David Journal

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  • Enoch and Mariah Talks

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    It is important that Jesus lives because if he wasn’t alive we wouldn’t be able to return to Heavenly Father. The plan of salvation depended on him coming and saving us from sin and death. In Alma 34 Amulek taught: 9 For it is expedient that an atonement should be made; for according to the…

  • Seek not to counsel the Lord

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    I’m struggling with the proper relationship between husband and wife. The wife is supposed to hearken to the counsel of her husband as her husband hearkens to the counsel of the father. In bringing that up I don’t wish to sound like I want subservience but I do believe that men and women have different…

  • Apostasy

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    Apostasy is not a drifting away, it is a mutiny or a rebellion. The Nicolatians spoken of in Revelation 2 were church members who sought to maintain their membership while living like the pagans in the sticker around them.

  • The Jews understood Isaiah

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    Nephi testifies that even though the Jews didn’t choose to listen to the words of Isaiah with understanding they had the intellectual tools and cultural understanding (unlike some who would read the words of Isaiah) to have his words be clear to them.

  • Traditions

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    I would like to make it a tradition that the day after Thanksgiving be an event at our house where the Miller’s gather. It might expand eventually but it would be the time dedicated to my family allowing people to gather together without conflicting with the traditions of in-laws. I would also like to make…

  • Isaiah spoke plainly

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    Isaiah plainly told the people that they would not choose to understand his prophecies until after they went through destruction. I wonder why they didn’t listen to that and wonder – or maybe they did.

  • Understanding

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    “Seek first to understand then to be understood.” – Steven Covey If we don’t understand those we seek to communicate with it is only by chance that we may be able to communicate accurately. When Brother Smith read the words from Elder Holland’s April 2007 talk that, “Sisters, there is no place in that magnificent…

  • A great discovery

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    For years I have felt that I didn’t have an artistic bone in my body. I have realized within the last year or two that I am naturally creative but still didn’t feel I was artistic. Today Mom gave me some old schoolwork I had done and among ask the things were a number of…

  • Personal security is required

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    Before you can be effective at assisting others you need to make sure that your emotional, spiritual, economic, or even physical footing is secure. That explains why I haven’t had a calling that requires any hard demands since I was released as elders quorum president.

  • Laura moved out again

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    I was hurting when Laura moved into her own room on October 4th but over time I decided that I wasn’t content to just let things play out. After 13 days we had begun to warm up again and Saturday night she moved back into the bedroom. Then as we talked about the experience this…