cooking dinner or helping the baby it struck me that the imaginative time that bonds the family together in the videos is only possible because the…

  • Stake Youth Conference Fireside

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    Sister Wendy Watson Nelson: For 30 days pray with your scriptures, offering thanks for them, and then ask Heavenly Father to show you the answer to your must pressing question that day. Open your scriptures and read until you find that answer. Write down the date, question, location of the answer, and the answer. President…

  • Listen and apply

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    A fast isn’t a full fast if it doesn’t include making an offering. Brother Nielson recognized that truth after hearing president Eyring speak on fasting in general conference. (“Is Not This the Fast That I Have Chosen?” April 2015) President Eyring spoke of how he carefully listens to everything the prophet has to say and…