David Journal

Tag: Boyd K Packer

  • The Plan of Happiness

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    Why is it that President Packer addressees issues of sexuality and sexual expression so often? Part of me wonders if it because he has nothing to lose in the way of popularity. Maybe it’s just that he has a clear vision of this topic and what mankind needs to hear about it today.

  • The Reason for Our Hope

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    No matter how large the church becomes, the true measure of the strength of the church is the strength of the testimonies of individual members.

  • The Witness

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    Knowledge which is of eternal value comes only through personal prayer and scripture study. Those who do not may out those who cannot have children are not excluded from eternal blessings even if those are currently it of reach.

  • The Key to Spiritual Protection

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    I have sometimes thought that President Packer gave his talks impromptu (like Elder Haight did in his later years) but he is clearly reading a prepared text this time. I wonder how his ministry is limited since he lost his mobility. I’m sure he still does great things because he still possesses the gifts of…

  • These Things I Know

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    What an interesting journaling effort, writing more verses to the poem every decade. The work of the righteous shall be peace and the effect of righteousness is {contentment} Each son or daughter of God can receive instantly the things they need to know.

  • The Atonement

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    I got to change a poopy diaper and reprimand the kids for repeatedly disrupting conference and refusing to help the little boys. Of this talk I got to hear “in the name of Jesus Christ, amen.” researching between sessions What a story about their crossing between various Samoan islands. No matter what our actions have…

  • And a Little Child Shall Lead Them

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    Why all these experiences with destitute children? “It is the challenge of mortality to be a {worthy and ???} children.” “Life was never meant to be either easy or fair.” “The ultimate end of all activity in the church is to see a husband and wife happily married and sealed together.” Priesthood leaders must be…

  • Counsel to Youth

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    Speaking more personally to the youth than he usually does. When World War II broke out there was great uncertainty for young people. “We were not sure what to do but we knew to get married and have children.” We have so many young people not following that plan because of economic uncertainty today. As…

  • The Test

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    The latter-day saints of 1849 chose patriotism and loyalty as the theme for their celebration on July 24, 1849 – 2 years after arriving in the Salt Lake Valley and 5 years after the martyrdom of Joseph Smith. They chose that theme because they believed in the legitimacy of government. The young men carried the…

  • Cleansing the Inner Vessel

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    The Proclamation on the Family meets the definition for revelation and Latter-day Saints should study and follow it. The power of procreation is not incidental to the plan, it is central to the plan of happiness. The priesthood has the power to break habits and shatter addictions and it should be used. There are both…