David Journal

Tag: October 2009

  • Helping Others Recognize the Whisperings of the Spirit

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    Listening to the Holy Ghost The challenge for each of us is to provide an environment where we can feel the spirit daily in our homes and weekly in our church services. Parents in Zion, or in any of her stakes which are organized are told to help their children understand the doctrine. Teaching the…

  • That Your Burdens May Be Light

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    How long could he continue to carry such great burdens? Work is a blessing in our lives and can serve to prepare us spiritually to listen to the spirit. We can be softened by affliction (like a beefsteak 😉 ) How we treat the poor among us is a measure of how we think of…

  • The Love of God

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    How do we become disciples of Christ – “If ye love me, keep my commandments” If we add personal good ideas to divine truth we dilute the divine truth. Because love is the first and great commandment it should be at the center of all we do in our callings, our families and our livelihoods.…

  • 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,…

  • Mind the Gap

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    I want to mention a few gaps I see either in my own life or in the lives of others. The ones I will address tonight are the following: First, the gap between believing you are a daughter of God and knowing in your heart and soul that you are a precious, beloved daughter of…

  • Relief Society: A Sacred Work

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    We operate in the manner of the priesthood – which means that we seek, receive, and act on revelation; make decisions in councils; and concern ourselves with caring for individuals one by one. President Boyd K. Packer has taught that “the Relief Society has very broad responsibilities. . . . Attendance at the Sunday meeting…

  • The Enduring Legacy of Relief Society

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    The part of the foundation they laid for you which seems to me most important and persistent is that charity is at the heart of the society and is to come into the heart, to be part of the very nature, of every member. . . Charity is born of faith in the Lord Jesus…

  • Every Woman Needs Relief Society

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    The good women of the world are embracing the gospel of Jesus Christ in large numbers across the nations. This could mean that the men of the church must be prepared to protect and care for a body of women much larger in number than they are. the whole intent of the gospel plan is…