David Journal

Tag: 2009

  • Until We Meet Again – April 2009

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    I like the way that he thanked even those who said prayers during conference. This is at least the second time this conference that the call has come to choose you this day whom ye will serve. I want you to know how much I love and appreciate my devoted counselors, President Henry B. Eyring…

  • Closing Remarks – October 2009

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    Have we had a mighty change wrought upon our hearts through this conference. (I’m not sure I have, but I have had my motivation confirmed and strengthened.) We live at a time when many in the world have slipped from the moorings of safety found in compliance with the commandments. It is a time of…

  • Unselfish Service

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    Pride, selfishness, getting something for nothing We can do no great things, only small things with great love. “The church is not filling my needs.” That attitude is self-centered and retards spiritual growth. as a mature servant of the Lord, Elder Hinckley would say, “He who lives only unto himself withers and dies, while he…

  • Stewardship – a Sacred Trust

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    Stewardship Selves and families poor and needy This is a great sermon on what we should do to serve those in need. Some people visit the sick, assist the poor, and serve their fellowmen because they believe it is the right thing to do and others will reciprocate and do the same for them when…

  • Safety for the Soul

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    “Even some of the very elect will be deceived.” Would Joseph and Hyrum be able to take solace as they went to their expected death in the words of a book they knew to be a fabrication? I ask that my testimony of the Book of Mormon be recorded side by side with that of…

  • Sacred Homes, Sacred Temples

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    Say the word “Temple.” Say it quietly and reverently over and over. Add the word Holy. Say it as if it was capitalized anywhere in the sentence. Only one place compares in holiness – Home Realizing his grandsons were in a place they had not been before, my father stopped the truck. “Do you think…

  • His Servants, the Prophets

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    “Are you too close to the brethren to begin thinking of then not as prophets, but as men guessing . . .” Get This Quote Sometimes we may not always be able to immediately find the desired way before us, but the wisdom of those who have gone before, coupled with the wisdom of those…

  • A Call to the Rising Generation

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    Missionary work There are approximately 4 times as many members of the church today as there were when I was born. You of the rising generation are the fulfillment of prophecy that in our day “the truth of God will go forth boldly, nobly, and independent, till it has penetrated every continent, visited every clime,…

  • Welcome to Conference – October 2009

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    Live broadcast in 92 languages – wow.5 temples Brigham City, Utah Concepcion, Chile Fortaleza, Brazil Fort Lauderdale, Florida Sapporo, Japan Instruction: I would ask that your faith and prayers continue to be offered in behalf of those areas where our influence is limited and where we are not allowed to share the gospel freely at…

  • Welcome to Conference – April 2009

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    Called Elder Neil L. Anderson to the 12 53,000 missionaries is at least 6,000 fewer missionaries than we had a few years ago – that’s not a promising direction considering that we must have more missionary age people than we had 6 years ago.We have 52,494 now and 61,638 at the peak 6 year ago…