David Journal

Tag: AMEN

  • He Lives! All Glory to His Name!

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    Easter is a season that should bring peace and joy to all who love Him and show it by obeying His commandments. Easter brings thoughts of Jesus, His life, His Atonement, His Resurrection, His love. He has risen from the dead with healing in his wings. Oh, how we all need that healing the Redeemer…

  • Remember Who You Are!

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    This is a magnificent time to be on the earth and to be a young woman. Our vision remains the same. It is to be worthy to make and keep sacred covenants and receive the ordinances of the temple. I need to remember that when raising my daughters because it is easy to feel that…

  • Place No More for the Enemy of My Soul

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    Lust is a deadly sin because it defiles the highest and holiest relationship given to us by God in mortality. Lust celebrates self indulgence. I feel much like Jacob of old, who said, “It grieveth me that I must use so much boldness of speech . . . before . . . many . .…

  • Be Ready

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    I need to keep oil more handy than I have recently. We must always be prepared to exercise our priesthood at a moment’s notice. That preparation is more than having oil handy – it requires developing power in the priesthood (equal to our authority as President Eggett told me). The preparation for rising generations is…

  • Love and Law

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    Impressed to speak about God’s love and God’s commandments. His greatest blessings are reserved for those who keep His laws. Examples of misunderstanding of the relationship between God’s Love and God’s Law. “If you really loved me you would not force me (or would accept me as if I were being obedient)” The Love of…

  • More Diligent and Concerned at Home

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    We need to consistently express our love for each other. We need to share our testimonies in our words and our actions consistently and especially within our own homes. Spouses and parents must work to overcome any hesitation to bear testimony. When we stand close to the canvas it is difficult or impossible to see…

  • To Acquire Spiritual Guidance

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    Spiritual Growth He put’s pornography in perspective in the middle here. Participation in any of its forms is the ultimate in selfishness. Today, world conditions change so rapidly that such a course of action is often not available to us. Personally, I rejoice in that reality because it creates a condition where we, of necessity,…

  • None Were with Him

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    Never has so little money purchased so much infamy. my Easter-season message today is intended for everyone, but it is directed in a special way to those who are alone or feel alone or, worse yet, feel abandoned. “I have trodden the winepress alone; and of the people there was none with me. . .…

  • 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…

  • Lift Where You Stand

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    Stand close together and lift where you stand. Many men understand the value of lifting where they stand, but those who do not generally fall into one of two categories – they seek to lead, or they seek to hide.Those who seek to lead envy more prominent callings and fail to fill the callings they…