David Journal

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  • Sabbath and Fasting

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    Bishop mentioned that he wasn’t going to make much of a distinction today between the blessings of fasting and the blessings of sabbath day observance. When he said that it struck me that sabbath day observance is a type of fasting – like lent, a fasting of refraining from secular and/or temporal activities. It must…

  • Mariah’s Talk

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    At age 14 Joseph Smith was reading the Bible and he read a scripture that said “if any of you lack wisdom let him ask of God.” Joseph had been wondering which church was true and he thought this was the answer he needed. When Joseph prayed in the Sacred Grove he saw two people.…

  • Family love (t-i-m-e)

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    While watching some Mormon Messages on YouTube this morning that talked about how much time could do for family and showed Dad playing with the kids while Mom was cooking dinner or helping the baby it struck me that the imaginative time that bonds the family together in the videos is only possible because the…

  • Stake Youth Conference Fireside

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    Sister Wendy Watson Nelson: For 30 days pray with your scriptures, offering thanks for them, and then ask Heavenly Father to show you the answer to your must pressing question that day. Open your scriptures and read until you find that answer. Write down the date, question, location of the answer, and the answer. President…

  • Listen and apply

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    A fast isn’t a full fast if it doesn’t include making an offering. Brother Nielson recognized that truth after hearing president Eyring speak on fasting in general conference. (“Is Not This the Fast That I Have Chosen?” April 2015) President Eyring spoke of how he carefully listens to everything the prophet has to say and…

  • Remember who you are and what God expects you to become.

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    Find Julie Beck talk that refers to priorities, doing essential things first, necessary things second, and then nice to do things last. (“Choose Ye This Day to Serve the Lord.” Women’s Conference 4/29/2010) Max Driggs highlighted a gem from President Monson’s conference talk in priesthood session: “Wherever you go, your priesthood goes with you. Are…

  • Antidote to addiction

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    Mike Eggett: Fasting seems to be the best antidote to an addiction because it is the conscious denial of a natural impulse.

  • Spiritual Resistance

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    Elder Howard W. Hunter, then a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, told of joining a large crowd to watch the long-boat races in Samoa. “Each of [the boats] had a crew of fifty powerful oarsmen dipping and pulling the oars with a rhythm that forced the crafts through the waves and foaming water—a…

  • Define “broken heart”

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    Elder Scott says that when you have challenges that aren’t a result of your sins then they are evidence that Heavenly Father feels that you are prepared to grow more. It never occurred to me before that 2 Nephi 2 is like a patriarchal blessing for Jacob. Scott Leishman: “what does it mean to have…

  • My Peace I give unto you

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    This was in my notes and since the date was a Sunday I assume it was a talk in church. It reads like the notes from a conference talk but was likely just a talk in sacrament meeting. Unfortunately I didn’t record who was speaking. 1. Jesus Christ is our source of true peace.The peace…