David Journal

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  • Guiding good choices – week 1

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    When life is good we can keep making good choices or we can veer off. When life is hard we can keep making good choices or we can veer off. When we are making good choices we can keep doing that or veer off. When we are making bad choices we can keep doing that…

  • Keeping spiritual perspective

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    Sometimes it’s hard for us to see the hand of the Lord in one area of our life but if we expand our view from that one area we will see ways that He is active in other areas of our lives. That is a reminder of how important it is to look for things…

  • Stake conference Sunday session

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    Donald (?) W. (?) Clark Jr. Presiding President Jackson: Our Responsibility (as disciples) to Believe Belief is a choice. We decide what we are willing to believe. The processes by which we seek knowledge in the telestial world are provisionally based on skepticism. These are telestial tools but hardly adequate for celestial pursuits. (nearly a…

  • Population of Jews and Mormons

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    I don’t know where he got the statistics but Brother Nelson said that there are currently about 10 million Jews in the world and about 4 million of them live in the United States. (More than 5 million live in Israel.) That means that Jews and Mormons make up about the same proportion of the…

  • Temple attendance and spiritual endurance

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    President Eyring recommends reading Mosiah chapters 1-5 rather than Luke 2 We are promised strength to bear our burdens as we attend the temple. I wonder if regular temple attendance is the reason I’ve been able to bear up under these last 4 years.

  • Daniel and Nebuchadnezzar

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    Nebuchadnezzar asked the wise men to tell him the dream and it’s interpretation. Daniel answered by telling him his thoughts prior to the dream as well as the dream and its interpretation.

  • Isaac’s confirmation blessing

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    This is the essence of Isaacs confirmation blessing as well as I can recall. Blessed to grow strong in the ability to recognize the Spirit by exercising the gift and following the promptings. Blessed to continue on the covenant path to return to Heavenly Father. Assured that there will always be people who are willing…

  • An incubator of prophets

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    During a single period of time: Jeremiah was in Jerusalem as a prophet among the remnant of Israel. Lehi was a prophet leading a group of scattered Israelites. Daniel was in Babylon acting as a prophet in the royal court. And Ezekiel was in Babylon acting as a prophet among the captives and exiles of…

  • Atrophy of purpose

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    Based upon Laura’s question last night – “what’s my purpose here?” – I feel confident that it’s time for her to shoulder some defined responsibilities again. She is now suffering from an atrophy of a sense of purpose. She’s been shoveling off virtually all the responsibilities in her role as a mother to unqualified twenty-somethings…

  • Spiritual Instruction

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    Teach, understand, and live. Teach principles of the gospelAs we prepare we are taught by the Spirit. Teaching the way Christ did revolves around telling stories very often (sometimes true, other times parables). Telling stories help make things memorable and relatable. Of the short, three year, ministry of the savior only about 31 days are…