David Journal

Tag: AMEN

  • “Be Still, and Know That I Am God”

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    I have a feeling that we would be well served if we had a daily dose of stillness akin to what we can experience in the celestial room of the temple. The Savior is NOT the foundation. We are to build our personal foundation UPON Him. The Savior is the BEDROCK to which our faith…

  • Pillars and Rays

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    I like the way he approaches the story of Joseph Smith seeking answers as a teenager. Sometimes church members get discouraged by not experiencing marvelous spiritual experiences. {They may even drift away from the church.} … Sometimes, rather than sending us a pillar of light the Lord sends us a ray of light, and then…

  • Put Ye On the Lord Jesus Christ

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    We have the opportunity to enter into a covenant relationship with God in which our lives become a symbol of {His love}. The covenant path is all about our relationship with God. A covenant relationship differs from a non-covenant relationship the same way there is a difference between a commercial contract and a retail contract.…

  • Motions of a Hidden Fire

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    I didn’t realize that Elder Holland had a medical emergency 48 hours after his wife, Patricia, was buried. I received an adminition to return to my ministry with more urgency and more consecration. I can’t imagine elder Holland having more consecration than before. I CAN imagine Elder Holland wanting to be done in the face…

  • Seeing God’s Family through the Overview Lens

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    Our words are one of our superpowers She says some interesting things about how we can influence each other in families for good or ill. The Savior has the power to turn any nightmare you are going through into a blessing.

  • How Great Will Be Your Joy

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    Giving missionary assignments one time he saw 10 senior couples to assign when there were 300 requests for senior couples. Will Laura and I make and take opportunities to serve a mission together? There are significant questions to answer about how, when, or where to serve but not asking the question isn’t a path I’m…

  • Peacemakers Needed

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    I vowed that day never to throw anything in anger, whether it be scalpels or words. I like this acknowledgement of the toxicity of our civic discourse. I find myself wondering if the contaminated scalpel that landed in my arm was any more toxic than the venomous contention that infects our civic dialogue and too…

  • Jesus Christ Is Relief

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    I can’t go at it alone, and I don’t need to, and I won’t. I can’t wait to review this when I can pause and replay parts to process all that she is saying here.

  • One in Christ

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    Being one is a recurring theme in the gospel of Jesus Christ. Unity with our brothers and sisters in the history of Christ occurs when we do the second commandment, loving out brother as ourselves. Unity does not require sameness but it does require harmony. None of us can control nations or the actions of…

  • The Lord Jesus Christ Teaches Us to Minister

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    I wish to speak of the Good Shepherd, the Beautiful Shepherd, the Magnificent Shepherd. Luke talks about the parable of the lost sheep, the lost coin, and the prodigal son: one parable with three stories. Each one uses different numbers: 100 sheep, 10 coins, 2 sons; but the important number in each story is 1.…