David Journal

Tag: 2010

  • Our Duty to God: The Mission of Parents and Leaders to the Rising Generation

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    We each have a duty to God in relation to the rising generation. First and foremost is leading by example. Lead by understanding their hearts and walk beside them. Do you take the time to share your thoughts, feelings, and testimony with your youth? Listen We should participate with our youth in their Personal Progress…

  • “You Are My Hands”

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    Let us be the hands of the Savior in embracing our fellow men. As President Uchtdorf said, “It is unbecoming of us as Christians to think that those who are suffering deserve their misfortune,” I thought of the fact that many will dispute whether we are Christians simply because of our doctrine. My thought was…

  • Act in All Diligence

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    A person who honors his priesthood over a lifetime will not only gain the blessings but will have. Knowledge of how to receive those blessings. Having in our hearts a knowledge of who’s service we are in makes all the difference. The Melchizedek priesthood is more than a trust to do what the Lord would…

  • Continue in Patience

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    The children who could not wait 15 minutes to double their marshmallow prize struggled later in life. “Without patience we cannot please God.” Patience is far more than simply waiting for something to happen. It is active pursuit of worthwhile endeavors. Patience is not simply enduring, it is enduring well. Impatience on the other hand…

  • The Divine Call of a Missionary

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    In some ways I have felt that I have an essential understanding of the spirit which the servants of the receive to do His work. That may be true but I realize today that I am not yet developed enough spiritually to tap into the spirit in which they must operate almost constantly. After finishing…

  • Healing the Sick

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    I wonder why he felt it necessary to state that we ought to make use of doctors in conjunction with using priesthood blessings. Perhaps it was so that there would be no excuse despite the focus of the rest of the talk on healing through priesthood blessings. Most often we pursue all courses simultaneously. Parts…

  • Watching with All Perseverance

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    We can have a spiritual early warning system by: reading and talking about the Book of Mormon regularly bearing testimony spontaneously inviting children to act This spiritual early warning system can alert us early to deviations from the path and also to spiritual growth. As parents and gospel teachers we are not in the business…

  • Helping Hands, Saving Hands

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    It is amazing how a small act such as sending a postcard, offering a hug, or stopping for an impromptu visit can sometimes bear lasting consequences in the lives of the people who are touched by these small acts. We never know when some small thing we do can have such a lasting, life changing…

  • Mothers Teaching Children in the Home

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    Teaching in the home is becoming increasingly important. One scripture study, family prayer, story reading, meal, or family home evening at a time. There is no such thing as overpreparing to teach the gospel. There was so much material prepared that I’m sure only a small portion of it was ever used during the class,…

  • Help Them on Their Way Home

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    We help Gods children best by providing ways for them {to feel God’s love} early in life. The Lord has put in place a way to put the best rescuers in the lives of teenagers. This sounds just As familiar as a request that I might make for the Elders to help the Bishop. Brothers…