David Journal

Tag: 2008

  • A Book with a Promise

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    The Book of Mormon is means as a clarifying voice and a special witness in our day that Jesus in the Christ. It also teaches the purpose of life and the plan of salvation. The book of Mormon is a book with a promise, a book with a purpose, a book that teaches the Plan…

  • My Words Never Cease

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    If the words of the Lord to one prophet were sufficient for all people in all time then why have future prophets, and who is to say when it is enough – why have Isaiah if you already have Moses. Were the Christians who first had the gospel of Mark (the one we understand to…

  • A Few Degrees

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    “I believe I was the second most surprised person to learn that I was called as the Second Counselor in the First Presidency, the first being my wife.” Through years of service I have learned that the difference between happiness and misery in individuals, marriages, and families is often just a few degrees. Saul did…

  • “Hope Ya Know, We Had a Hard Time”

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    When we go to our Father in Heaven in prayer to tell Him about our hard times, we may receive comfort and assurance. Without opposition we could do no good. Trials are natural. Some trials are tailored for our own growth and development. The incident I just recounted, while a difficult travel situation, was brief,…

  • Returning Home

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    This is the invitation that we extend to all those who have strayed and to those who have not received the gospel previously. Through the years our family has lived in different countries, and in each one of them we were able to find within the Church the same feeling of warmth from members in…

  • Our Hearts Knit as One

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    Principles of UnityBeing of one heart and one mind.It started as a discussion about what was true and became an argument about who was right.The gift of unity from our Heavenly Father cannot be given to us as individuals. We must achieve unity as groups (e.g. families, communities)Speak well of each other.The Atonement brings the…

  • The Truth of God Shall Go Forth

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    No enemy shall ever have power to stop the work of the Lord.I wonder if there has ever been a year in which the membership of the church was lower than the year before. (My best bet would be in a year early in the history of the church when there was a large apostasy…

  • Finding Joy in the Journey

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    Some changes are welcome, others are not. Some are unexpected, but most come slowly and incrementally. “The difference between the changes in my life and the changes in yours are only in the details.” “. . . that illusive and nonexistent future when you will have the time to do all that you want to…

  • God Loves and Helps All of His Children

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    Love is the driving factor behind the welfare program of the church. It is that love which causes good men to seek to help all those they can touch. . . . we need Heavenly Father’s help. An important source of this help comes through man’s service to his fellowman. The commandment is to “love…

  • A Return to Virtue

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    A Return to VirtueThe temple is the reason for everything we do in the church.Virtue is the accumulation of daily choices.The Latin root for virtue represents strength.Are we being poisoned by degrees to accept the lower standards of the world.“Ever texting, but never coming to a knowledge of the truth.”“The will to win means nothing…