David Journal

Tag: April 2008

  • Today

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    “Please sir, they can’t kill a tough old bird like me.” Of all the challenges we face, perhaps the most misguided is the idea that mortality goes on forever and that we can put off repentance. We must seek and tender forgiveness. We must repent and be charitable toward others. “I guess that I had…

  • Abundantly Blessed

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    Treat your spouse with kindness. Go to the temple often – it will strengthen your marriage and your family.

  • Looking Back and Moving Forward

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    Each one of us can feel the Lord’s inspiration. I love that he tells of Charles Stewart Miller again – to whom I am related. I want to get the full text of that story for my genealogy. Some depart form the road-markers which point to life Eternal, {only to discover that these path’s are…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Ask in Faith

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    Ways that we can make our prayers more meaningful. To ask in faith means not only to ask, but to do. Joseph’s question was not simply “which church is right” but “which church should I join.” Missionaries are full-time teachers, and you and I are full-time finders and we should not pray that the missionaries…

  • Daughters of God

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    His early married life sounds not unlike the Price’s. There is no role in life more essential or more eternal than motherhood. There is no single way to be a good mother. Children only live with parents for about 1/4 of the life of their mother. We must remember that the commitment of young motherhood…

  • One Among the Crowd

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    There was something that set her apart from all others in the crowd that day. Though buried among the thronging mass, she resolutely and quietly pressed forward with a single purpose in mind: to come to the Savior, having faith that He had the power to heal her, that He cared about her and would…

  • The Power of Light and Truth

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    To prosper in these times, spiritual light must burn within us. How we obtain spiritual light and ensure that the truths of the gospel of Jesus Christ fill our souls: learn true doctrine gain pure testimony live the gospel courageously Pure testimony is the confirmation by the Holy Ghost the Jesus is the Christ and…

  • We Will Not Yield, We Cannot Yield

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    “Mom, do I need to lower my standards to keep my friends?”Do we lower our standards to fit into our neighborhoods, or our workplace? Live by your standards, you may be standing alone for a while. . . (get the quote here) you example will attract friends who are grateful for your steadfastness. Heed not…